Sandshrew
The skin on its back is as hard as steel. Predators go after its soft belly, so it clings to the ground desperately.
How to Evolve Sandshrew in Cobblemon
View Full Evolution Guide- To evolve Sandshrew into Sandslash (Alolan) in Cobblemon, meet these requirements: Must interact with Ice Stone.
Base Stats & EV Yield
Generic Info
- Height
- 0.7m
- Weight
- 40kg
- Catch Rate
- 255
- Base Friendship
- 50
- Experience Group
- medium_fast
- Base Experience
- 60
- Hitbox
- 0.8w x 1h - Fixed: No
- Status
- Implemented
Drops
Sandshrew can drop Armadillo Scute, Grip Claw, and Quick Claw and 1 more item. The table uses 4 drop rolls; percentages are per roll, not guaranteed drops. Quantity ranges show the possible item count for that entry.
- Base drops
- Amount
- 4
- #1
- Armadillo Scute0-1
- #2
- Grip Claw2.5%
- #3
- Quick Claw2.5%
- #4
- Chople Berry2.5%
Player Interactions
- Brush
- Requires holding
- #c:tools/brush
- Drops / gives
- Armadillo Scute
Breeding
- Egg Groups
- Field
- Egg Cycles
- 20
- Gender Ratio
- 50.0% M / 50.0% F
Behavior
- Movement
- Avoids Water
- Yes
- Herd
- Max Size
- 2
- Tolerated Leaders
- Sandshrew AlphaTier 1Sandslash AlphaTier 1
- Combat
- Will Defend Owner
- Yes
- Resting
- Will Sleep on Bed
- Yes
- Drowsy Chance
- 0.0333
- Rouse Chance
- 0.0042
Forms & Variants
Choose a Sandshrew form or feature-driven variant.
Active aspects
Where does Sandshrew spawn in Cobblemon?
Sandshrew (Alola Form) has 1 natural spawn entry in the current Cobblemon data. It can appear from level 5 to 30. Listed biome tags include snowy forest-tagged biomes, snowy taiga-tagged biomes, tundra-tagged biomes.
Habitat encounters
Sandshrew appears in 5 habitats. Open one to see its complete spawn pool, phases, and conditions.
Carved Ice Spikes
Earthen Hives
Sandpit Clearing
Snowy Burrow
Sunscorched Clearing
What moves does Sandshrew learn?
Sandshrew has 135 listed moves: 31 level-up, 63 TM, 9 egg, 32 tutor.
As an Alpha
Full Alpha guideWhat Sandshrew becomes as a Cobblemon 1.8 Alpha
Size
≈ ×1.59 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 ice / steel typing adds bonus gems & berries.
Base drops Tier 4
- Exp Candy L×1–319%
- Exp Candy Xl×125%
- Rare Candy×16%
- Health Candy×1–38%
- Mighty Candy×1–38%
- Tough Candy×1–38%
- Smart Candy×1–38%
- Courage Candy×1–38%
- Quick Candy×1–38%
Type drops
- Ice Gem×2–3
- Yache Berry×1–2
- Steel Gem×2–3
- Babiri Berry×1–2