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TM053
わざマシン０５３
Move Machine 053
Bag None Sprite.png
TM053
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation IV
Pocket
Generation IV Bag TMs and HMs HGSS pocket icon.png TMs and HMs
Generation V Bag TMs and HMs HGSS pocket icon.png TMs and HMs
Generation VI Bag TMs and HMs HGSS pocket icon.png TMs and HMs
Generation VII Bag TMs and HMs HGSS pocket icon.png TMs (SMUSUM)
Generation VII Bag TM Case Sprite.png TM Case (PE)
Generation VIII Bag TMs and HMs HGSS pocket icon.png TMs
Generation IX Bag TMs and HMs HGSS pocket icon.png TMs

TM053 (Japanese: わざマシン０５３ Move Machine 053), known as TM53 prior to Generation IX, is a TM introduced in Generation IV. It teaches a compatible Pokémon a move. The move it teaches depends on the game. For compatibility, refer to the move's page.


In the core series games

Generation IV

In Generation IV, TMs can only be used once.

Bag TM Grass Sprite.png Energy Ball
Location Purchase price Sell price
DPPt Route 226, Battle TowerDP/FrontierPt 64BP PokémonDollar.png1500
HGSS Battle Frontier 64BP PokémonDollar.png1500

Generation V

In Generation V, TMs can be used any number of times.

Bag TM Grass Sprite.png Energy Ball
Location Purchase price Sell price
BW Route 12 N/A N/A
B2W2 Aspertia City N/A N/A

Generation VI

In Generation VI, TMs can be used any number of times.

Bag TM Grass Sprite.png Energy Ball
Location Purchase price Sell price
XY Route 20 N/A N/A
ORAS Safari Zone N/A N/A

Generation VII

In Generation VII, TMs can be used any number of times.

Bag TM Grass Sprite.png Energy Ball
Location Purchase price Sell price
SM Route 8 N/A N/A
USUM Route 8 N/A N/A


Bag TM Grass Sprite.png Mega Drain
Location Purchase price Sell price
PE Prize for defeating Erika N/A N/A

Generation VIII

In Pokémon Sword and Shield, TMs can be used any number of times.

Bag TM Ground Sprite.png Mud Shot
Location Purchase price Sell price
SwSh Galar Mine No. 2 N/A N/A


In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, TMs can only be used once.

Bag TM Grass Sprite.png Energy Ball
Location Purchase price Sell price
BDSP Route 226, Battle Tower, Grand Underground merchant 64 BP
Bag Red Sphere L Sprite.png×10 or 12
Bag Green Sphere L Sprite.png×10 or 12
Bag Blue Sphere L Sprite.png×10 or 12
Bag Prism Sphere L Sprite.png×8 or 10BD/5 or 8SP
Bag Pale Sphere L Sprite.png×5 or 8BD/8 or 10SP 		PokémonDollar.png1,500

Generation IX

In Generation IX, TMs can only be used once.

Bag TM Steel Sprite.png Smart Strike
Location Purchase price Sell price
SV Cascarrafa, North Province (Area One), TM Machine 3,000 LP
Bag TM Material Sprite.png Chewtle Claw ×3
Bag TM Material Sprite.png Heracross Claw ×3 		PokémonDollar.png3,000

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

TMs in the Mystery Dungeon series are named only by the move they teach. For example, MDBag TM RTRB Sprite.pngAttract is the item that teaches the move Attract. Most TMs, however, correspond to a TM in the core series' contemporaneous games.

TMs in Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky can only be used once before becoming Used TMs. In Gates to Infinity, TMs can be used any number of times. In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, some TMs can only be used once while rainbow-colored TMs can be used any number of times.

Bag TM Grass Sprite.png Energy Ball
Location Purchase price Sell price
MDT Trade, A-OK Mail, Wonder Mail, Friend Rescue 6500 MDBag Poké TDS Sprite.png 250 MDBag Poké TDS Sprite.png
MDDS Apple Woods, Mt. Horn, Foggy Forest, Steam Cave, Amp Plains, Crystal Cave, Crystal Crossing, Chasm Cave, Dark Hill, Sealed Ruin, Dusk Forest*, Deep Dusk Forest, Treeshroud Forest, Brine Cave, Hidden Land, Temporal Tower*, Mystifying Forest, Blizzard Island, Surrounded Sea, Miracle Sea, Spacial Rift, Dark Crater, Concealed Ruins, Bottomless Sea, Mystery Jungle, Lake Afar, Happy Outlook, Mt. Mistral, Shimmer Hill, Lost Wilderness, Midnight Forest, Zero Isle North B31-B74FD, Zero Isle East, Zero Isle West, Zero Isle South, Final Maze
Kecleon Shops (Mystifying ForestD*, Mt. TravailD, Concealed Ruins, Mystery Jungle, Lake Afar*, Happy OutlookD*, Mt. MistralD*, Shimmer HillD*, Midnight ForestD*, Zero Isle East, Zero Isle West, Zero Isle South B1-B89F, Destiny TowerS, Oblivion ForestS, Treacherous WatersS, Southeastern IslandsS, Inferno CaveS)
Monster Houses (Amp Plains, Quicksand Cave, Crystal Cave, Crystal Crossing, Sealed Ruin, Treeshroud Forest, Hidden Land, Temporal Tower*, Mystifying Forest, Blizzard Island, Crevice Cave, Surrounded Sea, Miracle Sea, Mt. Travail, The Nightmare, Spacial Rift, Dark Crater, Concealed Ruins, Marine Resort, Bottomless Sea, Shimmer Desert, Mt. Avalanche, Giant Volcano, World Abyss, Mystery Jungle, Serenity River, Landslide Cave, Labyrinth Cave, Zero Isle West, Zero Isle South, Star CaveS, Sky Peak Mountain PathS, Murky ForestS, Eastern CaveS, Fortune RavineS, Spring CaveS, Southern JungleS, Boulder QuarryS, Limestone CavernS, Barren ValleyS, Spacial CliffsS, Dark Ice MountainS, Vast Ice MountainS)
Treasure Town Kecleon Wares
Job rewards (C-B, S-★9)
Hidden Stairs (Lake Afar, Zero Isle East, Oblivion Forest, Treacherous Waters, Southeastern Islands, Inferno Cave)S
Spinda's Café (Silver Ticket big win; Gold Ticket win and big win)S
Sometimes received as a reward from Numel found on Sky Peak Mountain PathS 		6500 MDBag Poké TDS Sprite.png 250 MDBag Poké TDS Sprite.png
MDBSL ? N/A N/A
MDGtI Post Town Glorious Gold 50 Gold Bars N/A
SMD Kecleon Shops
Glorious Gold 		1732 Poké currency VI Sprite.png
MDBag Gold Bar VI Sprite.png 3 		174 Poké currency VI Sprite.png

Trivia

  • TMs 51 to 55 exist in the code of the Generation I games, teaching the HM moves in the same order. TM53 teaches Surf.


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