#0061Generation I

Poliwhirl

water

Capable of living in or out of water. When out of water, it sweats to keep its body slimy.

Height

Weight

20kg

Catch Rate

120/255Moderate

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How to Evolve Poliwhirl in Cobblemon

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To evolve Poliwhirl into Poliwrath in Cobblemon, meet these requirements: Must interact with Water Stone.

Method: item interact

Required Item: Water Stone

Learnable moves: submission, dynamicpunch

Consumes held item: No

Politoed

Water

To evolve Poliwhirl into Politoed in Cobblemon, meet these requirements: Must be traded · Must be holding kings rock.

Method: trade

Learnable moves: bounce

Consumes held item: Yes

Requirements:

Must be holding kings rock

Base Stats & EV Yield

Attack

Defence

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

EV Yield2Speed

Generic Info

Height: 1m
Weight: 20kg
Catch Rate: 120/255Moderate
Base Friendship: 50
Experience Group: medium_slow
Base Experience: 135
Hitbox: 1w x 1.1h - Fixed: No
Status: Implemented

Abilities

#1: waterabsorb
#2: damp
#3: swiftswimHidden

Drops

Poliwhirl can drop King's Rock and Chesto Berry. The table uses 2 drop rolls; percentages are per roll, not guaranteed drops.

Base drops
Amount: 2
#1: King's Rock5%
#2: Chesto Berry5%

Breeding

Egg Groups: Water_1
Egg Cycles: 20
Gender Ratio: 50.0% M / 50.0% F

Behavior

Movement
Swim Speed: 0.2
Can Breathe Underwater: Yes
Herd
Max Size: 7
Tolerated Leaders: Poliwhirl AlphaTier 1Poliwrath AlphaTier 1PolitoedTier 1
Combat
Will Defend Owner: Yes
Resting
Can Sleep: Yes
Times: day
Light Requirement: 0-4
Drowsy Chance: 0.0033
Rouse Chance: 0.0042

Where does Poliwhirl spawn in Cobblemon?

Poliwhirl has 14 natural spawn entries in the current Cobblemon data. It can appear from level 25 to 39. Listed biome tags include swamp-tagged biomes, freshwater-tagged biomes, hills-tagged biomes. Some entries also require specific skylight levels.

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Poliwhirl can be hooked with Poké Bait

Seasonings can change its odds against competing fishing encounters. Compare its strongest fishing habitats and calculated chances.

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Habitat encounters

Poliwhirl appears in 2 habitats. Open one to see its complete spawn pool, phases, and conditions.

Freshwater Pond

Naturally generated habitat

commonuncommonLv. 25-39Phase 2, 10Phase 1, 3–9, 11–14

Root Nursery

Naturally generated habitat

commonLv. 25-39Phase 1

What moves does Poliwhirl learn?

125

Poliwhirl has 125 listed moves: 43 level-up, 53 TM, 11 egg, 18 tutor.

As an Alpha

Full Alpha guide

What Poliwhirl becomes as a Cobblemon 1.8 Alpha

Size

≈ ×1.50 normal adult size

Marks

alphajumbo

Level vs your party

Set your strongest Pokémon's level: 50 → Lv 66

Matches the nearest player within 32 blocks. This form’s evolution floor is Lv 25; an empty party does not change its level.

Alpha moveset

Slots 3 & 4 prefer eligible TM moves, falling back to level-up moves. Up to two TM moves replace normal slots; moves already available by level are excluded.

Drops if defeated

Extra rewards when a wild Alpha is defeated in battle, in addition to its normal drops. Base rewards depend on its final level.

Chances are per defeat (at least one drop); quantities are per successful roll. Repeated rolls can add more items.