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, 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 magnetized, 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.
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.
Beldum, the Iron Ball Pokémon. Beldum floats by emitting magnetic waves from its body to repel the Earth's magnetic field. They launch their claws into cliffs where they sleep.
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.
Instead of blood, a powerful magnetic force courses throughout Beldum's body. This Pokémon communicates with others by sending controlled pulses of magnetism.
Beldum keeps itself floating by generating a magnetic force that repels earth's natural magnetism. When it sleeps, this Pokémon anchors itself to a cliff using the hooks on its rear.
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 Template:Type2s for 1/16 of their health every turn.
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.
Beldum is the only member of a Pseudo-legendary evolutionary line that only learns one move by level up.
Origin
Beldum seems to be a magnetic robot based on a dumbbell. It also bears a partial resemblance to a bullet, which suits its jet-like flying ability and single move. It also resembles a limb of a Metang or Metagross.
Name origin
Beldum is possibly derived from dumbbell. Dumbber is derived from dumbbell, a small weight used in weight training.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
Metal Coat (5%)
Shuca Berry (100%)
For other sprites and images, please see Beldum images on Bulbagarden Archives.
