Duskull (Pokémon)

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Duskull Requiem Pokémon ヨマワル Yomawaru #0355 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Ghost Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Levitate Cacophony Cacophony Frisk Gen VI+ Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 190 (35.2%)
Breeding Egg Group Amorphous Hatch time 25 cycles
Height 2'07" 0.8 m Duskull 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 33.1 lbs. 15.0 kg Duskull 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 97 Gen. III-IV Unknown IV 59 V+	Leveling rate Fast
EV yield Total: 1* Duskull 0 HP 0 Atk 0* Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 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 {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Black	Base friendship 35
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Duskull (Japanese: ヨマワル Yomawaru) is a Ghost-type Pokémon introduced in Generation III.

It evolves into Dusclops starting at level 37, which evolves into Dusknoir when traded while holding a Reaper Cloth.

(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Evolution data for these details.)

Biology

Duskull's hood

Duskull is a Pokémon which appears to be a stylized personification of the Grim Reaper. Its body resembles a black robe with two bone-shaped patterns on its back. It has a mask that resembles a skull and a single eye that floats between its eye sockets.

Duskull can become invisible, sneaking up on their prey and going through walls. Duskull is primarily a nocturnal Pokémon and has been shown to live in thick forests. Once Duskull chooses a target, it will doggedly pursue the intended victim until the break of dawn. It has been described as enjoying the crying of children, and it is said that this Pokémon will spirit away disobedient children. This is often told to children to make them behave. Duskulls's diet consists of the vital energy of children. All victims of Duskull tend to suffer an intense chill after being drained of their life force.

Evolution

Duskull evolves into Dusclops, which evolves into Dusknoir.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Duskull  Ghost

→

First evolution Dusclops  Ghost

→

Second evolution Dusknoir  Ghost

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire: Duskull is featured in Dusclops's bonus stage. Twenty of them must be hit in order to make Dusclops appear.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Duskull runs the bank in Treasure Town.
• Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: The same Duskull from Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness returns as a traveling Pokémon. Upon connecting with him, he will also connect the player's team with Red and Blue Rescue Team's Persian.

Pokédex entries

Duskull in the Kitakami Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Games		Held items
Ruby	Sapphire	Spell Tag (5%)
Emerald
Diamond	Pearl	Kasib Berry (5%)
Platinum
HeartGold	SoulSilver
Pokéwalker		Reaper Cloth (100%)
Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire	Spell Tag (5%)
Sword	Shield
Brilliant Diamond	Shining Pearl
Legends: Arceus		Normal Bugwort (35%) Reaper Cloth (8%) Grit items by level Alpha Exp. Candy S (100%) Seed of Mastery (10%) Grit items by level

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM017 TM017 Confuse Ray Ghost Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM023 TM023 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM029 TM029 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM034 TM034 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM042 TM042 Night Shade Ghost Special 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM043 TM043 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM087 TM087 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM092 TM092 Imprison Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM094 TM094 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM095 TM095 Leech Life Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM098 TM098 Skill Swap Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM107 TM107 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM109 TM109 Trick Psychic Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM114 TM114 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM120 TM120 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM129 TM129 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM135 TM135 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM143 TM143 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TM151 TM151 Phantom Force Ghost Physical 09090 100}}100% 10 TM161 TM161 Trick Room Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM174 TM174 Haze Ice Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM177 TM177 Spite Ghost Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM178 TM178 Gravity Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM198 TM198 Poltergeist Ghost Physical 110110 090}}90% 5 TM202 TM202 Pain Split Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM203 TM203 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM217 TM217 Future Sight Psychic Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM219 TM219 Skitter Smack Bug Physical 07070 090}}90% 10 TM224 TM224 Curse Ghost Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10

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

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Haze Ice Status — —% 30 Memento Dark Status — 100% 10 Pain Split Normal Status — —% 20

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

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball RS   Acquisition: Catch			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 7.5% Friend Area: Darkness Ridge Phrases 51%-100% HP Walls don't mean much to me! 26%-50% HP No, no, no... My health has fallen by half... 1%-25% HP I'm close to falling... My body has started to fade... Level up Fufufu... I seem to have leveled!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 6.4% IQ group: F
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Ghost Poké Assist: Ghost Field move: (Psy Power ×1) Browser entry R-190 While protecting itself with ghostly fire, it attacks with eerie orbs.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Ghost Poké Assist: (present) Ghost Field move: (present) (Psy Power ×1) Poké Assist: (past) Ghost Field move: (past) (Psy Power ×1) Browser entry R-148/N-196 It spits out orbs imbued with loathsome emotions that make Pokémon Paused.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.67 seconds Base HP: 36 Base Attack: 67 Base Defense: 57 Base Speed: 50
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Look for Duskull to be your Guide in the Haunted Zone. He'll help you learn about the Haunted House. He's quite a powerhouse at Dusknoir's Speed Slam.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond PokéPark Pad entry: He lived in a certain mansion but set off to go back to his hometown. He feels the same atmosphere from the back of the warehouse.
Pokémon Conquest HP: ★ Move: Astonish Attack: ★ Ability 1: Levitate Defense: ★★★★ Speed: ★ Evolves into Dusclops when its Defense is 104 or higher Range: 3 Perfect Links: Ittetsu and Morinari
Pokémon Battle Trozei Ghost Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Ghost Attack Power: 40 - 115 15 #322 Block Smash Clears one unbreakable-block disruption without fail. Swappable Skill(s): Block Shot
Pokémon GO Base HP: 85 Base Attack: 70 Base Defense: 162 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 25* Fast Attacks: Hex, Astonish Charged Attacks: Ominous Wind, Night Shade, Shadow Sneak, Frustration, Return

Costumes in Pokémon GO
Cempasúchil crown

Evolution data

Duskull evolves into Dusclops starting at level 37, which evolves into Dusknoir when traded while holding a Reaper Cloth. In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Dusclops evolves into Dusknoir when exposed to a Reaper Cloth.

