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Golem ゴローニャ Golonya
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Type	Rock / Ground
Species	Megaton Pokémon
Height	4′07″ (1.4m)
Weight	661.4 lbs. (300.0kg)
Abilities	Rock Head
	Sturdy
Egg group	Mineral
Time to hatch	3,840 steps
Effort yield	3 Def
Exp. yield	177 base exp.
Lv100 at	1,059,860 exp.
Gender	50% ♀ / 50% ♂
Pokédex color	Brown
Catch rate	45
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Golem (Japanese: ゴローニャ Golonya) is a Rock/Ground-type Pokémon.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.1.2 Special abilities 1.2 Behavior 1.3 Habitat 1.4 Diet 2 In the anime 3 In the manga 4 In the TFG 5 In the TCG 6 Game data 6.1 NPC appearances 6.2 Pokédex entries 6.3 Game locations 6.3.1 In side games 6.4 Base stats 6.5 Type effectiveness 6.6 Learnset 6.6.1 By leveling up 6.6.2 By TM/HM 6.6.3 By breeding 6.7 Side game data 6.8 Evolution 6.9 Sprites 7 Trivia 7.1 Origin 7.2 Name origin 8 In other languages 9 External links

Biology

Physiology

Golem's body resembles a boulder because it is covered by a layer of plated rocks. It has a draconic head with short arms and legs. Unlike its previous forms, Golem has red eyes.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

Habitat

Golem are seldom seen in the wild. However, they can be found living in mountainous regions, just like its pre-evolutions.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Golem first appeared as one of the Pokémon used by a biker gang in The Bridge Bike Gang.

In Showdown at Dark City, it was one of the Pokémon owned by the trainers at Kas Gym.

Both Gary Oak and Giovanni have a Golem.

A Golem belonging to Rudy made a cameo appearance in Misty Meets Her Match.

A crook who appeared in The Wayward Wobbuffet had a Golem.

Flint used a Golem against Lola in a feud about what type the Pewter City Gym should focus in A Family That Battles Together, Stays Together.

In Hooked on Onix, Golem and its pre-evolved forms were the loyal subjects of King Onix.

At the beginning of Mewtwo Strikes Back, a pirate trainer used a Golem to battle Ash's Pikachu, alongside his Pinsir and Venomoth. All three of the pirate trainer's Pokémon were defeated by Pikachu.

A group of Golem appeared in A Maze-ing Race!.

A Golem was used by J's client in DP071 and DP072.

In the manga

In Volume 3 of Pokémon Special, Giovanni is seen with a Golem as the second Pokémon he sends out against Red. Its best attacks involve its body shattering, allowing it to use Rock Throw.

In Volume 7, Yellow's Graveler evolves into Golem during the final battle on Cerise Island.

In the TFG

One Golem figure has been released.

• Next Quest: Golem

In the TCG

Main article: Golem (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Golem is the leader of Team Rumblerock, a Normal Rank rescue team. It joins a new team to designed to travel through Magma Cavern but is defeated.

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
I	Red	Its boulder-like body is extremely hard. It can easily withstand dynamite blasts without taking damage.
	Blue
	Yellow	Once it sheds its skin, its body turns tender and whitish. Its hide hardens when it's exposed to air.
	Stadium	Its body, which weighs over 660 pounds, is as hard as stone. It grows bigger by shedding its skin once a year.
II	Gold	It sheds its skin once a year. The discarded shell immediately hardens and crumbles away.
	Silver	It is capable of blowing itself up. It uses this explosive force to jump from mountain to mountain.
	Crystal	Its rock-like body is so durable, even high-powered dynamite blasts fail to scratch its rugged hide.
	Stadium 2	It sheds its skin once a year. the discarded shell immediately hardens and crumbles away.
III	Ruby	Golem live up on mountains. If there is a large earthquake, these Pokémon will come rolling down off the mountains en masse to the foothills below.
	Sapphire	Golem is known for rolling down from mountains. To prevent them from rolling into the homes of people downhill, grooves have been dug into the sides of mountains to serve as guideways for diverting this Pokémon's course.
	Emerald	It is said to live in volcanic craters on mountain peaks. Once a year, it sheds its hide and grows larger. The shed hide crumbles and returns to the soil.
	FireRed	It is enclosed in a hard shell that is as rugged as slabs of rock. It sheds skin once a year to grow larger.
	LeafGreen	Its boulder-like body is extremely hard. It can easily withstand dynamite blasts without taking damage.
IV	Diamond	It sheds its hide once a year. Its boulderlike body is so tough, even dynamite can't harm it.
	Pearl	It tumbles down mountains, leaving grooves from peak to base. Stay clear of these grooves.

Game locations

Gen	Game	Rarity	Location
I	Pokémon Red and Blue	None	Evolve Graveler
	Pokémon Yellow	None	Evolve Graveler
II	Pokémon Gold and Silver	None	Evolve Graveler
	Pokémon Crystal	None	Evolve Graveler
III	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	None	Evolve Graveler
	Pokémon Emerald	None	Evolve Graveler
	Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen	None	Evolve Graveler
	Pokémon Colosseum	None	Trade
	Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness	None	Trade
IV	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	None	Evolve Graveler
	Pokémon Platinum		Unknown
	Pal Park		Mountain

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Evolve from Graveler
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 10 Trozei Battle Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon	Magma Cavern (15F-20F) Mt. Faraway (10F-19F) Buried Relic (91-99F) Wish Cave (76F-79F) Southern Cavern (40F-50F) Joyous Tower (74F-79F)
Pokémon Ranger	Sekra Mountain Range Fiore Temple
Pokémon Ranger Batonnage	Hippowdon Temple Asoheru Tower

Base stats

HP:	80
Attack:	110
Defense:	130
Special:	55
SpAtk:	55
SpDef:	65
Speed:	45

The Special stat was used only in Generation I; it was later split into Special Attack and Special Defense.

