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#0105 · Generation I · form of Marowak

Alolan Marowak

Fire / Ghost · Bone Keeper Pokémon — first seen in Generation I.

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FireGhost

Sprites

Normal

Shiny

In the ROM hacks

Marowak (Alola) — Low Budget Crystal
Alola

Marowak (Alola Totem) — Emerald Squared
Alola Totem

Marowak (Alolan) — Kanto Expansion Pak
Alolan

Art by PacoScarso, Mediko, Aloeva, Swonkfish, Kazioko and Lodestar195, via the Talrega Dex; PacoScarso and the artists the sheet credits per sprite: Hornatrix, Kazioko, Lodestar195, Mediko, PacoScarso, Swonkfish; Ema Skye, BlueZangoose, Albatross, LuciShrimp, jojobear13, Mateo, thornAvery, LadyMisticus and the rest of the credited Kanto Expansion Pak team; SourApple (SoupPotato) — the creators' own, served from this site.

Pokédex data

National №: #0105
Dex numbers: National #105 · Kanto #105 · Johto #204 · Updated Johto #209 · Kalos Coastal #061 · Original Alola #164 · Original Akala #091 · Updated Alola #198 · Updated Akala #099 · Let’s Go Kanto #105 · Isle of Armor #171 · Hyperspace #010
Species: Bone Keeper Pokémon
Height: 1.0 m (3′03″)
Weight: 34.0 kg (75.0 lbs)
Base EXP: 149
Catch rate: 75
Base friendship: 70
Growth rate: Medium
Egg groups: Monster
Egg cycles: 20
Gender: 50% male · 50% female
EV yield: 2 Defense

Abilities

Cursed BodyHas a 30% chance of Disabling any move that hits the Pokémon.

Lightning RodRedirects single-target Electric moves to this Pokémon where possible. Absorbs Electric moves, raising Special Attack one stage.

Rock Head hiddenProtects against recoil damage.

Base stats

Stat	Base	Min	Max
HP	60	230	324
Attack	80	148	284
Defense	110	202	350
Sp. Attack	50	94	218
Sp. Defense	80	148	284
Speed	45	85	207
Total	425

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 Alolan Marowak takes from each attacking type.

×2

GroundRockGhostWaterDark

×½

PoisonSteelFireGrassIceFairy

×¼

Bug

×0

NormalFighting

×1

FlyingElectricPsychicDragon

Evolution

Cubone#0104

Level 28

Marowak#0105 Level 28 during the night in Alola

Alolan Marowak#0105

Methods 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.

In Unbound

Cubone

Cubone (Alola)

Evolves into Marowak at level 28, daytimeEvolves into Marowak (Alola) at level 28, at night

Marowak

In Pokémon Odyssey

Cubone (Etrian)

Evolves into Marowak (Etrian) at Level 28 Marowak

Marowak

In Pokémon Valiant

Cubone

Evolves into Marowak at level 28

MarowakEvolves into Marowak Alola at level 28Marowak AlolaEvolves into Marowak Alola Totem — the documentation does not say howMarowak Alola Totem

In Pokémon: Wishes of Tomorrow

Cubone

Evolves into Marowak at Level 28 while outside the Alola regionEvolves into Marowak at Level 28 while in the Alola region at night

MarowakEvolves into Marowak NoneMarowak None

In Pokemon Kanto Expansion Pak

Cubone

Evolves into Marowak at level 28

Marowak

Evolves into Guardia with a Heart Stone

Guardia

Other forms

Marowak

Totem Alolan Marowak

Moves by official game

Level-up, TM/HM, tutor and egg moves exactly as each game has them. The newest game this site covers is open; the rest fold out.

Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon19 level-up · 45 TM/HM · 22 tutor

Level-up

Lv	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Tail Whip	Normal	Status	—	100%	30
1	Growl	Normal	Status	—	100%	40
1	Bone Club	Ground	Physical	65	85%	20
1	Flame Wheel	Fire	Physical	60	100%	25
3	Tail Whip	Normal	Status	—	100%	30
7	Bone Club	Ground	Physical	65	85%	20
11	Flame Wheel	Fire	Physical	60	100%	25
13	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100%	30
17	Hex	Ghost	Special	65	100%	10
21	Bonemerang	Ground	Physical	50	90%	10
23	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	—	85%	15
27	Shadow Bone	Ghost	Physical	85	100%	10
33	Thrash	Normal	Physical	120	100%	10
37	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
43	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100%	10
49	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100%	5
53	Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	120	100%	15
59	Retaliate	Normal	Physical	70	100%	5
65	Bone Rush	Ground	Physical	25	90%	10

