Depresso
#16
DarkThe permanent scowl leaves it short on friends, but it is kind underneath — some have watched it feed Vixy that strayed from their pack.
Type Effectiveness
Neutral
DragonBase Stats
Work Suitabilities
Handiwork
Mining
Transporting
FarmingbestDepresso Food & Hunger
1/10Higher food need means Depresso eats more often while working at your base.
Depresso Movement Speed
Behavior & Traits
Night (nocturnal)Trust Bonuses (Partner Level)
How strongly Depresso's stats scale as its Trust level rises.
Depresso Stats by Level
What Depresso actually reads at each level, from a worst-case individual (IV 0) to a perfect one (IV 100). Condensing, souls and Trust stack on top of these.
| Level | HP | Attack | Defense |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lv 1 | 540–550 | 105–106 | 55–56 |
| Lv 10 | 900–1005 | 152–168 | 102–118 |
| Lv 20 | 1300–1510 | 205–236 | 155–186 |
| Lv 30 | 1700–2015 | 257–304 | 207–254 |
| Lv 40 | 2100–2520 | 310–373 | 260–323 |
| Lv 50 | 2500–3025 | 362–441 | 312–391 |
| Lv 60 | 2900–3530 | 415–509 | 365–459 |
How to Get Depresso
Depresso is Dark, so a Dragon attacker takes it down fastest — and a Pal it resists will drag the fight long enough for it to heal or flee.
Wild Depresso spawn between level 4 and 24. The higher end resists spheres noticeably harder, so it is worth hunting the low-level spawns for your first catch and saving the high ones for a condenser stack.
Its capture rate is 1.0, which makes it dead average, which makes the back-strike bonus worth lining up before you throw.
DragonPlaying Depresso Well
To unlock the rod, carry the Advanced Fishing Rod (Depresso) Schematic. The surest copy is the boss stash at the Snowfields sea-base enemy camp, which always drops one. The Desert and Mount Obsidian sea bases drop it only some of the time, and fishing and salvage can also turn one up. After that, build it at Production Assembly Line II, the Advanced Workshop or the Ancient Workbench from 140 Paldium Fragment, 30 Pal Metal Ingot, 20 High Quality Pal Oil, 20 Carbon Fiber and 5 Coralum Ingot. It hits for 25 like every other rod but lasts 720 durability, half again as long as the Advanced Fishing Rod (Pengullet).
Most people searching for Depresso these days are really after the best rod in the game, the Advanced Fishing Rod (Depresso). You don't need the Pal to make it. The rod is only named after it, so no Depresso, Venom Gland or anything else from this Pal goes into the recipe.
Depresso Tier List Rankings
| Ranking | Tier |
|---|---|
| Best Overall | D |
| Combat | D |
| Base Workers | D |
Wild Depresso Level Range
Wild Depresso roam at level 4–24 out in the world — plan your spheres and party level around that before hunting one on the interactive map.
Where to Find Depresso
Depresso spawn locations in the wild — every marked spot is a known spawn area.
Most of them are around Eastern Wild Island (11.8% of known spots), with smaller pockets near Deep Bamboo Thicket. They come in groups of up to 3, so plan sphere stock for more than one.
Depresso at a Ranch
Assign Depresso to a Ranch and it produces Venom Gland on its own, no work order needed — the Ranch job sits at rank 1 for this one. That is the hands-off way to keep a supply coming in rather than hunting for it.
Venom GlandDungeons Depresso Appears In
Besides its wild habitat, Depresso turns up inside 2 caverns, and takes the boss chamber in 2 of them. Caverns are the reliable option when the overworld roll is not going your way.
the boss chamber fight is level 10–13, and ordinary cavern spawns run level 6–9.
Best Depresso Build
Depresso shines as a base worker. The passives below push that strength as hard as possible — hunt them through catches, breeding or implants.
Partner skill: Caffeine Inoculation — condense duplicates to Rank 5 to max it out.
Best Depresso Moveset — Highest DPS
DarkDark BallSTAB25DPS · 50 powDarkDark LaserSTAB22.5DPS · 450 pow
GroundBog Blast20DPS · 40 powRanked by sustained damage per second. STAB moves share Depresso's element for extra damage.
Active Skills (8)
| Lv | Move | Element | Power | Cooldown | DPS | Type | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poison Blast | Dark | 30 | 2s | 15 | Shot | 5000 |
| 7 | Bog Blast | Ground | 40 | 2s | 20 | Shot | 5000 |
| 15 | Dark Ball | Dark | 50 | 2s | 25 | Shot | 1000 |
| 22 | Ice Missile |  Ice | 40 | 2s | 20 | Shot | 3000 |
| 30 | Shadow Burst | Dark | 80 | 4s | 20 | Shot | 300 |
| 40 | Nightmare Ball | Dark | 300 | 16s | 18.8 | Shot | 5000 |
| 50 | Dark Laser | Dark | 450 | 20s | 22.5 | Shot | 1800 |
| 70 | Dark Whisp | Dark | 600 | 30s | 20 | Shot | 1500 |
Drops
| Item | Qty | Rate |
|---|---|---|
 Venom Gland | 2-3 | 100% |
Alpha & Boss Depresso Drops
Boss encounters with Depresso drop these instead — including Ancient Civilization Parts.
Egg Moves (9)
| Move | Element | Power | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua Burst |  Water | 200 | 16.7 |
| Dragon Breath | Dragon | 160 | 20 |
| Iceberg | Ice | 120 | 15 |
| Ignis Breath |  Fire | 160 | 20 |
| Lock-on Laser |  Electric | 140 | 17.5 |
| Multicutter |  Grass | 160 | 20 |
| Power Bomb | Neutral | 120 | 15 |
| Sand Tornado | Ground | 200 | 16.7 |
| Spirit Flame | Dark | 200 | 16.7 |
What Depresso Can Breed Into (141)
Put Depresso in a Breeding Farm with the right partner and these are the 141 Pals that can come out. The pairings needing the fewest specific partners are listed first — those are the ones worth planning a chain around.
Azurobe
Cawgnito
Chillet Ignis
Croajiro
Dumud
Gloopie
Mau
Muffly
Penking Lux
Smokie Cryst
Snock Lux
Vanwyrm
Yakumo
Amione
Arsox
Bakemi
Beakon
Beegarde
Bristla
Bushi
Caprity
Caprity Noct
Carnibora
Cattiva
Celaray
Chillet
Cinnamoth
Clovee
Cremis
Croajiro Noct
Daedream
Dazzi
Dazzi Noct
Digtoise
Dinossom
Dinossom Lux
Direhowl
Eikthyrdeer
Elgrove+101 more — work out any pairing in the breeding calculator →
Skins & Variants
Alternate looks for Depresso.
How to Breed Depresso (16 parent combos)
Full guide: How to breed Depresso →
