Trapinch - Generation 7 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Trapinch can learn in Generation 7, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Sun
Pokémon Moon
Pokémon Ultra Sun
Pokémon Ultra Moon
Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu
Pokémon Let's Go Eevee

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.

Trapinch artwork by Ken Sugimori

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Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon Let's Go Pikachu/Let's Go Eevee

Moves learnt by level up

Trapinch learns the following moves in Pokémon Sun & Moon at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Bide	Normal	—	—
1	Bite	Dark	60	100
1	Feint Attack	Dark	60	∞
1	Sand Attack	Ground	—	100
5	Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
8	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
12	Sand Tomb	Ground	35	85
15	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
19	Dig	Ground	80	100
22	Crunch	Dark	80	100
26	Earth Power	Ground	90	100
29	Feint	Normal	30	100
33	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
36	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
40	Superpower	Fighting	120	100
43	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
47	Fissure	Ground	—	30

Egg moves

Trapinch learns the following moves via breeding in Pokémon Sun & Moon. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Bug Bite	Bug	60	100
Earth Power	Ground	90	100
Endure	Normal	—	—
Flail	Normal	—	100
Focus Energy	Normal	—	—
Fury Cutter	Bug	40	95
Gust	Flying	40	100
Mud Shot	Ground	55	95
Quick Attack	Normal	40	100
Signal Beam	Bug	75	100

Moves learnt by TM

Trapinch is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Sun & Moon:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
06	Toxic	Poison	—	90
10	Hidden Power	Normal	60	100
11	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
15	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
17	Protect	Normal	—	—
21	Frustration	Normal	—	100
22	Solar Beam	Grass	120	100
26	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
27	Return	Normal	—	100
32	Double Team	Normal	—	—
37	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
39	Rock Tomb	Rock	60	95
42	Facade	Normal	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	—	—
45	Attract	Normal	—	100
48	Round	Normal	60	100
78	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
80	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
87	Swagger	Normal	—	85
88	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
90	Substitute	Normal	—	—
100	Confide	Normal	—	—

Transfer-only moves

Trapinch can only learn these moves in previous generations. It must be taught the moves in the appropriate game and then transferred to Pokémon Sun & Moon.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.	Method
Body Slam	Normal	85	100	Generation 3 — Move tutor
Double-Edge	Normal	120	100	Generation 3 — Move tutor
Mimic	Normal	—	—	Generation 3 — Move tutor
Captivate	Normal	—	100	Generation 4 — TM
Natural Gift	Normal	—	100	Generation 4 — TM
Headbutt	Normal	70	100	Generation 4 — Move tutor
Rock Smash	Fighting	40	100	Generation 6 — TM
Secret Power	Normal	70	100	Generation 6 — TM
Struggle Bug	Bug	50	100	Generation 6 — TM
Strength	Normal	80	100	Generation 6 — HM

Moves learnt by level up

Trapinch learns the following moves in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Bide	Normal	—	—
1	Bite	Dark	60	100
1	Feint Attack	Dark	60	∞
1	Sand Attack	Ground	—	100
5	Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
8	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
12	Sand Tomb	Ground	35	85
15	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
19	Dig	Ground	80	100
22	Crunch	Dark	80	100
26	Earth Power	Ground	90	100
29	Feint	Normal	30	100
33	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
36	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
40	Superpower	Fighting	120	100
43	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
47	Fissure	Ground	—	30

Egg moves

Trapinch learns the following moves via breeding in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Bug Bite	Bug	60	100
Earth Power	Ground	90	100
Endure	Normal	—	—
Flail	Normal	—	100
Focus Energy	Normal	—	—
Fury Cutter	Bug	40	95
Gust	Flying	40	100
Mud Shot	Ground	55	95
Quick Attack	Normal	40	100
Signal Beam	Bug	75	100

Move Tutor moves

Trapinch can be taught these attacks in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon from move tutors (details):

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Bug Bite	Bug	60	100
Earth Power	Ground	90	100
Giga Drain	Grass	75	100
Signal Beam	Bug	75	100
Snore	Normal	50	100
Superpower	Fighting	120	100

Moves learnt by TM

Trapinch is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
06	Toxic	Poison	—	90
10	Hidden Power	Normal	60	100
11	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
15	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
17	Protect	Normal	—	—
21	Frustration	Normal	—	100
22	Solar Beam	Grass	120	100
26	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
27	Return	Normal	—	100
32	Double Team	Normal	—	—
37	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
39	Rock Tomb	Rock	60	95
42	Facade	Normal	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	—	—
45	Attract	Normal	—	100
48	Round	Normal	60	100
78	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
80	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
87	Swagger	Normal	—	85
88	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
90	Substitute	Normal	—	—
100	Confide	Normal	—	—

Transfer-only moves

Trapinch can only learn these moves in previous generations. It must be taught the moves in the appropriate game and then transferred to Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.	Method
Body Slam	Normal	85	100	Generation 3 — Move tutor
Double-Edge	Normal	120	100	Generation 3 — Move tutor
Mimic	Normal	—	—	Generation 3 — Move tutor
Captivate	Normal	—	100	Generation 4 — TM
Natural Gift	Normal	—	100	Generation 4 — TM
Headbutt	Normal	70	100	Generation 4 — Move tutor
Rock Smash	Fighting	40	100	Generation 6 — TM
Secret Power	Normal	70	100	Generation 6 — TM
Struggle Bug	Bug	50	100	Generation 6 — TM
Strength	Normal	80	100	Generation 6 — HM

Moves learnt by level up

Trapinch does not learn any level up moves in Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu & Let's Go Eevee.

Moves learnt by TM

Trapinch cannot be taught any TM moves in Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu & Let's Go Eevee.

