Palossand (Pokémon)

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Palossand
0 HP	0 Atk	2 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

Shape

Footprint

Pokédex color

Brown

Base friendship

70

External Links

It evolves from Sandygast starting at level 42.

Biology

Palossand is a Pokémon resembling a yellowish sand castle with gray pebbles along the base. It has a square main castle for its body, two round towers for arms, and the top of another round tower with a conical point rising up from the body. A tunnel through the center of the main body creates a mouth. There is a line of five alternating blue and pink seashells over the top of its mouth. The central tower has six windows: three located in the front, one on each side, and one in the back. The two outermost windows in front of the central tower have tiny pebbles in them and appear to act as eyes. The two side towers have crenellations along the top with a ring of windows underneath. Palossand's main body has crenellations around the central tower. A ring of alternating pink and blue seashells surrounds the central tower just below the point. In the peak of its tower is a red shovel stuck handle-first into the top.

Palossand has been referred to as the Beach Nightmare. Each grain of Palossand's body has a will of its own. It controls adults to make them build it a sand castle, which provides it a disguise and defense. However, Palossand is able to replenish any sand it loses on its own. It has the power to control the sand. The shovel on its head rotates when Palossand searches for prey and is believed to function as a radar. It enjoys the life force of Pokémon and captures small Pokémon by creating a sandy vortex. The bones of its victims are kept beneath it and traces of its victims' ill will are left wherever Palossand passes. This is said to be the genesis of new Sandygast born from the souls it gains from victims.[1]. As seen in the anime, Palossand can manipulate its size and can grow to the size of a building. Palossand can be found at beaches, however it hates the water. It cannot maintain its castle-like shape during heavy-rain storms.

Palossand and its pre-evolution are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Shore Up.

In the anime

Main series

Palossand in the anime

Major appearances

Palossand debuted in A Shivering Shovel Search!, where it evolved from a Sandygast, trapping Ash inside its body.

Minor appearances

A Palossand appeared in Deceiving Appearances!, where it was among the Pokémon seen at Aether Paradise.

Pokédex entries

Episode	Pokémon	Source	Entry
SM022	Palossand	Rotom Pokédex	It's the evolved form of Sandygast! It's a Palossand! The Sand Castle Pokémon. A Ghost and Ground type. It is said the shovel on Palossand's head functions as a radar.

Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer

Palossand in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer

A Palossand briefly appeared in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer, under the ownership of Acerola. Alongside Skyla's Swanna and Flint's Infernape, it battled Bettie's Pikachu, Iris's Haxorus, and Barry's Piplup, but the outcome was left unknown.

In the manga

Palossand in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Palossand debuted in Ray of Light!! Through the Crack in the Sky!, where it was revealed to have evolved from Acerola's Sandygast.

Pokémon Horizon

A Palossand appeared in a fantasy in Journey to a New Horizon.

In the TCG

Main article: Palossand (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.

Generation VII

Alola
SM: #187

Alola
USUM: #226

Kanto
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!‎.
Sun	Possessed people controlled by this Pokémon transformed its sand mound into a castle. As it evolved, its power to curse grew ever stronger.
Moon	Buried beneath the castle are masses of dried-up bones from those whose vitality it has drained.
Ultra Sun	Each of its grains of sand has its own will. Palossand eats small Pokémon and siphons away their vital essence while they're still alive.
Ultra Moon	Once it has whipped up a sandstorm to halt its opponents in their tracks, this terrifying Pokémon snatches away their vitality.

Generation VIII

Galar
Isle of Armor #134

Sinnoh
#—

Hisui
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus.
Sword	Palossand is known as the Beach Nightmare. It pulls its prey down into the sand by controlling the sand itself, and then it sucks out their souls.
Shield	This Pokémon lives on beaches, but it hates water. Palossand can't maintain its castle-like shape if it gets drenched by a heavy rain.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.

Generation VII

Unobtainable

Generation VIII

Sword

Shield

Trade^{Version 1.2.0+}

Expansion Pass

Loop Lagoon (Wanderer)
Challenge Beach, Courageous Cavern, Stepping-Stone Sea (Max Raid Battle)
Max Lair (Dynamax Adventure)

Brilliant Diamond

Shining Pearl

Unobtainable

Legends: Arceus

Unobtainable

In side games

Cross-Generation

Shuffle

Event: Palossand Appears

Masters EX

Chapter 17: Ghostly Trio (Acerola's)

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 85		145 - 192	280 - 374
Attack: 75		72 - 139	139 - 273
Defense: 110		103 - 178	202 - 350
Sp. Atk: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Sp. Def: 75		72 - 139	139 - 273
Speed: 35		36 - 95	67 - 185
Total: 480	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is:

Damaged
normally by:

Flying

1×

Ground

1×

Steel

1×

Fire

1×

Psychic

1×

Dragon

1×

Fairy

1×

Weak to:

Ghost

2×

Water

2×

Grass

2×

Ice

2×

Dark

2×

Immune to:

Normal

0×

Fighting

0×

Electric

0×

Resistant to:

Poison

¼×

Rock

½×

Bug

½×

Notes:

If Foresight or Odor Sleuth is used by an opponent, the opponent has Scrappy, or this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of Normal-type moves is 1× and the effectiveness of Fighting-type moves is 1×.
If this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of Electric-type moves is 1×.

Based on its species, Palossand is also immune to the move Telekinesis.

