Rowlet (Pokémon)

Rowlet (Japanese: モクロー Mokuroh) is a dual-type Grass/Flying Pokémon introduced in Generation VII.

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Rowlet (disambiguation).

Rowlet
Grass Quill Pokémon

モクロー
Mokuroh

#722




Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

Type

Grass

Flying

Abilities

Overgrow

Long Reach
Hidden Ability

Gender ratio

Unknown
87.5% male, 12.5% female

Catch rate

45 (11.9%)

Breeding

Egg Group

Flying

Hatch time

3855 - 4111 steps

Height

1'00"	0.3 m
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0'0"	0 m
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Weight

3.3 lbs.	1.5 kg
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Base experience yield

64

Leveling rate

Medium Slow

EV yield

Total: 1
Rowlet
1 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

Shape

Footprint

Pokédex color

Brown

Base friendship

70

External Links

It evolves into Dartrix starting at level 17, which evolves into Decidueye starting at either level 34 outside of Hisui, or level 36 in Hisui.

Along with Litten and Popplio, Rowlet is one of three starter Pokémon of Alola available at the beginning of Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon. It also acts as one of the three starters for the Hisui region in Legends: Arceus alongside Cyndaquil and Oshawott.

Along with Litten and Popplio, it was the second Generation VII Pokémon to be revealed to the public on May 10, 2016.

Biology

Rowlet is a small, avian Pokémon resembling a young owl with a round body and short legs. Its plumage is primarily beige with a white underside and facial disc. The facial disc itself is in the shape of two overlapping circles. It has large black eyes and a stubby beak. The top part of its beak is white, while the lower half is orange-brown. Its feet have two forward-facing toes and one backward-facing toe; they are the same color as the lower half of its beak. Two leaves sprout from its chest arranged to resemble a bowtie. Additional leaves form its tail and line the undersides of its wings.

A nocturnal Pokémon, it stores energy during the day through photosynthesis. It approaches opponents by silently gliding, before unleashing a volley of kicks. This Pokémon is able to rotate its head almost 180 degrees and has excellent night vision.[1] Its feathers are as sharp as blades, which it launches at foes from the air. Rowlet feel most relaxed in tight, dark spaces.

In the anime

Main series

Rowlet in the anime

Ash's Rowlet

Ash caught a Rowlet in First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!, which also marked the species' debut. It has a naive and relaxed personality and is rather inexperienced.

Minor appearances

A Rowlet briefly appeared alongside a Litten and Popplio in I Choose You!.

A Trainer's Rowlet appeared in From Z to Shining Z!, where it watched the battle between Ash's Pikachu and Tapu Koko.

A Rowlet appeared in a fantasy alongside the other starter Pokémon in Getting More Than You Battled For!.

A Rowlet appeared in JNS01, where it was caught by Ash whilst at the Sinnoh Fair.

Pokédex entries

Episode	Pokémon	Source	Entry
SM004	Rowlet	Rotom Pokédex	Rowlet, the Grass Quill Pokémon. A Grass and Flying type. It stores energy during the day from photosynthesis. It swoops down without making a sound and unleashes a powerful kick without being noticed.

GOTCHA!

A Rowlet briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.

Pokémon Evolutions

A Rowlet briefly appeared playing with some children in The Eclipse.

In the manga

Rowlet in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Main article: Moon's Rowlet

Moon once owned a Rowlet that first appeared in The Delivery of Rotom and the Girl. Professor Kukui allowed Moon to keep Rowlet after seeing how close the two had become after their first encounter. Prior to Adventure in the Dark Dimension he evolved into Dartrix and then later evolved into a Decidueye.

Pokémon Horizon

A Rowlet appeared in Journey to a New Horizon, under the ownership of Mana.

A Rowlet appeared in a fantasy in Traveling Trainer Tokio.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Main article: Ash's Rowlet

Ash's Rowlet appeared in a fantasy in Legend? Check! Friends? Check!.

In the TCG

Main article: Rowlet (TCG)

Other Appearances

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Rowlet appears as a Spirit.

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.