Unevolved Duskull  Ghost

Level 37 →

First evolution Dusclops  Ghost

+ Trade holding Reaper Cloth →

Second evolution Dusknoir  Ghost

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
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 Sword Shield Legends: Arceus
Cross-Generation HOME

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

In the anime

Main series

Duskull in the anime

Major appearances

Duskull debuted in Camp Pikachu as a friend of a Wynaut aiding the Pichu Brothers. It scared the Pichu Brothers, and later Meowth and Wobbuffet.

In Fear Factor Phony, two Duskull were living at the abandoned mining colony. They could not stand the partying Psychic-type Pokémon in the nearby town, so they created a Haunter-like illusion to scare them away.

In PK15, a Duskull was living in a spooky house.

Minor appearances

Duskull made its main series debut in Get the Show on the Road!. While May was on her way to Professor Birch, Duskull popped up in front of her and scared her.

In a flashback in Disaster of Disguise, Timmy Grimm found a Duskull alone in a bush. That Duskull is his Dusclops in the present day.

A Duskull appeared in a flashback in A Six Pack Attack!.

In Who's Flying Now?, a Duskull was featured in the Fortree City Feather Festival.

A Duskull appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

A Duskull appeared in Dawn Of A New Era!.

A Duskull appeared in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness.

In Dawn's Early Night!, a Coordinator's Duskull competed in the Double Performance portion of the Hearthome Contest with a Psyduck.

In Ghoul Daze!, a Duskull, Banette, and Shuppet scared off Meowth.

In Another One Gabites the Dust!, a Coordinator's Duskull competed in the Performance Stage of the Chocovine Contest.

In A Haunted House for Everyone!, a Mismagius created an illusion of a Duskull.

A Trainer's Duskull appeared in Lighting the Way Home!.

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

In Buddy, a Trainer's Duskull passed by Hop's Wooloo in Postwick.

In the manga

Duskull in Pokémon Adventures

Ash & Pikachu

Much like his anime counterpart, Timmy Grimm owned a Dusclops since it was a Duskull. It appeared in a flashback in A Mysterious Masked Man Appears!.

Pocket Monsters DP

A Duskull appeared in PMDP51.

Pokémon Adventures

In Creepin Past Cacnea, a wild Duskull battled alongside a Cacnea, Wingull, Volbeat, and Beautifly against Norman, but were quickly defeated by his Pokémon.

A Duskull appeared in Dreadful Dealing with Dusclops, attacking Wally inside the Sky Pillar.

A Team Aqua Grunt's Duskull appeared in No Armaldo Is an Island.

Duskull is one of the Pokémon Fantina uses in her Gym battle against Platinum. However, she was easily defeated by the Normal-type Lax and his Ghost-type Lick. She first appeared in Problematic Probopass and Mad Magnezone III.

Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~

A Duskull appeared in The Yellow Scroll: Hanbei vs Kanbei, under the ownership of Kanbei.

In the TCG

Main article: Duskull (TCG)

Trivia

• Duskull can be seen as a parallel to Shuppet. Both are Generation III Ghost-type Pokémon. Both evolve into their evolved forms starting at level 37. Both also have the same base stat total.
• Duskull, along with Shedinja, Galarian Yamask, and Greavard, has the lowest base Special Attack stat of all Ghost-type Pokémon.

Origin

Duskull may be based on the Grim Reaper or the bogeyman. The Japanese equivalent of the bogeyman is called the Namahage. Its shape is similar to a Hitodama, the Japanese representation of a human soul. Duskull could also take an inspiration from animated skeletons due to its skull mask and bone markings on its back.

Name origin

Duskull may be a combination of dusk and skull.

Yomawaru may be a combination of 妖魔 yōma (ghost), 悪 waru (bad thing), and 夜回り yomawari (night watch). It is also similar to 山童 Yamawaro, a hairy, one-eyed spirit that appeared in The Illustrated Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ヨマワル Yomawaru From 妖魔 yōma, 悪 waru, 夜回り yomawari, or 山童 yamawaro French Skelénox From squelette or skeleton and nox Spanish Duskull Same as English name German Zwirrlicht From Zwielicht and Irrlicht Italian Duskull Same as English name Korean 해골몽 Haegolmong From 해골 (骸骨) haegol and 몽 (夢) mong or monster Mandarin Chinese 夜巡靈 / 夜巡灵 Yèxúnlíng* 夜骷顱 / 夜骷颅 Yèkūlú* From 夜巡 yèxún and 靈 / 灵 líng From 夜 yè, 骷髏 / 骷髅 kūlóu, and 顱 / 颅 lú Cantonese Chinese 夜巡靈 Yehchèuhnlìhng* 夜骷顱 Yehfūlòuh* From 夜巡 yehchèuhn and 靈 lìhng From 夜 yeh, 骷髏 fūlòuh, and 顱 lòuh

More languages Hindi घूमरा Ghoomara From घूम ghoom and मरा mara Russian Даскалл Daskall Transcription of English name Thai โยมาวารุ Yomawaru Transcription of Japanese name

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