Aron (Pokémon)

Aron ココドラ Kokodora
Artwork from R/S/E
Types	Steel/Rock
Species	Iron Armor Pokémon
National Dex	#304
Johto Dex	#—
Hoenn Dex	#070
Sinnoh Dex	#—
Fiore Browser	R—
Almia Browser	R-131
Height	1′04″ (0.4m)
Weight	132.3 lbs. (60.0kg)
Abilities	Sturdy or Rock Head
Egg group	Monster
Time to hatch	8,960 steps
Effort yield	1 Def
Exp. yield	96 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	1,250,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀/50% ♂
Pokédex color	Gray
Catch rate	180
Footprint
Body style
On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Pokémon Palace Network Pokédex (Gen. III) On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) On Serebii's Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Ultimate Pokémon Center Pokédex (Gen. I-IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Aron (Japanese: ココドラ Kokodora) is a dual-type Steel/Rock Pokémon.

It evolves into Lairon starting at level 32, who evolves into Aggron starting at level 42.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.2 Special abilities 1.3 Behavior 1.4 Habitat 1.5 Diet 2 In the anime 3 In the manga 4 In the TCG 5 Game data 5.1 NPC appearances 5.2 Pokédex entries 5.3 Game locations 5.3.1 In side games 5.4 Base stats 5.5 Type effectiveness 5.6 Learnset 5.6.1 By leveling up 5.6.2 By TM/HM 5.6.3 By breeding 5.6.4 By tutoring 5.6.5 Special moves 5.7 Side game data 5.8 Evolution 5.9 Sprites 6 Trivia 6.1 Origin 6.1.1 Name origin 7 In other languages 8 External links

Biology

Physiology

Aron has a body of steel and rock. It has a large steel-clad head with pale blue eyes. A new suit of armor is made when it evolves. The old, discarded armor is salvaged as metal for making iron products.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

With one all-out charge, this Pokémon can demolish even a heavy dump truck.

Behavior

Habitat

It usually lives deep within mountains.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Aron eats metal, which sometimes leads it to eating bridges, rails, and other important items.

In the anime

Aron first appeared in A Hole Lotta Trouble. Ash, May, Max, Brock and Team Rocket got themselves lost in a cave full of the Iron Armor Pokémon.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Aron (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire: The EVO Mode banner features an Aron.

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
III	Ruby	This Pokémon has a body of steel. To make its body, Aron feeds on iron ore that it digs from mountains. Occasionally, it causes major trouble by eating bridges and rails.
	Sapphire	Aron has a body of steel. With one all-out charge, this Pokémon can demolish even a heavy dump truck. The destroyed dump truck then becomes a handy meal for the Pokémon.
	Emerald	A Pokémon that is clad in steel armor. A new suit of armor is made when it evolves. The old, discarded armor is salvaged as metal for making iron products.
	FireRed	It eats iron to build its steel body. It is a pest that descends from mountains to eat bridges and train tracks.
	LeafGreen	It eats iron to build its steel body. It is a pest that descends from mountains to eat bridges and train tracks.
IV	Diamond	It usually lives deep in mountains. However, hunger may drive it to eat railroad tracks and cars.
	Pearl	It usually lives deep in mountains. However, hunger may drive it to eat railroad tracks and cars.
	Platinum	Currently unknown

Game locations

Gen	Game		Rarity	Location
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Common	Granite Cave, Victory Road
	Emerald		Common	Granite Cave, Victory Road
	FireRed	LeafGreen	None	Trade
	Colosseum		None	Trade
	XD		Uncommon	Cave Poké Spot
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Rare	Fuego Ironworks (Poké Radar)
	Platinum		None	Trade
	Pal Park			Mountain

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Hatch from egg
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 5 Secret Storage 16 Endless Level 18 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue)	Mt. Steel (1F-8F) Buried Relic (14F-19F) Wish Cave (7F-10F)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness)	Northern Desert (1F-8F)
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Peril Cliffs

Base stats

HP:	50
Attack:	70
Defense:	100
SpAtk:	40
SpDef:	40
Speed:	30

Type effectiveness

Weak to	Resistant to	Immune to	Normal effectiveness
Fighting : 4×  Ground : 4×  Water : 2×	Normal : ¼×  Flying : ¼×  Rock : ½×  Bug : ½×  Ghost : ½×  Psychic : ½×  Ice : ½×  Dragon : ½×  Dark : ½×	Poison : 0×	Steel : 1×  Grass : 1×  Fire : 1×  Electric : 1×

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: III
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Start	Tackle	Normal	Physical	35	95%	35	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
4	Harden	Normal	Status	—	—%	30	Tough	2 ♥♥
8	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
11	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
15	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95%	35	Cool	2 ♥♥
18	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
22	Roar	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Cool	0
25	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
29	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
32	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
36	Metal Sound	Steel	Status	—	85%	40	Smart	2 ♥♥
39	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
43	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15	Tough	0
46	Metal Burst	Steel	Physical	—	100%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By TM/HM

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: III
TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
TM03	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM05	Roar	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Cool	0
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	85%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15	Smart	1 ♥
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10	Smart	1 ♥
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM34	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM69	Rock Polish	Rock	Status	—	—%	20	Tough	0
TM76	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM78	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
TM83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95%	30	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By breeding

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: III
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Lapras Snorlax Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium Tropius	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra	Curse	???	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	0
Gible, Gabite, Garchomp	Dragon Rush	Dragon	Physical	100	75%	10	Cool	2 ♥♥
Cubone, Marowak Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert Rampardos	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
Aron, Lairon, Aggron Shieldon, Bastiodon	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
Lickitung, Lickilicky Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Cranidos, Rampardos	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85%	40	Smart	1 ♥
Lickitung, Lickilicky Whismur, Loudred, Exploud	SmellingSalt*	Normal	Physical	60	100%	10	Smart	0
Lickitung, Lickilicky Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Tropius	Stomp	Normal	Physical	65	100%	20	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB from an evolution of this Pokémon *Indicates a move only available by chain breeding

By tutoring

Generation III and IV Other generation learnsets: III
Game							Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	AncientPower	Rock	Special	60	100%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—%	40	Cute	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15	Tough	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100%	10	Smart	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	10	95%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Magnet Rise	Electric	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90%	20	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Snore	Normal	Special	40	100%	15	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120	100%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Uproar	Normal	Special	50	100%	10	Cute	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game, while a colored background indicates that the move is available.

Special moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Hatch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 7.8%	Friend Area: Mt. Cleft
Phrases
51%-100% HP	I grow big on a diet of iron!
26%-50% HP	Only half my health is left...
1%-25% HP	I'm not up to it... I don't have any energy left...
Level Up	I leveled up! I wish I had more iron to eat!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 6.4%	IQ Group: E
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:	Poké Assist:	Field Move: Tackle
It rams with its iron head to attack.

Evolution

	Unevolved	→ Level 32	First evolution	→ Level 42	Second evolution
	Aron  Steel  Rock		Lairon  Steel  Rock		Aggron  Steel  Rock

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
				Image:Spr 3f 304.png
	Image:Spr 3r 304 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 304 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 304 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 304 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
			Image:Spr 4p 304.png
			Image:Spr 4p 304 s.png

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

Trivia

• Aron's name is an anagram of Oran; it is the only Pokémon whose name is an anagram of a Berry.

Origin

Aron may have been based on a