Generation VII

Alola
#001

Kanto
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!‎.
Sun	This wary Pokémon uses photosynthesis to store up energy during the day, while becoming active at night.
Moon	Silently it glides, drawing near its targets. Before they even notice it, it begins to pelt them with vicious kicks.
Ultra Sun	It sends its feathers, which are as sharp as blades, flying in attack. Its legs are strong, so its kicks are also formidable.
Ultra Moon	It feels relaxed in tight, dark places and has been known to use its Trainer's pocket or bag as a nest.

Generation VIII

Galar
#—

Sinnoh
#—

Hisui
#001

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
Sword	At a distance, it launches its sharp feathers while flying about. If the enemy gets too close, Rowlet switches tactics and delivers vicious kicks.*
Shield	During the day, it builds up energy via photosynthesis. At night, it flies silently through the sky, on the prowl for prey.*
Legends: Arceus	Flies noiselessly on delicate wings. It has mastered the art of deftly launching dagger-sharp feathers from those same wings.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.

Generation VII

Sun

Moon

Starter Pokémon from Hala in Iki Town

Ultra Sun

Ultra Moon

Starter Pokémon from Professor Kukui in Route 1

Let's Go Pikachu

Let's Go Eevee

Unobtainable

Generation VIII

Sword

Shield

Pokémon HOME
Trade^{Version 1.2.0+}

Expansion Pass

Reward for finding 100 Alolan Diglett (if the player chose Grookey)

Brilliant Diamond

Shining Pearl

Unobtainable

Legends: Arceus

Starter Pokémon from Professor Laventon in Jubilife Village
Received from Professor Laventon in Jubilife Village (after beating the main story, if the player did not chose Rowlet)
Space-Time Distortions - Coronet Highlands (after beating the main story)

In side games

Generation VII

Rumble Rush

Rowlet Sea, Buzzwole Sea, Rowlet Sea^Final, Buzzwole Sea^Final
Rowlet Sea, Rowlet Sea^Final (Festive Hat)

Cross-Generation

Shuffle

Event: Rowlet Appears

Masters EX

Sync Pair Scout (Selene's)

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 68		128 - 175	246 - 340
Attack: 55		54 - 117	103 - 229
Defense: 55		54 - 117	103 - 229
Sp. Atk: 50		49 - 112	94 - 218
Sp. Def: 50		49 - 112	94 - 218
Speed: 42		42 - 103	80 - 201
Total: 320	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is:

Damaged
normally by:

Normal

1×

Bug

1×

Ghost

1×

Steel

1×

Electric

1×

Psychic

1×

Dragon

1×

Dark

1×

Fairy

1×

Weak to:

Flying

2×

Poison

2×

Rock

2×

Fire

2×

Ice

4×

Immune to:

Ground

0×

Resistant to:

Fighting

½×

Water

½×

Grass

¼×

Learnset

Rowlet is available in Sword and Shield and Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

By leveling up

SwSh

Generation VIII

Other generations:
VII

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
011	Tackle	Normal	Physical	04040	100100%	35
011	Growl	Normal	Status	0000—	100100%	40
033	Leafage	Grass	Physical	04040	100100%	40
066	Astonish	Ghost	Physical	03030	100100%	15
099	Peck	Flying	Physical	03535	100100%	35
1212	Shadow Sneak	Ghost	Physical	04040	100100%	30
1515	Razor Leaf	Grass	Physical	05555	09595%	25
1818	Synthesis	Grass	Status	0000—	00——%	5
2121	Pluck	Flying	Physical	06060	100100%	20
2424	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	0000—	00——%	20
2727	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	07070	100100%	5
3030	Leaf Blade	Grass	Physical	09090	100100%	15
3333	Feather Dance	Flying	Status	0000—	100100%	15
3636	Brave Bird	Flying	Physical	120120	100100%	15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Rowlet
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Rowlet

