| Type | normal |
| Category | Physical |
| Power | 0 |
| Accuracy | 30 |
| PP | 5 |
| Introduced | Generation 1 |
If it hits, Horn Drill is guaranteed to make the opponent faint. Its accuracy increases if the user is a higher level than the target Pokémon, but fails if the target is higher level.
Its accuracy (as a percentage) is calculated as below, ignoring all other accuracy and evasion modifiers:
This means that if the user and target Pokémon are the same level, Horn Drill has 30% accuracy.
When a Pokémon is holding Normalium Z and uses its Z-Power, Horn Drill turns into Breakneck Blitz and has base power 180.
| Gold Silver Crystal | A one-hit KO, drill attack. |
| Ruby Sapphire Emerald | A one-hit KO attack that uses a horn like a drill. |
| FireRed LeafGreen | The horn is rotated like a drill to ram. The foe will faint if it hits. |
| Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver | The foe is stabbed with a horn rotating like a drill. The foe instantly faints if it hits. |
| Black White Black 2 White 2 | The user stabs the target with a horn that rotates like a drill. If it hits, the target faints instantly. |
| X Y O.Ruby A.Sapphire | The user stabs the target with a horn that rotates like a drill. The target faints instantly if this attack hits. |
| Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon L.G. Pikachu L.G. Eevee | The user stabs the target with a horn that rotates like a drill. The target faints instantly if this attack hits. |
| Sword Shield B.Diamond S.Pearl | The user stabs the target with a horn that rotates like a drill. The target faints instantly if this attack hits. |
| English | Horn Drill |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Perforador |
| Italian | Perforcorno |
| Japanese | つのドリル (Tsuno Drill) |
| German | Hornbohrer |
| French | Empal'Korne |