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Heatran

Lava Dome Pokémon · Fire/Steel-type

Heatran is a Fire/Steel-type Pokémon, the Lava Dome Pokémon, number 485 (#0485) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 4 and comes from the Sinnoh region. It is 1.7 m tall and weighs 430 kg.

Heatran is the Lava Dome Pokémon, a Fire and Steel type with a steel body so hot that parts of it have melted. It is the only Pokémon with its type pairing, and it crawls over the walls and ceilings of volcanic caves on cross-shaped feet.

How to pronounce Heatran

Heatran is pronounced HEE-tran. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Heatran said out loud:

In Japanese it is ヒードラン.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Heatran is a maroon, four-legged Pokémon dotted with orange and grey spots, with metal bangles on its legs and an iron mask over its face. It is 1.7 m tall and weighs 430 kg. The Pokédex says boiling, magma-like blood runs through it, and that its steel body is partly melted by its own heat. Bulbapedia notes that its eyes seem to stay open even when it sleeps.

Behaviour

The Pokédex says Heatran grips with its cross-shaped feet to climb walls and ceilings. Bulbapedia says legends describe it as born from the boiling magma of volcanic mountains, and that it can form a shield around itself. A Magma Stone can control and seal it in its lair; without the stone, Bulbapedia says, it would rampage and make its crater erupt.

Habitat

The Pokédex says it dwells in volcanic caves. In Diamond, Pearl, Platinum and Brilliant Diamond it waits in Stark Mountain, in Black 2 and White 2 in Reversal Mountain, and in Legends: Arceus in the Lava Dome Sanctum.

Powers

No other Pokémon is known to learn Magma Storm. It also learns Lava Plume, Earth Power, Heat Wave and Stone Edge, and its Ability is Flash Fire, with Flame Body hidden. In Legends: Z-A's Mega Dimension DLC it can Mega Evolve with the Heatranite into Mega Heatran, which is 2.8 m tall and 570 kg with a melted lower jaw and legs and even more heat. Its base Special Attack of 130 makes it a bulky special attacker, and Mega Heatran raises this to 175.

Name origin

Heatran may come from 'heat transfer'. Its Japanese name Hīdoran (ヒードラン) may also involve the word 'dragon'.

Design inspiration

Heatran might be based on volcanic remains or on magma personified, and its Steel type may nod to the Earth's metal core. Bulbapedia also suggests Mega Heatran could be based on a factory. These are fan readings, not official statements.

In the games

In Legends: Z-A's Mega Dimension DLC, Heatran is a rogue Mega Heatran boss in Hyperspace Infernal Arena, and once caught it offers the Heatranite. It first appeared in Diamond and Pearl, and Palmer, Byron and Candice each field one in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. In Scarlet and Violet it arrives only by transfer from Pokémon HOME or an event.

In the anime

Heatran debuted in the film 'Arceus and the Jewel of Life', where it fights for the villain Marcus until Pikachu helps free it. In the miniseries 'The Arceus Chronicles', Team Galactic's Saturn captures one to power a cannon, and it rampages when the machine backfires.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says Heatran's Fire and Steel pairing has five 4x resistances, more than any other type combination.
• Mega Heatran's Pokédex entry says it can reach about 1,000,000 °C (over 1.8 million °F) if it goes all out, which Bulbapedia says is the highest temperature of any known Pokémon and matches the Sun's corona.
• In Japanese X and Y, a woman in Jaune Plaza imitates Heatran's cry, but the English version mistranslates it as a Lava Dome Pokémon being nearby.
• Bulbapedia calls the Heatran in 'An Old Family Blend!' the first Legendary Pokémon a Trainer entered in a formal competition.
• Bulbapedia says Heatran is unique among Pokémon from before Hidden Abilities: no game gives it its Hidden Ability without an Ability Patch.

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

Base stats

• HP: 91
• Attack: 90
• Defense: 106
• Sp. Atk: 130
• Sp. Def: 106
• Speed: 77

Heatran’s base stat total is 600. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Heatran weak to?

Heatran takes extra damage from Ground (4×), Water (2×), Fighting (2×) moves.

It resists Grass (¼×), Ice (¼×), Bug (¼×), Steel (¼×), Fairy (¼×), Normal (½×), Flying (½×), Psychic (½×), Dragon (½×).

It is immune to Poison moves.

Evolution

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

Forms

• Mega Heatran (Mega): Fire/Steel-type, base stat total 700 (HP 91, Attack 120, Defense 106, Sp. Atk 175, Sp. Def 141, Speed 67). Abilities: Flash Fire, Flame Body (hidden).

Abilities

• 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.
• Flame Body (hidden ability): Has a 30% chance of burning attacking Pokémon on contact.

Moves

Moves Heatran learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (53)

Heatran can learn 53 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Fire Fang, Pounce, Fire Spin, Facade, Bulldoze, Metal Claw, Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, Endure, Sunny Day, Sandstorm, Dig, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Rock Blast, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Taunt, Body Press, Flash Cannon, Dark Pulse, Iron Head, Power Gem, Substitute, Iron Defense, Will-O-Wisp, Crunch, Dragon Pulse, Stealth Rock, Heat Wave, Heavy Slam, Flamethrower, Earth Power, Fire Blast, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Overheat, Hyper Beam, Flare Blitz, Solar Beam, Steel Beam, Tera Blast, Lunge, Heat Crash, Burning Jealousy, Scorching Sands, Metal Sound, Hard Press.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 10 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,280).
• Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 100.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 270.

Pokédex entries

Stories tell of this Pokémon being birthed from the boiling magma within Mount Coronet. Its molten-steel body holds many mysteries. (Legends: Arceus)

Boiling blood, like magma, circulates through its body. It makes its dwelling place in volcanic caves. (HeartGold, SoulSilver, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

It dwells in volcanic caves. It digs in with its cross-shaped feet to crawl on ceilings and walls. (Diamond, Pearl, X, Omega Ruby)

Its body is made of rugged steel. However, it is partially melted in spots because of its own heat. (Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Fire type in Gen 4: 430 kg.
• Tallest Fire type in Gen 4: 1.7 m.
• Highest HP among Fire types in Gen 4: 91.
• Highest Defense among Fire types in Gen 4: 106.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Fire types in Gen 4: 130.
• Highest Sp. Def among Fire types in Gen 4: 106.
• Highest base stat total among Fire types in Gen 4: 600.
• The only Pokémon with the Fire/Steel typing.
• Taller than 80% of all Pokémon (1.7 m).
• Heavier than 98% of all Pokémon (430 kg).
• Base stat total 600, ranked #25 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #34 of 1,025.
• One of 1 Pokémon that are both Fire and Steel.
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 99 of 107 Pokémon introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh).
• Can learn 57 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 4 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: Heatran (Pokémon), Serebii: Heatran (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (HEE-tran): 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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