Great Tusk is one of the exclusive Titan Pokemon players who get to fight in Pokemon Scarlet. However, they couldn't catch it when they first encountered it, as Titan Pokemon cannot be seen. This applies to all the other Titan Pokemon roaming around, as while players cannot catch their Titan-sized versions, they can capture and play with their normal-sized versions.
After defeating the game's final boss, players are finally given the opportunity they've been waiting for and catch the Quaking Earth Titan, Great Tusk. This guide will help Pokemon Scarlet & Violet players find and catch a Great Tusk.
Updated on January 25, 2025 by Renri Seong: Great Tusk is the first Paradox Pokemon you'll meet in your Pokemon Scarlet playthrough, but it won't be until the postgame that you'll be able to catch more than one. As you'd expect, Great Tusk is an ancient relative to modern day Donphan. The future version is Iron Treads, which can only be caught in Pokemon Violet. Between the two Donphan relatives, you may be wondering which one is the better Paradox Pokemon. The following guide has been revamped to include how to get Great Tusk in both Scarlet & Violet, and a comparison between Great Tusk and Iron Treads.
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Where to Find Great Tusk in Pokemon Scarlet
Area Zero
The only place you can get Great Tusk is in Area Zero, near Research Station 4. However, you won't see the prehistoric beast in the wild until you've completed "The Way Home" main quest. Once you've seen the credits, you can fly back to Area Zero and use the now-active warp pad to reach Research Station 4. You should see a variety of Paradox Pokemon, including Great Tusk, which you can now catch to fill out the Pokedex.
The Great Tusks in Area Zero will be around level 60, but since you've already completed the main story at this point, they should prove no challenge for you. Great Tusk is a Ground/Fighting-type Pokemon, so if you're trying to weaken it before catching it, you should use moves that don't target its type weakness.
How to Get Great Tusk in Pokemon Violet
If you're playing Pokemon Violet, you'll be able to catch Iron Treads instead of Great Tusk. However, you're going to need both Paradox Pokemon for the Pokedex. The only way to get Great Tusk in Violet is to trade or use Pokemon HOME.
Trading involves using the Union Circle and its features, which are locked behind a Nintendo Online Membership subscription. You'll need to join a group by entering a shared code. Otherwise, you can create a group yourself and distribute the code to whoever you want to trade with.
If you own a copy of Pokemon Violet, you can use Pokemon HOME to transfer a Great Tusk from Scarlet.
- Open Pokemon HOME on the Switch and choose Pokemon Scarlet.
- Move Great Tusk from Scarlet's PC Box to the Basic Box. Save and exit.
- Now, open Pokemon Violet in HOME, and move the Great Tusk from Basic Box to a PC Box in Violet. Save and exit.
- When you load up Pokemon Violet, you should have Great Tusk in the PC as well as its completed dex entry.
How to Get Great Tusk Before Area Zero
Where to Find the Quaking Earth Titan
If you want Great Tusk before Area Zero, then you should go to Asado Desert and catch the Quaking Earth Titan Great Tusk. You can only catch it if you've defeated it with Arven during "Path of Legends". Unlike the Area Zero ones, the Great Tusk in Asado Desert is level 45.
What makes the Asado Desert/Titan Great Tusk different from the Great Tusks in Area Zero is its size. The Titan Great Tusk has a larger model, and it has a unique mark (Titan Mark). In addition to this, Great Tusk, like all other Titan Pokemon, have 30 IVs in all their stats.
Titan Great Tusk is in the western half of the Asado Desert, near some cliffs and other wild Donphan and Phanpy. If you're struggling to find it, refer to the trainer icon in the above image for the exact location. The Titan Great Tusk won't attack you on sight, so you can save before challenging it to battle.
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Is Great Tusk Good?