LA

Generation VIII

Other generations:
VII

Learn	Mastery	Move	Type	Cat.	Power			Accuracy		PP
Learn	Mastery	Move	Type	Cat.	Base	St.	Ag.	Base	St.	PP
1	10	Gust	Flying	Special	40	50	30	100%	100%	25
6	15	Leafage	Grass	Physical	40	50	30	100%	100%	25
11	20	Roost	Flying	Status	—	—	—	—%	—%	10
18	28	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	75	45	—%	—%	20
21	31	Magical Leaf	Grass	Special	60	75	45	—%	—%	20
25	35	Air Slash	Flying	Special	75	90	60	95%	100%	10
34	45	Leaf Blade	Grass	Physical	85	105	65	100%	100%	10
43	54	Leaf Storm	Grass	Special	110	130	90	90%	100%	5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Rowlet
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Rowlet

By TM/TR

Generation VIII

Other generations:
VII

	TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM11	TM11	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
TM17	TM17	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	30
TM19	TM19	Safeguard	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	25
TM21	TM21	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM24	TM24	Snore	Normal	Special	05050	100}}100%	15
TM25	TM25	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM28	TM28	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	07575	100}}100%	10
TM30	TM30	Steel Wing	Steel	Physical	07070	090}}90%	25
TM31	TM31	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
TM34	TM34	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
TM39	TM39	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM40	TM40	Swift	Normal	Special	06060	00—}}—%	20
TM65	TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	07070	100}}100%	15
TM76	TM76	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
TM94	TM94	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	04040	100}}100%	40
TR00	TR00	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TR20	TR20	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR26	TR26	Endure	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR27	TR27	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR29	TR29	Baton Pass	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	40
TR50	TR50	Leaf Blade	Grass	Physical	09090	100}}100%	15
TR59	TR59	Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
TR65	TR65	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR66	TR66	Brave Bird	Flying	Physical	120120	100}}100%	15
TR68	TR68	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TR77	TR77	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	0000—	100}}100%	20
TR85	TR85	Work Up	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	30

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Rowlet
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Rowlet

By breeding

Generation VIII

Other generations:
VII

Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10
Defog	Flying	Status	—	—%	15
Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15
Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100%	20

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Rowlet in Generation VIII
Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Rowlet in that game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Rowlet
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Rowlet

By tutoring

SwSh

Generation VIII

Other generations:
VII

Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Dual Wingbeat	Flying	Physical	40	90%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Grass Pledge	Grass	Special	80	100%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Grassy Glide	Grass	Physical	70	100%	20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Rowlet
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Rowlet
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

LA

Generation VIII

Other generations:
VII

Game	Move	Type	Cat.	Power			Accuracy		PP
Game	Move	Type	Cat.	Base	St.	Ag.	Base	St.	PP
LA	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	50	30	100%	100%	30
LA	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	75	45	—%	—%	20
LA	Swift	Normal	Special	60	75	45	—%	—%	20
LA	Magical Leaf	Grass	Special	60	75	45	—%	—%	20
LA	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	—	—%	—%	10
LA	Psycho Cut	Psychic	Physical	70	85	55	100%	100%	15
LA	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	85	55	100%	100%	15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Rowlet
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Rowlet
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

By transfer from another generation

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Gen.	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
VII	Confide	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
VII	Covet	Normal	Physical	06060	100}}100%	25
VII	Curse	Ghost	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
VII	Echoed Voice	Normal	Special	04040	100}}100%	15
VII	Foresight ×	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	40
VII	Frustration ×	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
VII	Fury Attack	Normal	Physical	01515	085}}85%	20
VII	Haze	Ice	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	30
VII	Hidden Power ×	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
VII	Nature Power	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
VII	Ominous Wind ×	Ghost	Special	06060	100}}100%	5
VII	Return ×	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
VII	Roost	Flying	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
VII	Sky Attack	Flying	Physical	140140	090}}90%	5
VII	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	085}}85%	15
VII	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
VII	Worry Seed	Grass	Status	0000—	100}}100%	10

A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Rowlet
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Rowlet
× indicates a move that cannot be used in Generation VIII

Side game data

Pokémon Shuffle

Grass

Attack Power: 50 - 100

5

#707

Rock Shot

Erases two breakable-rock disruptions and increases damage.

