Grookey
Grass · Chimp Pokémon — first seen in Generation VIII.
Showing the official games. Pick a ROM hack to see how it changes this Pokémon, or compare all of them.
Base stats
| Stat | Base | Min | Max | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 50 | 210 | 304 | |
| Attack | 65 | 121 | 251 | |
| Defense | 50 | 94 | 218 | |
| Sp. Attack | 40 | 76 | 196 | |
| Sp. Defense | 40 | 76 | 196 | |
| Speed | 65 | 121 | 251 | |
| Total | 310 |
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 Grookey takes from each attacking type.
Evolution
Grookey
Thwackey
RillaboomMethods are the current official ones. A ROM hack may change them — trade evolutions especially; the guide table below says which do.
In the ROM hacks it evolves differently
Each guide's own line, in the words its creator published.
Moves
Grookey 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.
Where to find it in the ROM hacks
10 guides on this site put it somewhere you can catch it. Areas link to that guide's own route page, with its own rates and levels.
| Guide | Where |
|---|---|
| Sword and Shield Ultimate Plus | PostwickGift · Lv 5 · 100% WedgehurstGift · Lv 15 · 100% Wild Area 1 SouthwestCamping · Lv — · 100% |
| Radical Red | Pallet Town Oak's LabGift · Lv ? Celadon City Mansion 1FGift · Lv ? |
| Elite Redux | Mauville City Game CornerStatic Encounter · Lv — |
| Pokémon: Wishes of Tomorrow | National Park (Annexed)Grass · Lv 5-12 · 10% |
| Pokémon Emerald Squared | Littleroot TownLand · Lv 5 · 5% |
| Pokémon Omega Ruby Origins | Granite Cave Section 4Grass · Lv 3-5 |
| HeartGold Generations | Route 34Grass (morning) · Lv 10 · 6% Route 34Grass (morning, Hoenn Sound) · Lv 10 · 6% Route 34Grass (morning, Sinnoh Sound) · Lv 10 · 6% |
| Pokémon Parallel Emerald | Safari Zone SouthGrass · Lv ? · 10% Mauville City Game CornerStatic Encounter · Lv ? |
| Pokémon Black Pearl Emerald | |
| Pokémon Mirror Gold | Johto Safari Zone — ForestWalk (Day) · Lv 17 Johto Safari Zone — ForestWalk (Morning) · Lv 17 Johto Safari Zone — ForestWalk (Night) · Lv 17 and 6 more areas |
| Unbound | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Emerald Rogue | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Pokémon Soulgold | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Pokémon Heart & Soul | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Pokémon R.O.W.E | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Celia's Stupid Romhack | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Inclement Emerald | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Pokémon Crippling Medical Debt Edition | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Pokémon Emerald Ex | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Pokémon Emerald Imperium | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Pokémon Exceeded | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Pokémon Overcomplicated | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
Compare official Grookey with the ROM hacks →
In the 22 guides that include it
Changed in 19 of 22 guides: retyped in 1, stats in 3, abilities in 4, evolution in 18.
Every ROM hack on this site that has Grookey, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unbound Evolves into Thwackey at level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Overgrow, Grassy Surge |
| Pokémon Soulgold Evolves into Thwackey — Level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Overgrow, Grassy Surge |
| Pokémon Heart & Soul Evolves into Thwackey at Level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Overgrow, Grassy Surge |
| Pokémon R.O.W.E Evolves into Thwackey at Level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Overgrow, Grassy Surge |
| Celia's Stupid Romhack | Changed | Grass→GrassSteel | 600 +290 +30 HP, +60 Defense, +100 Sp. Atk, +50 Sp. Def, +50 Speed | Early Bird + Early Bird |
| Sword and Shield Ultimate Plus Evolves into Thwackey — Level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Overgrow, Grassy Surge |
| Radical Red Evolves into Thwackey at Level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Overgrow, Grassy Surge |
| Elite Redux Evolves into Thwackey at level 16 | Changed | Grass | 320 +10 +5 HP, +5 Attack | Grassy Surge, Intimidate, Grass Pelt |
| Inclement Emerald Evolves into Thwackey at Level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Overgrow, Grassy Surge |
| Pokémon Crippling Medical Debt Edition Evolves into Thwackey at Level 16 | Changed | 0 -310 -50 HP, -65 Attack, -50 Defense, -40 Sp. Atk, -40 Sp. Def, -65 Speed | — | |
| Pokémon Emerald Imperium Evolves into Thwackey at level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Overgrow, Grassy Surge |
| Pokémon: Wishes of Tomorrow Evolves into Thwackey at Level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Overgrow, Grassy Surge |
| Pokémon Exceeded Evolves into Thwackey at level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Soundproof, Grassy Surge |
| Pokémon Emerald Squared Evolves into Thwackey at level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Overgrow, Tangling Hair, Grassy Surge + Tangling Hair |
| Pokémon Omega Ruby Origins Evolves into Thwackey at Level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Overgrow, Vital Spirit + Vital Spirit − Grassy Surge |
| HeartGold Generations Evolves into Thwackey — at level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Overgrow, Grassy Surge |
| Pokémon Parallel Emerald Evolves into Thwackey at level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Overgrow, Grassy Surge |
| Pokémon Black Pearl Emerald Evolves into Thwackey at Level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Overgrow, Grassy Surge |
| Pokémon Mirror Gold Evolves into Thwackey — at level 16 | Changed | Grass | 310 | Overgrow − Grassy Surge |
| Emerald Rogue | Unchanged | Grass | 310 | Overgrow, Grassy Surge |
| Pokémon Emerald Ex | Unchanged | Grass | 310 | — |
| Pokémon Overcomplicated | Unchanged | Grass | 310 | Soundproof |
Names in other languages
| Japanese | サルノリ |
| Japanese (Rōmaji) | Sarunori |
| German | Chimpep |
| French | Ouistempo |
| Spanish | Grookey |
| Italian | Grookey |
| Korean | 흥나숭 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 敲音猴 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 敲音猴 |
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.