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Iron Bundle

Paradox Pokémon · Ice/Water-type

Iron Bundle is a Ice/Water-type Pokémon, the Paradox Pokémon, number 991 (#0991) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 11 kg.

Iron Bundle is an Ice and Water Paradox Pokémon that looks like a robotic Delibird, uses its feet like skis and can stretch its head out on a hidden wire. The Violet Pokédex says only two sightings have ever been reported.

How to pronounce Iron Bundle

Iron Bundle is pronounced EYE-ern BUN-dul. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Iron Bundle said out loud:

In Japanese it is テツノツツミ (Tetsunotsutsumi).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Iron Bundle is 0.6 m tall and weighs 11 kg. It is a red, bird-like robot with a white faceplate, two three-pointed crests, blue eyes, a pale yellow beak and two-toed feet. A metal ring at its neck hides the wire that lets its head extend over long distances, and a round bag hangs from its body on a black and blue cable. The Scarlet Pokédex says its shape matches a robot from a paranormal magazine, said to have been made by an ancient civilisation, and the Violet entry says it resembles an object in an old book.

Behaviour

Very little is known about its temperament. An in-game magazine says the Violet Book describes a Delibird-like being that fires huge blasts of ice from a round device to push itself along, and an unproven theory credits a long-gone civilisation with building it. Bulbapedia says it powers down to sleep, and the blue glow on its belly and bag turns black.

Habitat

The Pokédex names no habitat; the only hint is the in-game magazine's snowy lands. In Violet it is found in Area Zero, and Scarlet players need a trade.

Powers

Its Ability Quark Drive raises its highest battle stat, Speed, on Electric Terrain or when it holds Booster Energy. It begins with Present, which Delibird also learns, and later gets Freeze-Dry, Flip Turn, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Aurora Veil and Blizzard. With 136 Speed and 124 Special Attack it is a very fast special attacker, and Bulbapedia says its Speed is the highest of any Ice Pokémon and any Paradox Pokémon.

Name origin

The English name means a bundle made of iron, probably a nod to the bag it hauls around. The Japanese name is Tetsunotsutsumi (テツノツツミ), which Bulbapedia reads as 'iron bundle'.

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia ties Iron Bundle to Delibird. Its extendable head may echo a jack-in-the-box, a toy associated with Christmas, and its round device might owe something to snow globes or snow blowers. Its skiing feet look like water skis. No designer is credited, and these are fan readings.

In the games

Iron Bundle headlined a Tera Raid event called Iron Bundle the Unrivaled, after debuting in Scarlet and Violet. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Iron Bundle appears in 'Challenge the World!', an animated commercial for the 2023 Pokémon World Championships, as one half of an opponent's team with a Dondozo in a Scarlet and Violet match.

Fun facts

• Its Japanese name is the longest of any Pokémon in romaji, at 15 letters, which is more than the 12 letters allowed in a nickname in Western releases.
• Bulbapedia suggests its Ice and Water typing might recall Gifuto, Delibird's prototype in the Gold and Silver demo shown at Space World in 1997, which was a Water and Ice type.
• Bulbapedia calls it the shortest Paradox Pokémon overall.

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

Base stats

• HP: 56
• Attack: 80
• Defense: 114
• Sp. Atk: 124
• Sp. Def: 60
• Speed: 136

Iron Bundle’s base stat total is 570. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Iron Bundle weak to?

Iron Bundle takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Grass (2×), Fighting (2×), Rock (2×) moves.

It resists Ice (¼×), Water (½×).

Evolution

Iron Bundle does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Abilities

• Quark Drive: Raises highest stat on Electric Terrain, or if holding Booster Energy.

Moves

Moves Iron Bundle learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (36)

Iron Bundle can learn 36 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Protect, Water Pulse, Acrobatics, Thief, Chilling Water, Facade, Swift, Icy Wind, Air Cutter, Fling, Avalanche, Endure, Rain Dance, Snowscape, U-turn, Body Slam, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Rest, Taunt, Substitute, Encore, Ice Spinner, Play Rough, Helping Hand, Ice Beam, Electric Terrain, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Flip Turn, Whirlpool.

Egg moves (1):Electric Terrain.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 50 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 6,400).
• Catch rate: 50 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 0.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Speed effort values.
• Base experience yield: 285.

Pokédex entries

It resembles a mysterious object mentioned in an old book. There are only two reported sightings of this Pokémon. (Violet)

Its shape is similar to a robot featured in a paranormal magazine article. The robot was said to have been created by an ancient civilization. (Scarlet)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Fastest Water type: 136 Speed, shared with 1 other.
• Fastest Ice type: 136 Speed.
• Fastest Pokémon in Gen 9: 136 Speed.
• Fastest Water type in Gen 9: 136 Speed.
• Lightest Ice type in Gen 9: 11 kg.
• Fastest Ice type in Gen 9: 136 Speed.
• Highest Defense among Ice types in Gen 9: 114.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Ice types in Gen 9: 124.
• Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
• Heavier than 30% of all Pokémon (11 kg).
• Base stat total 570, ranked #93 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Speed, ranked #11 of 1,025.
• One of 8 Pokémon that are both Ice and Water.
• One of 97 red Pokémon.
• Number 86 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
• Can learn 41 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 50: about 6.5% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 2 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: Iron Bundle (Pokémon), Serebii: Iron Bundle (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (EYE-ern BUN-dul): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

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

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