Camouflage (move)

Camouflage ほごしょく Camouflage

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Clever Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.

Super Contests Condition  Clever Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Clever Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  0   Shows off the Pokémon's appeal about as well as all the moves before it this turn.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Camouflage (Japanese: ほごしょく Camouflage) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation III. Prior to Generation IV, it was the signature move of Staryu.

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• Effect
  • Generation III
    • Pokémon Colosseum and XD
  • Generation IV
    • Pokémon Battle Revolution
  • Generation V
  • Generation VI
  • Generation VII
  • Generation VIII onwards
• Description
• Learnset
  • By leveling up
  • By breeding
• In other games
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
    • Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
    • Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky
    • Super Mystery Dungeon
  • Pokémon Pokopia
  • Description
• In animation
  • Pokémon animated series
• In the manga
  • Pokémon Adventures
• In other generations
  • Core series games
  • Side series games
  • Spin-off series games
• Trivia
• In other languages

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Effect

Camouflage changes the Pokémon's type to a type corresponding to the battlefield terrain. The type caused by each environment changes between games, as do the environments recognized.

Generation III

In Generation III core series, the environment is decided by a series of checks, which include the player's current tile and map, causing it to mostly match with the player's current location, although some quirks arise:

• While the water in caves has appearance of seawater, it is treated as pond water (though Camouflage has the same effect in both)
• Moltres and Ho-Oh are fought in cave environment, despite being located outside.
• Deoxys is fought in either mountainous^FRLG or building^E environment.
• As fishing is done from an adjacent tile, it leads to various environments, but never actually water.

Terrain	Type
Buildings, link battle, and plain terrain	Normal
Ash and sand	Ground
Cave and rocky terrain	Rock
Long grass and tall grass	Grass
Pond water, seawater, and underwater	Water

Pokémon Colosseum and XD

Area	Type
Buildings, The Under Subway, Realgam Colosseum, Mt. Battle (Areas 1-3)Colo, S.S. Libra	Normal
Outskirt Stand, Phenac City, Cipher Lab (outside), Orre ColosseumColo	Ground
Pyrite Town, Pyrite Colosseum, Pyrite Cave, Relic Cave, The Under, Mt. Battle (Areas 4-10), Cipher Key Lair (outside), Citadark Isle (outside), Rock Poké Spot, Cave Poké Spot, Orre ColosseumXD	Rock
Agate Village, Relic Stone, Mt. Battle (outside), Pokémon HQ Lab, Kaminko's House, Mt. Battle (Areas 1-3)XD	Grass
Phenac Stadium, Gateon Port, Oasis Poké Spot	Water

Generation IV

In Generation IV core series, the battle environment is roughly decided as such:

• Tall grass, sand, snow, ice, water, and marsh apply their own environment, although the last can only be found in the Safari Zone, making its effects unused.
• Fishing always results in water environment, unlike in Generation III.
• Honey tree encounters always result in plain environment.
• Otherwise, game checks the current map. This will result in cave environment, plain environment, rocky environment, tall grass environment, or urban environment. This sometimes leads to apparent mismatch with the current map; for example, Burned Tower, Embedded Tower, and Ilex Forest are treated as caves (but Lost Tower is not), while Cherrygrove City and Azalea Town are not treated as urban (but Route 17 is).
• In Pokémon Platinum and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver there are also special environments for battles against each of the Elite Four and Champion, as well as in Distortion World and each of the Battle Frontier facilities.

There are two unused environments: puddles (as those tiles default to the map's terrain instead), which have the same effects as tall grass, and an unfinished glitchy environment with unique effect, as seen below.

Terrain	Type
Buildings and urban areas, Distortion World, link battle	Normal
Sand, plain terrain, and marsh tile	Ground
Cave and rocky areas	Rock
Grassy areas and tall grass	Grass
Water	Water
Snow and ice	Ice
Unknown (0xB)	Flying

Pokémon Battle Revolution

In Pokémon Battle Revolution, the type depends on which Colosseum is being fought at:

Colosseum	Type
Lagoon	Normal
Main Street
Neon
Courtyard
Gateway	Water
Waterfall	Grass
Sunny Park
Crystal	Rock
Magma
Stargazer
Sunset	Ground

Generation V

Terrain	Type
Building and urban	Normal
Sand, plain terrain, rock, puddles, and link battles	Ground
Cave	Rock
Grass	Grass
Water	Water
Snow and ice	Ice

Generation VI

Terrain	Type
Building, plain terrain, Sky Battles, and link battles	Normal
Cave	Rock
Sand, rock, swamp water and marsh	Ground
Water and underwater	Water
Snow and ice	Ice
Volcano	Fire
Burial ground	Ghost
Soaring in the sky and Sky Pillar	Flying
Space	Dragon
Grass and Grassy Terrain	Grass
Misty Terrain	Fairy
Electric Terrain	Electric

Generation VII

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Camouflage, the user's evasiveness is raised by one stage.

