Beldum (Pokémon)

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Beldum ダンバル Dumbber #374
Art by Ken Sugimori from Ruby and Sapphire
Types  Steel  Psychic   Steel   Steel	Species Iron Ball Pokémon
Ability Clear Body	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #— Hoenn #190 Sinnoh #— Isshu #— Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R-190 Almia R— Oblivia R-224 Oblivia (past) N-167 Not in any regional Browser
Height 2'00" Imperial 0.6m Metric 2'00"/0.6m 0.0m	Weight 209.9lbs Imperial 95.2kg Metric 209.9lbs/95.2kg 0.0kg
Dex color Blue	Footprint
Body style	Catch rate 3 0.4%
Gender ratio Genderless Unknown Genderless
Breeding Mineral group 41 cycles (10455 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 1 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 103 Battle Exp.: 735*
External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV 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) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Beldum (Japanese: ダンバル Dumbber) is a dual-type Steel/Psychic Pokémon.

It evolves into Metang starting at level 20, who evolves into Metagross starting at level 45.

Biology

Physiology

Beldum is a robotic lifeform that has a long body with a set of claws sticking out of its rear end. It has one large red eye in the center of its nearly-round head, which is set into a ball-and-socket joint at its front end. It has a short crest above its head, projecting from its body. Even though Beldum and its evolved forms are mechanical creatures, they still have emotions, the need to eat and a way of reproducing. Beldum has been said to be related to Magnemite due to the fact that both of them are partially Steel-type that create electromagnetic waves to float in the air, and probably due to the fact that they evolve in a similar fashion, it takes two Beldum to evolve into a Metang and two Metang to evolve into a Metagross.

Gender differences

Beldum is a genderless species.

Special abilities

Beldum's body is magnetised, and it uses magnetism to move, communicate, and control its attacks. It is said to be related to Magnemite, but Beldum's magnetism focuses on Psychic moves instead of Electric moves. Beldum's skills in battle are extremely limited as it is only capable of using Take Down.

Behavior

Beldum sometimes gather in swarms, communicating with each other telepathically.

Habitat

Rough-terrain Pokémon

Beldum are scarce in the wild, but they do tend to inhabit areas with rugged terrain. Also, when they sleep, they anchor themselves to a cliff using their hooks.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Beldum in the anime

Beldum first appeared in Less is Morrison where it belonged to Morrison. It evolved into Metang in Saved by the Beldum.

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures, Steven Stone owns a large amount of Beldum that serve, along with a Metang and Metagross, as miners that help him unearth rare stones in various caves around Hoenn. These same Beldum were called upon to defeat the Mawile herd in Granite Cave when both Ruby and Steven were attacked by them.

In the TCG

Main article: Beldum (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Diamond	Pearl	Metal Coat (5%)
Platinum
Pokéwalker		Shuca Berry (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

None.

By breeding

None.

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available	Pokémon Pinball RS     Acquisition: Catch	Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 7.8% Friend Area: Magnetic Quarry Phrases 51%-100% HP I converse with others using magnetism. +++-+--+ 26%-50% HP My HP has declined to approximately half. 1%-25% HP I can't do this... My magnetism is weakening... Level up My level's gone up! My magnetism has 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's gone up! My magnetism has too!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 6.4% IQ group: E
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Steel  Poké Assist: ( Psychic ) Field move: (Tackle ×1) Loops: 5 Min. exp.: 32 Max. exp.: 62 Browser entry   Beldum throws full-body charges. It can easily shunt aside a small obstacle.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group:  Steel  Poké Assist: ( Steel ) Field move: (Crush ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.

Evolution

Unevolved Beldum  Steel  Psychic

Level 20 →

First evolution Metang  Steel  Psychic

Level 45 →

Second evolution Metagross  Steel  Psychic

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
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

• Beldum's number in the Hoenn Pokédex and the Fiore Browser is the same: 190. This makes it one of thirteen Pokémon (only five evolution families) to have the same numbers in more than one Pokédex-like listing.
• Beldum, along with its evolved forms, are the only non-legendary Pokémon to have a catch rate of 3, which is the lowest possible. In Generation III, this low catch rate would never take effect, unless the player is cheating or encountering a Ditto that transforms into Beldum. However, in Generation IV, Beldum can be found as a swarm on Route 228, making Beldum extremely difficult to capture due to its self-damaging move (Take Down) and the everlasting Sandstorm, which hurts all but Steel-, Rock-, and Ground-types for 1/16 of their health every turn.
• Up until Pokémon Platinum, Beldum could not learn any move except Take Down and incidentally could not damage Ghost-type Pokémon outside of Struggle.
  • All damaging tutor moves Beldum can learn are head-based attacks with flinch as a secondary effect.
• Despite depictions of Beldum levitating in the anime and Pokédex entries noting that they are able to float through the air by employing powerful electromagnetic waves, Beldum does not have the ability Levitate. However, as of Generation IV, Beldum's evolution Metang can learn Magnet Rise which simulates Levitate for a short period of time.
• Beldum's evolutionary family evolves into their next-stage forms the earliest of all the pseudo-legendaries - Beldum into Metang at level 20, and Metang into Metagross at level 45.

Origin

Beldum seems to be a magnetic robot based on a dumbbell.

Name origin

Beldum's English and Japanese names are both derived from dumbbell, a small weight used in weight training.

In other languages

• German: Tanhel - Anagram of Hantel (dumbbell).
• French: Terhal - From haltère (dumbbell).
• Korean: 메탕 Metang
• Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong): 鐵啞鈴 Tié Yǎ Líng - Literally "Iron dumbell".

Related articles

• Morrison's Beldum

External links

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