Is Sandygast Good in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Playthrough?
Wild Ghost/Ground on Hano Beach. Palossand at level 42 has solid defenses. Ghost immunity to Normal/Fighting handles Hala. Ground handles Molayne with MoveEarthquake.
Sandygast trades roughly evenly with Ilima's team.
Hala's team hits Sandygast's weaknesses hard.
Sandygast trades roughly evenly with Lana's team.
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Sandygast trades roughly evenly with Kiawe's team.
Mallow's team hits Sandygast's weaknesses hard.
Sandygast trades roughly evenly with Olivia's team.
Sandygast trades roughly evenly with Sophocles's team.
Sandygast has the type edge here and should clean up Acerola's team.
Nanu's team hits Sandygast's weaknesses hard.
Palossand trades roughly evenly with Mina's team.
Sandygast trades roughly evenly with Hapu's team.
Palossand has the type edge here and should clean up Molayne's team.
Palossand has the type edge here and should clean up Olivia's team.
Palossand has the type edge here and should clean up Acerola's team.
Palossand trades roughly evenly with Kahili's team.
Palossand trades roughly evenly with Kukui's team.
Catch Sandygast on Hano Beach (walking, Lv 22-25).
Your Sandygast should hit Level 42 before you reach Mina, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Sandygast in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
A few locations for Sandygast with high spawn rates across mid-game routes. The sort toggle below swaps between best odds and earliest access, so you can approach it based on where you are in the game.
Where To Catch Sandygast in USUM
To get Sandygast, start by catching Sandygast through walking and fixed encounters at Lv. 22-30. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
Step 1Sandygast ✓Hano BeachLv.22-25GrassRate 30%Route 15Lv.30Interact with PokemonUltra Moon
Step 2Evolve into Palossand
Sandygast Weakness
Water, Grass, Ice, Ghost, and Dark moves hit Sandygast for super-effective damage. The upside? Normal, Electric, and Fighting-type moves can't touch it at all. Sandygast's physical bulk (base 80 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ice, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Rock |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0x (Immune) | Normal, Electric, Fighting |
What is Sandygast Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Sandygast
 Vullaby Dark | C | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Jynx builds →Frost Breath 2x106-125%KO Thief 2x27-33% Lick 2x17-21% | ||
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Murkrow builds →Thief 2x63-75% Astonish 2x23-29% | ||
 Petilil Grass | C | |
 Slowking WaterPsychic | C | |
 Vaporeon Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Vaporeon builds →Water Pulse 2x100-119%KO Aurora Beam 2x71-86% | ||
 Grovyle Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Grovyle builds →Mega Drain 2x100-119%KO Pursuit 2x21-25% | ||
Vullaby Dark | C | |
Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Jynx builds →Frost Breath 2x105-124%KO Thief 2x27-32% Lick 2x16-19% | ||
 Dartrix Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Rowlet (Route 1 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Dartrix builds →Razor Leaf 2x48-57% Ominous Wind 2x48-57% | ||
Vaporeon Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Vaporeon builds →Water Pulse 2x105-124%KO Aurora Beam 2x76-90% | ||
Grovyle Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Grovyle builds →Mega Drain 2x109-129%KO Pursuit 2x22-28% | ||
Vullaby Dark | C | |
Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Jynx builds →Frost Breath 2x109-129%KO Thief 2x29-34% Lick 2x17-21% | ||
Dartrix Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Rowlet (Route 1 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Dartrix builds →Razor Leaf 2x52-62% Ominous Wind 2x52-62% | ||
Vaporeon Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Vaporeon builds →Water Pulse 2x101-121%KO Aurora Beam 2x73-87% | ||
 Ivysaur GrassPoison | C | |
Grovyle Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Grovyle builds →Energy Ball 2x121-143%KO Pursuit 2x22-27% | ||
Dartrix Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Rowlet (Route 1 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Dartrix builds →Energy Ball 2x106-125%KO Ominous Wind 2x48-57% | ||
 Brionne Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Popplio (Route 1 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Brionne builds →Bubble Beam 2x94-112%KO Icy Wind 2x52-63% | ||
Vaporeon Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Vaporeon builds →Water Pulse 2x105-125%KO Aurora Beam 2x77-91% | ||
Ivysaur GrassPoison | C | |
Grovyle Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Grovyle builds →Energy Ball 2x129-152%KO Pursuit 2x22-26% | ||
 Shiinotic GrassFairy | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Shiinotic builds →Energy Ball 2x135-160%KO Astonish 2x14-18% | ||
Dartrix Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Rowlet (Route 1 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Dartrix builds →Energy Ball 2x112-132%KO Ominous Wind 2x51-60% | ||
 Primarina WaterFairy | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Popplio (Route 1 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Primarina builds →Sparkling Aria 2x176-207%KO Ice Beam 2x117-138%KO Energy Ball 2x117-138%KO Shadow Ball 2x104-123%KO | ||
