Sand Tomb

すなじごく Sand Hell

Generation:	III

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	15 Gen. III, Gen. IV / 35 Gen. V
Accuracy:	75% Gen. III, Gen. IV / 85% Gen. V
PP:	15, max: 24
Affects:	Selected _target
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Contests (RS E)

Type:
Appeal:	3 ♥♥♥
Jam:	0

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Type:
Appeal:	0

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Sand Tomb (

Japanese

: すなじごく,

Hepburn

: Sand Hell) is a Ground-type move introduced in Generation III.

Description

Games	Description
RS E	Traps and hurts the foe in quicksand for 2 to 5 turns.
FRLG	The foe is trapped inside a painful sandstorm for two to five turns.
DP Pt HGSS	The user traps the foe inside a harshly raging sandstorm for two to five turns.
BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh BDSP LA	The user traps the _target inside a harshly raging sandstorm for four to five turns.
SV	The user traps the _target inside a harshly raging sandstorm that inflicts damage for four to five turns.

Effect

In Battle

The user traps the foe inside a harshly raging sandstorm for two to five turns.

Contests

Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited.

Super Contests

Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Sandshrew	ground	Field	45	27	27^BW 23^B2W2	23	23^SMUSUM
	Sandslash	ground	Field	52	33	33^BW 23^B2W2	23^XY 24^ORAS	24^SMUSUM	31	31
	Dugtrio	ground	Field	26	26	26	26	1, Evo.^SMUSUM	1, Evo.	Evo.
	Dugtrio	ground/steel	Field					1, Evo.^SMUSUM	1, Evo.	Evo.
	Onix	rock/ground	Mineral	49^RSE 52^FRLG	41^DP 46^PtHGSS	54^BW 37^B2W2	37	37^SMUSUM	28^SwShBDSP
	Steelix	steel/ground	Mineral						28^SwShBDSP
	Trapinch	ground	Bug/Dragon	25	25	25^BW 10^B2W2	10^XY 12^ORAS	12	16	16
	Vibrava	ground/dragon	Bug/Dragon	1, 25	1, 25	1, 25^BW 1, 10^B2W2	1, 10^XY 12^ORAS	12	16	16
	Flygon	ground/dragon	Bug/Dragon	1, 25	1, 25	1, 25^BW 1, 10^B2W2	1, 10^XY 12^ORAS	12	16	16
	Gible	dragon/ground	Monster/Dragon		19	19	19	19	1	1
	Gabite	dragon/ground	Monster/Dragon		19	19	19	19	1	1
	Garchomp	dragon/ground	Monster/Dragon		19	19	19	19	1	1
	Hippopotas	ground	Field		25	25	25	25	12^SwShBDSP	12
	Hippowdon	ground	Field		25	25	25	25	12^SwShBDSP	12
	Sandile	ground/dark	Field			13	13	13	9^SwShBDSP	9
	Krokorok	ground/dark	Field			13	13	13	9^SwShBDSP	9
	Krookodile	ground/dark	Field			13	13	13	9^SwShBDSP	9
	Landorus	ground/flying	Undiscovered						1^SwSh	1
	Sandygast	ghost/ground	Amorphous					14	10	10
	Palossand	ghost/ground	Amorphous					14	1	1
	Silicobra	ground	Field/Dragon						50	50
	Sandaconda	ground	Field/Dragon						51	51
	Ting-Lu	dark/ground	Undiscovered							1
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Sandshrew	ground	Field						TM49	TM176
	Sandslash	ground	Field						TM49	TM176
	Nidoqueen	poison/ground	Undiscovered						TM49
	Nidoking	poison/ground	Monster/Field						TM49
	Diglett	ground	Field							TM176
	Diglett	ground/steel	Field							TM176
	Dugtrio	ground	Field						TM49	TM176
	Dugtrio	ground/steel	Field						TM49	TM176
	Onix	rock/ground	Mineral						TM49
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered						TM49	TM176
	Sudowoodo	rock	Mineral						TM49	TM176
	Pineco	bug	Bug							TM176
	Forretress	bug/steel	Bug							TM176
	Gligar	ground/flying	Bug							TM176
	Steelix	steel/ground	Mineral						TM49
	Scizor	bug/steel	Bug						TM49
	Shuckle	bug/rock	Bug						TM49
	Magcargo	fire/rock	Amorphous							TM176
	Swinub	ice/ground	Field						TM49	TM176
	Piloswine	ice/ground	Field						TM49	TM176
	Skarmory	steel/flying	Flying						TM49	TM176
	Phanpy	ground	Field							TM176
	Donphan	ground	Field							TM176
	Larvitar	rock/ground	Monster						TM49	TM176
	Pupitar	rock/ground	Monster						TM49	TM176
	Tyranitar	rock/dark	Monster						TM49	TM176
	Marshtomp	water/ground	Monster/Water 1						TM49	TM176
	Swampert	water/ground	Monster/Water 1						TM49	TM176
	Nosepass	rock	Mineral							TM176
	Lairon	steel/rock	Monster						TM49
	Aggron	steel/rock	Monster						TM49
	Trapinch	ground	Bug/Dragon						TM49	TM176
	Vibrava	ground/dragon	Bug/Dragon						TM49	TM176
	Flygon	ground/dragon	Bug/Dragon						TM49	TM176
	Lunatone	rock/psychic	Mineral						TM49
	Solrock	rock/psychic	Mineral						TM49
	Whiscash	water/ground	Water 2						TM49	TM176
	Baltoy	ground/psychic	Mineral						TM49
	Claydol	ground/psychic	Mineral						TM49
	Regirock	rock	Undiscovered						TM49	TM176
	Registeel	steel	Undiscovered						TM49	TM176
	Groudon	ground	Undiscovered							TM176
	Turtwig	grass	Monster/Grass							TM176
	Grotle	grass	Monster/Grass							TM176
	Torterra	grass/ground	Monster/Grass							TM176
	Shieldon	rock/steel	Monster							TM176
	Bastiodon	rock/steel	Monster							TM176
	Gastrodon	water/ground	Water 1/Amorphous						TM49	TM176
	Bonsly	rock	Undiscovered						TM49	TM176
	Gible	dragon/ground	Monster/Dragon						TM49	TM176
	Gabite	dragon/ground	Monster/Dragon						TM49	TM176
	Garchomp	dragon/ground	Monster/Dragon						TM49	TM176
	Hippopotas	ground	Field						TM49	TM176
	Hippowdon	ground	Field						TM49	TM176
	Drapion	poison/dark	Bug/Water 3						TM49
	Gliscor	ground/flying	Bug							TM176
	Mamoswine	ice/ground	Field						TM49	TM176
	Probopass	rock/steel	Mineral							TM176
	Roggenrola	rock	Mineral						TM49
	Boldore	rock	Mineral						TM49
	Gigalith	rock	Mineral						TM49
	Drilbur	ground	Field						TM49	TM176
	Excadrill	ground/steel	Field						TM49	TM176
	Sandile	ground/dark	Field						TM49	TM176
	Krokorok	ground/dark	Field						TM49	TM176
	Krookodile	ground/dark	Field						TM49	TM176
	Dwebble	bug/rock	Bug/Mineral						TM49
	Crustle	bug/rock	Bug/Mineral						TM49
	Landorus	ground/flying	Undiscovered						TM49	TM176
	Diggersby	normal/ground	Field						TM49
	Carbink	rock/fairy	Fairy/Mineral						TM49	TM176
	Diancie	rock/fairy	Undiscovered						TM49	TM176
	Mudbray	ground	Field						TM49	TM176
	Mudsdale	ground	Field						TM49	TM176
	Sandygast	ghost/ground	Amorphous						TM49	TM176
	Palossand	ghost/ground	Amorphous						TM49	TM176
	Drednaw	water/rock	Monster/Water 1						TM49	TM176
	Rolycoly	rock	Mineral						TM49	TM176
	Carkol	rock/fire	Mineral						TM49	TM176
	Coalossal	rock/fire	Mineral						TM49	TM176
	Silicobra	ground	Field/Dragon						TM49	TM176
	Sandaconda	ground	Field/Dragon						TM49	TM176
	Runerigus	ground/ghost	Mineral/Amorphous						TM49
	Stonjourner	rock	Mineral						TM49	TM176
	Orthworm	steel	Field							TM176
	Glimmet	rock/poison	Mineral							TM176
	Glimmora	rock/poison	Mineral							TM176
	Sandy Shocks	electric/ground	Undiscovered							TM176
	Iron Thorns	rock/electric	Undiscovered							TM176
	Ting-Lu	dark/ground	Undiscovered							TM176
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

