I have kind of a problem I’d like some help with. I’m training a cute a male Snorunt. After seeing my aunt’s Froslass, he really took a shine to her, so now he wants to be one too. My aunt mistook him for a female, and told him he could evolve into a Froslass too. She bought him a Dawn stone, but nothing happened. Now he refuses to let go of the stone. He doesn’t move or eat… he just sits and occasionally starts to cry, as he holds the stone.. What do I do? This has been going on for days.

Have your aunt’s froslass comfort him if you can.

I know this seems counterintuitive, but your snorunt may be more willing to listen to her, and she, as a member of the snorunt line, may be in a better position to understand his emotional needs. Also, giving your snorunt a mentor will provide him with not only a means of uncovering his potential as a (perhaps) future glalie but also give him some life guidance in general.

If it’s not possible to get your aunt’s froslass to mentor him, finding any similar pokémon (preferably an ice-type) will work too.

Finally, if he still needs some comfort, even after these pokémon offer, many outlets sell snorunt-sized froslass costumes this time of year (or you could make your own). It’s worth a shot.

Best of luck!

The Snorunt Line

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Snorunt
The Snow Hat Pokémon
Type: Ice
Official Registration #: 361
Entry: Despite the fact that this childlike pokémon is much more comfortable in regions with heavy snow, it was curiously first discovered in the Hoenn region, specifically in the lower chambers of Shoal Cave. Given the general warmth of the seawater in that region, the presence of snorunt—and, in fact, the frigid environment of the cavern it lives in—has baffled researchers since its initial discovery. However, the author would also like to remind the research community that this is the same region whose legendary pantheon includes a giant sentient block of never-melt ice, so honestly, the fact that there is a chamber that has been iced over and sealed off from the outside world for centuries should come as a surprise to absolutely no one.

Glalie
The Face Pokémon
Type: Ice
Official Registration #: 362
Entry: The evolved form of snorunt, by battle experience. Through the process of evolution, a snorunt gains a shell of rock, which in turn collects a thick hide of ice thanks to the instantaneous freezing of the moisture in the air immediately surrounding it. The resulting pokémon is a creature that not only has the ability to instantly freeze anything surrounding it but also appears to be a giant, floating, disembodied head. Yet despite its intimidating powers and appearance, it’s actually quite gentle, largely because it retains the shyness of its pre-evolved form. Despite this, it is still not recommended to come into physical contact with a glalie, largely because—thanks to its ability to instantaneously freeze anything within immediate vicinity of it—skin-to-shell contact has the same effect as licking a metal pole in the dead of winter (not that the author has done either).

Froslass
The Snow Land Pokémon
Type: Ice/Ghost
Official Registration #: 478
Entry: The evolved form of female snorunt, by exposure to dawn stone. Sinnohan legends warn about froslass. According to regional folklore, travelers lost on snowy mountains may encounter what appears to be a beautiful woman beckoning to them. If one goes to this woman, they will quickly find a wild froslass instead, who will immediately freeze them and drag them to her lair. Whether or not this is true is still a matter of debate, but it is known that tamed froslass do have a habit of staring at their trainers oddly and growing unsettlingly quiet whenever it snows. The author reassures his readers, however, that there have been no cases of a tamed froslass kidnapping their trainers and stealing them away to frozen wastelands … that he knows of, anyway.

Stop scaring the readers. You know that only happened six times in recorded history. —LH

Mega Glalie
The Face Pokémon
Type: Ice
Official Registration #: 362+
Entry: The advanced form of glalie, via glalitite. The most common question the author has ever gotten concerning this mega evolution is whether or not it’s ethical to use, considering the fact that the mere act of mega evolving does actual, bodily harm to the pokémon. While the author has no adequate answer on the subject (as it’s a bit of an internal debate among pokémon researchers), if it makes readers feel any better, when the subject is a giant, sentient ball of ice that barely possesses a nervous system of any sort undergoing a temporary physical change that completely restores a pokémon’s form upon wearing off as if nothing had ever happened, bodily harm tends to be somewhat irrelevant. Also, seeing as glalie seem to enjoy it for reasons that are not entirely beyond comprehension if you have any experience with certain parts of the internet, it is perhaps best not to think about this question at all.

it started snowing really hard where i live, and after about 3 days a snorunt came to my door! its currently in my house playing with my houndoom. is this okay? why did the snorunt come here?

