Croconaw (Pokémon)

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Croconaw
0 HP	1 Atk	1 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

Blue

Base friendship

70

External Links

On Smogon Pokédex:
Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Croconaw (Japanese: アリゲイツ Alligates) is a Water-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Totodile starting at level 18 and evolves into Feraligatr starting at level 30.

Biology

Croconaw is a medium-sized, bipedal, crocodilian Pokémon with a blue and yellow body. Croconaw has three clusters of red spikes on its body: one with three points on its head like a crest, one with two points on its back, and a diamond-shaped spike on its tail. Black markings surround its red eyes. Its lower jaw is yellow and pronounced, and its chest has an asymmetrical, yellow pattern resembling a spotted animal skin. Although Croconaw has been described as always having forty-eight fangs lining its mouth, only six are discernible with four visible when the mouth is closed. It is capable of regrowing lost fangs. Its teeth are positioned like barbed fishing hooks and are impossible to pull out with ordinary strength. Croconaw can rarely be found near water.

In the anime

Croconaw in the anime

Major appearances

Wani-Wani

Marina owned a Croconaw named Wani-Wani that was used in a fair few battles as well as against Attila and Hun. As revealed in A Stand-Up Sit-Down!, it became a Feraligatr.

Khoury's Croconaw

Khoury's Totodile evolved in Bagged Then Tagged! during a Tag Battle against Ash's Monferno and Dawn's Cyndaquil alongside Lyra's Chikorita.

Other

Ranger Mason, a Forest Ranger of Mt. Silver, had a Croconaw in Mother Of All Battles.

A Croconaw was used by one of two twin brothers in The Champ Twins! in a battle against Ash and Dawn. The other twin used Quilava.

A Croconaw appeared in The Pirates of Decolore!. It was shown in a flashback that Croconaw's Trainer had abandoned the Big Jaw Pokémon complaining that he lost another Gym battle because of Croconaw. Croconaw seemed to be the leader of the pirates. After losing in a Double Battle between Ash, Snivy, and Pignite, Croconaw and the other pirates stopped stealing and joined Officer Jenny's coast guard after apologizing to everybody they stole from.

Minor appearances

In the beginning of Celebi: Voice of the Forest, Ash battled against a Pokémon Trainer who had a Croconaw.

A Croconaw appeared in the opening of Destiny Deoxys.

A Croconaw made a small appearance in The Rise of Darkrai as one of the Pokémon Darkrai hit with a Dark Void.

A Croconaw appeared in Camping It Up!.

Pokédex entries

Episode	Pokémon	Source	Entry
DP029	Croconaw	Dawn's Pokédex	Croconaw, the Big Jaw Pokémon, and the evolved form of Totodile. It opens its mouth wide and attacks, and if it loses its teeth, they regrow quickly.
DP147	Croconaw	Lyra's Pokédex	Croconaw, the Big Jaw Pokémon, and the evolved form of Totodile. Once it bites down on something, it won't let go until it loses its fangs. But new fangs grow back quickly.
DP147	Croconaw's attacks	Khoury's Pokédex	The moves Croconaw is able to use are: Bite, Aqua Tail, Superpower, and Hydro Pump.

In the manga

Croconaw in The Golden Boys

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Silver's Croconaw

In Pokémon Adventures, Silver's Totodile evolves into a Croconaw in Totodile Rock, which then becomes a Feraligatr with the other two starters whilst fighting the powerful, angry Lugia of the Whirl Islands.

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

Main article: Gold's Croconaw

In The Golden Boys, Gold starts with a Totodile that later evolves into a Croconaw.

In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga

Main article: Jō's Croconaw

In Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure, Jō owned a Totodile that evolved into Croconaw, and then into Feraligatr.

In the TCG

Main article: Croconaw (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.

Generation II

Gold	If it loses a fang, a new one grows back in its place. There are always 48 fangs lining its mouth.
Silver	It opens its huge jaws wide when attacking. If it loses any fangs while biting, they grow back in.
Crystal	The tips of its fangs are slanted backward. Once those fangs clamp down, the prey has no hope of escape.
Stadium 2	If it loses a fang, a new one grows back in its place. There are always 48 fangs lining its mouth.

