Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DX Switch

Paras Learned Moves, Evolution and Locations

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

Basic Information

Type

Paras
Paras Image
Type 1 Type 2
Bug Grass

Ability

Ability Effect
Dry Skin The Pokemon absorbs Water-type moves to restore its HP. Rain or Heavy Rain helps the Pokemon restore HP naturally more quickly. But the Pokemon doesn't do well when it's Sunny or in Extremely Harsh Sunlight, and it also doesn't do well against Fire-type moves.
Effect Spore When the Pokemon is hit with a contact move, like Tackle or Scratch, the attacker is sometimes afflicted with the Poisoned, Paralysis, or Sleep status condition.

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Learned Moves

By Level Up

Lv. Move Type Effect
Base Scratch NormalNormal It damages an enemy.
6 Stun Spore GrassGrass It inflicts Paralysis on nearby enemies. But it has no effect on Grass-type Pokemon.
6 Poison Powder PoisonPoison It makes an enemy Poisoned. But it has no effect on Grass-type Pokemon.
11 Absorb GrassGrass It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
17 Fury Cutter BugBug It damages an enemy. Its power goes up if you use it twice in a row.
22 Spore GrassGrass It scatters spores about, making the enemies in the same room go to Sleep. It has no effect on Grass-type Pokemon.
27 Slash NormalNormal It damages an enemy. It has a high critical-hit rate.
33 Growth NormalNormal It boosts your Attack and Sp. Atk. During Sunny weather or in Extremely Harsh Sunlight, your stats go up even higher. The stats return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
38 Giga Drain GrassGrass It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
43 Aromatherapy GrassGrass If you and your teammates in the same room have any bad statuses, all the bad statuses will be removed.
49 Rage Powder BugBug You'll be a Decoy and become the enemies' primary target.
54 X-Scissor BugBug It damages an enemy.

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.
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.
Energy Ball GrassGrass It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also lower the enemy's Sp. Def.
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.
False Swipe NormalNormal It damages an enemy. If you knock an enemy out with it, they will be more likely to join you on your adventure!
Frustration NormalNormal It damages an enemy. The less you have opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Grass Knot GrassGrass It damages an enemy. The heavier the enemy, the greater the damage caused by the move.
Hidden Power NormalNormal It damages an enemy. The move's type changes on each adventure.
Leech Life BugBug It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
Light Screen PsychicPsychic You and your teammates in the same room get the Light Screen condition, which reduces the damage taken from special moves.
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.
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.
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

Tutor Move Type Effect
After You NormalNormal After switching your position with your teammate, it boosts your teammate's Attack, Defense, Sp, Atk, Sp. Def, accuracy, or evasiveness. The stat returns to normal when the Pokemon goes to the next floor or steps on a Wonder Tile.
Bug Bite BugBug It damages an enemy. If the enemy is carrying any food, you'll eat it.
Giga Drain GrassGrass It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
Knock Off DarkDark 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.
Seed Bomb GrassGrass It damages an enemy.
Snore NormalNormal 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.
Synthesis GrassGrass It restores your HP. During Sunny weather or in Extremely Harsh Sunlight, it restores your HP even more. During Rain, Heavy Rain, Hail, or a Sandstorm, the amount regained goes down.
Worry Seed GrassGrass It changes the target's Ability to Insomnia. The effect wears off when you go to the next floor.

Evolution

Evolution Chain

Pokemon How to Evolve
ParasParas -
ParasectParasect Evolves from Paras at Lv. 24

Can Paras Mega Evolve?

This Pokemon can not Mega Evolve.

How to Get Paras

Dungeons Where Paras is Found

This Pokemon is not found in any Dungeons.

Paras's Rescue Camp

Rescue Camp Price
Mushroom Forest 800

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