Sunkern (Pokémon)

Total: 1
Sunkern
0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	1 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

Yellow

Base friendship

70

External Links

On Smogon Pokédex:
Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

It evolves into Sunflora when exposed to a Sun Stone.

Biology

Sunkern is a mostly yellow, seed-like Pokémon with a small sprout growing out of its top. It has triangular, spike-like protrusions on top of its head, encircling the sprout. Its body has three broad, brown, vertical stripes. Two of the stripes start jaggedly above Sunkern's dark eyes and continue downward. The other stripe is directly below Sunkern's mouth. Since Sunkern's eyelids are brown, the brown streak patterning appears uninterrupted when Sunkern's eyes are closed.

Sunkern is known to be very weak. Aware of its weakness, it only feeds until it evolves. However, it feeds on only the dew from under the leaves of plants. It tries to move as little as possible since it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for evolution. If attacked, it shakes its leaves at the attacker. Sunkern occasionally falls from the sky on early mornings for unknown reasons. A year after a cold summer, the population of Sunkern explodes. Sunkern can be found in temperate, grassy meadows.

In the anime

Main series

Sunkern in the anime

Major appearances

Sunkern debuted in Moving Pictures. Ash, Brock, Misty, and Todd Snap found it frozen in a field. Ash eventually evolved it using the Sun Stone he acquired in The Bug Stops Here, and it summoned more Sunflora so that Sophia and Marcello could take a picture for their golden anniversary.

Minor appearances

A Sunkern appeared in Pikachu's PikaBoo.

In Grass Hysteria!, multiple Sunkern were living in the Forbidden Forest.

Multiple Sunkern appeared in Island Time.

In Some Enchanted Sweetening!, a Sunkern was lured in by the Honey that Cheryl had slathered onto a tree. Additional Sunkern appeared in the episode's boss fantasy, but that was cut from the dub due to it containing suggestive material.

Two Sunkern appeared in An Angry Combeenation!.

A Sunkern appeared in Dawn's Early Night!.

A Sunkern appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 1). Six additional Sunkern appeared in the follow-up episode.

A Sunkern appeared in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.

In the opening sequence of Arceus and the Jewel of Life, a Sunkern was in an Aroma Lady's field of flowers.

In Zoroark: Master of Illusions, multiple Sunkern were living in Crown City. Some took part in surrounding Zorua in the park along with the other Pokémon with the intention of attacking him in retribution for what Zoroark did to the city. Before a fight could break out, the Sunkern, along with the other Pokémon, were calmed down by Celebi.

Pokédex entries

Episode	Pokémon	Source	Entry
EP187	Sunkern	Ash's Pokédex	Sunkern, the Seed Pokémon. Sunkern drink the dew that collects beneath leaves. It is believed that it neither eats nor drinks anything else.

Pokémon Evolutions

In The Show, a Sunkern briefly appeared under the ownership of a Trainer watching the Kimono Girls' performance in Ecruteak City.

In the manga

Sunkern in Pokémon Adventures

Movie adaptations

Sunkern appeared in Celebi: a Timeless Encounter.

Pokémon Adventures

Sunkern debuted in The Legend when two were seen up on a tree when Green had finished her message to Silver in Johto.

A Sunkern was one of the Pokémon in Joey's bag after Gold helped Joey get it back in Murkrow Row.

In Sunkern Treasure, Gold encounters a herd of Sunkern escaping from a wild Skarmory. To help Falkner catch the Skarmory, Gold catches a Sunkern to use her jumping ability to get high enough and attack it. Afterwards, she was nicknamed Sunbo and later evolved into a Sunflora through a makeshift Sun Stone.

A Sunkern appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

Yuko owns a Sunkern, which first appeared in The Transfer Student.

A Sunkern appeared in Dream World.

A Sunkern liberated by Team Plasma appeared in The Final Battle: Crushed Ambition as one of the Pokémon stuck in N's Castle.

Pokédex entries

Manga	Chapter	Entry
Pokémon Adventures	PS099	May drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake off its leaves.*

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

A Sunkern appeared in The New Pokémon Is Hatched!!.

A Trainer's Sunkern appeared in Let's Fight For The Future!!.

Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All

Shu caught a Sunkern in GDZ74.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team

Multiple Sunkern appeared in Pokémon to the Rescue!.

In the TCG

Main article: Sunkern (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.

Generation II

Johto
#102

Gold	It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves.
Silver	It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.
Crystal	It is very weak. Its only means of defense is to shake its leaves desperately at its attacker.
Stadium 2	It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves.

Generation III

Hoenn
#—

Kanto
#—

Sapphire
Ruby	Sunkern tries to move as little as it possibly can. It does so because it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for its evolution. It will not eat a thing, subsisting only on morning dew.
Emerald	Sunkern try to minimize movement to conserve the nutrients they have stored in their bodies for evolution. They will not eat, subsisting only on morning dew.
FireRed	It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.
LeafGreen	It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves.

Generation IV

Sinnoh
#—

Johto
#103

Pearl
Diamond	It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes.
Platinum
HeartGold	It may plummet from the sky. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves.
SoulSilver	It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.

