
Basculin
They live in frigid seas, forming schools and sharing food among themselves. When the time comes, they return to the river they were born in.
How to Evolve Basculin in Cobblemon
View Full Evolution Guide- To evolve Basculin into Basculegion in Cobblemon, meet these requirements: Must level up · Must take recoil damage.

Basculegionlevel upMethod: level up
Learnable moves: None
Consumes held item: No
Requirements:
- Must take recoil damage
Base Stats & EV Yield
Generic Info
- Height
- 1m
- Weight
- 18kg
- Catch Rate
- 190/255Easy
- Base Friendship
- 50
- Experience Group
- medium_fast
- Base Experience
- 161
- Hitbox
- 1.18w x 0.95h - Fixed: No
- Status
- Implemented
Abilities
- #1
- rattled
- #3
- moldbreakerHidden
Drops
Basculin can drop Salmon, Bone Meal, and Deep Sea Tooth. The table uses 3 drop rolls; percentages are per roll, not guaranteed drops.
- Base drops
- Amount
- 3
- #1
Salmon- #2
Bone Meal5%- #3
Deep Sea Tooth5%
Breeding
- Egg Groups
- Water_2
- Egg Cycles
- 40
- Gender Ratio
- 50.0% M / 50.0% F
Behavior
- Movement
- Avoids Land
- Yes
- Can Breathe Underwater
- Yes
- Herd
- Max Size
- 9
- Tolerated Leaders
- Basculin Striped=whiteTier 1BasculegionTier 2ManaphyTier 3
- Combat
- Will Defend Self
- Yes
- Will Defend Owner
- Yes
- Will Flee
- No
- Resting
- Drowsy Chance
- 0.0333
- Rouse Chance
- 0.0042
Forms & Variants
Choose a Basculin form or feature-driven variant.
Active aspects
Where does Basculin spawn in Cobblemon?
The current Cobblemon spawn data does not list a natural spawn for Basculin (White-striped Form).
Habitat encounters
Basculin appears in 1 habitat. Open one to see its complete spawn pool, phases, and conditions.
What moves does Basculin learn?
Basculin has 68 listed moves: 16 level-up, 36 TM, 2 egg, 14 tutor.
As an Alpha
Full Alpha guideWhat Basculin becomes as a Cobblemon 1.8 Alpha
Size
≈ ×1.52 larger
Marks
Level vs your party
Guaranteed moves
Normal wild moveset plus two guaranteed TM moves (slots 3 & 4)
Drops if defeated
Base rewards scale with its level; its water typing adds bonus gems & berries.
Base drops Tier 4
- Exp Candy L×119%
- Exp Candy Xl×125%
- Rare Candy×16%
- Health Candy×18%
- Mighty Candy×18%
- Tough Candy×18%
- Smart Candy×18%
- Courage Candy×18%
- Quick Candy×18%
Type drops
- Water Gem×2–3
- Passho Berry×1–2