Trapinch egg move parents

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Trapinch

Trapinch's egg groups: Bug, Dragon

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

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

Bug Bite

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Caterpie Weedle Ariados Pineco Forretress Shuckle Wurmple Ninjask Kricketot Burmy (Plant Cloak) Mothim Combee Skorupi Drapion Yanmega Sewaddle Swadloon Leavanny Venipede Whirlipede Scolipede Dwebble Crustle Joltik Galvantula Durant Larvesta Scatterbug Grubbin Charjabug Vikavolt Dewpider Araquanid Golisopod
Breeding	Paras Parasect Venonat Venomoth Pinsir Ledyba Ledian Surskit Masquerain Nincada Ninjask Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Karrablast Escavalier
Move tutor	Caterpie Metapod Butterfree Weedle Kakuna Beedrill Paras Parasect Venonat Venomoth Scyther Pinsir Ledyba Ledian Spinarak Ariados Yanma Pineco Forretress Gligar Scizor Shuckle Heracross Wurmple Silcoon Beautifly Cascoon Dustox Surskit Masquerain Nincada Ninjask Volbeat Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Kricketot Kricketune Burmy (Plant Cloak) Mothim Combee Skorupi Drapion Yanmega Gliscor Sewaddle Swadloon Leavanny Venipede Whirlipede Scolipede Dwebble Crustle Karrablast Escavalier Joltik Galvantula Shelmet Accelgor Durant Larvesta Volcarona Scatterbug Spewpa Vivillon Grubbin Charjabug Vikavolt Cutiefly Ribombee Dewpider Araquanid Golisopod
Pre-evolution Level up	Metapod Butterfree Kakuna Beedrill Silcoon Beautifly Cascoon Dustox Kricketune Volcarona Spewpa Vivillon

Earth Power

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Trapinch Vibrava Flygon
Breeding	Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Deino Zweilous Hydreigon
Move tutor	Gligar Shuckle Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Gible Gabite Garchomp Gliscor Deino Zweilous Hydreigon Tyrunt Tyrantrum

Endure

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Heracross Sewaddle Karrablast Turtonator
Breeding	Paras Parasect Scyther Ledyba Ledian Pineco Forretress Scizor Surskit Masquerain Nincada Ninjask Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Bagon Shelgon Salamence Dwebble Crustle Axew Fraxure Haxorus Shelmet Accelgor Durant Larvesta Volcarona Goomy Sliggoo Goodra Grubbin Charjabug Vikavolt
Pre-evolution Level up	Swadloon Leavanny Escavalier
Generation 4 TM	Charmander Charmeleon Charizard Butterfree Beedrill Ekans Arbok Venonat Venomoth Horsea Seadra Pinsir Gyarados Dratini Dragonair Dragonite Spinarak Ariados Yanma Gligar Shuckle Kingdra Treecko Grovyle Sceptile Beautifly Dustox Volbeat Swablu Altaria Seviper Feebas Milotic Kricketune Mothim Gible Gabite Garchomp Skorupi Drapion Yanmega Gliscor

Flail

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Magikarp Feebas Sewaddle Dwebble Crustle Karrablast Goomy Sliggoo Goodra Turtonator
Breeding	Paras Parasect Horsea Seadra Pinsir Pineco Forretress Heracross Kingdra Trapinch Vibrava Flygon
Pre-evolution Level up	Gyarados Milotic Swadloon Leavanny Escavalier

Focus Energy

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Beedrill Horsea Seadra Scyther Pinsir Ariados Scizor Kingdra Bagon Shelgon Salamence Kricketune Deino Zweilous Hydreigon
Breeding	Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Axew Fraxure Haxorus

Fury Cutter

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Paras Parasect Scyther Gligar Scizor Grovyle Sceptile Ninjask Kricketune Gliscor Dwebble Karrablast Joltik Galvantula Durant Golisopod
Breeding	Trapinch Vibrava Flygon
Evolution	Grovyle Ninjask Kricketune
Pre-evolution Evolution	Sceptile
Pre-evolution Level up	Crustle Escavalier
Generation 4 Move tutor	Charmander Charmeleon Charizard Beedrill Pinsir Dragonite Heracross Treecko Nincada Seviper Bagon Shelgon Salamence Gible Gabite Garchomp Skorupi Drapion

Gust

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Butterfree Venomoth Beautifly Dustox Masquerain Mothim Combee Volcarona Vivillon Noibat Noivern
Breeding	Nincada Ninjask Trapinch Vibrava Flygon
Evolution	Butterfree Venomoth Beautifly Dustox Vivillon

Mud Shot

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Breeding	Surskit Masquerain Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Gible Gabite Garchomp Grubbin Charjabug Vikavolt

Quick Attack

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Scyther Yanma Gligar Scizor Treecko Grovyle Sceptile Surskit Masquerain Volbeat Yanmega Gliscor Accelgor Helioptile Heliolisk
Breeding	Pinsir Trapinch Vibrava Flygon

Signal Beam

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Venonat Venomoth Volbeat Joltik Galvantula
Breeding	Venonat Venomoth Horsea Seadra Spinarak Ariados Yanma Kingdra Surskit Masquerain Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Yanmega
Move tutor	Butterfree Venonat Venomoth Horsea Seadra Spinarak Ariados Yanma Forretress Kingdra Beautifly Dustox Surskit Masquerain Volbeat Trapinch Vibrava Flygon Mothim Yanmega Sewaddle Swadloon Leavanny Venipede Whirlipede Scolipede Karrablast Escavalier Joltik Galvantula Shelmet Accelgor Hydreigon Larvesta Volcarona Vivillon Helioptile Heliolisk Vikavolt Cutiefly Ribombee Dewpider Araquanid Drampa