Tinkaton: Evolution, Shiny, Weaknesses and Abilities

⚡The Essentials on Tinkaton

Types: Steel Fairy
Weaknesses: ×2 Fire, Ground Table
Resistances: ×¼ Bug · ×½ Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying, Psychic, Rock, Dark, Fairy · immune: Poison, Dragon
Evolution: Tinkatink → Tinkatuff (Lv. 24) → Tinkaton (Lv. 38)
Shiny: Alternate, rare colors: in the main games since X and Y, an encounter has a 1 in 4,096 chance of being Shiny, excluding hunting bonuses. Available as a Shiny in Pokémon GO. View
Stats: Total 506 · top stat: Special Defense (105) Detail
In Current Games: Pokémon Legends: Z-A: No. 18 in the Extradimensional Pokédex (Mega Dimension)
Scarlet and Violet: No. 281 in the Paldea Pokédex
Pokémon Champions: playable
Pokémon GO: available, Shiny
Competitive: GO · Ultra League: tier S, No. 1 · GO · Great League: tier S, No. 6 · Scarlet and Violet · OU: tier C, No. 63
Other Names: Forgelina in French · デカヌチャン, Dekanuchan in Japanese · Granforgita in German All Languages

📋Overview

Tinkaton is a Steel and Fairy-type Pokémon, No. 959 in the National Pokédex. Original generation: Generation 9. Category: Hammer Pokémon. Height: 0.7 m, weight: 112.8 kg.

Tinkaton evolves from Tinkatuff and does not evolve further.

Abilities: Mold Breaker and Own Tempo. Hidden Ability: Pickpocket. Tinkaton is weak to Fire and Ground-type moves (×2 damage). Tinkaton takes no damage from Poison and Dragon-type moves.

Generation

Generation 9

Scarlet / Violet

National No.

#959

National Pokédex

📊Base Stats

The total determines a Pokémon's overall power.

HP

85

255

Attack

75

255

Defense

77

255

Special Attack

70

255

Special Defense

105

255

Speed

94

255

Total

506

Min HP (Lv. 100)

280

0 IV, 0 EV, neutral nature

Max HP (Lv. 100)

374

31 IV, 252 EV, beneficial nature

Gen Changes

Stable

Unchanged recently

🛡️Type Effectiveness

Multipliers received depending on the type of the opposing move (Steel / Fairy). See the type chart

Weak (×2) — 2 types

Fire

×2

Ground

×2

Normal (×1) — 5 types

Water

×1

Electric

×1

Fighting

×1

Ghost

×1

Steel

×1

Resistant (×0.5) — 8 types

Normal

×½

Grass

×½

Ice

×½

Flying

×½

Psychic

×½

Rock

×½

Dark

×½

Fairy

×½

Resistant (×0.25) — 1 type

Bug

×¼

Immune (×0) — 2 types

Poison

×0

Dragon

×0

✨Abilities

Mold Breaker

Ability 1

The Pokémon's moves are unimpeded by the Ability of the target.

Own Tempo

Ability 2

The Pokémon sticks to its own tempo, preventing it from becoming confused or being affected by Intimidate.

Pickpocket

The Pokémon steals the held item from attackers that made direct contact with it.

🌱Tinkaton Evolution

Level 24 →

Level 38 →

🔮Tinkaton Forms and Shiny

Standard Form

Steel · Fairy

Shiny Availability

Shiny form available

Base rate (Gen VI+): 1/4096. With Shiny Charm: 1/1365. Masuda Method: 1/683.

⚔️Tinkaton Moves

Moves this Pokémon can learn, by method.

Lv.

Move

Type · Cat.

Accuracy

Pow.

PP

—

Gigaton Hammer

Steel Phys.

100%

160

5

1

Astonish

Ghost Phys.

100%

30

15

1

Fairy Wind

Fairy Spec.

100%

40

30

5

Baby-Doll Eyes

Fairy Stat

100%

—

30

8

Metal Claw

Steel Phys.

95%

50

35

11

Covet

Normal Phys.

100%

60

25

14

Rock Smash

Fighting Phys.

100%

40

15

17

Draining Kiss

Fairy Spec.

100%

50

10

21

Sweet Kiss

Fairy Stat

75%

—

10

24

Brutal Swing

Dark Phys.

100%

60

20

27

Slam

Normal Phys.

75%

80

20

31

Flash Cannon

Steel Spec.

100%

80

10

35

Play Rough

Fairy Phys.

90%

90

10

39

Fake Out

Normal Phys.

100%

40

10

43

Flatter

Dark Stat

100%

—

15

47

Skitter Smack

Bug Phys.

90%

70

10

52

Knock Off

Dark Phys.

100%

65

20

TM/HM

Move

Type · Cat.

Accuracy

Pow.

PP

TM01

Protect

Normal Stat

—

10

TM02

Smack Down

Rock Phys.

100%

50

15

TM03

Sleep Talk

Normal Stat

—

10

TM04

Pounce

Bug Phys.

100%

50

20

TM05

Thunder Wave

Electric Stat

90%

—

20

TM06

Play Rough

Fairy Phys.

90%

90

10

TM07

Brick Break

Fighting Phys.