Base Stats & Type Effectiveness for Great Tusk
Great Tusks' Ground/Fighting-typing gives it several effectiveness and weaknesses as well as resistances/immunities. Great Tusk is a physical attacker with solid Defense. Its worse stats are its Special Attack and Special Defense. Like all other Paradox Pokemon, Great Tusk's base stat total is 570.
|
HP: |
115 |
|---|---|
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Attack: |
131 |
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Special Attack: |
53 |
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Defense: |
131 |
|
Special Defense: |
53 |
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Speed: |
87 |
|
Total: |
570 |
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Super-effective against: |
Steel, Electric, Rock, Normal, Ice |
|---|---|
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Weaknesses: |
Grass, Water, Flying, Psychic, Fairy, Ice |
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Resistances: |
Bug, Rock, Poison, Dark |
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Immunities: |
Electric |
The best Nature you'll want for Great Tusk is Adamant (+Attk, -Sp. Attk) or Jolly (+Spd, -Sp. Attk). This is due to Great Tusk's poor Special Attack stat, and because its learnset consists of physical moves, such as Headlong Rush and Close Combat. If you want to give Great Tusk some type coverage, you can use TMs to teach it the following:
- Play Rough (Fairy)
- Ice Fang (Ice)
- Fire Fang (Fire)
- Thunder Fang (Electric)
- Zen Headbutt (Psychic)
Ice Fang and Thunder Fang can be useful to cover Great Tusk's Flying-type weakness.
Great Tusk vs. Iron Treads vs. Donphan
One thing you may wonder is if Great Tusk is better than its future counterpart (Iron Treads) and its modern day counterpart (Donphan). Like all Pokemon, Great Tusk can outperform its counterparts if it's trained properly and has a fitting moveset. However, comparing its base stats and type effectiveness is something you should keep in mind before adding it to your party.
For one, Great Tusk is a Ground/Fighting-type while Iron Treads is Ground/Steel, and Donphan is Ground. The additional typing (Fighting, in this case) gives it STAB from Fighting-type moves, which is something Iron Treads and Donphan do not have the advantage of. On the downside, the Fighting-type makes it weak to Fairy, Psychic, and Flying-type moves.
Compared to Iron Treads, Great Tusk has fewer resistances and immunities; compared to Donphan, it has more type weaknesses. Stat-wise, Great Tusk has the highest Attack, HP, and Defense out of the Donphans, making it the better physical attacker and physical tank. It's not as fast as Iron Treads, but it is faster than Donphan. Unfortunately, out of the three, Donphan is the weakest in terms of base stats and stat-spread.
In short: If you want a physical attacker/physical wall, then go Great Tusk. If you prioritize Attack and Speed, stick with Iron Treads.
Here are the base stats and type effectiveness between all three Pokemon:
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Great Tusk |
Iron Treads |
Donphan |
|
|---|---|---|---|
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HP: |
115 |
90 |
90 |
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Attack: |
131 |
112 |
120 |
|
Special Attack: |
53 |
72 |
60 |
|
Defense: |
131 |
120 |
120 |
|
Special Defense: |
53 |
70 |
60 |
|
Speed: |
87 |
106 |
50 |
|
Total: |
570 |
570 |
500 |
|
Great Tusk |
Iron Treads |
Donphan |
|
|---|---|---|---|
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Super-effective against: |
Steel, Electric, Rock, Normal, Ice, Fire |
Fairy, Ice, Rock, Electric, Fire |
Steel, Rock, Electric, Fire |
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Weaknesses: |
Grass, Water, Flying, Psychic, Fairy, Ice |
Fire, Water, Ground, Fighting |
Grass, Water, Ice |
|
Resistances: |
Bug, Rock, Poison, Dark |
Rock (1/4x), Normal, Bug, Flying, Psychic, Dragon, Steel, Fairy |
Rock, Poison |
|
Immunities: |
Electric |
Electric, Poison |
Electric |
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
- Released
- November 18, 2022
WHERE TO PLAY
- Developer(s)
- Game Freak
- Franchise
- Pokemon
- Platform(s)
- Switch
- Genre(s)
- RPG
