Only one ability can summon Sandstorm. Sand Stream. 3 Pokemon know it:
- Hippowdon: Desert Resort swarm
- Hipopotas: Breed Hippowdon
- Tyranitar: Route 15 rustling grass
Other abilities:
Sand Force: Increases the power of Rock, Ground, and Steel-type moves by 30% while a Sandstorm is in effect.
- Diglett: Dream World: Icy Cave
- Dugtrio: Evolve Diglett
- Nosepass: Dream World: Icy Cave
- Probopass: Evolve Nosepass
- Shellos: Dream World: Sparkling Sea
- Gastrodon: Evolve Shellos
- Hipopotas: Dream World: Rugged Mountain
- Hippowdon: Evolve Hipopotas
- Roggenrola, Boldore, Gigalith: Unreleased
- Dribur: Relic Passage, Chargestone Cave, Mistralton Cave in dust clouds
- Excadrill: Any cave besides Relic Passage, Chargestone Cave, Mistralton Cave in dust clouds
Sand Rush: Doubles Speed of Pokemon in the Sand.
- Sandshrew: Dream World: Icy Cave
- Sandslash: Evolve Sandshrew
- Herdier: Routes 1, 2 and 3, P2 Laboratory
- Stoutland: Routes 1, 2 and 3, P2 Laboratory rustling grass
- Dribur: Relic Passage, Chargestone Cave, Mistralton Cave in dust clouds
- Excadrill: Any cave besides Relic Passage, Chargestone Cave, Mistralton Cave in dust clouds
Sand Veil: Increases the evasion of the Pokemon by 20%.
- Sandshrew: Desert Resort, Relic Castle
- Sandslash: Route 15, Relic Castle
- Diglett: Poketranfer
- Dugtrio: PokeTransfer
- Geodude: Dream World: Icy Cave
- Graveler: Evolve Geodude
- Golem: Evolve Graveler
- Gligar: Routes 11, 15 and 23
- Phanpy: Rugged Mountain, trade in Nimbasa City with Yancy / Curtis
- Donphan: Evolve Phanpy
- Larvitar: Rugged Mountain
- Cacnea: Breed Cacturne
- Cacturne: Reversal Mountain swarm
- Gible: Poketransfer / Trade from Black 2
- Gabite: Poketransfer / Trade from Black 2
- Garchomp: Poketransfer / Trade from Black 2
- Gliscor: Routes 11, 15 and 23
- Stunfisk: Dream World: Sparkling Sea
