Croagunk was largely forgotten about by the time Pokemon Black & White dropped, but the Pokemon has enjoyed a big resurgence of late. Croagunk and Toxicroak have been featured consistently in recent Pokemon games, including Pokemon Scarlet & Violet.
The poison toad Pokemon was a relatively prominent one in the Pokemon Diamond & Pearl era. It was a go-to Pokemon for Brock in the anime and was part of a recurring comedic bit where it reeled in Brock’s over-the-top romantic advances. It faded off for a time, but Pokemon Scarlet & Violet see it return for the fourth major game in a row.
After being transfer-only in gen-seven, Croagunk returned as a version-exclusive in Pokemon Sword & Shield, fighter in Pokken Tournament, and received some extra love as a Sinnoh staple in Pokemon Legends: Arceus and Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. Here’s how to catch, evolve, and use Croagunk in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet.
Where to Catch Croagunk in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet
Croagunk can be found and captured in South Province Area Five and West Province Area Two. South Province Area Five is an early-game area stretching from the eastern entrance to Mesagoza down to Paldea’s southeastern coast. West Province Area Two covers much of the path between Medali and Porto Marinada.
How to Evolve Croagunk
Croagunk evolves into Toxicroak at level 37. Players don’t have to jump through any other hoops in order to get it to evolve, with no walking requirement like Rabsca or specific moves it needs to know like Tsareena.
Though players can evolve a Croagunk themselves, Toxicroak can be found in the wild as well. It appears on the islands and shores around Casseroya Lake.
Is Toxicroak a Strong Pokemon?
Toxiocroak is decent as a fighting-type Pokemon for playing through the Pokemon Scarlet & Violet story but is sub-optimal anywhere else. Its usefulness in the story is also hampered somewhat by its reliance on TMs and egg moves to expand its move pool. It can still do work with its solid Speed stat and access to Close Combat and Gunk Shot, but it requires a lot of effort for middling strength.
It doesn’t work well in ranked battles due to its sheer number of weaknesses. It’s doubly weak to psychic moves and is also weak to ground moves, which is arguably worse due to the popularity of Earthquake as a physical move. All this is made worse by its low defenses and mediocre Speed stat.
Those low defenses also preclude it from being used in Tera Raid battles. It has an average HP base stat and below-average Defense and Sp. Defense stats, which see it crumble in any high-level Tera Raid battles.
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet are available now on Nintendo Switch.