Type effectiveness

Weakness	Resistance
Fighting: 2× Ground: 2× Steel: 2× Grass: 4× Water: 4× Ice: 2×	Normal: ½× Flying: ½× Poison: ¼× Rock: ½× Fire: ½× Electric: 0×	Bug: 1× Ghost: 1× Psychic: 1× Dragon: 1× Dark: 1×

Learnset

Golem is capable of learning the following moves (from its evolution onwards):
NOTE: Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

Generation I Level Move Type Previous Tackle Defense Curl Rock Throw Selfdestruct 29 Harden 36 Earthquake 43 Explosion

Generation II Level Move Type Previous Tackle Defense Curl Rock Throw Magnitude Selfdestruct 27 Harden 34 Rollout 41 Earthquake 48 Explosion

Generation III Level Move Type Previous Tackle Defense Curl Mud Sport Rock Throw Magnitude Selfdestruct 29 Rollout 37 Rock Blast 45 Earthquake 53 Explosion 62 Double-Edge

Generation IV Level Move Type Cat. Previous Tackle Defense Curl Mud Sport Rock Polish Rock Throw Magnitude Selfdestruct Rollout 27 Rock Blast 33 Earthquake 38 Explosion 44 Double-Edge 49 Stone Edge

By TM/HM

Generation I # Move Type TM01 Mega Punch TM06 Toxic TM08 Body Slam TM09 Take Down TM10 Double-Edge TM15 Hyper Beam TM17 Submission TM18 Counter TM19 Seismic Toss TM20 Rage TM26 Earthquake TM27 Fissure TM28 Dig TM31 Mimic TM32 Double Team TM34 Bide TM36 Selfdestruct TM38 Fire Blast TM44 Rest TM47 Explosion TM48 Rock Slide TM50 Substitute HM04 Strength

Generation II # Move Type TM01 Mega Punch TM02 Headbutt TM03 Curse TM04 Rollout TM05 Roar TM06 Toxic TM08 Rock Smash TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM13 Snore TM15 Hyper Beam TM17 Protect TM20 Endure TM21 Frustration TM26 Earthquake TM27 Return TM28 Dig TM31 Mud Slap TM32 Double Team TM34 Swagger TM35 Sleep Talk TM37 Sandstorm TM38 Fire Blast TM40 Defense Curl TM44 Rest TM45 Attract TM48 Fire Punch TM49 Fury Cutter HM04 Strength

Generation III # Move Type TM01 Focus Punch TM06 Toxic TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM15 Hyper Beam TM17 Protect TM21 Frustration TM26 Earthquake TM27 Return TM28 Dig TM31 Brick Break TM32 Double Team TM35 Flamethrower TM37 Sandstorm TM38 Fire Blast TM39 Rock Tomb TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM44 Rest TM45 Attract HM04 Strength HM06 Rock Smash

Generation IV # Move Type Cat. TM01 Focus Punch TM06 Toxic TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM15 Hyper Beam TM17 Protect TM21 Frustration TM26 Earthquake TM27 Return TM28 Dig TM31 Brick Break TM32 Double Team TM35 Flamethrower TM37 Sandstorm TM38 Fire Blast TM39 Rock Tomb TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM44 Rest TM45 Attract TM52 Focus Blast TM56 Fling TM58 Endure TM64 Explosion TM68 Giga Impact TM69 Rock Polish TM71 Stone Edge TM74 Gyro Ball TM76 Stealth Rock TM78 Captivate TM80 Rock Slide TM82 Sleep Talk TM83 Natural Gift TM87 Swagger TM90 Substitute HM04 Strength HM06 Rock Smash HM08 Rock Climb

By breeding

• Block
• Mega Punch
• Rock Slide

In Generation IV only:

• Flail
• Hammer Arm

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball
	Acquisition: Evolve
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Evolve
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: -30%	Friend Area: Mt. Deepgreen
Phrases
51%-100% HP	Even dynamite can't shatter my armor!
26%-50% HP	Better be careful. My HP's half gone.
1%-25% HP	I'm about done... I have no energy left...
Level Up	Hm! I leveled up! My armor's grown harder, too!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:	Loops: 16	Minimum Experience: 95
Poké Assist:	Field Move: Crush x3	Maximum Experience: 145
Golem can destroy even big Boulders using its extraordinary strength.
Pokémon Ranger Batonnage
Group:	Poké Assist:	Field Move: Crush x4

Evolution

Basic Geodude

Level 25 Graveler

Trade Golem

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
			Image:Spr 2c 076.gif
			Image:Spr 2c 076 s.gif			Image:Spr b g2 076 s.png
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	Image:Spr 3r 076.png			Image:Spr 3f 076.png
	Image:Spr 3r 076 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 076 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 076 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 076 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
	Image:Spr 4d 076.png		Image:Spr 4p 076.png
			Image:Spr 4p 076 s.png			Image:Spr b g4 076 s.png

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

Trivia

• Ash's Pikachu in the anime has defeated several Golem using Electric-type attacks despite Golem being a Ground-type Pokémon that would normally be immune to those types of attacks.
• Unlike most Pokémon, Golem's Red and Green sprite and Red and Blue sprite are almost exactly the same.

Origin

It shares some physical traits with turtles, but it mostly seems to be simply a living rock, which is more or less what a golem is.

Name origin

Golem's name probably is a reference to the golems of medieval and Hebrew legend. Additionally, ゴロゴローン gorogoroon is the sound of rolling.

In other languages

• German: Geowaz
• French: Grolem - A corruption of gros, meaning big, and Golem.
• Korean: 딱구리 Ttakguri

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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