#0358 · Hoenn · Generation 3

Chimecho

Wind Chime Pokémon · Psychic-type

Chimecho is a Psychic-type Pokémon, the Wind Chime Pokémon, number 358 (#0358) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 1 kg.

Chimecho is the Wind Chime Pokémon, a hollow, bell-shaped Psychic type that hangs from eaves and sings in seven different tones. It gains a Mega Evolution in the Mega Dimension DLC of Legends: Z-A.

How to pronounce Chimecho

Chimecho is pronounced chime-EK-oh. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Chimecho said out loud:

In Japanese it is チリーン (Chirean).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Chimecho is a small, bluish-white Pokémon, 0.6 m tall and 1 kg, shaped like a Japanese wind chime, with beady yellow eyes, a long tag-like tail and a yellow sucker on top that it uses to dangle from a branch or under a building's eaves. Its body is hollow, so its cries echo inside it.

Behaviour

Chimecho rides the wind, is nocturnal and flies more actively in the hot season. The Pokédex says it talks to others with seven different cries, which also startle foes and, when it is enraged, turn into ultrasonic waves. A Legends: Arceus researcher guesses that its body magnifies faint breezes within it.

Habitat

The Pokédex habitat is grassland, and Bulbapedia adds woods and some mountain areas. In Scarlet and Violet it is wild in Kitakami from The Teal Mask onwards, and in Legends: Z-A only in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose.

Diet

It picks Berries with its tail and eats them, and FireRed's entry adds nuts.

Powers

Its only Ability is Levitate. It learns Extrasensory and Stored Power, supports with Heal Bell, Safeguard and Heal Pulse, and can use Hyper Voice. Mega Chimecho, from the Mega Dimension DLC, becomes Psychic and Steel and is ringed by six smaller copies of itself; its cries are said to purify evil spirits, and its sound waves can leave listeners forgetting who they are. Its Special Attack rises from 95 to 135.

Name origin

Chimecho may combine 'chime' and 'echo'. The Japanese name is Chirean (チリーン), which may blend chirinchirin (a bell's jingling sound) and fūrin (wind chime).

Design inspiration

Chimecho appears to be based on fūrin, glass wind bells hung at Shinto shrines to ward off evil spirits, and its colours may recall the dress of a miko, a shrine maiden. Mega Chimecho may draw on the khakkhara, a staff carried by Buddhist monks whose jingling rings are said to drive off animals and spirits. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Chingling evolves into Chimecho when levelled up with high friendship at night. Chimecho had no pre-evolution until Chingling arrived in Generation IV.

In the games

In Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness Chimecho cooks dinner for Wigglytuff's Guild and runs the Chimecho Assembly, and in Scarlet and Violet it also appears in 4-star Tera Raid Battles. It debuted in Ruby and Sapphire, where it is found at the top of Mt. Pyre.

In the anime

James's Chimecho debuted in 'Who's Flying Now?', where he caught it at Fortree City's Feather Carnival. He cherished it so much that he never let it battle, and in 'Sweet Baby James' he left it in the care of his Nanny and Pop-Pop while it recovered from an illness.

Fun facts

• By internal index number, Chimecho comes last in the Generation III games, leaving out glitch Pokémon and Unown forms; XD: Gale of Darkness is the exception, where Munchlax holds that spot.
• At 1 kg it was the lightest Psychic type introduced in Generation III, and Bulbapedia says Mega Chimecho, at 8 kg, is the lightest Mega Evolution of all.
• A mispronounced-names segment at the 2023 Pokémon World Championships livestream gave its pronunciation as 'chime-ECK-ko'.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Chimecho (Pokémon) · Serebii: Chimecho (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 75
• Attack: 50
• Defense: 80
• Sp. Atk: 95
• Sp. Def: 90
• Speed: 65

Chimecho’s base stat total is 455. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Chimecho weak to?

Chimecho takes extra damage from Bug (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Fighting (½×), Psychic (½×).

Evolution

What does Chimecho evolve from?

Chimecho evolves from Chingling (Friendship, at night).

Chimecho is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Chingling, Chimecho.

Forms

• Mega Chimecho (Mega): Psychic/Steel-type, base stat total 555 (HP 75, Attack 50, Defense 110, Sp. Atk 135, Sp. Def 120, Speed 65). Ability: Levitate.

Abilities

• Levitate: Evades Ground moves.

Moves

Moves Chimecho learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (49)

Chimecho can learn 49 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Charm, Fake Tears, Protect, Psybeam, Disarming Voice, Charge Beam, Facade, Snarl, Swift, Icy Wind, Draining Kiss, Stored Power, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Psyshock, Zen Headbutt, Sleep Talk, Reflect, Light Screen, Dazzling Gleam, Grass Knot, Thunder Wave, Rest, Taunt, Imprison, Skill Swap, Substitute, Trick, Shadow Ball, Hyper Voice, Energy Ball, Psychic, Encore, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Trick Room, Tera Blast, Gravity, Knock Off, Uproar, Psych Up, Double-Edge, Future Sight, Expanding Force, Curse, Psychic Noise.

Egg moves (8):Ally Switch, Cosmic Power, Curse, Disable, Hypnosis, Recover, Recycle, Wish.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Amorphous.
• Egg cycles: 25 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,200).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Fast (800,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Sp. Atk and 1 Sp. Def effort values.
• Base experience yield: 159.

Pokédex entries

Can emit waves of air powerful enough to knock out prey taller than itself. I hypothesize that it amplifies the faint sound of wind within its body. (Legends: Arceus)

In high winds, Chimecho cries as it hangs from a tree branch or the eaves of a building using a suction cup on its head. This Pokémon plucks berries with its long tail and eats them. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)

Chimecho makes its cries echo inside its hollow body. When this Pokémon becomes enraged, its cries result in ultrasonic waves that have the power to knock foes flying. (Ruby, Omega Ruby)

Emitting ultrasonic cries, it floats on winds to travel great distances. (Pearl, Y)

It uses the sucker on its head to hang from a tree or from eaves. It can produce seven different tones. (HeartGold, SoulSilver, X)

Its cries echo inside its hollow body to emerge as beautiful notes for startling and repelling foes. (Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lightest Psychic type in Gen 3: 1 kg.
• Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
• Heavier than 3% of all Pokémon (1 kg).
• Base stat total 455, ranked #494 of 1,025.
• One of 102 Psychic-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 107 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 66 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 9 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Chimecho (Pokémon), Serebii: Chimecho (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (chime-EK-oh): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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