--- title: "Iron Thorns (#0995): Stats, Weaknesses, Moves & Lore | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/pokemon/iron-thorns" description: "Iron Thorns (#0995): Rock/Electric-type Paradox Pokémon from Paldea. Base stat total 570. Stats, matchups, evolutions, moves, every Pokédex entry and lore on pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-21" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" last_checked: "2026-10-20" --- #0995 · Paldea · Generation 9 · paradox # Iron Thorns Paradox Pokémon · Rock/Electric-type ![Iron Thorns official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/995.webp) Iron Thorns is a [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock)/[Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric)-type Pokémon, the Paradox Pokémon, number 995 (#0995) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the [Paldea](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/paldea) region. It is 1.6 m tall and weighs 303 kg. Iron Thorns is a green robotic dinosaur, and the only Pokémon that is both Rock and Electric type. The Scarlet Pokédex says a dubious magazine once presented a similar Pokémon as a Tyranitar from a billion years in the future. ## How to pronounce Iron Thorns Iron Thorns is pronounced **EYE-ern THORNZ**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable. Listen to Iron Thorns said out loud: [Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/995.mp3) In Japanese it is テツノイバラ (Tetsunoibara). Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce). ## Lore ### Biology Iron Thorns is 1.6 m tall and weighs 303 kg. It is a bipedal robot in green metal armour, with black claws, jaw and tail tip. Parts of its torso and legs are transparent and show a glowing green substance, and retractable spikes of the same material sit on its back. The Violet Pokédex says several of its notable features match an object named Iron Thorns in an expedition journal. ### Behaviour An in-game magazine says Iron Thorns is coolheaded, prefers to avoid unnecessary fights and seems highly intelligent. According to Bulbapedia, it powers down to sleep, and the green light along its body and spikes goes black. ### Habitat The Pokédex gives no habitat, but the magazine reports it in a certain cave in Paldea. In Violet it is found in a rocky part of Area Zero, and Scarlet players can only get one by trade. ### Powers Its Ability Quark Drive raises its highest battle stat, Attack, on Electric Terrain or when it holds Booster Energy. It starts with Rock Throw and Iron Defense and later learns Rock Slide, Sandstorm, Wild Charge, Pin Missile, Earthquake, Stealth Rock and Stone Edge. With 134 Attack it is a hard-hitting physical attacker. ### Name origin The English name probably refers to the spikes on its back, and the Violet Pokédex notes that an expedition journal uses the same name for an object. The Japanese name is Tetsunoibara (テツノイバラ), which Bulbapedia reads as 'iron thorn'. ### Design inspiration Bulbapedia names Tyranitar as its base and, in a wider sense, kaiju, especially mechanical ones. No designer is credited, and these are fan readings. ### In the games Iron Thorns headlined a Tera Raid spotlight event alongside Sandy Shocks, after debuting in Scarlet and Violet. It is not available in Legends: Z-A. ### Fun facts - It knows Fire Fang, Ice Fang and Thunder Fang from level 1. - At 303 kg it is the heaviest Rock type introduced in Generation IX, and its Defense of 110 is the highest of any Electric type from that generation. - Bulbapedia says it may reference the Big Monster Series movies in Pokéstar Studios in Black 2 and White 2, which feature mechanical Tyranitar. Sources: [Bulbapedia: Iron Thorns (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Iron_Thorns_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Iron Thorns (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/ironthorns/) ## Base stats - HP: **100** - Attack: **134** - Defense: **110** - Sp. Atk: **70** - Sp. Def: **84** - Speed: **72** Iron Thorns’s base stat total is **570**. Its highest stat is Attack. ## Type matchups ### What