#0631 · Unova · Generation 5

Heatmor

Anteater Pokémon · Fire-type

Heatmor is a Fire-type Pokémon, the Anteater Pokémon, number 631 (#0631) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 1.4 m tall and weighs 58 kg.

Heatmor is the Anteater Pokémon, a Fire type whose tongue is a living flame. It breathes in through a hole in its tail and uses that fire to melt Durant, the steel-bodied ants it hunts.

How to pronounce Heatmor

Heatmor is pronounced HEET-mor. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Heatmor said out loud:

In Japanese it is クイタラン (Kuitaran).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Heatmor is a bipedal anteater, 1.4 m tall and 58 kg, with red fur striped yellow like molten lava. Beige bands run along its belly and back like pipes leading to its tail, and the dented tail ends in a hole that looks like an engine's muffler. The Pokédex says it draws air in through that hole and turns it into fire.

Behaviour

Heatmor's life revolves around one meal. Durant is its preferred prey, and Bulbapedia notes the two make a predator and prey pair. Its weak point is the tail: if the hole gets blocked, the Pokédex says Heatmor falls ill.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat. Wild Heatmor turn up on Victory Road in Black and White, on Twist Mountain in Black 2 and White 2, on Route 18 in X and Y, and on Route 6 and around the Wild Area in Sword and Shield.

Diet

Durant, whose steel shells it melts so that it can eat the insides.

Powers

Heatmor's moves suit its flame tongue: Incinerate, Fire Lash, Fire Spin and, at level 60, Flare Blitz. Its Abilities are Gluttony and Flash Fire, with White Smoke hidden. With base Special Attack 105 and Attack 97 it hits hard on either side, but its Defense and Special Defense are only 66.

Name origin

Heatmor may blend 'heat' with 'armor' or 'mortar', and may play on 'eat more'. The Japanese name is Kuitaran (クイタラン), which may combine the Japanese for anteater with tatara, a type of furnace, and pun on 食い足らん kuitaran, 'not eaten enough'.

Design inspiration

Ken Sugimori designed Heatmor and Durant. Bulbapedia says Heatmor mixes an anteater with touches of ironworks: its wrists resemble air intakes and its tail an engine muffler. Its Fire typing may have been chosen to beat Durant's Bug and Steel types, both weak to Fire.

In the games

Heatmor returned in Black 2, White 2, X and Y, and Sword and Shield after first appearing in Black and White. In Generation VII it was only available through Pokémon Bank, and it is unobtainable in Scarlet, Violet and Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Shamus's Heatmor debuted in 'Evolution by Fire!', where it and his Emboar took on Ash in a Double Battle, beating Snivy before losing to Tepig. In 'Jostling for the Junior Cup!', Manning's Heatmor beat Kenton's Golett at the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup.

Fun facts

• Heatmor and Durant are the only two Pokémon with a base stat total of 484.
• Fire Lash was made Heatmor's signature move in Generation VII, a generation in which Heatmor could only be had through Pokémon Bank.
• Bulbapedia treats Heatmor and Durant as counterparts: both have a catch rate of 90 and a 1:1 gender ratio.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Heatmor (Pokémon) · Serebii: Heatmor (Sword/Shield Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 85
• Attack: 97
• Defense: 66
• Sp. Atk: 105
• Sp. Def: 66
• Speed: 65

Heatmor’s base stat total is 484. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Heatmor weak to?

Heatmor takes extra damage from Water (2×), Ground (2×), Rock (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Grass (½×), Ice (½×), Bug (½×), Steel (½×), Fairy (½×).

Evolution

Heatmor does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Abilities

• Gluttony: Makes the Pokémon eat any held Berry triggered by low HP below 1/2 its max HP.
• Flash Fire: Protects against Fire moves. Once one has been blocked, the Pokémon's own Fire moves inflict 1.5× damage until it leaves battle.
• White Smoke (hidden ability): Prevents stats from being lowered by other Pokémon.

Moves

Moves Heatmor learns by level up in Sword / Shield

TM moves (38)

Heatmor can learn 38 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Giga Impact, Solar Beam, Fire Spin, Dig, Rest, Thief, Snore, Protect, Giga Drain, Attract, Rain Dance, Sunny Day, Will-O-Wisp, Facade, Rock Tomb, Fling, Drain Punch, Shadow Claw, Round, Brutal Swing, Stomping Tantrum, Body Slam, Flamethrower, Low Kick, Fire Blast, Amnesia, Substitute, Endure, Sleep Talk, Heat Wave, Taunt, Superpower, Overheat, Flare Blitz, Focus Blast, Throat Chop.

Egg moves (5):Belch, Curse, Night Slash, Sucker Punch, Tickle.

Move tutor moves (2): Burning Jealousy, Scorching Sands.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• 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 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 169.

Pokédex entries

There's a hole in its tail that allows it to draw in the air it needs to keep its fire burning. If the hole gets blocked, this Pokémon will fall ill. (Sword)

A flame serves as its tongue, melting through the hard shell of Durant so that Heatmor can devour their insides. (Shield)

It draws in air through its tail, transforms it into fire, and uses it like a tongue. It melts Durant and eats them. (Black 2, White 2, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

Using their very hot, flame-covered tongues, they burn through Durant's steel bodies and consume their insides. (White, X, Omega Ruby)

It breathes through a hole in its tail while it burns with an internal fire. Durant is its prey. (Black)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 68% of all Pokémon (1.4 m).
• Heavier than 70% of all Pokémon (58 kg).
• Base stat total 484, ranked #394 of 1,025.
• One of 81 Fire-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 97 red Pokémon.
• Number 138 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Can learn 58 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 90: about 11.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 5 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: Heatmor (Pokémon), Serebii: Heatmor (Sword/Shield Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (HEET-mor): 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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