Terrain	Type
Building, road, plain terrain, and link battles	Normal
Cave	Rock
Sand, dirt, and rock	Ground
Water	Water
Snow and ice	Ice
Volcano	Fire
Grass, field, flowers, and Grassy Terrain	Grass
Misty Terrain	Fairy
Electric Terrain	Electric
Psychic Terrain and Ultra Space	Psychic

Generation VIII onwards

Camouflage cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description RSEColoXD Alters the Pokémon's type depending on the location. FRLG Alters the user's type depending on the location's terrain. DPPtHGSSPBR BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUMPE The user's type is changed depending on its environment, such as at water's edge, in grass, or in a cave. SwShBDSPLA SV This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups	Level
					III	IV	V	VI	VII
									SMUSUM
0120		Staryu		Water 3	19	19	19BW 15B2W2	15XY 22ORAS	22
0352		Kecleon		Field	−	−	−	30ORAS	30
0414		Mothim		Bug		35	35	35	35
0585		Deerling All forms		Field			1	1	1
0586		Sawsbuck All forms		Field			1	1	1
0618		Stunfisk		Water 1 Amorphous			17	17	17
0690		Skrelp		Water 1 Dragon				19	19
0691		Dragalge		Water 1 Dragon				19	19
0718		Zygarde All available forms		No Eggs Discovered				59	59
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups	Egg Move
					V	VI	VII
							SMUSUM
0183		Marill		Water 1 Fairy	−	✔	✔
0222		Corsola		Water 1 Water 3	−	✔	✔
0298		Azurill		No Eggs Discovered	−	✔	✔
0352		Kecleon		Field	−	✔	✔
0540		Sewaddle		Bug	✔	✔	✔
0595		Joltik		Bug	−	✔	✔
0656		Froakie		Water 1		✔	✔
0669		Flabébé All forms		Fairy		✔	✔
0686		Inkay		Water 1 Water 2		✔	✔
0694		Helioptile		Monster Dragon		✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Rescue Team DX

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Camouflage changes the user's type depending on the dungeon's current terrain or moves that change terrain. This effect lasts until the user moves onto the next floor.

Game Base Power Max Power Base PP Max PP Base Accuracy Max Accuracy Range Target Cuts corners MDRB - - 22 - —% - User User - MDTDS - - 22 - —% - User User - BSL - - 22 - —% - User User - SMD - - 15 30 —% - User User - With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games: MD Rescue Team = Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. MD Time and Darkness = Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. MD Sky = Pokémon Platinum. MD Adventure Squad = Pokémon Platinum. Super Mystery Dungeon = Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. MD Rescue Team DX = Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team

Dungeons	Type
Tiny Woods, Thunderwave Cave, Sinister Woods, Howling Forest (1-7F), Lightning Field, Buried Relic (1-20F), Wyvern Hill, Purity Forest (1-3F, 8-12F, 30-98F), and Oddity Cave (1-5F)	Grass
Mt. Steel, Silent Chasm, Mt. Thunder, Rock Path, Mt. Blaze, Magma Cavern, Howling Forest (8-15F), Silver Trench (70-98F), Meteor Cave, Fiery Field, Northwind Field (20-30F), Western Cave (40-99F), Northern Range (1-16F, 25F), Pitfall Valley, Buried Relic (21-99F), Wish Cave (1-29F, 40-69F), Murky Cave, Southern Cavern (1-23F), Solar Cave (7-20F), Unown Relic, and Remains Island	Rock
Great Canyon, Uproar Forest, Desert Region, and Purity Forest (4-7F, 21-29F)	Ground
Lapis Cave, Frosty Grotto 5F, Sky Tower, Western Cave (1-39F), Wish Cave (30-39F, 70-99F), Southern Cavern (24-50F), Darknight Relic, Waterfall Pond, Joyous Tower, and Far-off Sea (16-32F)	Normal
Frosty Forest, Frosty Grotto (1-4F), Snow Path, Mt. Freeze, Northwind Field (1-19F), Mt. Faraway, Northern Range (17-24F), and Oddity Cave (6-15F)	Ice
Stormy Sea, Silver Trench (1-69F, 99F), Grand Sea, Far-off Sea (1-15F, 33-50F), Purity Forest (13-20F), Marvelous Sea, and Fantasy Strait	Water

Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky

Dungeons	Type
Beach Cave, Drenched Bluff, Mt. Bristle, Waterfall Cave, Craggy Coast, Side Path, Mt. Horn, Rock Path, Amp Plains, Quicksand Cave*, Chasm Cave, Dark Hill, Sealed Ruin, Brine Cave Pit, Aegis Cave*, Mt. Travail, World Abyss (1-15F), Landslide Cave, Labyrinth Cave, Mt. Mistral, Shimmer Hill, Zero Isle North (35-75F), Zero Isle East (1-7F), Zero Isle West (20-40F), Zero Isle South (4-43F; 61-99F), Normal/Fly Maze, Dark/Fire Maze, Dragon Maze, Final Maze 40F, Sky Peak Mountain Path 3, 6 and 9, Sky Peak Summit Pass, Zero Isle Center (28-30F), Destiny Tower (4-43F; 61-96F), Inferno Cave, Fortune Ravine, Eastern Cave, Spring Cave, Boulder Quarry, Limestone Cavern, Barren Valley, and Spacial Cliffs	Rock
Apple Woods, Forest Path, Foggy Forest, Dusk Forest, Deep Dusk Forest, Treeshroud Forest, Hidden Land*, Mystifying Forest*, Marine Resort, Mystery Jungle (1-15F), Lush Prairie, Tiny Meadow, Oran Forest, Midnight Forest, Zero Isle North (1-34F), Zero Isle South (44-60F), Zero Isle West (10-19F), Grass Maze, Final Maze 23F, Sky Peak Mountain Path 1, 2, 4 and 5, Zero Isle Center (8-13F; 17-27F; 31-32F; 36-42F; 46-50F), Destiny Tower (44-60F), Oblivion Forest, Murky Forest, Southern Jungle, Little Plains, Mt. Clear, Trial Forest, Hidden Shopkeeper Village	Grass
Northern Desert, Quicksand Cave*, Brine Cave*, Temporal Pinnacle, Mystifying Forest Clearing, The Nightmare, Spacial Rift, Dark Crater, Shimmer Desert, Giant Volcano, World Abyss, Mystery Jungle (16-29F}, Deep Mystery Jungle, Lost Wilderness, Poison/Bug Maze, Sky Peak Summit, Zero Isle Center (33-35F), Southeastern Islands, and Dark Wasteland	Ground
Crystal Cave, Crystal Crossing, Blizzard Island, Crevice Cave, Mt. Avalanche, Sky Stairway, Zero Isle East (15-40F), Zero Isle South (1-3F), Zero Isle West (1-9F), Rock/Water Maze, Ice/Ground Maze, Final Maze 29F, Sky Peak Mountain Path 7 and 8, Star Cave, Zero Isle Center (1-7F; 14-16F), Destiny Tower (1-3F), Treacherous Waters (1-15F), Right Cave Path, Dark Ice Mountain, Icicle Forest, Vast Ice Mountain	Ice
Old Ruins, Temporal Tower*, Regigigas Chamber, Concealed Ruins, Happy Outlook, Ghost Maze, Fight/Psych Maze, Elec/Steel Maze, Explorer Maze, Final Maze*, Zero Isle Center (43-45F), and Destiny Tower (97-99F), Left Cave Path	Normal
Surrounded Sea, Miracle Sea, Bottomless Sea, Serenity River, Lake Afar, Treacherous Waters (16-20F), Challenge River, Guiding Sea	Water

