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Spinarak Learned Moves, How to Get, and Evolution

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

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Spinarak Basic Information

Spinarak Pokemon No. and Type

Spinarak
Spinarak Image
Pokemon No. 167
Type
BugBug
PoisonPoison

Spinarak Ability

Ability Effect
Sniper This Ability increases the damage of moves that result in critical hits.
Swarm When the Pokemon's HP is low, the power of Bug-type moves goes up.

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How to Get Spinarak

Dungeons Where Spinarak is Found

Dungeon # of Floors Boss Strong Foe
Silent Chasm 10
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Northern Range 25
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Wish Cave 99
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Joyous Tower 99
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Purity Forest 99
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Spinarak Rescue Camp

Rescue Camp Price
Secretive Forest 900

Spinarak Learned Moves

By Level Up

Lv. Move Type Effect
Base Focus Energy NormalNormal You'll get the Focus Energy condition, which raises your critical-hit rate.
Base Venom Drench PoisonPoison It lowers the enemy's Attack, Sp. Atk, and Travel Speed. It will fail unless the enemy's already Poisoned or Badly Poisoned, so be careful!
Base Fell Stinger BugBug It damages an enemy. Using this move to cause an enemy to faint wil boost your Attack sharply. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Base Bug Bite BugBug It damages an enemy. If the enemy is carrying any food, you'll eat it.
Base Poison Sting PoisonPoison It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Poisoned.
Base String Shot BugBug It reduces the Travel Speed of a Pokemon, even one far away.
Base Constrict NormalNormal It damages an enemy. It could also lower the enemy's Travel Speed.
Base Absorb GrassGrass It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
Base 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.
8 Infestation BugBug It damages an enemy. It could also cause the Infestation condition.
12 Scary Face NormalNormal It reduces the enemy's Travel Speed.
15 Night Shade GhostGhost The amount of damage done matches your level.
19 Shadow Sneak GhostGhost It damages an enemy. It reaches up to 2 tiles away.
23 Fury Swipes NormalNormal It damages an enemy 2 to 5 times in a row.
28 Sucker Punch DarkDark It damages an enemy. It reaches up to 2 tiles away.
32 Spider Web BugBug It causes an enemy to get Stuck.
37 Agility PsychicPsychic It boosts the Travel Speed of you and your teammates in the same room.
41 Pin Missile BugBug It damages a Pokemon, even one far away, 2 to 3 times in a row.
46 Psychic PsychicPsychic It damages an enemy. It could also lower the enemy's Sp. Def.
50 Poison Jab PoisonPoison It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Poisoned.
55 Cross Poison PoisonPoison It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Poisoned. It has a high critical-hit rate.
58 Sticky Web BugBug It reduces the enemy's Travel Speed. If the enemy is holding an item, it also makes the enemy's item sticky.
63 Toxic Thread PoisonPoison It makes a faraway Pokemon Poisoned and reduces their Travel Speed.

By TM

Move Type Effect
Attract NormalNormal It makes an enemy Infatuated, which makes the enemy's moves more likely to fail.
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.
Hidden Power NormalNormal It damages an enemy. The move's type changes on each adventure.
Infestation BugBug It damages an enemy. It could also cause the Infestation condition.
Leech Life BugBug It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
Poison Jab PoisonPoison It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Poisoned.
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.
Psychic PsychicPsychic It damages an enemy. It could also lower the enemy's Sp. Def.
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.
Round NormalNormal It damages an enemy. It causes more damage if your teammate in the same room just used the same move.
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.
Sludge Bomb PoisonPoison It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also make the enemy Poisoned.
Smart Strike SteelSteel It damages an enemy. It never misses.
Solar Beam GrassGrass You'll get the Solar Beam condition, which lets you charge power to try a powerful attack on the next turn. During Sunny weather or in Extremely Harsh Sunlight, it charges for an immediate attack on the first turn. But during Rain, Heavy Rain, Hail, or a Sandstorm, the damage will be reduced.
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.
Sunny Day FireFire It changes the floor's weather to Sunny. The power of Fire-type moves goes up, and the power of Water-type moves goes down.
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.
Venoshock PoisonPoison It damages an enemy. Its power goes up if the enemy is Poisoned or Badly Poisoned.
X-Scissor BugBug It damages an enemy.

By Move Tutor

Move Type
Range		 Effect
Bounce FlyingFlying
Front		 You get the Bouncing condition You soar and then strike yuor enemy on the next turn. While airborne, you'll evade items and moves. This move could also inflict Paralysis on the enemy.
Bug Bite BugBug
Front		 It damages an enemy. If the enemy is carrying any food, you'll eat it.
Electroweb ElectricElectric
Front		 It damages an enemy. It also lowers the enemy's Travel Speed.
Foul Play DarkDark
Front		 It damages an enemy. But the damage is determined by the target's Attack stat instead of the user's Attack stat.
Giga Drain GrassGrass
Front		 It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
Signal Beam BugBug
4 tiles away		 It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also make the enemy Confused.
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.
Stomping Tantrum GroundGround
It damages an enemy. If your previous move missed, its damage is increased.
Throat Chop DarkDark
It damages an enemy and gives them the Throat Chop condition.

Spinarak Evolution

Evolution Chain

Pokemon How to Evolve
SpinarakSpinarak -
AriadosAriados Evolves from Spinarak at Lv. 22

Can Spinarak Mega Evolve?

This Pokemon can not Mega Evolve.

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