Generation III

Sapphire
Ruby	Once Croconaw has clamped its jaws on its foe, it will absolutely not let go. Because the tips of its fangs are forked back like barbed fishhooks, they become impossible to remove when they have sunk in.
Emerald	Once its jaws clamp down on its foe, it will absolutely not let go. Because the tips of its fangs are forked back like fishhooks, they become irremovably embedded.
FireRed	It opens its huge jaws wide when attacking. If it loses any fangs while biting, they grow back in.
LeafGreen	If it loses a fang, a new one grows back in its place. There are always 48 fangs lining its mouth.

Generation IV

Pearl
Diamond	Once it bites down, it won't let go until it loses its fangs. New fangs quickly grow into place.
Platinum
HeartGold	If it loses a fang, a new one grows back in its place. There are always 48 fangs lining its mouth.
SoulSilver	It opens its huge jaws wide when attacking. If it loses any fangs while biting, they grow back in.

Generation V

White
Black	Once it bites down, it won't let go until it loses its fangs. New fangs quickly grow into place.
Black 2	Once it bites down, it won't let go until it loses its fangs. New fangs quickly grow into place.
White 2

Generation VI

Alpha Sapphire
X	If it loses a fang, a new one grows back in its place. There are always 48 fangs lining its mouth.
Y	Once it bites down, it won't let go until it loses its fangs. New fangs quickly grow into place.
Omega Ruby	Once Croconaw has clamped its jaws on its foe, it will absolutely not let go. Because the tips of its fangs are forked back like barbed fishhooks, they become impossible to remove when they have sunk in.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.

Generation II

Generation III

XD

Generation IV

Generation V

Generation VI

X

Y

Generation VII

Sun

Moon

Evolve Totodile

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.

Generation II

This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation II side games.

Generation III

Trozei!

Huge Storage 2, Mr. Who's Den

MD Red

MD Blue

Northwind Field (27F-29F), Mt. Faraway (30F-39F)

Generation IV

Lake Afar (B1-B24)

Lake Afar (B1-B24)

Sophian Road, Dark Temple

Generation V

Rumble Blast

Beach: Rugged Flats

Rumble U

Dream Gate: Wet and Wild Battle

Generation VI

Battle Trozei

Pitch-Black Cavern: Stage 5

Shuffle

Blau Salon: Stage 437

Rumble World

Fairy Land: Rippling Shoal (All Areas, Entrance Boss)

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Colosseum		Mystic Water (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 65		125 - 172	240 - 334
Attack: 80		76 - 145	148 - 284
Defense: 80		76 - 145	148 - 284
Sp. Atk: 59		57 - 122	110 - 238
Sp. Def: 63		61 - 126	117 - 247
Speed: 58		56 - 121	108 - 236
Total: 405	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.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed
2/3	★★☆

Power
4/5	★★★★☆

Skill
2/3	★★☆

Stamina
4/5	★★★★☆

Jump
3/3	★★★

Total
15/19	★★★

Type effectiveness

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

Damaged
normally by:

Normal

1×

Fighting

1×

Flying

1×

Poison

1×

Ground

1×

Rock

1×

Bug

1×

Ghost

1×

Psychic

1×

Dragon

1×

Dark

1×

Fairy

1×

Weak to:

Grass

2×

Electric

2×

Immune to:

None

Resistant to:

Steel

½×

Fire

½×

Water

½×

Ice

½×

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation VII

Other generations:
II - III - IV - V - VI - VIII - IX

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
011	Scratch	Normal	Physical	04040	100100%	35
011	Leer	Normal	Status	0000—	100100%	30
011	Water Gun	Water	Special	04040	100100%	25
066	Water Gun	Water	Special	04040	100100%	25
088	Rage	Normal	Physical	02020	100100%	20
1313	Bite	Dark	Physical	06060	100100%	25
1515	Scary Face	Normal	Status	0000—	100100%	10
2121	Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	06565	09595%	15
2424	Flail	Normal	Physical	0000—	100100%	15
3030	Crunch	Dark	Physical	08080	100100%	15
3333	Chip Away	Normal	Physical	07070	100100%	20
3939	Slash	Normal	Physical	07070	100100%	20
4242	Screech	Normal	Status	0000—	08585%	40
4848	Thrash	Normal	Physical	120120	100100%	10
5151	Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	09090	09090%	10
5757	Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120120	100100%	5
6060	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110110	08080%	5