is Iron Thorns weak to? Iron Thorns takes extra damage from [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground) (4×), [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water) (2×), [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass) (2×), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting) (2×) moves. It resists [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying) (¼×), [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal) (½×), [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire) (½×), [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric) (½×), [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison) (½×). ## Evolution Iron Thorns does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon. ## Abilities - [Quark Drive](https://pokee.si/abilities/quark-drive): Raises highest stat on Electric Terrain, or if holding Booster Energy. ## Moves ### Moves Iron Thorns learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet | Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Rock Throw](https://pokee.si/moves/rock-throw) | Rock | Physical | 50 | | 1 | [Fire Fang](https://pokee.si/moves/fire-fang) | Fire | Physical | 65 | | 1 | [Ice Fang](https://pokee.si/moves/ice-fang) | Ice | Physical | 65 | | 1 | [Iron Defense](https://pokee.si/moves/iron-defense) | Steel | Status | — | | 1 | [Thunder Fang](https://pokee.si/moves/thunder-fang) | Electric | Physical | 65 | | 7 | [Screech](https://pokee.si/moves/screech) | Normal | Status | — | | 21 | [Rock Tomb](https://pokee.si/moves/rock-tomb) | Rock | Physical | 60 | | 28 | [Bite](https://pokee.si/moves/bite) | Dark | Physical | 60 | | 35 | [Charge](https://pokee.si/moves/charge) | Electric | Status | — | | 42 | [Rock Slide](https://pokee.si/moves/rock-slide) | Rock | Physical | 75 | | 49 | [Sandstorm](https://pokee.si/moves/sandstorm) | Rock | Status | — | | 56 | [Wild Charge](https://pokee.si/moves/wild-charge) | Electric | Physical | 90 | | 63 | [Pin Missile](https://pokee.si/moves/pin-missile) | Bug | Physical | 25 | | 70 | [Earthquake](https://pokee.si/moves/earthquake) | Ground | Physical | 100 | | 77 | [Stealth Rock](https://pokee.si/moves/stealth-rock) | Rock | Status | — | | 84 | [Stone Edge](https://pokee.si/moves/stone-edge) | Rock | Physical | 100 | | 91 | [Giga Impact](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-impact) | Normal | Physical | 150 | ### TM moves (71) Iron Thorns can learn 71 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: [Take Down](https://pokee.si/moves/take-down), [Scary Face](https://pokee.si/moves/scary-face), [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect), [Fire Fang](https://pokee.si/moves/fire-fang), [Thunder Fang](https://pokee.si/moves/thunder-fang), [Ice Fang](https://pokee.si/moves/ice-fang), [Low Kick](https://pokee.si/moves/low-kick), [Charge Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/charge-beam), [Facade](https://pokee.si/moves/facade), [Bulldoze](https://pokee.si/moves/bulldoze), [Snarl](https://pokee.si/moves/snarl), [Metal Claw](https://pokee.si/moves/metal-claw), [Rock Tomb](https://pokee.si/moves/rock-tomb), [Fling](https://pokee.si/moves/fling), [Dragon Tail](https://pokee.si/moves/dragon-tail), [Endure](https://pokee.si/moves/endure), [Volt Switch](https://pokee.si/moves/volt-switch), [Sunny Day](https://pokee.si/moves/sunny-day), [Rain Dance](https://pokee.si/moves/rain-dance), [Sandstorm](https://pokee.si/moves/sandstorm), [Dig](https://pokee.si/moves/dig), [Brick Break](https://pokee.si/moves/brick-break), [Body Slam](https://pokee.si/moves/body-slam), [Fire Punch](https://pokee.si/moves/fire-punch), [Thunder Punch](https://pokee.si/moves/thunder-punch), [Ice Punch](https://pokee.si/moves/ice-punch), [Electro Ball](https://pokee.si/moves/electro-ball), [Rock Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/rock-blast), [Dragon Claw](https://pokee.si/moves/dragon-claw), [Thunder Wave](https://pokee.si/moves/thunder-wave), [Stomping Tantrum](https://pokee.si/moves/stomping-tantrum), [Rest](https://pokee.si/moves/rest), [Rock Slide](https://pokee.si/moves/rock-slide), [Taunt](https://pokee.si/moves/taunt), [Swords