Drilbur - Generation 8 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Drilbur 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.

Drilbur artwork by Ken Sugimori

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In other generations
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6
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8
9

Sword/Shield Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl Legends: Arceus

Moves learnt by level up

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

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
1	Rapid Spin	Normal	50	100
4	Scratch	Normal	40	100
8	Hone Claws	Dark	—	—
12	Fury Swipes	Normal	18	80
16	Metal Claw	Steel	50	95
20	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
24	Crush Claw	Normal	75	95
28	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
32	Dig	Ground	80	100
36	Swords Dance	Normal	—	—
40	Drill Run	Ground	80	95
44	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
48	Fissure	Ground	—	30

Egg moves

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

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Metal Sound	Steel	—	85
Slash	Normal	70	100
Submission	Fighting	80	80

Move Tutor moves

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

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Scorching Sands	Ground		70	100

Moves learnt by TM

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

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
15	Dig	Ground	80	100
21	Rest	Psychic	—	—
22	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
24	Snore	Normal	50	100
25	Protect	Normal	—	—
31	Attract	Normal	—	100
32	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
39	Facade	Normal	70	100
43	Brick Break	Fighting	75	100
48	Rock Tomb	Rock	60	95
49	Sand Tomb	Ground	35	85
53	Mud Shot	Ground	55	95
59	Fling	Dark	—	100
65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
76	Round	Normal	60	100
81	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100

Moves learnt by TR

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

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
00	Swords Dance	Normal	—	—
10	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
20	Substitute	Normal	—	—
22	Sludge Bomb	Poison	90	100
26	Endure	Normal	—	—
27	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
46	Iron Defense	Steel	—	—
57	Poison Jab	Poison	80	100
60	X-Scissor	Bug	80	100
67	Earth Power	Ground	90	100
76	Stealth Rock	Rock	—	—
87	Drill Run	Ground	80	95
94	High Horsepower	Ground	95	95

Moves learnt by level up

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

Egg moves

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

Moves learnt by TM

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

Moves learnt by level up

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

Drilbur egg move parents

In other generations
5
6
7
8
9

Drilbur

Drilbur's egg groups: Field

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

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

Metal Sound

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Galarian Meowth Lucario Perrserker
Breeding	Alolan Diglett Alolan Dugtrio Drilbur Excadrill
Sketch	Smeargle

Slash

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Sandshrew Alolan Sandshrew Sandslash Alolan Sandslash Diglett Dugtrio Meowth Galarian Meowth Persian Farfetch'd Sneasel Torchic Combusken Blaziken Linoone Absol Weavile Cubchoo Beartic Heatmor Pancham Pangoro Perrserker
Breeding	Stunky Skuntank Purrloin Liepard Drilbur Excadrill
Evolution	Linoone
Sketch	Smeargle

Submission

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Obstagoon
Breeding	Drilbur Excadrill
Sketch	Smeargle