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snorlax
📅 Updated:2026-07-17
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Snorlax (Japanese: カビゴン Kabigon) is a Normal-type pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from Munchlax when leveled up with high friendship.
Snorlax (Japanese: カビゴン Kabigon) is a Normal-type pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from Munchlax when leveled up with high friendship.
Snorlax can Gigantamax into Gigantamax Snorlax if it has the Gigantamax Factor. An additional form of Snorlax, called Mossy, appears exclusively in pokémon Pokopia (as a character named Mosslax).
In Generations I and II games, their remakes, and pokémon X and Y, wild Snorlax can be found sleeping in inconvenient locations. In order to catch one, a Pokémon Trainer must first awaken it with music from either a Poké Flute or the Pokégear set to the Poké Flute channel.
Snorlax is a huge, bipedal, dark blue-green mammalian pokémon with a cream-colored face, belly, and feet. Its body is composed of mostly its belly, as its limbs are comparatively small. Its head is large with small, pointed ears, and two pointed teeth protruding from its lower jaw. It has round feet, which both have three claws and a circular brown paw pad, and short arms with five claws on each hand. Snorlax's bulk makes it the heaviest Normal type.
Snorlax is often found in mountains and forests. It wakes up only to eat, requiring between 880-900 lbs. (399-400 kg) of food per day before returning to its slumber, although it can also eat while it is resting. It is not a picky eater, as its strong stomach allows it to eat even eat thorny plants, moldy food and digest any kind of poison without feeling any ill effects. Once a Snorlax enters its slumber, it is almost impossible to wake it up. A Poké Flute is one of the few things that can awaken Snorlax from its slumber. Snorlax is docile enough to let children and small pokémon bounce on its large stomach. Despite its apparent laziness, however, Snorlax can exhibit tremendous power when prompted. In the pokémon the Series episode Snack Attack, Snorlax is shown to be capable of swimming in the water. Snorlax is known to appear without warning in villages and steal their food supplies, such as rice granaries, which has long been considered a disaster whenever it happens. Snorlax also tends to sleep on areas with bridges, often blocking others from crossing through. Professor Neroli does research on Snorlax, particularly on their ability to attract pokémon around them to sleep. A lot of pokémon tend to gather around Snorlax to sleep near it or on it.
Snorlax is the only known pokémon capable of using the Z-Move Pulverizing Pancake.