Super Mystery Dungeon

Dungeons	Type
Open Pass, Lush Forest, Foreboding Forest, School Forest, Nectar Meadow, Revelation Mountain, Sunbathed Garden, Pledge Hill, Maze Meadow, Thrash Dungeon, Stone Field, Odd Field, Peewee Meadow, Mystical Forest, Mysterious Plains, Berry Forest, Super Apple Forest, Ghost Island, Forest of Bounty, Mystery Jungle, Thorny Shadow Path, Heart Lake, Path of Fallen Leaves, Sunny Spot Hill, Friendly Meadow, Giant Stone Meadow, Fresh Meadow, Triangle Temple, Lake of Enlightenment, Forest of Fairies, Pumpkaboo Forest, Holey Meadow, Road to Primeval Forest, Tree of Life: Roots, Tree of Life: Trunk, Destiny Tower (6-10F), Pelipper Dungeon: Middle, During Grassy Terrain	Grass
Drilbur Coal Mine, Glittering Mountain, Ancient Barrow, Gentle Slope Cave, Showdown Mountain, Cave of the Deep, Calm Craggy Area, Reverse Mountain, Purifying Cave, Cave of Training, Leafy Highlands, Headwater Hollow, Bustling Valley, Rolling Pass, Uprise Range, Rough Tunnel, Elegant Gorge, Moonlit Cave, Red Point, Distress Mountain, Hidden Cave, Abundant Pass, Stealth Cavern, Crystalline Maze, Little Canyon, Magma Chamber, Zero Isle, Freedom Coast, Flagstone Cave, Frozen Falls, Apex Mountain, Yellow Sand Labyrinth, Secret Quarry, Jewel Road, Isle of Light, Golden Suite, Fire Island Volcano, Sea Shrine, Island of Storms, Destiny Tower (11-15F), Pelipper Dungeon: Start	Rock
Poliwrath River, Sheer Mountain Range, Abyssal Badlands, Longfield Cave, Serpentine Mountain Trail, Electric Wasteland, Small Sand Dune, Yellow Point, Temple Remains, Lake of Enlightenment, Gooey Bog, Buried Ruins, Sand Dune of Spirits, Valley of Strong Winds, Thirsty Desert, Sandy Cave, Mysterious Geoglyph, Destiny Tower (1-5F), Pelipper Dungeon: End	Ground
Waterfall Basin Grotto, Submerged Cave, Deep Ocean Tunnel, Spiral Vortex, Cape of Wonders, Stone Tree Mountain, Snowy Cave, Ocean Tempest, Seafloor Ruins	Water
World Tree, Sacred Ruins, Dragon Gate, Meteorite Crater, Hall of Magic, Prehistoric Ruins, Guidance Ruins	Normal
Spring of Resolve, Frosty Tree Steps, Blue Point, Aurora's Edge, Midnight Sun Gorge, Frozen Mountain, Clear Lake, Fossil Excavation, Altar of Ice, Altar of Ice: Depths	Ice
During Misty Terrain	Fairy
During Electric Terrain	Electric

Pokémon Pokopia

In Pokémon Pokopia, Camouflage is a move that Ditto can use after learning it from a Zorua in Bleak Beach. It allows Ditto to transform into an object directly in front of it. Ditto's PP constantly depletes while transformed.

Description

Games Description MDRB The user's type changes to match the terrain. MDTDS The user's type changes to match the dungeon terrain. BSL じぶんが まわりのちけいに あわせた タイプに へんかする MDGtI UNUSED SMD MDRTDX It changes your type depending on the scenery of the floor. You'll regain your usual type when you go to the next floor. Pokopia Transforms you into whatever's right in front of you. If you stay still, other Pokémon may mistake you for the real thing.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Stunfisk
The user blends in with its surroundings.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Stunfisk lays flat against the ground and closes its eyes. Its body then changes color to match the environment. When it opens its eyes again, its body returns to its usual color.
Cilan's Stunfisk	Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Starmie Zygarde 50% Forme
The user blends in with its surroundings, which changes its type.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Starmie blends in with its surroundings, making it hard for the opponent to see it.
Sird's Starmie	Some Things Are Better Left Unown		Debut
	Zygarde 50% Forme blends in with its surroundings, changing its type and making it hard for the opponent to see it.
Lysandre's Zygarde	Mewtwo Angered		None

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Side series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Trivia

• In Generation III, the status screen erroneously states that the move has 100% accuracy, even though it targets the user (thus it ignores accuracy and evasion checks).
• From Generation IV onward, Camouflage makes the user the same type as the move called by Nature Power in that environment.
• In Pokémon Pokopia, Zorua can use Camouflage and teach it to Ditto, even though it has never been capable of learning this move.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	保護色 Bóuwuh-sīk
	Mandarin	保護色 / 保护色 Bǎohù-sè
French		Camouflage
German		Tarnung
Greek		Παραλλαγή
Italian		Camuffamento
Korean		보호색 Bohosaek
Brazilian Portuguese		Camuflagem
Serbian		Kamuflaža
Spanish		Camuflaje
Vietnamese		Đòn Ngụy Trang

Variations of the move Camouflage
Camouflage • Reflect Type

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