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Nosepass, the Compass Pokémon — Rock-type Pokémon official artwork
rock
Nosepass
ID:#299Compass Pokémon
Height
1.0m
Weight
97.0kg
Catch Rate
255
Exp
75

Nosepass Pokémon Sapphire: Moves, Sprites & Locations

Everything you need to know about Nosepass in Pokémon Sapphire. On this page you'll find its Pokédex entry straight from the game, all sprite variants including shiny forms, the complete moveset of 34 moves grouped by learning method (level-up, TM/HM, egg, tutor), and every wild encounter location with levels, conditions, and catch rates.

Pokémon Sapphire
Hoenn

Nosepass Pokemon Sapphire Pokedex Entry

Once the people of Hisui discovered that its red nose always points north, they grew to rely on it greatly when traveling afar. The nose seems to work in a similar way to ancient compasses.

Pokemon Sapphire Nosepass Sprites

Nosepass front-facing sprite from Pokémon SapphirePrimary
Nosepass back-facing sprite from Pokémon SapphireReverse
Nosepass shiny front-facing sprite from Pokémon SapphireShiny
Nosepass shiny back-facing sprite from Pokémon SapphireShiny Reverse

Pokémon Sapphire Nosepass Moveset

Complete registry of moves learned by Nosepass via various methods in Pokémon Sapphire.

MoveTypeRequirement
TacklenormalLv. 1
HardennormalLv. 7
Rock ThrowrockLv. 13
BlocknormalLv. 16
Thunder WaveelectricLv. 22
Rock SliderockLv. 28
SandstormrockLv. 31
RestpsychicLv. 37
Zap CannonelectricLv. 43
Lock OnnormalLv. 46

End of Move Database

Pokémon Sapphire Nosepass Locations

Nosepass can only be caught in Pokémon Sapphire at Granite Cave B2f, where it appears between Lv. 10 and 20 by smashing rocks with a 30% encounter rate.

Granite Cave B2f

1 encounter
  • rock smash
    Lv. 10-20
    30%Frequent