Miltank (Pokémon)

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Miltank ミルタンク Miltank #241
Art by Ken Sugimori from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Type Normal ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Milk Cow Pokémon
Abilities Thick Fat or Scrappy Scrappy Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #151 Hoenn #376 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R-046 Oblivia
Height 3'11" Imperial 1.2 m Metric 3'11"/1.2 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 166.4 lbs. Imperial 75.5 kg Metric 166.4 lbs./75.5 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Pink	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 100% female
Breeding Ground group 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 2 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 200 Battle Exp.: 2001*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Miltank (Japanese: ミルタンク Miltank) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Miltank is a mostly pink colored bipedal cow with blue eyes, small horns and a long, cream-colored tail with a black ball in the end. She has a cream colored belly with four udders. There are black spots on her back as well as a black "hood."

Gender differences

Miltank is a female-only species. Many fans consider its male counterpart to be Tauros, despite the facts that Tauros was introduced a generation earlier and that Miltank cannot produce Tauros eggs.

Special abilities

Miltank is the only known Pokémon that learns Milk Drink. The milk that it produces is very nutritious and can be used to heal Pokémon.

Behavior

Unlike Tauros, Miltank are much more placid Pokémon and spend most of their time eating and digesting grass and other plants. However, they also possess a stubborn streak that may be unwilling to comply if they don't receive the proper training required. When properly trained, they can be a very useful asset, both in milking and battling.

Habitat

Miltank are happiest in fresh pasture.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

They mostly consume grass, which they convert into milk.

In the anime

Miltank in the anime

Major appearances

Miltank first appeared under the ownership of Whitney during A Goldenrod Opportunity and A Dairy Tale Ending.

In Got Miltank?, a Miltank was guarding an area that was for Pokémon only.

Four Miltank appeared in Tanks for the Memories!. One under Autumn's ownership, nicknamed "Ilta" (ルータン Rūtan), two under Spring's and another one under Summer's.

Minor appearances

Harrison also has a Miltank, but he has only been seen using her to quell an argument between Ash's Bulbasaur and Squirtle and Vincent's Meganium and Azumarill during the Silver Conference in Tie One On!.

Solana enlisted the help of a wild Miltank in Pokémon Ranger: Deoxys Crisis.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Miltank is seen as Whitney's main Pokémon powerhouse, which she used in a bike race with Gold but ended up breaking her arm after being kidnapped by a wild Rhydon. She later took it to the Mahogany Gym with DJ Mary and her crew in Volume 12, and used it to fight a moving sculpture that they believe was Suicune, where it failed even with an ice floor-augmented Rollout attack, and had to team up with Pryce to win.

She later uses it in the Pokémon League Gym Leader tournament against Misty, but her Starmie takes it out with ease.

Earlier, in the MooMoo Farm, Eusine also healed a Miltank in Volume 10. Although he feigned the ability to heal Pokémon with magic, Crystal revealed that all he did was use a berry to restore its HP.

In the TCG

Main article: Miltank (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver: The MooMoo Farm has a herd of Miltank. The Miltank that provides milk is ill until the player feeds it a certain amount of berries.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

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By TM/HM

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By breeding

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By tutoring

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Special moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team File:MDP RT 241.png Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.7%% Friend Area: Safari Phrases 51%-100% HP My milk is full of healthy nutrients. 26%-50% HP Oh, my goodness. My health is down to half, it seems. 1%-25% HP I'm at my limit... I'm all out of milk... Level up My level went up! My milk is more nutritious, too! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up My level went up! My milk is more nutritious, too!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.2%% IQ group: H
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: ( Normal ) Field move: (Tackle ×2) Browser entry   It attacks by letting loose shock waves and thrashing around.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Normal  None Past ( Normal ) None Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: Move: {{{ConquestMove}}} Attack: Ability 1: {{{ConquestAbility1}}} Defense: Ability 2: {{{ConquestAbility2}}} Speed: Ability 3: {{{ConquestAbility3}}} Does not evolve. Range: 0 Perfect Links: {{{ConquestLink}}}

Evolution

Does not evolve Miltank  Normal

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Miltank images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Miltank has the highest base Defense of all non-legendary Normal-type Pokémon at 105.
• Miltank has different spots on its in-game sprite in every generation.

Origin

Miltank is based on female cattle. It shares many traits with jersey cattle, a kind of dairy cow.

Name origin

Miltank's name is a combination of milk and tank, a storage container for liquid. The tank part of Miltank's name could also refer to her tank-like defense stats.

In other languages

• German: Miltank
• French: Ecremeuh - From écrémé (skim) and meuh (moo).
• Korean: 밀탱크 Miltaengkeu
• Chinese (Taiwan): 大奶罐 Dà Nǎi Guàn - May mean "Big milk tank". 罐 also means pitcher, pot, tin, or jar.

Related articles

• Whitney's Miltank

External links

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