Learnset

Palossand is available in Sword and Shield Version 1.2.0+.

By leveling up

Generation VIII

Other generations:
VII

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
011	Absorb	Grass	Special	02020	100100%	25
011	Harden	Normal	Status	0000—	00——%	30
011	Astonish	Ghost	Physical	03030	100100%	15
011	Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	03535	08585%	15
1515	Mega Drain	Grass	Special	04040	100100%	15
2020	Sand Attack	Ground	Status	0000—	100100%	15
2525	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	06060	100100%	20
3030	Hypnosis	Psychic	Status	0000—	06060%	20
3535	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	07575	100100%	10
4040	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	0000—	00——%	15
4747	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	08080	100100%	15
5454	Earth Power	Ground	Special	09090	100100%	10
6161	Shore Up	Ground	Status	0000—	00——%	10
6868	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	0000—	00——%	10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Palossand
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Palossand

By TM/TR

Generation VIII

Other generations:
VII

	TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM09	TM09	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
TM21	TM21	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM22	TM22	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	07575	090}}90%	10
TM24	TM24	Snore	Normal	Special	05050	100}}100%	15
TM25	TM25	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM28	TM28	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	07575	100}}100%	10
TM31	TM31	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
TM32	TM32	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM39	TM39	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM48	TM48	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	06060	095}}95%	15
TM49	TM49	Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	03535	085}}85%	15
TM53	TM53	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	05555	095}}95%	15
TM55	TM55	Brine	Water	Special	06565	100}}100%	10
TM59	TM59	Fling	Dark	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	10
TM76	TM76	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
TM81	TM81	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	06060	100}}100%	20
TR10	TR10	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100100	100}}100%	10
TR11	TR11	Psychic	Psychic	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR17	TR17	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TR20	TR20	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR22	TR22	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR26	TR26	Endure	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR27	TR27	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR33	TR33	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TR38	TR38	Trick	Psychic	Status	0000—	100}}100%	10
TR40	TR40	Skill Swap	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR46	TR46	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	15
TR65	TR65	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR67	TR67	Earth Power	Ground	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR75	TR75	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100100	080}}80%	5
TR76	TR76	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Palossand
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Palossand

By breeding

Generation VIII

Other generations:
VII

Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100%	5
Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—%	10
Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	—	—%	5
Spit Up	Normal	Special	—	100%	10
Stockpile	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
Swallow	Normal	Status	—	—%	10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Palossand in Generation VIII
Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Palossand in that game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Palossand
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Palossand

By tutoring

Generation VIII

Other generations:
VII

Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Poltergeist	Ghost	Physical	110	90%	5
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	70	100%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Terrain Pulse	Normal	Special	50	100%	10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Palossand
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Palossand
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

Generation VIII

Other generations:
VII

Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior evolutions.

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Palossand
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Palossand

By transfer from another generation

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Gen.	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
VII	After You	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	15
VII	Block	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
VII	Confide	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
VII	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	15
VII	Embargo ×	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
VII	Frustration ×	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
VII	Gravity	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
VII	Hidden Power ×	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
VII	Infestation	Bug	Special	02020	100}}100%	20
VII	Pain Split	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
VII	Quash	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
VII	Recycle	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
VII	Return ×	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
VII	Rock Polish	Rock	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
VII	Role Play	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
VII	Spite	Ghost	Status	0000—	100}}100%	10
VII	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	085}}85%	15
VII	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10

A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Palossand
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Palossand
× indicates a move that cannot be used in Generation VIII

Side game data

Pokémon Shuffle

Ground

Attack Power: 60 - 105

5

#780

Eject++

Sometimes removes five non-Support Pokémon icons.

Evolution

Unevolved

Sandygast
Ghost Ground

Level 42
→

First evolution

Palossand
Ghost Ground

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.

Generation VII

Sun	Moon	Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon


Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VIII

Sword	Shield
File:Spr 8s 770.png	File:Spr 8s 770 s.png

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Trivia

Origin

Palossand appears to be based on a sand castle. Its Shiny color variation may be based on black sand.

Name origin

Palossand may be a combination of palace, loss, and sand. It may be a pun on pile of sand. It could also derive from pala (Spanish for shovel) or involve colossal.

Sirodethna may be read literally as 城ですな shiro desu na (That's a castle, huh). This may also be a combination of 城 shiro (castle), death, and 砂 suna (sand).

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Japanese	シロデスナ Sirodethna	From 城ですな shiro desu na, death, and 砂 suna
French	Trépassable	From trépas, sable, and très passable
Spanish	Palossand	Same as English name
German	Colossand	From colosseum or colossal and Sand
Italian	Palossand	Same as English name
Korean	모래성이당 Moraeseong-idang	From 모래성이당 moraeseong-idang
Cantonese Chinese	噬沙堡爺 Saihsābóuyèh	From 吞噬 tānsaih, 沙堡 sābóu, and 爺 yèh
Mandarin Chinese	噬沙堡爺 / 噬沙堡爷 Shìshābǎoyé	From 吞噬 tūnshì, 沙堡 shābǎo, 爺 / 爷 yé, and 是沙堡耶 Shì shābǎo yé

More languages
Russian	Палоссэнд Palossend	Transcription of English name
Swedish	Pollosand*	Corruption of English name
Thai	ชิโรเดซึนะ Chirodesuena	Transcription of Japanese name

Notes

Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Palossand

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