By nature, snorunt are nomadic. Typically, they travel in packs, but this doesn’t mean that coming across a single wandering snorunt is unusual. In fact, in Hoennian folklore, it’s said that being visited by a single snorunt will bless a household with prosperity, indicating that this was not a strange occurrence to Hoennian natives (although, yes, packs of snorunt are far more common).

As for why they wander, it tends to be for a number of reasons. Some snorunt clans actually claim vast amounts of territory—sometimes even entire mountains—which means that the wandering behavior may simply be that a snorunt is traveling from one nest site to another within a sizable claim. Alternatively, a snorunt that’s completely nomadic (in that it hasn’t claimed a territory at all) may be hunting for a suitable nest site before it begins its search for a mate, or perhaps a snorunt is looking for a new food source. Very, very occasionally, a snorunt may be attracted to the food stores and warmth of a human home, which is very likely why the ancient Hoennians noticed snorunt arriving at their doorsteps. The latter may be the case with your new visitor, although if it leaves again, it may also be that it simply stopped to rest for a bit before pursuing a much larger goal (such as locating a suitable place to build a nest).

As for whether or not it’s okay to treat it, while normally, it’s a bad idea to feed and offer water and a safe home to a wild pokémon, as snorunt stays tend to be brief (assuming the intent for their journeys is something other than to find food or water), it’s fine to offer this one temporary shelter, especially if the weather outside is less than ideal. Additionally, so long as your houndoom knows not to attack or use its fire abilities so close to snorunt, allowing the two to play is perfectly fine as well.

Enjoy your visitor, anonymous!

Why is snorunt always shivering even tho it’s an ice type?

Consider the dolphin for a moment. Dolphins are aquatic mammals. They’re adapted to live in the water in practically every way. They have fins, mouths perfect for catching fish, a thick layer of blubber to insulate them against the cold of the ocean … but just about the only thing they do not have is gills. As such, although the ocean is their habitat—their element, if you will—a dolphin must surface now and then in order to breathe. Thus, one might even say that it’s odd that a dolphin would live in the water, despite the fact that it can’t breathe it.

In much the same way, you have snorunt, which are adapted to be able to control ice and live in arctic temperatures. Yet they’re still warm-blooded, largely furless pokémon with barely any insulation against their surroundings, let alone the ice-type energy they harbor within themselves.

In other words, snorunt make themselves shiver constantly because they’re frequently controlling an element that literally makes them feel cold, and this makes about as much sense as dolphins needing to surface for air because they’re air-breathing animals that for some reason live in the ocean.

The Snorunt Line

Snorunt
The Snow Hat Pokémon
Type: Ice
Official Registration #: 361
Entry: Despite the fact that this childlike pokémon is much more comfortable in regions with heavy snow, it was curiously first discovered in the Hoenn region, specifically in the lower chambers of Shoal Cave. Given the general warmth of the seawater in that region, the presence of snorunt—and, in fact, the frigid environment of the cavern it lives in—has baffled researchers since its initial discovery. However, the author would also like to remind the research community that this is the same region whose legendary pantheon includes a giant sentient block of never-melt ice, so honestly, the fact that there is a chamber that has been iced over and sealed off from the outside world for centuries should come as a surprise to absolutely no one.