Gallery

Main games

Main series

Sand Tomb being activated by Brianna's Vibrava.

Sand Tomb being used by Ursula's Gabite.

Sand Tomb being used by Nanu's Krookodile.

Spin-offs and shorts

Sand Tomb being used by Gabite (In a Mystery Dungeon special).

Sand Tomb being used by Acerola's Palossand.

Pokémon Adventures

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#201–229	201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII TMs TRs

Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet

v · d · e List of Ground-type moves

Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX

B	Bone Club Bone Rush Bonemerang Bulldoze

D	Dig Drill Run

E	Earth Power Earthquake

F	Fissure

H	Headlong Rush High Horsepower

L	Land's Wrath

M	Magnitude Mud Bomb Mud Shot Mud Sport Mud-Slap

P	Precipice Blades

R	Rototiller

S	Sand Attack Sand Tomb Sandsear Storm Scorching Sands Shore Up Spikes Stomping Tantrum

T	Thousand Arrows Thousand Waves

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ice-type Normal-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation III

Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type

A	Aerial Ace Air Cutter Arm Thrust Aromatherapy Assist Astonish

B	Blast Burn Blaze Kick Block Bounce Brick Break Bulk Up Bullet Seed

C	Calm Mind Camouflage Charge Cosmic Power Covet Crush Claw

D	Dive Doom Desire Dragon Claw Dragon Dance

E	Endeavor Eruption Extrasensory

F	Facade Fake Out Fake Tears Feather Dance Flatter Focus Punch Follow Me Frenzy Plant

G	Grass Whistle Grudge

H	Hail Heat Wave Helping Hand Howl Hydro Cannon Hyper Voice

I	Ice Ball Icicle Spear Imprison Ingrain Iron Defense

K	Knock Off

L	Leaf Blade Luster Purge

M	Magic Coat Magical Leaf Memento Metal Sound Meteor Mash Mist Ball Mud Shot Mud Sport Muddy Water

N	Nature Power Needle Arm

O	Odor Sleuth Overheat

P	Poison Fang Poison Tail Psycho Boost

R	Recycle Refresh Revenge Rock Blast Rock Tomb Role Play

S	Sand Tomb Secret Power Sheer Cold Shock Wave Signal Beam Silver Wind Skill Swap Sky Uppercut Slack Off Smelling Salts Snatch Spit Up Stockpile Superpower Swallow

T	Tail Glow Taunt Teeter Dance Tickle Torment Trick

U	Uproar

V	Volt Tackle

W	Water Pulse Water Sport Water Spout Weather Ball Will-O-Wisp Wish

Y	Yawn

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation III