Mega Excadrill
Ground / Steel · Subterrene Pokémon — first seen in Generation V.
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Base stats
| Stat | Base | Min | Max | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 110 | 330 | 424 | |
| Attack | 165 | 301 | 471 | |
| Defense | 100 | 184 | 328 | |
| Sp. Attack | 65 | 121 | 251 | |
| Sp. Defense | 65 | 121 | 251 | |
| Speed | 103 | 189 | 335 | |
| Total | 608 |
Min and max are at level 100: the minimum is 0 IVs, 0 EVs and a hindering nature, the maximum 31 IVs, 252 EVs and a beneficial nature. Shedinja's HP is always 1 whatever the formula says.
Type defences
Damage Mega Excadrill takes from each attacking type.
Evolution
Drilbur
ExcadrillMethods are the current official ones. A ROM hack may change them — trade evolutions especially; the guide table below says which do.
Other forms
Moves
Mega Excadrill is not in any of the 16 official games this site covers (Red & Blue through Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon), so there is no learnset here yet.
Where to find it in the official games
Not obtainable in the wild in any of the 16 official games this site covers. In those games it has to be evolved, traded or bred — or it belongs to a game whose data is not here yet.
Compare official Mega Excadrill with the ROM hacks →
In the 6 guides that include it
Changed in 4 of 6 guides: retyped in 1, stats in 4, abilities in 2.
Every ROM hack on this site that has Mega Excadrill, and what it did to it. Guides that changed something are first. Click one for that version's full page — locations, moveset and TMs.
| Guide | Type | Total | Abilities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pokémon: Wishes of Tomorrow | Changed | GroundSteel | 608 +100 +30 Attack, +40 Defense, +15 Sp. Atk, +15 Speed | Sand Rush, Sand Force, Mold Breaker |
| Pokémon Exceeded | Changed | GroundSteel | 608 +100 +30 Attack, +40 Defense, +15 Sp. Atk, +15 Speed | — |
| Pokémon Emerald Squared | Changed | GroundSteel | 608 +100 +30 Attack, +40 Defense, +15 Sp. Atk, +15 Speed | Piercing Drill + Piercing Drill − Sand Rush, Sand Force, Mold Breaker |
| Pokémon Omega Ruby Origins | Changed | GroundSteel→FightingPoison | 430 -78 -55 HP, -40 Attack, -5 Defense, -15 Sp. Atk, +10 Sp. Def, +27 Speed | Inner Focus, Keen Eye + Inner Focus, Keen Eye − Sand Rush, Sand Force, Mold Breaker |
| Pokémon Soulgold | Unchanged | GroundSteel | 608 | Unseen Fist |
| Elite Redux | Unchanged | GroundSteel | 608 | Mold Breaker, Sand Rush, Sand Guard |
Pokédex entries
What each game says about it, in the games' own words.
| Black / X / Omega Ruby | It can help in tunnel construction. Its drill has evolved into steel strong enough to bore through iron plates. |
| White / Y / Alpha Sapphire | More than 300 feet below the surface, they build mazelike nests. Their activity can be destructive to subway tunnels. |
| Black 2 / White 2 | Forming a drill with its steel claws and head, it can bore through a steel plate, no matter how thick it is. |
Names in other languages
| Japanese | ドリュウズ |
| Japanese (Rōmaji) | Doryuzu |
| German | Stalobor |
| French | Minotaupe |
| Spanish | Excadrill |
| Italian | Excadrill |
| Korean | 몰드류 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 龙头地鼠 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 龍頭地鼠 |
Official data here is present-day reference data from PokéAPI, not a snapshot of any one game's era — the Fairy type and hidden abilities arrived partway through the series, so a difference against an older game can belong to the series rather than to that ROM hack.