#0623 · Unova · Generation 5

Golurk

Automaton Pokémon · Ground/Ghost-type

Golurk is a Ground/Ghost-type Pokémon, the Automaton Pokémon, number 623 (#0623) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 2.8 m tall and weighs 330 kg.

Golurk is the Automaton Pokémon, a giant clay guardian that can fly at Mach speeds, with its power held in by a seal across its chest. The Pokédex says that if the seal is removed it rages out of control and can reduce a town to rubble.

How to pronounce Golurk

Golurk is pronounced GOH-lurk. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Golurk said out loud:

In Japanese it is ゴルーグ (Goloog).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Golurk is 2.8 m tall and 330 kg, a teal clay giant in armour-like plating, with a bandage-like seal screwed over a crack in its chest. It can draw its limbs inside its body and blast energy out of its wrists and waist like rocket thrusters, or fold into a cannon and fire energy beams. The Pokédex says ancient castles had artillery platforms where Golurk perched to fire.

Behaviour

The Pokédex says ancient people made Golurk to protect people and Pokémon, and one entry adds that some say they invented it to be a labourer. It follows its master's orders faithfully. One theory holds that a perpetual motion machine inside it makes limitless energy, though this has not been proven.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no natural habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in The Indigo Disk's Canyon and Polar Biomes.

Powers

Iron Fist strengthens its punching moves, such as Shadow Punch, Mega Punch and Dynamic Punch, and it also uses Phantom Force and Earthquake; Klutz is a drawback, and the Hidden Ability No Guard makes every move involving it hit. Golurkite lets Golurk Mega Evolve into Mega Golurk, a form added to Legends: Z-A by its Mega Dimension DLC. Bulbapedia says Mega Evolution stirs its energy up so much that the seal hangs loose, leaving it always on the verge of exploding, and it can fire its fists like rockets. Mega Golurk stands 4 m tall with Attack 159 and Defense 105, and its Ability Unseen Fist lets contact moves strike through Protect.

Name origin

Golurk may combine 'golem' with 'lurk', hinting at its Ghost type. The Japanese name is Goloog (ゴルーグ), which may blend 'golem' and saibōgu, 'cyborg'.

Design inspiration

James Turner designed Golurk and Golett. Bulbapedia says the strap on its chest may echo the Golem of Prague, a Jewish legend in which a clay giant controlled by a parchment went berserk when the parchment was removed. Its transforming body may also recall the giant robots of mecha anime. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Golurk evolves from Golett at level 43 and does not evolve further.

In the games

Golurk can be found inside Dragonspiral Tower in Black 2 and White 2, and Golett evolves into it from Black and White, where it first appeared. In Legends: Z-A it is found in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose.

In the anime

Goh caught a giant Golurk that guarded the Colossus Ruins in 'Raid Battle in The Ruins!'. Hapu's Golurk first appeared in 'That's Some Spicy Island Research!', and she often uses it to fly around Poni Island.

Fun facts

• Of the Pokémon introduced in Generation V, Golurk is the tallest and heaviest Ground type and also the tallest and heaviest Ghost type.
• Its base Attack of 124 is the highest of any Ghost type introduced in Generation V.
• Golurk has no gender, yet the PokéPad entry in PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond calls it male.
• Three Golurk appear in the film Pokémon Detective Pikachu.

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

Base stats

• HP: 89
• Attack: 124
• Defense: 80
• Sp. Atk: 55
• Sp. Def: 80
• Speed: 55

Golurk’s base stat total is 483. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Golurk weak to?

Golurk takes extra damage from Water (2×), Grass (2×), Ice (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Poison (¼×), Bug (½×), Rock (½×).

It is immune to Normal, Electric, Fighting moves.

Evolution

What does Golurk evolve from?

Golurk evolves from Golett at level 43.

Golurk is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Golett, Golurk.

Forms

• Mega Golurk (Mega): Ground/Ghost-type, base stat total 583 (HP 89, Attack 159, Defense 105, Sp. Atk 70, Sp. Def 105, Speed 55). Ability: Unseen Fist.

Abilities

• Iron Fist: Strengthens punch-based moves to 1.2× their power.
• Klutz: Prevents the Pokémon from using its held item in battle.
• No Guard (hidden ability): Ensures all moves used by and against the Pokémon hit.

Moves

Moves Golurk learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (70)

Golurk can learn 70 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Protect, Low Kick, Confuse Ray, Thief, Charge Beam, Facade, Bulldoze, Hex, Icy Wind, Rock Tomb, Low Sweep, Night Shade, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Dig, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Reflect, Grass Knot, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Body Press, Imprison, Flash Cannon, Fly, Substitute, Iron Defense, Trick, Shadow Ball, Stealth Rock, Psychic, Heavy Slam, Thunderbolt, Helping Hand, Earth Power, Ice Beam, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Phantom Force, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Close Combat, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Gravity, Smack Down, Gyro Ball, Knock Off, High Horsepower, Heat Crash, Focus Punch, Poltergeist, Psych Up, Double-Edge, Scorching Sands, Curse, Hard Press.

Egg moves (2):Focus Punch, Mud-Slap.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Mineral.
• Egg cycles: 25 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,200).
• Catch rate: 90 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 169.

Pokédex entries

There's a theory that inside Golurk is a perpetual motion machine that produces limitless energy, but this belief hasn't been proven. (Shield)

Artillery platforms built into the walls of ancient castles served as perches from which Golurk could fire energy beams. (Sword)

When the seal on its chest is removed, it rages indiscriminately, turning the whole town around it into a mountain of rubble. (Ultra Moon)

Some say that ancient people invented Golurk to serve as a laborer. It follows its master's orders faithfully. (Ultra Sun)

It flies across the sky at Mach speeds. Removing the seal on its chest makes its internal energy go out of control. (Black, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

It is said that Golurk were ordered to protect people and Pokémon by the ancient people who made them. (White, X, Omega Ruby)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Ground type in Gen 5: 330 kg.
• Tallest Ground type in Gen 5: 2.8 m.
• Heaviest Ghost type in Gen 5: 330 kg.
• Tallest Ghost type in Gen 5: 2.8 m.
• Highest Attack among Ghost types in Gen 5: 124.
• Taller than 95% of all Pokémon (2.8 m).
• Heavier than 97% of all Pokémon (330 kg).
• Base stat total 483, ranked #396 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Attack, ranked #84 of 1,025.
• One of 5 Pokémon that are both Ground and Ghost.
• One of 130 green Pokémon.
• Number 130 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 77 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 90: about 11.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 7 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: Golurk (Pokémon), Serebii: Golurk (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (GOH-lurk): 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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