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Venusaur builds →Petal Dance 2x193-227%KO | ||
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Obtain MethodPoke Pelago Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Honchkrow builds →Sucker Punch 2x91-109%KO Shadow Ball 2x90-106%KO | ||
 Glaceon Ice | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Glaceon builds →Ice Beam 2x179-211%KO Shadow Ball 2x106-126%KO Bite 2x30-36% | ||
 Decidueye GrassGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Rowlet (Route 1 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Decidueye builds →Leaf Storm 2x209-246%KO Phantom Force 2x102-121%KO | ||
Ivysaur GrassPoison | C | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x132-155%KO Bite 2x45-53% | ||
Primarina WaterFairy | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Popplio (Route 1 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Primarina builds →Sparkling Aria 2x171-202%KO Ice Beam 2x114-134%KO Energy Ball 2x114-134%KO Shadow Ball 2x101-119%KO | ||
Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Obtain MethodPoke Pelago Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Honchkrow builds →Sucker Punch 2x88-103%KO Shadow Ball 2x88-103%KO | ||
Vaporeon Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Vaporeon builds →Muddy Water 2x151-178%KO Ice Beam 2x101-119%KO Shadow Ball 2x91-107%KO | ||
 Lilligant Grass | C | |
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 2x326-384%KO Night Slash 2x42-50% | ||
Decidueye GrassGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Rowlet (Route 1 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Decidueye builds →Solar Beam 2x311-366%KO Phantom Force 2x98-116%KO Sucker Punch 2x51-60% | ||
 Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Chandelure builds →Solar Beam 2x285-336%KO Shadow Ball 2x173-204%KO Thief 2x26-31% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Exeggutor builds →Solar Beam 2x390-459%KO Thief 2x41-48% | ||
Lilligant Grass | C | |
 Virizion GrassFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodUltra Space Wilds Interact Encounter | ||
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Sceptile Grass | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 2x336-396%KO Night Slash 2x44-52% | ||
In Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, Weavile deals 54-64% with Knock Off.
B | ||
Recommended Build AbilityMotordrive ItemAir Balloon NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Electivire builds →Earthquake20-24% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityTechnician ItemFocus Sash NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Breloom builds →Bullet Seed 2x15-18% | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemChoice Band NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Weavile builds →Knock Off 2x54-64% Ice Shard 2x34-40% Pursuit 2x34-40% | ||
Chandelure GhostFire | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityFlashfire ItemChoice Scarf NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Sandygast View Chandelure builds →Shadow Ball 2x114-134%KO Flamethrower64-75% Energy Ball 2x85-100%KO | ||
Sandygast Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Sandygast grows into Palossand through a straightforward two-stage chain. Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 160 total stats over Sandygast. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Sandygast easily with 52 breeding partners from the Indeterminate egg group. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Ancient Power, Curse and 4 more to offspring.
USUM Sandygast Best Moveset
Ghost/Ground at 80 Defense with AbilityWater Compaction sharply raising Defense from Water hits and AbilitySand Veil in sand. The moveset at pre-evolution power does nothing. Palossand one evolution away adds 110 Defense and 100 Sp. Atk.
Best Build
Sandygast best EVs are HP and Defense
Bulky Support Moveset
- Earth Power
- Shore Up
- Destiny Bond
- Shadow Ball
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Sandygast picks up Amnesia and Ancient Power only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Earthquake and Earth Power while Grass and Normal coverage and more adds range.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It likes the shovel on its head, so Sandygast will get serious and fight any children who come to take it back.
If you build sand mounds when you’re playing, destroy them before you go home, or they may get possessed and become Sandygast.
Sandygast Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Guide
Sandygast is a static encounter at Alola Route 15 in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon. Sandygast appears at level 30. Prerequisite: LIMITED. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
For Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, you can run Sandygast through the first few routes without issues. 320 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Palossand as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Sandygast joined the series in Sun & Moon and has been available in 6 titles so far. With 4 generations of appearances, it's established itself despite the later start.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
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 7SMDebut
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
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
Winds & Waves