How to evolve Piloswine into Mamoswine in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Mamoswine is a powerful ice- and ground-type Pokémon that evolves from Piloswine. Hailing from Johto and Sinnoh, both of these pig Pokémon are now available in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet:Teal Mask DLC.

Piloswine evolves after learning Ancient Power, but it doesn’t actually learn this move from leveling up, so you’ll need to re-teach it. Below we explain where you can find Piloswine, and how it evolves into Mamoswine.

Where to find Piloswine in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

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Piloswine can be found in Kitakami’s caves. However, it’s probably easier just to find Swinub, which are much more common and leveling them to 33. At 33, they’ll evolve into Piloswine, which can then immediately evolve into Mamoswine.

Ancient Power is the best way to transform Piloswine from Mamoswine.

To evolve Piloswine into Mamoswine, you’ll need to level it up while it knows the move Ancient Power.

Strangely enough, Piloswine will not learn Ancient Power through leveling up normally, so if you’ve been waiting to be prompted with the usual “would you like to teach Piloswine Ancient Power” notice, you’ll end up waiting forever. Instead, you’ll need to open your Piloswine’s summary screen, then select “change moves” and “remember moves.” From here, you can re-teach it Ancient Power.

You can either use the candy or battle to level up your character.

Looking for new Pokémon from Teal Mask? You can learn how to transform Poltchageist and Applin into Sinistcha.