Sandygast in Pokémon GO

Type	Ghost / Ground
Pokédex number	#769
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	120 / 118 / 146
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	1,233 / 1,394 / 1,411
Max HP, level 50	135
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	0.5 m / 70 kg

Sandygast 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.

Sandygast evolves into Palossand for 50 Sandygast Candy.

Family: Sandygast · Palossand

Sandygast 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	528	491	83	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	705	655	96	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	881	819	107	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	1,057	983	117	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	1,145	1,065	122
40	1,233	1,147	127
45	1,313	1,221	131
50	1,394	1,297	135
51	1,411	1,312	136	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Sandygast best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Sand Attack	Shadow Ball	7.4
Mud Shot	Shadow Ball	7.2
Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	7.0
Sand Attack	Earth Power	6.9
Astonish	Shadow Ball	6.9

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Astonish	Ghost	7	13	1 s	7.0	same type, ×1.2
Mud Shot	Ground	4	6	0.5 s	8.0	same type, ×1.2
Sand Attack	Ground	4	7	0.5 s	8.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Earth Power	Ground	100	50	3.5 s	28.6	same type, ×1.2
Sand Tomb	Ground	60	33	4 s	15.0	same type, ×1.2
Scorching Sands	Ground	90	50	3 s	30.0	same type, ×1.2
Shadow Ball	Ghost	100	50	3 s	33.3	same type, ×1.2

Sandygast weaknesses and resistances

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

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

Sandygast CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 1,233 · HP 127

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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.