Wiglett
Wiglett is a Water-type Pokémon, the Garden Eel Pokémon, number 960 (#0960) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 1.2 m tall and weighs 1.8 kg.
Wiglett, known as the Garden Eel Pokémon, is a Water type that looks just like Diglett. The Pokédex insists it is not a Diglett at all: the likeness seems to be an accident of adapting to similar surroundings.
How to pronounce Wiglett
Wiglett is pronounced WIG-lit. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Wiglett said out loud:
In Japanese it is ウミディグダ (Umidigda).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Wiglett is a long, white eel, 1.2 m tall and 1.8 kg, that sits buried in sand so that just its head and a little of its body show. It has tiny dark blue eyes and a big round pink nose. Whatever its stated height, nobody knows how long it really is beneath the surface.
Behaviour
Wiglett is timid and cautious. The Pokédex says it smells a Veluza from about 20 m (just over 65 ft) away and ducks into the sand. Bulbapedia says it pops up out of the sand to feed.
Habitat
Bulbapedia says it lives on beaches and in seas, burrowing into the sand, and Serebii lists the Beach biome. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in the South, East, West and North Provinces and in 1-star Tera Raids.
Powers
Gooey slows any attacker that touches it, Rattled raises its Speed when hit by a Dark, Ghost or Bug move, and Sand Veil is hidden. It uses Water Gun, Aqua Jet, Wrap, Dig and Sucker Punch, and learns Throat Chop and Liquidation later. With 95 base Speed it is fast, but its HP and defences are tiny.
Name origin
Wiglett may combine 'wiggle', 'water' or 'white' with Diglett. The Japanese name is Umidigda (ウミディグダ), perhaps umi ('sea') plus Digda, Diglett's Japanese name.
Design inspiration
Wiglett's design builds on Diglett, which Shigeki Morimoto designed. It looks like a garden eel, with razor clams and tubifex worms as other possible influences, and its Diglett lookalike may play on convergent evolution, where unrelated animals independently develop similar bodies. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Wiglett evolves into Wugtrio at level 26, the same level at which Diglett becomes Dugtrio.
In the games
Players find Wiglett across Paldea's provinces in Scarlet and Violet, where it debuted, and it is also a biome-dependent Pokémon in Pokémon GO. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.
In the anime
Two Wiglett debuted in the Horizons episode 'Quaxly, We Can Do It', each belonging to a different Trainer.
Fun facts
- Wiglett was revealed on 28 September 2022 in a mock webinar for the 'World Pokémon Ecological Society', which also introduced the idea fans call convergent species.
- Bulbapedia says its base HP of 10 is the lowest of any Water Pokémon, tied with Kantonian and Alolan Diglett for the lowest of all Pokémon except Shedinja.
- Of the species fans call convergent, Bulbapedia says only Wiglett has a base stat total different from its Diglett's.
- Wiglett and its evolution simply fade in when sent out rather than dropping onto the field, as Diglett, Dugtrio, Sandygast and Palossand also do.
Base stats
- HP: 10
- Attack: 55
- Defense: 25
- Sp. Atk: 35
- Sp. Def: 25
- Speed: 95
Wiglett’s base stat total is 245. Its highest stat is Speed.
Type matchups
What is Wiglett weak to?
Wiglett takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Grass (2×) moves.
It resists Fire (½×), Water (½×), Ice (½×), Steel (½×).
Evolution
How does Wiglett evolve?
Wiglett evolves into Wugtrio at level 26.
The whole family: Wiglett, Wugtrio.
Abilities
- Gooey: Lowers attacking Pokémon's Speed by one stage on contact.
- Rattled: Raises Speed one stage upon being hit by a Dark, Ghost, or Bug move.
- Sand Veil (hidden ability): Increases evasion to 1.25× during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.
Moves
Moves Wiglett learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sand Attack | Ground | Status | — |
| 1 | Water Gun | Water | Special | 40 |
| 4 | Mud-Slap | Ground | Special | 20 |
| 8 | Wrap | Normal | Physical | 15 |
| 12 | Aqua Jet | Water | Physical | 40 |
| 20 | Slam | Normal | Physical | 80 |
| 20 | Water Pulse | Water | Special | 60 |
| 24 | Headbutt | Normal | Physical | 70 |
| 28 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 |
| 32 | Sucker Punch | Dark | Physical | 70 |
| 36 | Throat Chop | Dark | Physical | 80 |
| 40 | Liquidation | Water | Physical | 85 |
TM moves (30)
Wiglett can learn 30 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Mud-Slap, Protect, Water Pulse, Chilling Water, Facade, Bulldoze, Swift, Mud Shot, Endure, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Dig, Foul Play, Sleep Talk, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Substitute, Liquidation, Surf, Helping Hand, Earth Power, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Tera Blast, Whirlpool, Muddy Water, Throat Chop.
Egg moves (2):Final Gambit, Memento.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Water 3.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 255 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 1 Speed effort value.
- Base experience yield: 49.
Pokédex entries
Though it looks like Diglett, Wiglett is an entirely different species. The resemblance seems to be a coincidental result of environmental adaptation. (Violet)
This Pokémon can pick up the scent of a Veluza just over 65 feet away and will hide itself in the sand. (Scarlet)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ウミディグダ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Umidigda |
| French | Taupikeau |
| German | Schligda |
| Spanish | Wiglett |
| Italian | Wiglett |
| Korean | 바다그다 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 海地鼠 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 海地鼠 |
Trivia
- Lightest Water type in Gen 9: 1.8 kg.
- Lowest base stat total among Water types in Gen 9: 245.
- Taller than 58% of all Pokémon (1.2 m).
- Heavier than 6% of all Pokémon (1.8 kg).
- Base stat total 245, ranked #976 of 1,025.
- One of 154 Water-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 88 white Pokémon.
- Number 55 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 39 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 255: about 33.3% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 2 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: Wiglett (Pokémon), Serebii: Wiglett (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (WIG-lit): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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