Dance](https://pokee.si/moves/swords-dance), [Body Press](https://pokee.si/moves/body-press), [Spikes](https://pokee.si/moves/spikes), [Eerie Impulse](https://pokee.si/moves/eerie-impulse), [Iron Head](https://pokee.si/moves/iron-head), [Dragon Dance](https://pokee.si/moves/dragon-dance), [Power Gem](https://pokee.si/moves/power-gem), [Substitute](https://pokee.si/moves/substitute), [Iron Defense](https://pokee.si/moves/iron-defense), [Crunch](https://pokee.si/moves/crunch), [Stealth Rock](https://pokee.si/moves/stealth-rock), [Heavy Slam](https://pokee.si/moves/heavy-slam), [Flamethrower](https://pokee.si/moves/flamethrower), [Thunderbolt](https://pokee.si/moves/thunderbolt), [Earth Power](https://pokee.si/moves/earth-power), [Ice Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/ice-beam), [Electric Terrain](https://pokee.si/moves/electric-terrain), [Fire Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/fire-blast), [Blizzard](https://pokee.si/moves/blizzard), [Wild Charge](https://pokee.si/moves/wild-charge), [Earthquake](https://pokee.si/moves/earthquake), [Stone Edge](https://pokee.si/moves/stone-edge), [Giga Impact](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-impact), [Focus Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/focus-blast), [Hyper Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/hyper-beam), [Thunder](https://pokee.si/moves/thunder), [Tera Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/tera-blast), [Charge](https://pokee.si/moves/charge), [Sand Tomb](https://pokee.si/moves/sand-tomb), [Smack Down](https://pokee.si/moves/smack-down), [High Horsepower](https://pokee.si/moves/high-horsepower), [Double-Edge](https://pokee.si/moves/double-edge), [Supercell Slam](https://pokee.si/moves/supercell-slam), [Electroweb](https://pokee.si/moves/electroweb), [Meteor Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/meteor-beam), [Breaking Swipe](https://pokee.si/moves/breaking-swipe), [Curse](https://pokee.si/moves/curse). Egg moves (1):[Electric Terrain](https://pokee.si/moves/electric-terrain). ## Breeding & training - Gender: genderless. - Egg groups: Undiscovered. - Egg cycles: 50 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 6,400). - Catch rate: 30 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 Attack effort values. - Base experience yield: 285. ## Pokédex entries Some of its notable features match those of an object named within a certain expedition journal as Iron Thorns. *(Violet)* It has some similarities to a Pokémon introduced in a dubious magazine as a Tyranitar from one billion years into the future. *(Scarlet)* ## Names around the world - **Japanese**: テツノイバラ - **Romaji**: Tetsunoibara - **French**: Épine-de-Fer - **German**: Eisendorn - **Spanish**: Ferropúas - **Italian**: Spineferree - **Korean**: 무쇠가시 - **Chinese (Simplified)**: 铁荆棘 - **Chinese (Traditional)**: 鐵荊棘 ## Trivia - Highest Defense among Electric types in Gen 9: 110. - Heaviest Rock type in Gen 9: 303 kg. - Highest HP among Rock types in Gen 9: 100, shared with 1 other. - Highest Attack among Rock types in Gen 9: 134. - The only Pokémon with the Rock/Electric typing. - Taller than 77% of all Pokémon (1.6 m). - Heavier than 96% of all Pokémon (303 kg). - Base stat total 570, ranked #93 of 1,025. - Its best stat is Attack, ranked #33 of 1,025. - One of 1 Pokémon that are both Rock and Electric. - One of 130 green Pokémon. - Number 90 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea). - Can learn 75 different moves in Scarlet / Violet. - Catch rate 30: about 3.9% 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](https://pokeapi.co) open game data. - Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Iron Thorns (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Iron_Thorns_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Iron Thorns (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/ironthorns/). - Pronunciation (EYE-ern THORNZ): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name. **Last checked:** 20 October 2026. 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