TM & HM

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90%	10
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
TM100	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100%	10
TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70%	5
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
TM23	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100%	15
TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100%	15
TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	110	70%	10
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15
TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM35	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100%	15
TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—	10
TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85%	5
TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95%	15
TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
TM43	Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	50	100%	20
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15
TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25
TM48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
TM49	Echoed Voice	Normal	Special	40	100%	15
TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70%	5
TM54	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100%	40
TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
TM59	Brutal Swing	Dark	Physical	60	100%	20
TM61	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	—	85%	15
TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
TM71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80%	5
TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100%	20
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
TM85	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100	100%	15
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85%	15
TM88	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM97	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100%	15

Move tutor

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100%	15
ThunderPunch	Electric	Physical	75	100%	15
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100%	15
Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95%	15
Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100%	10
Pain Split	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15
Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100%	10
Heat Wave	Fire	Special	95	90%	10
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100%	20
Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100%	20
Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100%	5
Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—	15
Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100%	10
Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100%	15
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
Ally Switch	Psychic	Status	—	—	15
Laser Focus	Normal	Status	—	—	30
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100%	15
Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100%	10

Sun / Moon19 level-up · 45 TM/HM

Level-up

Lv	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Tail Whip	Normal	Status	—	100%	30
1	Growl	Normal	Status	—	100%	40
1	Bone Club	Ground	Physical	65	85%	20
1	Flame Wheel	Fire	Physical	60	100%	25
3	Tail Whip	Normal	Status	—	100%	30
7	Bone Club	Ground	Physical	65	85%	20
11	Flame Wheel	Fire	Physical	60	100%	25
13	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100%	30
17	Hex	Ghost	Special	65	100%	10
21	Bonemerang	Ground	Physical	50	90%	10
23	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	—	85%	15
27	Shadow Bone	Ghost	Physical	85	100%	10
33	Thrash	Normal	Physical	120	100%	10
37	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
43	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100%	10
49	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100%	5
53	Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	120	100%	15
59	Retaliate	Normal	Physical	70	100%	5
65	Bone Rush	Ground	Physical	25	90%	10

TM & HM

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90%	10
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
TM100	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100%	10
TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70%	5
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
TM23	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100%	15
TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100%	15
TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	110	70%	10
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15
TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM35	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100%	15
TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—	10
TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85%	5
TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95%	15
TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
TM43	Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	50	100%	20
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15
TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25
TM48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
TM49	Echoed Voice	Normal	Special	40	100%	15
TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70%	5
TM54	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100%	40
TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
TM59	Brutal Swing	Dark	Physical	60	100%	20
TM61	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	—	85%	15
TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
TM71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80%	5
TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100%	20
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
TM85	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100	100%	15
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85%	15
TM88	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM97	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100%	15

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 Alolan Marowak with the ROM hacks →

In the 29 guides that include it

Changed in 27 of 29 guides: retyped in 21, stats in 11, abilities in 18, evolution in 4.