Generation V

Unova
B2W2: #020

White
Black	It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes.
Black 2	It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. Knowing it's weak, it simply feeds until it evolves.
White 2

Generation VI

Kalos
#—

Hoenn
#—

Alpha Sapphire
X	It may plummet from the sky. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves.
Y	It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.
Omega Ruby	Sunkern tries to move as little as it possibly can. It does so because it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for its evolution. It will not eat a thing, subsisting only on morning dew.

Generation VII

Alola
#—

Kanto
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Generation VII.

Generation VIII

Galar
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Generation VIII.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.

Generation II

Gold

Silver

Route 24, National Park^Day

Crystal

Route 24, National Park^Day

Generation III

Safari Zone extension

Generation IV

Northern Route 204 (Poké Radar)

Platinum

Northern Route 204 (Poké Radar)

HeartGold

SoulSilver

Route 24, National Park^Day, Safari Zone^Day

Generation V

Generation VI

Friend Safari (Grass)

Omega Ruby

Alpha Sapphire

Mirage Forests (south of Route 109, west of Route 114, north of Lilycove City, north of Route 124, east of Mossdeep City, south of Route 132)

Generation VII

Unobtainable

Generation VIII

Unobtainable

Grand Underground - Grassland Caves, Sunlit Cavern

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.

Generation II

This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation II side games.

Generation III

Channel

Mt. Snowfall

Trozei!

Secret Storage 1, Secret Storage 11, Endless Level 5, Mr. Who's Den

MD Red

MD Blue

Wish Cave (1F-3F)

Generation IV

MD Time

MD Darkness

Happy Outlook (B1F-B15F), Mystery Jungle (1F-29F)

MD Sky

Happy Outlook (B1F-B15F), Mystery Jungle (1F-29F)

Ranger: GS

Dolce Island, Hinder Cape, Forest Temple

Generation V

Rumble Blast

Forest: Echo Valley

Rumble U

Adventure Area: Grab and Go!

Generation VI

Battle Trozei

Safari Jungle: Stage 1 ^Th

Shuffle

Event: Pokémon Safari (First release)

Rumble World

Sapphire Sea: Sunlit Forest (All Areas)

Generation VII

Rumble Rush

Snorlax Sea, Castform Sea, Charizard Sea²⁰²⁰, Entei Sea^Final

In events

Games	Event	Language	Location	Level	Distribution period
GS C	Gotta Catch 'Em All Station! Splash Sunkern	English	United States	5	January 3 to 9, 2003
RS E FRLG	Gather More Pokémon! Sixth Campaign Sunkern	Japanese	Japan	10	April 22 to May 8, 2006

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Diamond	Pearl	Coba Berry (5%)
Platinum		Coba Berry (5%)
HeartGold	SoulSilver	Coba Berry (5%)
Black	White	Coba Berry (5%)

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 30		90 - 137	170 - 264
Attack: 30		31 - 90	58 - 174
Defense: 30		31 - 90	58 - 174
Sp. Atk: 30		31 - 90	58 - 174
Sp. Def: 30		31 - 90	58 - 174
Speed: 30		31 - 90	58 - 174
Total: 180	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.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed
3/5	★★★☆☆

Power
1/5	★☆☆☆☆

Skill
1/5	★☆☆☆☆

Stamina
1/5	★☆☆☆☆

Jump
2/5	★★☆☆☆

Total
8/25	★☆☆☆☆

Type effectiveness

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

Damaged
normally by:

Normal

1×

Fighting

1×

Rock

1×

Ghost

1×

Steel

1×

Psychic

1×

Dragon

1×

Dark

1×

Fairy

1×

Weak to:

Flying

2×

Poison

2×

Bug

2×

Fire

2×

Ice

2×

Immune to:

None

Resistant to:

Ground

½×

Water

½×

Grass

½×

Electric

½×

Learnset

Sunkern is available in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

By leveling up

Generation VIII

Other generations:
II - III - IV - V - VI - VII

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
011	Tackle	Normal	Physical	04040	100100%	35
011	Growth	Normal	Status	0000—	——%	20
044	Ingrain	Grass	Status	0000—	——%	20
077	Absorb	Grass	Special	02020	100100%	25
1010	Mega Drain	Grass	Special	04040	100100%	15
1313	Leech Seed	Grass	Status	0000—	09090%	10
1616	Razor Leaf	Grass	Physical	05555	09595%	25
1919	Worry Seed	Grass	Status	0000—	100100%	10
2222	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	07575	100100%	10
2525	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	0000—	100100%	5
2828	Synthesis	Grass	Status	0000—	——%	5
3434	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120120	100100%	10
3737	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120120	100100%	15
4040	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	——%	5
4343	Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	08080	100100%	15

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

By TM

Generation VIII

Other generations:
II - III - IV - V - VI - VII

	TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM09	TM09	Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	02525	100}}100%	30
TM11	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
TM16	TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
TM17	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM19	TM19	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	07575	100}}100%	10
TM20	TM20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	25
TM22	TM22	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
TM32	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
TM36	TM36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TM42	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM44	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM45	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
TM53	TM53	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TM58	TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM70	TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
TM82	TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM86	TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	0000—	100}}100%	20
TM87	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	085}}85%	15
TM90	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM93	TM93	Cut	Normal	Physical	05050	095}}95%	30