Skill Swapper: Unity Power

Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

	Friendship Item: Meadow Plate (450)	★✰✰✰✰: +0% ★★✰✰✰: +50% (7) ★★★✰✰: +140% (10) ★★★★✰: +300% (19) ★★★★★: +500% (24)
	Skill: Grants lots of Coins
	Recovery time: 4 hours

Pokémon Rumble Rush

	Walking Speed: 2 seconds	Base HP: 53
	Base Attack: 69	Base Defense: 49	Base Speed: 60

Evolution

Unevolved

Rowlet
Grass Flying

Level 17

→

First evolution

Dartrix
Grass Flying

Level 34
(Outside of Hisui)

→

Second evolution

Decidueye
Grass Ghost

Level 36
(In Hisui)

→

Hisuian Form

Second evolution

Decidueye
Grass Fighting

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.

Generation VII

Sun	Moon	Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon


Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VIII

Sword	Shield


HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Rowlet images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Rowlet is the only starter Pokémon that is a member of the Flying Egg Group.
Rowlet is the only Grass-type starter Pokémon to not be listed as green. It is listed as brown instead.
Including those that gain a type upon the first evolution, Rowlet is the only starter Pokémon whose secondary typing does not remain the same throughout their evolutionary family, with both Decidueye and Hisuian Decidueye losing the Flying type and gaining Ghost and Fighting, respectively.
Rowlet is the only starter Pokémon to be weak to its own type, as it is weak to Flying.
Rowlet has the highest base HP of all unevolved starter Pokémon.
Rowlet's Japanese name and its romanization were revealed in a tweet of their trademark on April 17, 2016.
Rowlet and its evolutions are the only Grass-type Pokémon in the Flying Egg Group.

Origin

Rowlet is based on an owl, sharing the most similarities with members of the Tytonidae family — species collectively known as "barn owls" that have heart-shaped faces and dark eyes. In particular, it closely resembles the common barn owl, which was introduced to Hawaii. Alternatively, it may be inspired by the Eastern grass owl or the African grass owl, along with the local pueo owl that is known for flying over grassy areas on the Hawaiian Islands, hence its Grass typing.

Name origin

Rowlet may be a combination of root, round, or arrow, and owlet, a young owl.

Mokuroh may be a combination of 木 moku (wood) and 梟 fukurō (owl).

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Japanese	モクロー Mokuroh	From 木 moku and 梟 fukurō
French	Brindibou	From brindille and hibou
Spanish	Rowlet	Same as English name
German	Bauz	From Baum and Kauz
Italian	Rowlet	Same as English name
Korean	나몰빼미 Namolppaemi	From 나무 namu and 올빼미 olppaemi
Cantonese Chinese	木木梟 Muhkmuhkhīu	From 木 muhk and 梟 hīu
Mandarin Chinese	木木梟 / 木木枭 Mùmùxiāo	From 木 mù and 梟 / 枭 xiāo

More languages
Russian	Роулет Roulet	Transcription of English name
Thai	โมคุโร Mokhuro	Transcription of Japanese name

Notes

Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Rowlet

External links

Starter Pokémon

Kanto
Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle

Johto
Chikorita	Cyndaquil	Totodile

Hoenn
Treecko	Torchic	Mudkip

Sinnoh
Turtwig	Chimchar	Piplup

Unova
Snivy	Tepig	Oshawott

Kalos
Chespin	Fennekin	Froakie

Alola
Rowlet	Litten	Popplio

Galar
Grookey	Scorbunny	Sobble

Yellow
Pikachu (player)	Eevee (rival)

Colosseum	XD
Espeon and Umbreon	Eevee

Let's Go, Pikachu!
Partner Pikachu (player)	Eevee (rival)

Let's Go, Eevee!
Partner Eevee (player)	Pikachu (rival)

Hisui
Rowlet	Cyndaquil	Oshawott

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Rowlet (Pokémon)

Biology

In the anime

Main series

Ash's Rowlet

Minor appearances

Pokédex entries

GOTCHA!

Pokémon Evolutions

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Horizon

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

In the TCG

Other Appearances

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

By breeding

By tutoring

By transfer from another generation

Side game data

Evolution

Sprites

Trivia

Origin

Name origin

In other languages

Related articles

Notes

External links