Is Beldum Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Gift from Steven after becoming Champion. AbilityClear Body blocks stat drops. Beldum only knows MoveTake Down and evolves at 20. In Emerald, the gift comes after beating Wallace, not after Steven. Metagross at 45 is the postgame goal. The Battle Frontier is where it finds real fights.
Roxanne's typing presses Beldum's defenses.
Beldum trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Beldum's defenses.
Flannery's team hits Beldum's weaknesses hard.
Norman's typing presses Beldum's defenses.
Winona's team hits Beldum's weaknesses hard.
Tate & Liza's Pokemon outpace and outclass Beldum here.
Juan's team hits Beldum's weaknesses hard.
Metagross has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Metagross has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Metagross has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Metagross trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Metagross trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Gift
Beldum is given to you as a gift in Mossdeep City at Lv 5. After defeating Elite Four. Gift from Steven Stone at his house in Mossdeep City after becoming Champion.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 5)
- LV 5NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
Evolve Beldum to Metagross
Metang evolves into Metagross at Level 45. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Wallace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 45)
- LV 45PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Norman
- TUTORNormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Pacifidlog Town
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 55SteelMeteor MashPower 150Accuracy 85%PP 10
- LV 66PsychicAgilityPower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- LV 77NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Beldum in Emerald
Beldum is a one-time gift from Steven, waiting in his Mossdeep house after you enter the Hall of Fame. The level 5 pseudo-legend comes holding a Metal Coat and knowing Take Down. With a catch rate of 3 there is no wild backup, so do not lose it.
Wild Beldum may be holding when caught:
Metal Coat (5% chance) A hold item that raises the power of STEEL-type moves.1 location to catch Beldum
Badge 8How to Obtain Beldum in E
- Step 3Evolve into Metagross
How to Get Shiny Beldum in Emerald
Beldum sits in a Poke Ball inside Steven's house in Mossdeep City, waiting there once you become Champion; save before you grab it, then soft-reset and re-take the gift until the steel comet gleams shiny. Compare Shiny Beldum odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Beldum Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Emerald shiny odds calculator with Beldum already selected.
Beldum Weakness
Type-wise, Beldum takes extra damage from Fire and Ground. Poison moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. It resists 8 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying, Rock, Dragon, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Psychic |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Beldum Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Beldum
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beldum View Blaziken builds →Overheat 2x224-265%KO Dig 2x57-68% | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beldum View Typhlosion builds →Overheat 2x222-262%KO Dig 2x43-51% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beldum View Camerupt builds →Overheat 2x217-255%KO Earthquake 2x121-144%KO | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beldum View Ninetales builds →Overheat 2x176-207%KO Dig 2x39-47% | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
 Magcargo FireRock | C | |
 Sandslash Ground | A | |
 Donphan Ground | B | |
 Gligar Ground | C | |
 Claydol GroundPsychic | B | |
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beldum View Geodude builds →Earthquake 2x102-121%KO Fire Blast 2x52-62% | ||
 Rhyhorn GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Beldum View Rhyhorn builds →Dig 2x65-77% Fire Blast 2x52-62% | ||
Beldum Evolutions
Beldum kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Metang all the way to Metagross. For breeding, takes forever to hatch with no compatible partners via one egg group. Evolving adds up to 300 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Beldum is genderless and can only breed with Ditto. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyE Beldum Best Moveset
MoveTake Down is the only move Beldum learns, and the recoil plus low stats make it useless in battle. Metang and then Metagross is the entire point of raising this line.
Best Build
Beldum best EVs are Speed and Sp. Def
Utility Moveset
- Take Down
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
A compact toolkit overall. The offense runs through Steel and Psychic STAB for Beldum, with Normal coverage doing what it can. Don't expect versatility from this one.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When BELDUM gather in a swarm, they move in perfect unison as if they were but one POKéMON. They communicate with each other using brain waves.
Beldum Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Beldum has 300 BST and evolves into Metang. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Beldum is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Beldum becomes available after the main story is complete in Emerald.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Beldum appears in 16 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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