100%

75

15

TM08

Substitute

Normal Stat

—

10

TM09

Helping Hand

Normal Stat

—

20

TM10

Fake Tears

Dark Stat

100%

—

20

TM11

Swords Dance

Normal Stat

—

20

TM12

Fling

Dark Phys.

100%

—

10

TM13

Rock Slide

Rock Phys.

90%

75

10

TM14

Skill Swap

Psychic Stat

—

10

TM15

Endeavor

Normal Phys.

100%

—

5

TM16

Encore

Normal Stat

100%

—

5

TM17

Facade

Normal Phys.

100%

70

20

TM18

Metal Claw

Steel Phys.

95%

50

35

TM19

Stone Edge

Rock Phys.

80%

100

5

TM20

Thief

Dark Phys.

100%

60

25

TM21

Flash Cannon

Steel Spec.

100%

80

10

TM22

Steel Beam

Steel Spec.

95%

140

5

TM23

Metronome

Normal Stat

—

10

TM24

Light Screen

Psychic Stat

—

30

TM25

Stealth Rock

Rock Stat

—

20

TM26

Bulldoze

Ground Phys.

100%

60

20

TM27

Hard Press

Steel Phys.

100%

—

10

TM28

Reflect

Psychic Stat

—

20

TM29

Skitter Smack

Bug Phys.

90%

70

10

TM30

Rest

Psychic Stat

—

5

TM31

Knock Off

Dark Phys.

100%

65

20

TM32

Metal Sound

Steel Stat

85%

—

40

TM33

Heavy Slam

Steel Phys.

100%

—

10

TM34

Endure

Normal Stat

—

10

TM35

Tera Blast

Normal Spec.

100%

80

10

TM36

Rock Tomb

Rock Phys.

95%

60

15

TM37

Foul Play

Dark Phys.

100%

95

15

TM38

Draining Kiss

Fairy Spec.

100%

50

10

No data available for this category.

🥚Advanced Breeding

Egg Groups

Fairy

Egg Cycles

20 cycles

≈ 5,140 steps

Gender

♂ 0.0 / ♀ 100.0%

Ditto Compatibility

✓ Yes

Pokérus

Susceptible

EV ×2 if infected

Max Characteristic

Special Defense

Highest base stat

Hyper Training & Mints

Available from level 50. Cost: 1 Gold Bottle Cap per IV set to 31 or 3 Silver Bottle Caps per IV. Mints let you change the effect of a Nature without changing the base Nature.

🗺️Where to Find Tinkaton

Available in 2 games, 2 recorded encounters. Click a game to see the details.

Natively obtainable: Scarlet Violet

Generation IX

🔴

Scarlet 1 encounter

Available ▼

Picnic (1)

Paldea

🟣

Violet 1 encounter

Available ▼

Picnic (1)

Paldea

🔄Transfer to Pokémon HOME

How to bring this Pokémon to HOME depending on the game of origin.

Scarlet

→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)

Violet

→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)

Note: Some transfers are irreversible (Bank → HOME). Check the legality of moves in the target game — HOME may replace an illegal move with a basic move.

🏆Competitive & Meta

In Our Tier Lists

📱Tinkaton in Pokémon GO

2,250Max CP (Lv. 40)
1,286Perfect CP in Raids
3 kmper Candy as Buddy

✨ Shiny available

Pokémon GO entry: Tinkaton →

📖Pokédex Entries

Description by game, with language selection.

Scarlet

“This intelligent Pokémon has a very daring disposition. It knocks rocks into the sky with its hammer, aiming for flying Corviknight.”

Violet

“The hammer tops 220 pounds, yet it gets swung around easily by Tinkaton as it steals whatever it pleases and carries its plunder back home.”

🌍Multilingual Names

🇫🇷 Français

Forgelina

🇬🇧 English

Tinkaton

🇯🇵 漢字

デカヌチャン

🇯🇵 Kana

デカヌチャン

🇯🇵 Romaji

Dekanuchan

🇩🇪 Deutsch

Granforgita

🇪🇸 Español

Tinkaton

🇮🇹 Italiano

Tinkaton

🇰🇷 한국어

두드리짱

🇨🇳 ZH-Hans

巨锻匠

🇹🇼 ZH-Hant

巨鍛匠

Category (Genus)

🇫🇷 FR

Marteau

🇬🇧 EN

Hammer Pokémon

🇯🇵 JP

ハンマーポケモン

🇩🇪 DE

Hammer

🎬Media & Gallery

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❓Frequently asked questions about Tinkaton

What type is Tinkaton?

Tinkaton is a Steel and Fairy-type Pokémon.

Can Tinkaton still evolve?

Tinkaton is the final stage of its evolutionary line: coming from Tinkatuff, it does not evolve further.

What are Tinkaton's weaknesses?

Tinkaton is weak to Fire and Ground-type moves (×2 damage). Tinkaton takes no damage from Poison and Dragon-type moves.

What is Tinkaton's Hidden Ability?

Tinkaton's Hidden Ability is Pickpocket. Its regular Abilities are Mold Breaker and Own Tempo.

Is Tinkaton available in Pokémon Champions?

Yes, Tinkaton is playable in Pokémon Champions.

Can you get a Shiny Tinkaton in Pokémon GO?

Yes, Shiny Tinkaton is available in Pokémon GO. Its Pokémon GO entry