Rock-type Pokémon are affiliated with rocks and mountains.
Rock-type Pokémon should not be confused with Ground-type Pokémon. Rock-types deal with throwing or breaking rocks, while Ground-types deal specifically with the ground itself, particularly soil. However, many Rock Pokémon are also Ground.
Abilities of Rock Pokémon
- Battle Armor - This is a special ability of resurected fossils
- Clear Body - Just Regirock
- Flame Body - Just Magcargo; This is a Fire-type ability.
- Guts - Just Larvitar
- Levitate - Just Lunatone and Solrock; This is mostly a Psychic and Ghost type ability.
- Lightningrod
- Magma Armor - Just Magcargo; This is a Fire-type ability.
- Magnet Pull - Just Nosepass
- Pressure - Just Aerodactyl
- Rock Head
- Sand Stream - Unique to Tyranitar
- Shed Skin - Just Pupitar; This is mostly a Bug ability.
- Shell Armor - Just the Omanyte family; This is a Water ability.
- Sturdy
- Suction Cups - Just the Lileep family
- Swift Swim - This is a Water ability
Rock Pokémon Families
| Basic | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Other type |
| Geodude | Graveler | Golem | Ground |
| Onix | Template:Not from type | This family is Ground; Only Onix is Rock | |
| Rhyhorn | Rhydon | Ground | |
| Omanyte | Omastar | Water | |
| Kabuto | Kabutops | Water | |
| Aerodactyl | |||
| Sudowoodo | |||
| Shuckle | Bug | ||
| Template:Not from type | Magcargo | This family is Fire; Only Magcargo is Rock | |
| Corsola | Water | ||
| Larvitar | Pupitar | Tyranitar | Larvitar and Pupitar are Ground; Tyrantiar is Dark |
| Nosepass | |||
| Aron | Lairon | Aggron | Steel |
| Lunatone | Psychic | ||
| Solrock | Psychic | ||
| Lileep | Cradily | Grass | |
| Anorith | Armaldo | Bug | |
| Relicanth | Water | ||
| Regirock |