Is Graveler Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
AbilityRock Head means recoil moves deal full damage with no drawback. Graveler takes physical hits and handles Wattson plus Flannery. Trade for Golem if possible, but Graveler with Rock Head is already effective. The 4x Water weakness limits where you can use it.
Roxanne's typing presses Geodude's defenses.
Brawly's team hits Geodude's weaknesses hard.
Geodude trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Graveler has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Graveler trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Graveler trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's team hits Golem's weaknesses hard.
Golem trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Golem has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Golem trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Golem has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Golem trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Golem trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catch Geodude
Catch Geodude in Granite Cave (walking, Lv 6-9, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- LV 21NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Wattson
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 114
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 36GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 41NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 46NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Geodude to Graveler
Geodude evolves into Graveler at Level 25. Your Geodude should hit Level 25 before you reach Flannery, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 25)
- LV 25NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 114
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 45GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 53NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 62NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Graveler to Golem
Graveler evolves into Golem when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Tate & Liza.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 33)
- LV 33NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 45GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 53NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 62NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Graveler in Ruby & Sapphire
Graveler only turns up wild on Victory Road, Rock Smashed in the 30s to 40. Everywhere else you raise a Geodude to level 25 to get one.
Wild Graveler may be holding when caught:
Everstone (5% chance) A wondrous stone & a hold item that prevents evolution.1 location to catch Graveler5 locations to catch Geodude
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Geodude at any of the 5 locations below, then level it up to 25 — it evolves into Graveler.
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Graveler in RS
Available earlier: catch Geodude (before Badge 2) and evolve it at Lv 25. Wild Graveler first appears at Victory Road (after Badge 8).
- Step 3Evolve into GolemBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Geodude egg.
To plan your throws, open the Ruby & Sapphire catch rate calculator with Graveler preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Graveler in Ruby & Sapphire
Graveler is revealed by smashing rocks in Victory Road, so break every one you can until a shiny appears. Compare Shiny Graveler odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Graveler Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Ruby & Sapphire shiny odds calculator with Graveler already selected.
Graveler Weakness
Graveler's Rock/Ground typing leaves it vulnerable to Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Ground, and Steel. Water and Grass hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Graveler's physical bulk (base 115 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Water, Grass |
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Flying, Rock |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Graveler Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Graveler
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Graveler View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x146-172%KO Solar Beam 4x258-303%KO Iron Tail 2x65-76% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Graveler View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x136-160%KO Earthquake 2x61-72% Surf 4x103-121%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Graveler View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x140-165%KO Earthquake 2x63-74% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Graveler View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x438-516%KO Focus Punch 2x88-103%KO | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Graveler View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 4x404-475%KO Focus Punch 2x67-80% Earthquake 2x46-54% Iron Tail 2x46-54% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Graveler View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x136-160%KO Earthquake 2x61-72% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Graveler View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 4x355-418%KO Surf 4x283-334%KO Focus Punch 2x58-69% Ice Beam 2x94-111%KO | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Graveler View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 4x355-418%KO Brick Break 2x39-46% Dig 2x31-37% | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Graveler View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 4x329-388%KO Earthquake 2x44-52% Rock Smash 2x10-11% | ||
 Flygon GroundDragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Graveler View Flygon builds →Solar Beam 4x216-254%KO Earthquake 2x79-93% Iron Tail 2x52-62% Rock Smash 2x11-13% | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Graveler View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x116-137%KO Earthquake 2x52-62% | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Graveler View Swampert builds →Surf 4x269-317%KO Earthquake 2x84-99% Focus Punch 2x84-99% Iron Tail 2x56-66% | ||
Graveler Evolutions
Graveler is partway through a three-stage line between Geodude and Golem. The chain involves a trade, so it's not a straightforward grind. So far, HP got the biggest boost (+15 from Geodude). The final form adds another 105 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Graveler to get Geodude eggs easily using 23 partners from the Mineral egg group. Notable egg moves include Block, Mega Punch, Rock Slide.
RS Graveler Best Moveset
MoveEarthquake and MoveDouble-Edge without recoil through AbilityRock Head, plus MoveExplosion for massive self-destruct damage. 4x Water and Grass weaknesses persist. Golem does everything at higher numbers.
Best Build
Graveler best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Wallbreaker Moveset
- Explosion
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Double Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Block and Mega Punch on Graveler. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Earthquake and Dig, they expand what Graveler can actually threaten in practice.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Graveler grows by feeding on rocks. Apparently, it prefers to eat rocks that are covered in moss. This Pokemon eats its way through a ton of rocks on a daily basis.
Rocks are Graveler's favorite food. This Pokemon will climb a mountain from the base to the summit, crunchingly feasting on rocks all the while. Upon reaching the peak, it rolls back down to the bottom.
Graveler Ruby & Sapphire Guide
No. Graveler only evolves into Golem through a real trade. There is no in-game alternative in Ruby & Sapphire. Trade needs a Game Boy Advance link cable and a second GBA running another Gen 3 game (FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald). Trade Graveler to a friend, then have them trade it back. The 2026 Switch re-release supports the same trade through local wireless on the Pokemon Center 2F Wireless Club, with no cables required.
Yes. Wild Graveler in Ruby & Sapphire can hold Everstone (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Everstone.
Game Availability
Graveler first appeared in Red & Blue and spans 20 games across 9 generations. It later gained an Alolan form in Generation 7, adding new dimensions to its competitive identity.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SMAlolan
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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