#0317 · Hoenn · Generation 3

Swalot

Poison Bag Pokémon · Poison-type

Swalot is a Poison-type Pokémon, the Poison Bag Pokémon, number 317 (#0317) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 1.7 m tall and weighs 80 kg.

Swalot is the Poison Bag Pokémon, a purple blob with a mouth wide enough to swallow a car tyre, which sprays its prey with toxic fluid and then gulps it down. The Emerald Pokédex notes that the one thing a Swalot cannot digest is its own stomach.

How to pronounce Swalot

Swalot is pronounced SWOL-ot. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Swalot said out loud:

In Japanese it is マルノーム (Marunoom).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Swalot is a violet, shapeless Pokémon, 1.7 m tall and 80 kg, with red beady eyes, yellow whiskers, three-fingered hands and a row of black diamonds across its middle. Bulbapedia says it can swell and shrink its body at will. The Pokédex says it has no teeth and a cavernous mouth, and that it sweats toxic fluid from the pores or follicles on its body.

Behaviour

When Swalot spots prey, the Pokédex says it sprays the target with its toxic fluid, waits for it to weaken and then gulps it down whole. Bulbapedia, quoting the Sleep Style Dex, says it sometimes dozes with its mouth gaping and may be dreaming of a giant meal it is trying to swallow.

Habitat

The Pokédex habitat list puts it in grassland. In Scarlet and Violet it is wild only in Violet, at Casseroya Lake, and Scarlet players have to trade for it. In Legends: Z-A it appears in the wild only in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose.

Diet

Swalot has no teeth, so it swallows whatever it eats whole.

Powers

Its Abilities are Liquid Ooze and Sticky Hold, with Gluttony hidden. It poisons with Toxic and Gunk Shot, and can switch to Knock Off, Body Slam or Earthquake. With 100 base HP and 83 Defense and Special Defense it is a sturdy, slow Poison type.

Name origin

Swalot may combine 'swallow' and 'a lot'. The Japanese name is Marunoom (マルノーム), which may come from marunomi, 'swallowing whole'.

Design inspiration

Swalot may be modelled on a stomach, a gallbladder or a giant poison gland, or on a rubbish bag. It may also draw on the Nuppeppo, a Japanese yokai shaped like a blob with tiny limbs, as well as slime moulds and amoebae. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Swalot is the final form of Gulpin, reached at level 26.

In the games

In Scarlet and Violet, Swalot appears as a 4-star Tera Raid Pokémon in Violet. It first appeared in Ruby and Sapphire.

In the anime

Swalot debuted in 'Deceit and Assist' as Anthony's Pokémon, losing to May at the Hoenn Grand Festival. In 'From Brags to Riches', Dominick sent out a Swalot alongside a Tropius for a Double Battle at the Ever Grande Conference, but Ash's Corphish beat the Swalot.

Fun facts

• No other Pokémon has Swalot's base stat total of 467.
• Satoshi Yamamoto, the illustrator of Pokémon Adventures, draws Swalot as his stand-in in the volume comment boxes.
• In Pokémon Adventures, Team Flare Grunts own several Swalot, which first appear in the chapter 'Rhyhorn Charges'.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Swalot (Pokémon) · Serebii: Swalot (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 100
• Attack: 73
• Defense: 83
• Sp. Atk: 73
• Sp. Def: 83
• Speed: 55

Swalot’s base stat total is 467. Its highest stat is HP.

Type matchups

What is Swalot weak to?

Swalot takes extra damage from Ground (2×), Psychic (2×) moves.

It resists Grass (½×), Fighting (½×), Poison (½×), Bug (½×), Fairy (½×).

Evolution

What does Swalot evolve from?

Swalot evolves from Gulpin at level 26.

Swalot is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Gulpin, Swalot.

Abilities

• Liquid Ooze: Damages opponents using leeching moves for as much as they would heal.
• Sticky Hold: Prevents a held item from being removed by other Pokémon.
• Gluttony (hidden ability): Makes the Pokémon eat any held Berry triggered by low HP below 1/2 its max HP.

Moves

Moves Swalot learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Swalot learns the move the moment it evolves: Body Slam.

TM moves (50)

Swalot can learn 50 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Protect, Water Pulse, Acid Spray, Thief, Facade, Bulldoze, Mud Shot, Fling, Venoshock, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Bullet Seed, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Metronome, Thunder Wave, Poison Jab, Rest, Swords Dance, Body Press, Toxic Spikes, Gunk Shot, Substitute, Giga Drain, Shadow Ball, Encore, Amnesia, Helping Hand, Ice Beam, Sludge Bomb, Earthquake, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Toxic, Knock Off, Pain Split, Double-Edge, Sludge Wave, Curse.

Egg moves (7), which Gulpin can hatch knowing:Acid Armor, Clear Smog, Curse, Destiny Bond, Mud-Slap, Smog, Stuff Cheeks.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Amorphous.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 75 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Fast Then Very Slow (1,640,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 HP effort values.
• Base experience yield: 163.

Pokédex entries

Swalot has no teeth, so what it eats, it swallows whole, no matter what. Its cavernous mouth yawns widely. An automobile tire could easily fit inside this Pokémon's mouth. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)

When Swalot spots prey, it spurts out a hideously toxic fluid from its pores and sprays the target. Once the prey has weakened, this Pokémon gulps it down whole with its cavernous mouth. (Ruby, Omega Ruby)

It gulps anything that fits in its mouth. Its special enzymes can dissolve anything. (HeartGold, SoulSilver, Y)

It swallows anything whole. It sweats toxic fluids from its follicles to douse foes. (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X)

It can swallow a tire whole in one gulp. It secretes a horribly toxic fluid from the pores on its body. (FireRed, LeafGreen)

Its powerful stomach acid is capable of digesting almost anything. The one thing in the whole world a Swalot can't digest is its own stomach. (Emerald)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Poison type in Gen 3: 80 kg.
• Highest HP among Poison types in Gen 3: 100.
• Highest Defense among Poison types in Gen 3: 83.
• Highest base stat total among Poison types in Gen 3: 467.
• Taller than 80% of all Pokémon (1.7 m).
• Heavier than 77% of all Pokémon (80 kg).
• Base stat total 467, ranked #464 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is HP, ranked #95 of 1,025.
• One of 83 Poison-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 87 purple Pokémon.
• Number 66 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 64 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 75: about 9.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 6 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Swalot (Pokémon), Serebii: Swalot (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (SWOL-ot): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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