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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, seeTinkatuff (disambiguation).

Tinkatuff Hammer Pokémon ナカヌチャン Nakanuchan #0958 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Fairy Steel Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Mold Breaker orOwn Tempo Cacophony Cacophony Pickpocket Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 100% female	Catch rate 90(20.1%)
Breeding Egg Group Fairy Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 2'04" 0.7 m Tinkatuff 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form5}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form6}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form7}}}	Weight 130.3 lbs. 59.1 kg Tinkatuff 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form5}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form6}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form7}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 133	Leveling rate Medium Slow
EV yield Total: 2 Tinkatuff 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 2 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Pink	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Tinkatuff (Japanese:ナカヌチャンNakanuchan) is a dual-typeFairy/SteelPokémon introduced inGeneration IX.

Itevolves fromTinkatink starting atlevel 24 and evolves intoTinkaton starting at level 38.

Biology

Tinkatuff is a pink humanoid Pokémon, with a large head and arms and short, stumpy toeless feet with light pink circles underneath. Its arms have three fingers each, and it has steel plates on its hips that resemble outturned pockets. Its head has light pink circles on its cheeks, silver eyes, and a mouth with square teeth-like growths on the upper and lower lips. It has thin eyebrows or eyelashes above its eyes that give it a perpetually angered expression. On top of its head is a white growth resembling hair tied into a ponytail, with a light pink zigzag pattern on the rim where the growth meets the head.

Tinkatuff carries a large, gray, crude yet sturdy hammer, with loose metal plates for the hammer head and what appears to be the old hammer Tinkatuff had as aTinkatink on top of the shaft. Tinkatuff makes its hammer using metal it collects from groups ofPawniard andBisharp, which it preys on; theanimated series also depicted Tinkatuff attackingCorviknight to steal its feathers for the hammer. Two Tinkatuff will smash their hammers together in order to test out the hammers' strength. Tinkatuff is known to visit human settlements, where they travel through various factories and warehouses to gather the metal needed for their evolution. As depicted inTinkatuff's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Year!, forging the hammer will trigger Tinkatuff's Evolution intoTinkaton. It is a female-only species. Tinkatuff largely resides in various ruins acrossPaldea, though it is also said to live in piles of scrap metal.

Evolution

Tinkatuff evolves fromTinkatink and evolves intoTinkaton.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer toGame data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Tinkatink  Fairy  Steel

→

First Evolution Tinkatuff  Fairy  Steel

→

Second Evolution Tinkaton  Fairy  Steel

Game data

Pokédex entries

Tinkatuff in thePaldea Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Tinkatuff is available inScarlet and Violet andLegends Z-A Version 2.0.0+.

Byleveling up

SV

ZA

ByTM

SV

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM003 TM003 Fake Tears Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM021 TM021 Pounce Bug Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM031 TM031 Metal Claw Steel Physical 05050 095}}95% 35 TM036 TM036 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM037 TM037 Draining Kiss Fairy Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM043 TM043 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM058 TM058 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM062 TM062 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM074 TM074 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM080 TM080 Metronome Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM082 TM082 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM086 TM086 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM088 TM088 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM093 TM093 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM098 TM098 Skill Swap Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM116 TM116 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM122 TM122 Encore Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM127 TM127 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 090}}90% 10 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM150 TM150 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM170 TM170 Steel Beam Steel Special 140140 095}}95% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM181 TM181 Knock Off Dark Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM205 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM219 TM219 Skitter Smack Bug Physical 07070 090}}90% 10 TM223 TM223 Metal Sound Steel Status 0000— 085}}85% 40

Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Tinkatuff Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Tinkatuff

ZA

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   CD  TM004 TM004 Rock Smash Fighting Physical 04040 6 TM008 TM008 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 10 TM010 TM010 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 7 TM011 TM011 Bulk Up Fighting Status 0000— 18 TM012 TM012 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 7 TM016 TM016 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 12 TM017 TM017 Protect Normal Status 0000— 15 TM018 TM018 Power-Up Punch Fighting Physical 04040 10 TM020 TM020 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 8 TM030 TM030 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— 15 TM031 TM031 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 12 TM035 TM035 Endure Normal Status 0000— 12 TM036 TM036 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 10 TM037 TM037 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0000— 10 TM045 TM045 Knock Off Dark Physical 06565 10 TM065 TM065 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 10 TM078 TM078 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 6 TM084 TM084 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 8 TM085 TM085 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 10 TM099 TM099 Metronome Normal Status 0000— 4 TM109 TM109 Facade Normal Physical 07070 7 TM122 TM122 False Swipe Normal Physical 04040 6 TM141 TM141 Fake Out Normal Physical 04040 3 TM157 TM157 Steel Beam Steel Special 140140 20

Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Tinkatuff Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Tinkatuff

Bybreeding

Generation IX Other generations: None

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Feint Normal Physical 30 100% 10 * Ice Hammer Ice Physical 100 90% 10 Quash* Dark Status — 100% 15

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must bechain bred onto Tinkatuff Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Tinkatuff Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Tinkatuff

By a priorEvolution

Special moves

Side game data

Pokémon GO Base HP: 163 Base Attack: 109 Base Defense: 145 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 100 Fast Attacks:Fairy Wind,Rock Smash Charged Attacks:Play Rough,Flash Cannon

Evolution data

Unevolved Tinkatink  Fairy  Steel

Level 24 →

First Evolution Tinkatuff  Fairy  Steel

Level 38 →

Second Evolution Tinkaton  Fairy  Steel

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please seeTinkatuff images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

In animation

Main series

Major appearances

Dot's Tinkatuff

Tinkatuff debuted inTinkatink's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Day, afterDot'sTinkatinkevolved during a battle against aTerastallizedBombirdier. She Terastallized into aSteeltype for the first time inThe Prankster and evolved intoTinkaton inTinkatuff's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Year!. Notably, her hammer had a light pink handleinstead of the usual design seen carried by her species.

Minor appearances

Pokédex entries

Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Awild Tinkatuff appeared inBreathe Together.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article:Tinkatuff (TCG)

Trivia

• Tinkatuff and its evolutionary relatives were designed byMegumi Mizutani.^[1]

Origin

Given its type combination and its size, Tinkatuff may be inspired byduendes,gnomes, ordwarfs, the latter of which are commonly depicted smithing and using iron tools and weapons.

Name origin

Tinkatuff may be a combination oftinker (itinerant tinsmith) andtough.

Nakanuchan may be a combination of 中naka (middle), 鍛冶kanuchi (blacksmith), and the Japanese diminutive suffix ～ちゃん-chan.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ナカヌチャンNakanuchan From中naka,鍛冶kanuchi, and～ちゃん-chan French Forgella Fromforger and-ella Spanish Tinkatuff Same as English name German Tafforgita Fromtaff,forge and-ita Italian Tinkatuff Same as English name Korean 벼리짱Byeorijjang From벼리다byeorida and대장장이daejangjang-i Mandarin Chinese 巧鍛匠 / 巧锻匠Qiǎoduànjiàng From巧qiǎo,鍛 / 锻duàn and鐵匠 / 铁匠tiějiàng Cantonese Chinese 巧鍛匠Háaudyunjeuhng From巧háau,鍛dyun and鐵匠 titjeuhng

More languages Hindi इस्पारीटाIspaarita Fromइस्पातispāt,लोहारlohār, and-ita Thai นาคานุจังNakhanuchang Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Weaponry in the Pokémon world

References

External links

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