Barbaracle - Generation 8 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Barbaracle can learn in Generation 8, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Sword
Pokémon Shield
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
Pokémon Shining Pearl
Pokémon Legends: Arceus

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Barbaracle artwork by Ken Sugimori

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In other generations
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7
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9

Sword/Shield Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl Legends: Arceus

Moves learnt by level up

Barbaracle learns the following moves in Pokémon Sword & Shield at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
1	Scratch	Normal	40	100
1	Skull Bash	Normal	130	100
1	Water Gun	Water	40	100
1	Withdraw	Water	—	—
12	Fury Cutter	Bug	40	95
16	Fury Swipes	Normal	18	80
20	Ancient Power	Rock	60	100
24	Rock Polish	Rock	—	—
28	Slash	Normal	70	100
32	Hone Claws	Dark	—	—
36	Razor Shell	Water	75	95
42	Shell Smash	Normal	—	—
48	Cross Chop	Fighting	100	80
54	Stone Edge	Rock	100	80

Egg moves

Barbaracle learns the following moves via breeding in Pokémon Sword & Shield. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Night Slash	Dark	70	100
Sand Attack	Ground	—	100
Switcheroo	Dark	—	100

Move Tutor moves

Barbaracle can be taught these attacks in Pokémon Sword & Shield from move tutors (details):

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Meteor Beam	Rock		120	90

Moves learnt by TM

Barbaracle is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Sword & Shield:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
08	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
09	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
15	Dig	Ground	80	100
16	Screech	Normal	—	85
19	Safeguard	Normal	—	—
21	Rest	Psychic	—	—
22	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
23	Thief	Dark	60	100
24	Snore	Normal	50	100
25	Protect	Normal	—	—
27	Icy Wind	Ice	55	95
31	Attract	Normal	—	100
32	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
33	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
36	Whirlpool	Water	35	85
37	Beat Up	Dark	—	100
39	Facade	Normal	70	100
41	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
43	Brick Break	Fighting	75	100
45	Dive	Water	80	100
48	Rock Tomb	Rock	60	95
53	Mud Shot	Ground	55	95
54	Rock Blast	Rock	25	90
57	Payback	Dark	50	100
58	Assurance	Dark	60	100
59	Fling	Dark	—	100
65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
76	Round	Normal	60	100
81	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
83	Razor Shell	Water	75	95
94	False Swipe	Normal	40	100
97	Brutal Swing	Dark	60	100

Moves learnt by TR

Barbaracle is compatible with these Technical Records in Pokémon Sword & Shield:

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
00	Swords Dance	Normal	—	—
04	Surf	Water	90	100
05	Ice Beam	Ice	90	100
06	Blizzard	Ice	110	70
07	Low Kick	Fighting	—	100
10	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
20	Substitute	Normal	—	—
22	Sludge Bomb	Poison	90	100
26	Endure	Normal	—	—
27	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
35	Uproar	Normal	90	100
37	Taunt	Dark	—	100
39	Superpower	Fighting	120	100
45	Muddy Water	Water	90	85
46	Iron Defense	Steel	—	—
47	Dragon Claw	Dragon	80	100
48	Bulk Up	Fighting	—	—
57	Poison Jab	Poison	80	100
60	X-Scissor	Bug	80	100
64	Focus Blast	Fighting	120	70
67	Earth Power	Ground	90	100
75	Stone Edge	Rock	100	80
76	Stealth Rock	Rock	—	—
77	Grass Knot	Grass	—	100
78	Sludge Wave	Poison	95	100
84	Scald	Water	80	100
98	Liquidation	Water	85	100

Moves learnt by level up

Barbaracle does not learn any level up moves in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

Egg moves

Barbaracle does not learn any moves by breeding in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

Moves learnt by TM

Barbaracle cannot be taught any TM moves in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

Moves learnt by level up

Barbaracle does not learn any level up moves in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

Barbaracle egg move parents

In other generations
6
7
8
9

Barbaracle

Barbaracle's egg groups: Water 3

The egg moves for Barbaracle are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Barbaracle with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Barbaracle with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.