Mineral (egg group)

The Mineral egg group (Japanese: こうぶつ Mineral) is one of the sixteen egg groups.

Characteristics

This group is comprised mostly of Rock-type and Steel-type Pokémon. The common characteristic shared by this group are Pokémon of an inorganic nature, specifically taking on a crystalline or metallic appearance, hence the name, Mineral.

In this egg group, the majority of members are genderless, and can only breed with Ditto. This makes for a very limited pool of moves that can be passed down among the few members of the group that can pass and inherit egg moves.

Pokémon

Only in this egg group

#   Pokémon Type 074 Geodude Rock Ground 075 Graveler Rock Ground 076 Golem Rock Ground 081 Magnemite Electric Steel 082 Magneton Electric Steel 095 Onix Rock Ground 100 Voltorb Electric 101 Electrode Electric 137 Porygon Normal 185 Sudowoodo Rock 208 Steelix Steel Ground 233 Porygon2 Normal 292 Shedinja Bug Ghost 299 Nosepass Rock 337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 338 Solrock Rock Psychic 343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 344 Claydol Ground Psychic 374 Beldum Steel Psychic 375 Metang Steel Psychic 376 Metagross Steel Psychic 436 Bronzor Steel Psychic 437 Bronzong Steel Psychic 462 Magnezone Electric Steel 476 Probopass Rock Steel 474 Porygon-Z Normal

In this and another egg group

#   Pokémon Type Other 361 Snorunt Ice Fairy 362 Glalie Ice Fairy 478 Froslass Ice Ghost Fairy

Trivia

• Pokémon in the Snorunt evolutionary line are the only members of the Mineral egg group that are members of a second egg group.
• Eleven of the twenty-nine members of this egg group have genders. These eleven make up only five evolutionary families.
• Shedinja is in this egg group, despite its evolutionary relatives Nincada and Ninjask being in the Bug egg group instead.

In other languages

• French: Minéral
• German: Mineral
• Italian: Minerale
• Japanese: こうぶつ (鉱物) kōbutsu
• Spanish: Mineral