Pineco Pokémon Sapphire: Moves, Sprites & Locations

Everything you need to know about Pineco in Pokémon Sapphire. On this page you'll find its Pokédex entry straight from the game, all sprite variants including shiny forms, and the complete moveset of 35 moves grouped by learning method (level-up, TM/HM, egg, tutor).

Pokémon Sapphire

Hoenn

Pineco Pokemon Sapphire Pokedex Entry

It sticks tree bark to itself with its saliva, making itself thicker and larger. Elderly Pineco are ridiculously huge.

Pokemon Sapphire Pineco Sprites

Pineco front-facing sprite from Pokémon Sapphire

Primary

Pineco back-facing sprite from Pokémon Sapphire

Reverse

Shiny

Shiny Reverse

Pokémon Sapphire Pineco Moveset

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

Move	Type	Requirement
Tackle	normal	Lv. 1
Protect	normal	Lv. 1
Self Destruct	normal	Lv. 8
Take Down	normal	Lv. 15
Rapid Spin	normal	Lv. 22
Bide	normal	Lv. 29
Explosion	normal	Lv. 36
Spikes	ground	Lv. 43
Double Edge	normal	Lv. 50

End of Move Database