Skalanka
Skalanka is a small but bold Water-type creo that goes looking for the biggest waves it can find.
Skalanka become quite calm once tamed, and despite their size people sometimes use them as living mini-rafts to cross rivers and streams.
Biology
Skalanka has a rounded shell and a blunt yellow bill that hides a razor-sharp tip. Its underbelly and back flippers are yellow, and its head, neck, front flippers, and tail are bright sky blue. Glands under the feathers on parts of its body make a natural oil that repels water, which keeps a Skalanka from turning into a sodden mass of feathers when a stormy sea throws it around.
Skalanka are born knowing the ocean currents and the marine weather patterns, and they have to be expert swimmers from birth. They either float and paddle with their webbed back feet or dive deep using their strong front flippers.
Skalanka eat mostly small fish, which they spear with quick, precise strikes of that sharp bill. Because they can breathe underwater, they hunt and travel below the surface for long stretches. They talk to each other without sound, using small movements of their plumed tails.
Skalanka can live up to 32 years. Young ones latch onto adult shells with the suction cups on the undersides of their flippers.
Skalanka are outstanding navigators. They turn up along coastlines and out in the open sea, but they deliberately favor places where cold currents and violent weather build massive waves. Calm water bothers them, and they head for rough water and the largest swells they can ride. In the worst conditions they pull fully into their shells so their head and limbs are not battered against sharp rocks and shoals.
Skalanka travel in loose bands of adults and young together. They lay their eggs onshore but do not raise their own offspring. The hatchlings make their own way to the sea, and from there older Skalanka let them latch onto their shells in chains of up to ten.
Description
Location
| Location | Note |
|---|---|
| Glacier Path | Fixed common pattern encounter at Lv 5 on floor 4, go right and follow the ladder up and to the end of the narrow path |
| Location | Rate | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Plantae Village | Defeat the RAD at Plantae Village | |
| Island Cave | 0.8% | Very rare wild encounter, needs the Hunter ability |
| Treasure Island | 0.5% | Very rare wild encounter, needs the Hunter ability |
| Zenith Park | 0.3% | Very rare wild encounter |
Stats
Moves
Level moves
| Level | Name | Element | Category | Type | Power | Accuracy | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nibble | Normal | PHYSICAL | NORMAL | 20 | 100 % | ||
| Rinse | Water | SPECIAL | HEAL | 25 | 100 % | ||
| Squirt | Water | SPECIAL | NORMAL | 20 | 100 % | ||
| Taunt | Normal | EFFECT | NORMAL | 10 | 95 % | ||
| Hydroplane | Water | PHYSICAL | SUPER | 80 | 85 % | ||
| Healing Spring | Water | SPECIAL | HEAL | 65 | 100 % | ||
| Ice Pick | Water | PHYSICAL | NORMAL | 30 | 95 % | ||
| Smack | Normal | PHYSICAL | NORMAL | 1 | 100 % | ||
| Tsunami | Water | SPECIAL | ELITE | 95 | 100 % | ||
| Hail | Water | SPECIAL | NORMAL | 5 | 100 % | ||
| Frost Cannon | Water | PHYSICAL | SUPER | 70 | 85 % | ||
| Pummel | Normal | PHYSICAL | SUPER | 15 | 95 % | ||
| Rampage | Normal | PHYSICAL | ELITE | 95 | 90 % | ||
| Hydro Cannon | Water | SPECIAL | SUPER | 70 | 90 % | ||
| Whirlpool | Water | SPECIAL | NORMAL | 28 | 95 % | ||
| Blizzard | Water | SPECIAL | SUPER | 60 | 100 % | ||
| Acid | Dark | SPECIAL | NORMAL | 35 | 95 % | ||
| Atmo Blast | Air | PHYSICAL | SUPER | 55 | 80 % | ||
| Trident | Water | PHYSICAL | SUPER | 12 | 75 % |
| Level | Name | Element | Category | Type | Power | Accuracy | Recharge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peck | Air | PHYSICAL | NORMAL | 23 | 100 % | ||
| Recover | Normal | EFFECT | HEALING | 15 | 100 % | ||
| Miasma | Air | EFFECT | NORMAL | 10 | 92 % | ||
| Squirt | Water | SPECIAL | NORMAL | 23 | 100 % | ||
| Slam | Normal | PHYSICAL | NORMAL | 25 | 95 % | ||
| Hydroplane | Water | PHYSICAL | NORMAL | 35 | 100 % | ||
| Avalanche | Water | SPECIAL | ELITE | 95 | 100 % | ||
| Hail | Water | SPECIAL | NORMAL | 3 | 100 % | ||
| Healing Spring | Water | EFFECT | HEALING | 45 | 100 % | ||
| Headbutt | Normal | PHYSICAL | NORMAL | 60 | 90 % | ||
| Ice Pick | Water | PHYSICAL | NORMAL | 30 | 95 % |
Item moves
| Tome | Name | Element | Category | Type | Power | Accuracy | Recharge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atmo Blast | Air | PHYSICAL | NORMAL | 45 | 90 % | ||
| Illusion | Dark | EFFECT | NORMAL | 0 | 85 % | ||
| Rumble | Earth | PHYSICAL | NORMAL | 15 | 100 % | ||
| Defibrillate | Electric | EFFECT | HEALING | 45 | 100 % | ||
| Phoenix Fire | Fire | EFFECT | HEALING | 45 | 100 % | ||
| Pacify | Light | SPECIAL | NORMAL | 25 | 95 % | ||
| Sting | Nature | PHYSICAL | NORMAL | 30 | 100 % | ||
| Focus | Normal | EFFECT | NORMAL | 0 | 100 % | ||
| Frost Cannon | Water | SPECIAL | NORMAL | 50 | 100 % | ||
| Trident | Water | PHYSICAL | NORMAL | 5 | 95 % |
Traits
Abilities
| Name | Unlock |
|---|---|
| Ice Skate | Ice Skate tutor in La Daya City |
| Dive | Dive tutor in Muhit City |
| Name | Unlock |
|---|---|
| Repel Fire | |
| Attract Electric | |
| Dutiful |