Every ROM hack on this site that has Alolan Marowak, 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	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	Cursed Body, Lightning Rod, Rock Head + Cursed Body − Battle Armor
Emerald Rogue	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	Cursed Body, Lightning Rod, Rock Head + Cursed Body − Battle Armor
Pokémon Heart & Soul	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	Cursed Body, Lightning Rod, Rock Head + Cursed Body − Battle Armor
Sword and Shield Ultimate Plus	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	Cursed Body, Lightning Rod, Rock Head + Cursed Body − Battle Armor
Lazarus Evolves at Lv. 28, Night	Changed	FireGhost	450 +25 +15 HP, +20 Attack, -10 Sp. Atk	Cursed Body, Lightning Rod, Rock Head
Recordkeepers	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	Rock Head − Lightning Rod, Battle Armor
Radical Red	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	Rock Head, Lightning Rod, Bone Zone + Bone Zone − Battle Armor
Elite Redux	Changed	FireGhost	455 +30 +15 HP, +15 Speed	Ill Will, Greater Spirit, Skill Link
Inclement Emerald	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	Cursed Body, LightningRod, Rock Head + Cursed Body, LightningRod − Lightning Rod, Battle Armor
Pokémon Crippling Medical Debt Edition	Changed		0 -425 -60 HP, -80 Attack, -110 Defense, -50 Sp. Atk, -80 Sp. Def, -45 Speed	—
Pokémon Emerald Ex	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	—
Pokémon Emerald Imperium	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	Rock Head, Lightning Rod, Bone Zone + Bone Zone − Battle Armor
Pokémon: Wishes of Tomorrow	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	Cursed Body, Lightning Rod, Rock Head + Cursed Body − Battle Armor
Pokémon Exceeded	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	Flame Body, Lightning Rod, Flash Fire
Low Budget Crystal	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	450 +25 +10 Sp. Atk, +15 Speed	—
Pokémon Emerald Squared	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	435 +10 +10 HP	Dancer, Lightning Rod, Rock Head + Dancer − Battle Armor
Pokémon Polished Crystal	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	450 +25 +25 Speed	Cursed Body, Lightning Rod, Rock Head + Cursed Body − Battle Armor
Pokémon SoothingSilver	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	Rock Head, Lightningrod + Lightningrod − Lightning Rod, Battle Armor
Pokemon Kanto Expansion Pak	Changed	FireGhost	395 -30 -30 Sp. Def	—
Poke47 Evolves from Cubone — Level up: 28 (In Alola, Night)	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	455 +30 +15 Sp. Atk, +15 Sp. Def	Cursed Body, Unburden, Rock Head + Cursed Body, Unburden − Lightning Rod, Battle Armor
HeartGold Generations	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	Cursed Body, Lightning Rod, Rock Head + Cursed Body − Battle Armor
Pokémon FireRed Deluxe Evolves into Marowak with a Kanto Stone	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	510 +85 +5 HP, +25 Attack, +55 Sp. Atk	Rock Head, Lightning Rod − Battle Armor
Pokémon Emerald Blitz	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	Cursed Body, Lightning Rod, Rock Head + Cursed Body − Battle Armor
Pokémon Saiph 2 Evolves from Cubone using a Dusk Stone	Changed		0 -425 -60 HP, -80 Attack, -110 Defense, -50 Sp. Atk, -80 Sp. Def, -45 Speed	—
Pokémon Parallel Emerald	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	Cursed Body, Lightning Rod, Rock Head + Cursed Body − Battle Armor
Pokémon Black Pearl Emerald	Changed	Ground→FireGhost	425	Cursed Body, Lightning Rod, Rock Head + Cursed Body − Battle Armor
Pokémon Spirits of the Storm	Changed		0 -425 -60 HP, -80 Attack, -110 Defense, -50 Sp. Atk, -80 Sp. Def, -45 Speed	Cursed Body
Pokémon Soulgold	Unchanged	FireGhost	425	Cursed Body, Lightning Rod, Rock Head
Pokémon R.O.W.E	Unchanged	FireGhost	425	Cursed Body, Lightning Rod, Rock Head

Pokédex entries

What each game says about it, in the games' own words.

Red / Blue / LeafGreen / Y	The bone it holds is its key weapon. It throws the bone skillfully like a boomerang to KO targets.
Yellow	Small and weak, this POKéMON is adept with its bone club. It has grown more vicious over the ages.
Gold	It has been seen pounding boulders with the bone it carries in order to tap out mes sages to others.
Silver	It collects bones from an unknown place. A MAROWAK graveyard exists somewhere in the world, rumors say.
Crystal	Somewhere in the world is a ceme tery just for MAROWAK. It gets its bones from those graves.
Ruby / Sapphire	MAROWAK is the evolved form of a CUBONE that has overcome its sadness at the loss of its mother and grown tough. This POKéMON’s tempered and hardened spirit is not easily broken.
Emerald	A MAROWAK is the evolved form of a CUBONE that has grown tough by overcoming the grief of losing its mother. Its tempered and hardened spirit is not easily broken.
FireRed / X	It is small and was originally very weak. Its temperament turned ferocious when it began using bones.
Diamond / Pearl / Platinum / Black / White / Black 2 / White 2	From its birth, this savage Pokémon constantly holds bones. It is skilled in using them as weapons.
HeartGold	It has been seen pounding boulders with the bone it carries in order to tap out messages to others.
SoulSilver	It collects bones from an unknown place. Some whisper that a MAROWAK graveyard exists somewhere in the world.
Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire	Marowak is the evolved form of a Cubone that has overcome its sadness at the loss of its mother and grown tough. This Pokémon’s tempered and hardened spirit is not easily broken.
Sun	Originally, it was weak and timid. After evolution, its temperament becomes violent, and it begins to wield bones as weapons.
Moon	This Pokémon is out for vengeance on its natural enemy, Mandibuzz. It throws bones like boomerangs to try to take it down.
Ultra Sun	It throws bones at Mandibuzz to knock it down. It’s thought that Marowak is trying to avenge its parent.
Ultra Moon	They thump their bones rhythmically to communicate among themselves. There are nearly 50 different rhythmic patterns.

Names in other languages

Japanese	ガラガラ
Japanese (Rōmaji)	Garagara
German	Knogga
French	Ossatueur
Spanish	Marowak
Italian	Marowak
Korean	텅구리
Chinese (Simplified)	嘎啦嘎啦
Chinese (Traditional)	嘎啦嘎啦

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.