Sandile in Pokémon GO

Type	Ground / Dark
Pokédex number	#551
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	132 / 69 / 137
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	1,037 / 1,172 / 1,186
Max HP, level 50	127
Buddy distance	5 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy
Height / weight	0.7 m / 15.2 kg

Sandile evolution

Pokémon GO has no evolution levels: a Pokémon evolves when you spend Candy on it (sometimes with an item or a task), at any level.

Sandile evolves into Krokorok for 25 Sandile Candy.

Family: Sandile · Krokorok · Krookodile

Sandile CP by level

Combat Power with perfect stats (15/15/15) and with 10/10/10. Players find that raid, egg and research catches never have a stat below 10; that floor is their measurement, not a number in the game data.

Level	CP 15/15/15	CP 10/10/10	HP 15/15/15	Note
15	444	409	78	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	592	546	90	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	741	682	101	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	889	819	111	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	963	887	115
40	1,037	955	120
45	1,104	1,017	123
50	1,172	1,080	127
51	1,186	1,093	128	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Sandile best moveset

Ranked by damage per second over one cycle of fast attacks and one charged attack. Assumptions: Sandile at level 40 with 15/15/15, a target with 180 Defense taking neutral damage, no weather boost, and the energy Sandile gains from being hit left out.

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Bite	Dig	7.1
Bite	Crunch	7.1
Bite	Bulldoze	7.0
Mud Slap	Dig	6.8
Mud Slap	Crunch	6.7

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Bite	Dark	6	4	0.5 s	12.0	same type, ×1.2
Mud Slap	Ground	19	13	1.5 s	12.7	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Bulldoze	Ground	80	50	3.5 s	22.9	same type, ×1.2
Crunch	Dark	65	33	3 s	21.7	same type, ×1.2
Dig	Ground	100	50	4.5 s	22.2	same type, ×1.2

Sandile weaknesses and resistances

Damage multipliers for each attack type against Ground / Dark. Pokémon GO uses ×1.6 for super effective and ×0.625 for not very effective, multiplied for two types.

Attack type	Damage
Bug	×1.6
Fairy	×1.6
Fighting	×1.6
Grass	×1.6
Ice	×1.6
Water	×1.6
Electric	×0.39
Psychic	×0.39
Dark	×0.625
Ghost	×0.625
Poison	×0.625
Rock	×0.625

Sandile CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 1,037 · HP 120

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Sources: stats, moves, evolution costs and the CP multiplier for each level are from the Pokémon GO game master as published by PokeMiners (commit 8e227be, data of 28 August 2026). Which Pokémon are in the game: pogoapi.net (list of 31 January 2026). CP = ⌊(Attack+IV) × √(Defense+IV) × √(Stamina+IV) × CPM² / 10⌋, checked against pogoapi.net’s max CP table for 888 Pokémon. Raid catch levels and the 10/10/10 floor are players’ measurements; they are not in the game data. Pokémon and Pokémon GO are trademarks of their owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Niantic, Scopely, Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company.