Is Beldum Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Gift from Steven after beating the E4. AbilityClear Body blocks stat drops. Beldum only knows MoveTake Down and evolves at 20 into Metang. The postgame timing means Metagross is a postgame project. Metagross at 45 is Steven's ace with 600 BST. The ultimate postgame investment.
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.
Wallace'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 has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Gift
Beldum is given to you as a gift in Mossdeep City at Lv 5. After defeating Elite Four. Found in a Poke Ball on the table in Steven's 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 Steven.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 45)
- LV 45PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- After Tate & Liza
- 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
How to Get Beldum in Ruby & Sapphire
Beldum is a one-time gift in Steven's house in Mossdeep, handed over only after you beat the Elite Four. It arrives at level 5 with a catch rate of 3, the same brutal rate the whole Metagross line shares.
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 7How to Obtain Beldum in RS
- Step 3Evolve into Metagross
How to Get Shiny Beldum in Ruby & Sapphire
Beldum sits as a one-time gift in a Poke Ball at Steven's house in Mossdeep City, so save first and soft reset the pickup until it shines. Compare Shiny Beldum odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire 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% | ||
 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 | |
 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% | ||
 Vibrava GroundDragon | D | |
 Nincada BugGround | C | |
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 onlyRS Beldum Best Moveset
Steel/Psychic pre-evolution that only knows MoveTake Down. AbilityClear Body prevents stat drops but there's nothing else to work with. Two evolutions from Metagross, one of the format's most dominant threats.
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
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 Ruby & Sapphire Guide
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 Ruby & Sapphire.
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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