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

By breeding

Generation VIII

Other generations:
II - III - IV - V - VI - VII

Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—%	10
Encore*	Normal	Status	—	100%	5
Grassy Terrain	Grass	Status	—	—%	10
Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
Ingrain	Grass	Status	—	—%	20
Leech Seed	Grass	Status	—	90%	10
Morning Sun	Normal	Status	—	—%	5
Nature Power	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
Sweet Scent	Normal	Status	—	100%	20

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Sunkern 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 Sunkern in that game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sunkern
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sunkern
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation VIII

Other generations:
II - III - IV - V - VI - VII

Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.

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

TCG-only moves

Move	Card
Rollout	Sunkern (Neo Destiny 83) Sunkern (Skyridge 106) Sunkern (EX Unseen Forces 76)

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!

Rarity: Common

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team

	Body size: 1
	Recruit rate: 5.2%
	Friend Area: Jungle
Phrases
51%-100% HP	It doesn't take much for me to grow. Just a little water'll do me fine!
26%-50% HP	I only have half my HP left.
1%-25% HP	I'm dehydrated... My HP's down too low...
Level up	Wow! My level went up! I want to celebrate!

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky

	Body size: 1
	Recruit rate: 5.2%
	IQ group: B

Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs

Group:

Grass

Poké Assist:
(present)

Grass

Field move:
(present)

(Cut ×1)

Poké Assist:
(past)

Grass

Field move:
(past)

(Cut ×1)

Browser entry R-010/N-028

It creates vines around itself that make Pokémon Slowed.

Pokémon Rumble Blast

Attack	●
Defense	●
Speed	●●●

Pokémon Rumble Rush

	Walking Speed: 1.67 seconds	Base HP: 41
	Base Attack: 58	Base Defense: 41	Base Speed: 60

Pokémon Battle Trozei

Grass

Attack Power:

★★★★★

Pokémon Shuffle

Grass

Attack Power: 30 - 85

5

#644

Eject++

Sometimes removes five non-Support Pokémon icons.

Pokémon GO

Base Stamina: 102	Base Attack: 55	Base Defense: 55
Egg Distance: N/A	Buddy Distance: 3 km	Evolution Requirement: 50 + 1
Fast Attacks: Razor Leaf, Cut
Charged Attacks: Energy Ball, Grass Knot, Seed Bomb

Evolution

Unevolved

Sunkern
Grass

Sun Stone
→

First evolution

Sunflora
Grass

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.

Generation II

Gold		Silver		Crystal


Front	Back	Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation III

Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen


Front	Back	Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation IV

Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver


Front	Back	Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation V

Black	White	Black 2	White 2


Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VI

X	Y	Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire


Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VII

Sun	Moon	Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon


Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VIII

HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Sunkern images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Japanese sprites

Gold and Silver back sprites

Trivia

Sunkern has the lowest base HP stat of all Grass-type Pokémon and the lowest base stat total of all Grass-type Pokémon. In addition, it:
- Is tied with Lotad for the lowest base Defense stat of all Grass-type Pokémon.
- Is tied with Bellsprout and Seedot for the lowest base Special Defense stat of all Grass-type Pokémon.
- Is tied with Blipbug for the lowest base stat total of all first-stage Pokémon.
Sunkern shares its category name with Bulbasaur and its evolved forms. They are all known as the Seed Pokémon.
Sunkern's official artwork more closely resembled its Shiny form in Gold and Silver than its regular form. This was somewhat rectified in Crystal, although the artwork was still more similar to its Shiny sprite; this discrepancy was fully rectified in Generation III.
In The Official Pokémon Handbook 3, published by Scholastic Corporation, Sunkern's data says its height is 0'01" when it is actually 1'00".
Sunkern and its evolved form are the only Pokémon to have Early Bird as its Hidden Ability.

Origin

Sunkern appears to be based on a shooting sunflower seed.

Name origin

Sunkern may be a combination of sunflower and kernel.

Himanuts may be a combination of 向日葵 himawari (sunflower) and nuts. It may also refer to 夏 natsu (summer).

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Japanese	ヒマナッツ Himanuts	From 向日葵 himawari, nuts, and 夏 natsu
French	Tournegrin	From tournesol and a corruption of grain
Spanish	Sunkern	Same as English name
German	Sonnkern	From Sonnenblumenkern
Italian	Sunkern	Same as English name
Korean	해너츠 Haenuts	From 해바라기 haebaragi and nuts
Cantonese Chinese	向日種子 Heungyahtjúngjí	From 向日葵 heungyahtkwàih and 種子 júngjí
Mandarin Chinese	向日種子 / 向日种子 Xiàngrìzhǒngzi	From 向日葵 xiàngrìkuí and 種子 / 种子 zhǒngzi

More languages
Hindi	सांकर्न Sunkern	Transcription of English name
Russian	Санкерн Sankern	Transcription of English name
Thai	ฮิมานัทส์ Himanat	Transcription of Japanese name

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