Garganacl (Pokmon) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia
Publish date: 2024-05-14
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Garganacl (Japanese: キョジオーン Kyojiohn) is a Rock-type Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.
It evolves from Naclstack starting at level 38. It is the final form of Nacli.
Biology
Garganacl is a large, bipedal Pokémon primarily made up of rock salt and sedimentary rock. Its head has a rugged look and two eyes shaped like right angles. Each of the eyes are orange in color with yellow squares at their centers, and they can glow an orange-red. Garganacl's shoulders comprise tall three-stepped structures made up of blocks of white rock salt, below which its arms connect to. These stepped structures completely cover Garganacl's head from the sides. A taller block of salt is also present behind Garganacl's head.
Garganacl's arms and legs are rugged and blocky, and they are similar in appearance and length, with the arms reaching close to the ground due to their location on the body. The upper limbs are dark brown at the base, while the forelimbs are decorated in stripes of lighter brown, before ending in white. Garganacl's hands have three fingers each. Garganacl's torso is really short in comparison to its limbs; it is brown and about as large as its head, with a white block of rock salt on the pelvic area that its legs connect to. Square patches of salt dot the entirety of Garganacl's body.
Garganacl's salt is rich in minerals and known to have medicinal properties. Garganacl will scrape its fingertips together to share its salt with injured Pokémon, which can heal them quickly. Many Pokémon gather around Garganacl in hopes to lick up its salt.
Garganacl and its pre-evolved form, Naclstack, are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Salt Cure. Garganacl and its pre-evolved forms are also the only known Pokémon that can have Purifying Salt as an Ability.
Evolution
Garganacl evolves from Naclstack and is the final form of Nacli.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Game data
Pokédex entries
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| Generation IX | | Paldea
#131 | | Kitakami
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| Scarlet | Garganacl will rub its fingertips together and sprinkle injured Pokémon with salt. Even severe wounds will promptly heal afterward. |
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| Violet | Many Pokémon gather around Garganacl, hoping to lick at its mineral-rich salt. |
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Game locations
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In side games
In events
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
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- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Garganacl
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Garganacl
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Garganacl
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Garganacl
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Garganacl
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Garganacl
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Side game data
Evolution data
Sprites
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In the anime
Main series
Major appearances
Garganacl debuted in Reunion at the Ancient Castle!, under the ownership of Sidian. In the next episode, it was used to take out the wild Pokémon living at the ancient castle before facing off against Liko and Roy. It reappeared in HZ043 in order to battle Liko's Sprigatito.
Minor appearances
Pokémon: Paldean Winds
A Garganacl appeared in Breathe In, under the ownership of Aliquis. It battled and defeated Nemona's Kilowattrel, but lost to her Combat Breed Paldean Tauros.
In the manga
In the TCG
Main article: Garganacl (TCG)Trivia
Origin
Garganacl is based on rock salt crystals and sedimentary layers of bedrock,[2] as evidenced by its arms and legs having the layered pattern of strata. Garganacl's physique resembles a large bipedal creature, perhaps specifically Hebrew golems given its role as a gentle earth-based creature. The structures on Garganacl's shoulders resemble a ziggurat or a Canary pyramid like the Pyramids of Güímar, although they could also reference how salt can form hopper crystals or pyramid crystals, which are often found in high-end brands of coarse salt. Garganacl's glowing eyes may be based on Himalayan salt lamps.
Garganacl being able to heal injured Pokémon with its salt may be a play on both the term "salt curing" (the word "cure" meaning to restore health, as well as to preserve food) and the idiom "to rub salt in the wound", meaning to make worse an injury or ailment. It may also be inspired by historical and modern medical uses for salt.
Name origin
Garganacl may be a combination of gargantuan and NaCl (chemical formula for sodium chloride; table salt). It may also borrow from tabernacle.
Kyojiohn may be a combination of 巨人 kyojin (giant), 塩 shio (salt), and geo- (prefix for earth).
In other languages
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| More languages |  Hindi | नमकायडन Namkaaydan | From नमक namak and -दान -dān |  Thai | เคียวจีโอน Khiaochi-on | Transcription of Japanese name |
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