Garbodor - Generation 8 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Garbodor 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.

Garbodor artwork by Ken Sugimori

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In other generations
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Sword/Shield Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl Legends: Arceus

Moves learnt by level up

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

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Acid Spray	Poison	40	100
1	Metal Claw	Steel	50	95
1	Poison Gas	Poison	—	90
1	Pound	Normal	40	100
1	Recycle	Normal	—	—
1	Take Down	Normal	90	85
9	Amnesia	Psychic	—	—
12	Clear Smog	Poison	50	—
15	Toxic Spikes	Poison	—	—
18	Sludge	Poison	65	100
21	Stockpile	Normal	—	—
21	Swallow	Normal	—	—
24	Body Slam	Normal	85	100
27	Sludge Bomb	Poison	90	100
30	Toxic	Poison	—	90
33	Belch	Poison	120	90
39	Pain Split	Normal	—	—
43	Gunk Shot	Poison	120	80
48	Explosion	Normal	250	100

Egg moves

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

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Autotomize	Steel	—	—
Curse	Ghost	—	—
Haze	Ice	—	—
Rollout	Rock	30	90
Sand Attack	Ground	—	100

Move Tutor moves

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

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Corrosive Gas	Poison		—	100

Moves learnt by TM

Garbodor 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
11	Solar Beam	Grass	120	100
16	Screech	Normal	—	85
20	Self-Destruct	Normal	200	100
21	Rest	Psychic	—	—
23	Thief	Dark	60	100
24	Snore	Normal	50	100
25	Protect	Normal	—	—
28	Giga Drain	Grass	75	100
31	Attract	Normal	—	100
33	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
34	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
39	Facade	Normal	70	100
54	Rock Blast	Rock	25	90
57	Payback	Dark	50	100
59	Fling	Dark	—	100
63	Drain Punch	Fighting	75	100
73	Cross Poison	Poison	70	100
74	Venoshock	Poison	65	100
76	Round	Normal	60	100
98	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	75	100

Moves learnt by TR

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

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
01	Body Slam	Normal	85	100
08	Thunderbolt	Electric	90	100
11	Psychic	Psychic	90	100
17	Amnesia	Psychic	—	—
20	Substitute	Normal	—	—
22	Sludge Bomb	Poison	90	100
23	Spikes	Ground	—	—
26	Endure	Normal	—	—
27	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
54	Toxic Spikes	Poison	—	—
58	Dark Pulse	Dark	80	100
59	Seed Bomb	Grass	80	100
64	Focus Blast	Fighting	120	70
73	Gunk Shot	Poison	120	80
78	Sludge Wave	Poison	95	100
91	Venom Drench	Poison	—	100
99	Body Press	Fighting	80	100

Moves learnt by level up

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

Egg moves

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

Moves learnt by TM

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

Moves learnt by level up

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

Garbodor egg move parents

In other generations
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6
7
8
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Garbodor

Garbodor's egg groups: Mineral

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

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

Autotomize

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Steelix Honedge Doublade Aegislash (Shield Forme) Aegislash (Blade Forme)
Breeding	Roggenrola Boldore Gigalith Trubbish Garbodor Vanillite Vanillish Vanilluxe

Curse

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Onix Steelix Yamask Galarian Yamask Cofagrigus Ferroseed Ferrothorn Bergmite Avalugg Runerigus
Breeding	Sudowoodo Roggenrola Boldore Gigalith Dwebble Crustle Trubbish Garbodor Stonjourner Cufant Copperajah