Biology
Sableye is a bipedal Pokémon with a dark purple body. It has pale blue, gemstone-like eyes, which allow it to see in low light and sparkle in the dark. It also has a red gemstone on its chest, and its back has a blue and green gemstone as well as another red one. These gem-like eyes and adornments on its body are caused by its diet, which consists of rocks and raw gemstones. It also has sharp teeth and claws. It is feared by people, since it is said to steal a person's soul if they look into its eyes. It is nocturnal and is rarely seen. It lives in caves.
As Mega Sableye, all the energy from its Mega Evolution is concentrated into the red jewel on its chest, causing it to detach from Sableye's body and significantly increase in size; the detached jewel leaves a small hole in Mega Sableye's chest. Its ears elongate, and it gains a spike on the top of its head. Its teeth turn from white to yellow, and its eyes also change from pale blue to a crimson red, with diagonal slits at their inner edges. The enlarged jewel is said to boast such incredible hardness that no attack can even leave a scratch on it. During battle, Mega Sableye shelters itself behind the jewel, from where it can take advantage of any openings its target leaves exposed.[1]
In the animeIn the mangaIn the TCGGame data
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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Sableye lead quiet lives deep inside caverns. They are feared, however, because these Pokémon are thought to steal the spirits of people when their eyes burn with a sinister glow in the darkness.
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Sapphire
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Sableye digs the ground with sharpened claws to find rocks that it eats. Substances in the eaten rocks crystallize and rise up to the Pokémon's body surface.
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Emerald
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It digs branching holes in caves using its sharp claws in search of food—raw gems. A Sableye lurks in darkness and is seen only rarely.
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FireRed
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It feeds on gemstone crystals. In darkness, its eyes sparkle with the glitter of jewels.
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LeafGreen
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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It hides in the darkness of caves. Its diet of gems has transformed its eyes into gemstones.
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Pearl
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Platinum
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HeartGold
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It dwells in the darkness of caves. It uses its sharp claws to dig up gems to nourish itself.
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SoulSilver
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Generation V
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Black
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It hides in the darkness of caves. Its diet of gems has transformed its eyes into gemstones.
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White
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Black 2
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It hides in the darkness of caves. Its diet of gems has transformed its eyes into gemstones.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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X
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It hides in the darkness of caves. Its diet of gems has transformed its eyes into gemstones.
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Y
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It dwells in the darkness of caves. It uses its sharp claws to dig up gems to nourish itself.
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Omega Ruby
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Sableye lead quiet lives deep inside caverns. They are feared, however, because these Pokémon are thought to steal the spirits of people when their eyes burn with a sinister glow in the darkness.
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Alpha Sapphire
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Sableye digs the ground with sharpened claws to find rocks that it eats. Substances in the eaten rocks crystallize and rise up to the Pokémon’s body surface.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
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In side games
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
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In events
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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50
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110 - 157
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210 - 304
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75
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72 - 139
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139 - 273
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75
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72 - 139
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139 - 273
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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Total: 380
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- 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.
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Mega Sableye
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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50
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110 - 157
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210 - 304
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85
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81 - 150
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157 - 295
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125
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117 - 194
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229 - 383
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85
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81 - 150
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157 - 295
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115
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108 - 183
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211 - 361
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20
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22 - 79
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40 - 152
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Total: 480
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- 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.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sableye
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sableye
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sableye
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sableye
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Sableye in Generation VI
- 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 Sableye in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sableye
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sableye
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Sableye can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Sableye cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sableye
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sableye
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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TCG-only moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
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Trivia
- Sableye seems to be the counterpart of Mawile. Both of them are version-exclusive of Ruby and Sapphire, as well as in HeartGold and SoulSilver. Both have Mega Evolutions. They also have the same base stat total (with the same base HP and Speed).
- Sableye shares its category with Murkrow. They are both known as the Darkness Pokémon.
- Sableye has the lowest base stat total of all fully evolved Dark-type Pokémon.
- Mega Sableye is tied with Mega Mawile for having the lowest base stat total of all Mega Evolved Pokémon, at 480.
- Mega Sableye gets the highest Special Defense base stat increase of all Mega Evolved Pokémon, with an increase of 50.
- Mega Sableye is tied with Mega Abomasnow with the highest Speed base stat decrease, with a decrease of 30.
- Prior to the introduction of the Fairy type in Generation VI, Sableye (along with Spiritomb) had no elemental weaknesses under normal battle conditions (using Foresight can expose its Dark-type vulnerability to Fighting). As this occurred without the aid of an Ability, it was commonly hacked to have the ability Wonder Guard, making it immune to all direct damage. This hack is commonly referred to as Wondereye.
- Mega Sableye is the shortest Mega-Evolved Pokémon, standing at 1'08" (0.5 m).
Origin
Sableye is a stylization of the Hopkinsville Goblin, a creature from an alleged Kentucky "alien encounter" described as having shining eyes, small legs, clawed arms and swaying hips (a movement that Sableye imitates in the 3D Pokémon games). The Hopkinsville aliens are most famous in Japan, where they have appeared in other anime and video games.
The ruby, sapphire and emerald on Sableye's body may be a reference to the three games of the generation it debuted in.
Name origin
Sableye is a combination of sable and eye. It may also be a play on able-eyed.
Yamirami may be a combination of 闇 yami (darkness) and 藪睨み yabunirami (a squint) or 睨み nirami (glare).
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