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Iron Crown

Paradox Pokémon · Steel/Psychic-type

Iron Crown is a Steel/Psychic-type Pokémon, the Paradox Pokémon, number 1023 (#1023) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 1.6 m tall and weighs 156 kg.

Iron Crown is a Steel and Psychic Paradox Pokémon, a glowing metal goat that is said to launch shining blades from its horns. The Pokédex says it resembles a high-tech weapon in the shape of Cobalion, as described in a paranormal magazine.

How to pronounce Iron Crown

Iron Crown is pronounced EYE-ern KROWN. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Iron Crown said out loud:

In Japanese it is テツノカシラ (Tetsunokashira).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Iron Crown is an armoured turquoise Pokémon, 1.6 m tall and 156 kg, that Bulbapedia likens to a robotic goat. It has bright digital blue eyes, two yellow drill-like horns with glowing patches, a long neck, and fin-like yellow plates on its shoulder blades. Bulbapedia says it can rotate its head, and that its blue glow turns black when it falls asleep.

Behaviour

The Pokédex says an incident was reported in which it fired shining blades that sliced everything around it to bits, and that little else is known. Perrin's in-game rumour, quoted by Bulbapedia, says it can fire beams from its horns that cut through anything. Bulbapedia adds that the glowing parts of its horns can form two long blue blades that bend at the end, used as energy swords.

Habitat

Canon gives no natural habitat. In The Indigo Disk it is found in Area Zero once you start Perrin's questline, and it is a Violet exclusive: Scarlet players must trade for it. It is number 238 in the Blueberry Pokédex.

Powers

Its Ability Quark Drive raises its highest stat on Electric Terrain or when it holds Booster Energy. Its signature move Tachyon Cutter launches particle blades twice in a row and never misses; only Iron Crown learns it. It also uses Psyshock, Flash Cannon, Future Sight and Volt Switch. With 122 base Special Attack and 100 Defense it is a sturdy special attacker.

Name origin

Iron Crown is literal; 'crown' can mean a head adornment, the top of the head or a ruler. The Japanese name is Tetsunokashira (テツノカシラ), which reads as tetsu no kashira, 'iron head' or 'iron leader'.

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia says Iron Crown is based on Cobalion, designed by Takao Unno, and suggests the impala as a model for its curved horns. These are fan readings.

In the games

Iron Crown was revealed in the Pokémon Presents of 8 August 2023, and is one of the Paradox Pokémon added by The Indigo Disk for Violet. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

Fun facts

• Before it was revealed, the Violet Book in Violet featured a sketch of an imaginary Pokémon like it, a blend of Cobalion, Terrakion and Virizion.
• Of all Steel types introduced in Generation IX, its 108 Special Defense is the highest.
• The official site, as relayed by Bulbapedia, admits nobody knows what sort of Pokémon Iron Crown really is.
• Its base stat total of 590 ties with Iron Boulder for the highest of any Psychic type introduced in Generation IX.

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

Base stats

• HP: 90
• Attack: 72
• Defense: 100
• Sp. Atk: 122
• Sp. Def: 108
• Speed: 98

Iron Crown’s base stat total is 590. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Iron Crown weak to?

Iron Crown takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Ground (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

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

It is immune to Poison moves.

Evolution

Iron Crown 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 Crown learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (41)

Iron Crown can learn 41 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Scary Face, Protect, Facade, Bulldoze, Metal Claw, Stored Power, Endure, Volt Switch, Smart Strike, Psyshock, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Air Slash, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Rest, Swords Dance, Flash Cannon, Iron Head, Substitute, Iron Defense, X-Scissor, Psychic, Heavy Slam, Calm Mind, Electric Terrain, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Steel Beam, Tera Blast, Gravity, Solar Blade, Double-Edge, Supercell Slam, Future Sight, Expanding Force, Metal Sound, Psychic Noise.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 50 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 6,400).
• Catch rate: 10 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 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 295.

Pokédex entries

There was supposedly an incident in which it launched shining blades to cut everything around it to pieces. Little else is known about it. (Violet)

It resembles a mysterious object introduced in a paranormal magazine as a cutting-edge weapon shaped like a Cobalion. (Scarlet)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Defense among Psychic types in Gen 9: 100, shared with 1 other.
• Highest base stat total among Psychic types in Gen 9: 590, shared with 2 others.
• Highest Sp. Def among Steel types in Gen 9: 108.
• Taller than 77% of all Pokémon (1.6 m).
• Heavier than 90% of all Pokémon (156 kg).
• Base stat total 590, ranked #61 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #72 of 1,025.
• One of 8 Pokémon that are both Steel and Psychic.
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 118 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
• Can learn 49 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 10: about 1.3% 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 Crown (Pokémon), Serebii: Iron Crown (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (EYE-ern KROWN): 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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