Glalie
The Face Pokémon
Type: Ice
Official Registration #: 362
Entry: The evolved form of snorunt, by battle experience. Through the process of evolution, a snorunt gains a shell of rock, which in turn collects a thick hide of ice thanks to the instantaneous freezing of the moisture in the air immediately surrounding it. The resulting pokémon is a creature that not only has the ability to instantly freeze anything surrounding it but also appears to be a giant, floating, disembodied head. Yet despite its intimidating powers and appearance, it’s actually quite gentle, largely because it retains the shyness of its pre-evolved form. Despite this, it is still not recommended to come into physical contact with a glalie, largely because—thanks to its ability to instantaneously freeze anything within immediate vicinity of it—skin-to-shell contact has the same effect as licking a metal pole in the dead of winter (not that the author has done either).

Froslass
The Snow Land Pokémon
Type: Ice/Ghost
Official Registration #: 478
Entry: The evolved form of female snorunt, by exposure to dawn stone. Sinnohan legends warn about froslass. According to regional folklore, travelers lost on snowy mountains may encounter what appears to be a beautiful woman beckoning to them. If one goes to this woman, they will quickly find a wild froslass instead, who will immediately freeze them and drag them to her lair. Whether or not this is true is still a matter of debate, but it is known that tamed froslass do have a habit of staring at their trainers oddly and growing unsettlingly quiet whenever it snows. The author reassures his readers, however, that there have been no cases of a tamed froslass kidnapping their trainers and stealing them away to frozen wastelands … that he knows of, anyway.

Stop scaring the readers. You know that only happened six times in recorded history. —LH

A recent ask about Gallade got me wondering. Why can only male Kirlia evolve into it but Gardevoir can be either gender? Thinking about it, the same happens with Snorunt’s evolutions. Is it a coincidence that they both can evolve with a Dawn Stone?

The fact that they both evolve via exposure to dawn stone is one theory behind it, yes. Dawn stone affects those with abilities that are either waiting to be unlocked completely or that may be boosted through an alternate evolution. Gallade, for example, is the final evolution of a line that’s best known for their fierce loyalty to their trainers and their collective dedication to protecting the ones they love, and as such, gallade is the embodiment of that idea. Froslass, conversely, are wraith-like creatures made of ice and snow, known for their human-like appearances—very much the extension of their childlike preevolution, snorunt. They are the alternate evolution of creatures made of rock and ice, yet they’re hollow by contrast, which is to say froslass is what glalie could be if glalie didn’t seal itself up in armor. So in other words, whereas gallade represents the enhancement of what it means to be a member of the ralts family, froslass represents what snorunt has become underneath the hardened ice-and-rock body of glalie.

That having been said, back to your original question, as I’ve implied above, there are a couple of reasons for why only male kirlia and female snorunt are affected by this stone. The first theory is that only male kirlia and female snorunt may reach the potential outlined above. That is, only male kirlia can experience the need to protect others so strongly that being a gallade is an option for them, and only female snorunt may experience the need to be free so strongly that being a froslass is an option for them.

However, the other theory is a lot simpler: that for these lines, part of the evolutionary requirements are coded by the sex chromosomes. Think of it like binary, where 1 is on and 0 is off. For the snorunt line, this concept is straightforward. If snorunt have two X chromosomes—or two 1s—then that means their ability to evolve by dawn stone is “on,” as they receive two “on” signals. Male snorunt, meanwhile, have one “on” signal and one “off” signal, rendering them incapable of evolving because the requirement for their species is that both switches must be flipped to “on.” Conversely, it’s the reverse for the ralts line. Whereas the question being answered with the snorunt line is “can this pokémon evolve,” the question being answered with the ralts line is “will this pokémon not be affected by this.” Thus, a 1 with the ralts line means part of their resistance to dawn stone is active, but it’s not complete. Two 1s in a row, meanwhile, means that the resistance is complete and active. Hence, females, even those who are willing to evolve by dawn stone, cannot because their bodies dictate that they can’t be affected by it, whereas their male counterparts don’t have that same defense.