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Kabutops Learned Moves, How to Get, and Evolution

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This is a page about the Pokemon Kabutops in the game Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX for Nintendo Switch. Learn Kabutops's Moves, Abilities, Rescue Camp, Evolution Chain, and which Dungeons Kabutops can be found in.

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Kabutops Basic Information

Kabutops Pokemon No. and Type

Kabutops
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Pokemon No. 141
Type
RockRock
WaterWater

Kabutops Ability

Ability Effect
Swift Swim When the Pokemon uses a move in Rain or Heavy Rain, it uses the move 2 times at once but only consumes PP for 1 use.

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How to Get Kabutops

Dungeons Where Kabutops is Found

Dungeon # of Floors Boss Strong Foe
Stormy Sea 40
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Silver Trench 99
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Grand Sea 30
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Kabutops Rescue Camp

Rescue Camp Price
Deepsea Floor 9000

Kabutops Learned Moves

By Level Up

Lv. Move Type Effect
Base Slash NormalNormal It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate.
Base Scratch NormalNormal It damages an enemy.
Base Harden NormalNormal It boosts your Defense. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Base Absorb GrassGrass It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
Base Feint NormalNormal It breaks through the enemy's Protect, Wide Guard, Quick Guard, or Spiky Shield to damage an enemy. It reaches up to 2 tiles away.
Base Leer NormalNormal It lowers the enemy's Defense.
Base Night Slash DarkDark It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate.
16 Mud Shot GroundGround It damages an enemy. It could also lower the enemy's Travel Speed.
21 Sand Attack GroundGround It lowers the enemy's accuracy.
26 Endure NormalNormal You'll get the Enduring status and hang on with 1 HP even if you take big damage. But its chance of failure rises if you use it after you've already used a move that blocks enemies' attacks.
31 Aqua Jet WaterWater It damages an enemy. It reaches up to 2 tiles away.
36 Mega Drain GrassGrass It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
45 Metal Sound SteelSteel It sharply lowers the enemy's Sp. Def.
54 Ancient Power RockRock It damages an enemy. It could also boost your Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Travel Speed. The stats return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
63 Wring Out NormalNormal It damages an enemy. The more HP the enemy has, the greater the damage caused by the move.

By TM

Move Type Effect
Aerial Ace FlyingFlying It damages an enemy. It never misses.
Attract NormalNormal It makes an enemy Infatuated, which makes the enemy's moves more likely to fail.
Blizzard IceIce It damages enemies in the same room. It could also make them Frozen. During Hail, the move never misses!
Brick Break FightingFighting It damages an enemy. It also shatters the enemy's Reflect, Light Screen, and Aurora Veil conditions.
Confide NormalNormal It lowers the enemy's Sp. Atk.
Double Team NormalNormal It boosts your evasiveness. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Facade NormalNormal It damages an enemy. The damage it causes goes up if you have a bad status. It also prevents your Attack from being lowered when you use this move while you have a Burn.
Frustration NormalNormal It damages an enemy. The less you have opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Giga Impact NormalNormal It damages an enemy. But it also gives you the Recoil status, which prevents you from doing anything on the next turn.
Hail IceIce It changes the floor's weather to Hail. During the Hail, all Pokemon except Ice types keep taking damage.
Hidden Power NormalNormal It damages an enemy. The move's type changes on each adventure.
Hyper Beam NormalNormal It damages Pokemon, even those far away, and causes an explosion that also affects the surroundings. Walls and items on the ground will also disappear. But after you use the move, the Recoil prevents you from doing anything on the next turn.
Ice Beam IceIce It fires off a cold beam, damaging a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also make the enemy Frozen.
Nature Power NormalNormal Borrowing power from nature, a variety of damaging moves will be used depending on the scenery of the floor.
Protect NormalNormal You'll Protect yourself from enemies' moves. But its chance of failure rises if you use it after you've already used a move that blocks enemies' attacks.
Rain Dance WaterWater It changes the floor's weather to Rain. The power of Fire-type moves goes down, and the power of Water-type moves goes up.
Rest PsychicPsychic You'll get the Napping condition. With the Napping condition, you'll fall asleep, awakening later with all your HP restored and bad statuses healed.
Return NormalNormal It damages an enemy. The more you've opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Rock Polish RockRock It boosts your Travel Speed sharply!
Rock Slide RockRock It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Flinch.
Rock Tomb RockRock It damages an enemy. It also lowers the enemy's Travel Speed.
Round NormalNormal It damages an enemy. It causes more damage if your teammate in the same room just used the same move.
Sandstorm RockRock It changes the floor's weather to a Sandstorm. Pokemon that can't deal with the weather will keep taking damage.
Scald WaterWater It damages an enemy. It could also leave the enemy with a Burn. It will thaw a Frozen Pokemon.
Sleep Talk NormalNormal If you're sleeping, a move you know will be used automatically on an enemy near you. But keep in mind that nothing will happen if you use this while you're wide awake.
Smack Down RockRock It damages an enemy. If the enemy is flying, it will be Grounded, which allows Ground-type moves to hit it. This move also hits a Pokemon that's in the air from using a move like Fly.
Stone Edge RockRock It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate.
Substitute NormalNormal You'll create a Substitute if you have more than half your max HP. Every time you use this move, your HP decreases. When you create a Substitute, you won't be targeted by enemies, but you can't use moves or items, and you can't restore your HP naturally.
Surf WaterWater It damages all Pokemon in the same room except you. It can hit a Pokemon with the Dive status.
Swagger NormalNormal It makes an enemy Confused, but it also sharply raises the enemy's Attack.
Swords Dance NormalNormal It sharply boosts your Attack. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Thief DarkDark It damages an enemy. You'll also steal an item that the enemy has. If you can't carry any more items, your attempt to steal will fail.
Toxic PoisonPoison It makes the enemy Badly Poisoned. It never misses if used by a Poison-type Pokemon. It will even hit a Pokemon that's used Dig, Fly, or the like.
Waterfall WaterWater It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Flinch.
X-Scissor BugBug It damages an enemy.

By Move Tutor

Move Type
Range		 Effect
Aqua Tail WaterWater
Front		 It damages an enemy.
Earth Power GroundGround
Entire room		 It damages enemies in the same room. It could also lower their Sp. Def.
Giga Drain GrassGrass
Front		 It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
Icy Wind IceIce
4 tiles away		 It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It also lowers the target's Travel Speed.
Iron Defense SteelSteel
User		 It sharply boosts your Defense. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Knock Off DarkDark
Front		 It damages an enemy. The power goes up if the enemy has an item. It also knocks the enemy's held item to the floor near it.
Liquidation WaterWater
It damages an enemy. It could also lower the target's Defense.
Low Kick FightingFighting
Front		 It damages an enemy. The heavier the enemy, the greater the damage.
Snore NormalNormal
1 tile around user		 If you're sleeping, it will be used automatically and will damage enemies around you. It could also make them Flinch. Keep in mind that nothing will happen if you use it while you're wide awake.
Stealth Rock RockRock
Other		 It turns your tile into an invisible Stealth Rock trap. A Stealth Rock trap damages enemies that step on it. You and your teammates won't take any damage from it.
Superpower FightingFighting
Front		 It unleashes awesome power, damaging an enemy but also lowering your Attack and Defense due to fatigue. The stats return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Water Pulse WaterWater
4 tiles away		 It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also make the enemy Confused.

Kabutops Evolution

Evolution Chain

Pokemon How to Evolve
KabutoKabuto -
KabutopsKabutops Evolves from Kabuto at Lv. 40

Can Kabutops Mega Evolve?

This Pokemon can not Mega Evolve.

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