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

By TM/HM

Generation VII

Other generations:
II - III - IV - V - VI - VIII - IX

	TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM01	TM01	Work Up	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
TM02	TM02	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
TM05	TM05	Roar	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
TM06	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
TM07	TM07	Hail	Ice	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM10	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
TM13	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TM14	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	110110	070}}70%	5
TM17	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM18	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
TM21	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
TM27	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
TM31	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	07575	100}}100%	15
TM32	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
TM39	TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	06060	095}}95%	15
TM40	TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	06060	—}}—%	20
TM42	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM44	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM45	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
TM48	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
TM55	TM55	Scald	Water	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TM56	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	10
TM65	TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	07070	100}}100%	15
TM75	TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
TM80	TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	07575	090}}90%	10
TM87	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	085}}85%	15
TM88	TM88	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM90	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM94	TM94	Surf	Water	Special	09090	100}}100%	15
TM98	TM98	Waterfall	Water	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
XTM100	TM100	Confide	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20

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

By breeding

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Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Croconaw in Generation VII
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 Croconaw in that game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Croconaw
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Croconaw
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

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By tutoring

Generation VII

Other generations:
II - III - IV - V - VI - VIII - IX

Game				Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
S	M	US	UM	Water Pledge	Water	Special	80	100%	10

A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Croconaw can be tutored the move in that game
A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Croconaw cannot be tutored the move in that game
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Croconaw
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Croconaw
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

Generation VII

Other generations:
II - III - IV - V - VI - VIII - IX

Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior evolutions.

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

TCG-only moves

Move	Card
Tackle	Croconaw (Neo Genesis 32) Croconaw (Expedition 74)
Take Down	Croconaw (Expedition 74)

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!

Rarity: Rare

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team

	Body size: 1
	Recruit rate: -19%
	Friend Area: Rub-a-Dub River
Phrases
51%-100% HP	It doesn't matter if I lose my fangs--they grow back in!
26%-50% HP	My health is getting down to around half.
1%-25% HP	I'm exhausted... I can't open my jaws...
Level up	Leveled up! I can feel more fangs growing in!

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky

	Body size: 1
	Recruit rate: -10%
	IQ group: E

Pokémon Ranger

Group:

Water

Poké Assist:

Water

Field move:

(Soak ×2)

Loops: 5

Min. exp.: 30

Max. exp.: 55

Browser entry R-000

Croconaw attacks with globs of water. Beware of puddles on the ground, too!

Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs

Group:

Water

Poké Assist:
(present)

Water

Field move:
(present)

(Crush ×3)

Poké Assist:
(past)

Water

Field move:
(past)

(Crush ×1)

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It shoots orbs of water to attack.

Pokémon Rumble Blast

Attack	●●
Defense	●●●
Speed	●●●

Pokémon Battle Trozei

Water

Attack Power:

★★★★★

Pokémon Shuffle

Water

Attack Power: 60 - 80

0

#586

+-Boost

Making a + shaped match deals more damage than usual.

Evolution

Unevolved

Totodile
Water

Level 18
→

First evolution

Croconaw
Water

Level 30
→

Second evolution

Feraligatr
Water

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.

Generation II

Gold		Silver		Crystal


Front	Back	Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation III

Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen


Front	Back	Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation IV

Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver


Front	Back	Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation V

Black	White	Black 2	White 2


Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VI

X	Y	Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire


Front	Back	Front	Back

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

Trivia

Origin

Croconaw is based on a crocodilian. Also, the head spikes and the pattern on the chest seem to be based on the wild hair and animal-skin cloth worn by cavemen.

Name origin

Croconaw is a combination of crocodile and gnaw, though it may also involve maw or jaw.

Alligates is derived from alligator.

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Japanese	アリゲイツ Alligates	From alligator
French	Crocrodil	From crocodile and croc
Spanish	Croconaw	Same as English name
German	Tyracroc	From Tyrann and Krokodil
Italian	Croconaw	Same as English name
Korean	엘리게이 Elligei	From alligator
Mandarin Chinese	藍鱷 / 蓝鳄 Lán'è	Means "Blue crocodilian"
Cantonese Chinese	藍鱷 Làahm'ngohk	Means "Blue crocodilian"

More languages
Hindi	क्रोकोनव Croconaw	Transcription of English name
Russian	Кроконав Krokonav	Transcription of English name