#0601 · Unova · Generation 5

Klinklang

Gear Pokémon · Steel-type

Klinklang is a Steel-type Pokémon, the Gear Pokémon, number 601 (#0601) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 81 kg.

Klinklang is the Gear Pokémon whose red core is an energy tank: it spins the core to charge, then fires blasts of electricity from its spikes. The Pokédex adds a twist, that its newest, spiked gear is not a living creature.

How to pronounce Klinklang

Klinklang is pronounced KLINK-klang. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Klinklang said out loud:

In Japanese it is ギギギアル (Gigigiaru).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Klinklang is 0.6 m tall and weighs 81 kg. It is made of four interlocking gears: two small ones with six teeth, a large one with eight, and a spiked gear underneath topped by a red core. The Pokédex says the gear with the red core spins at high speed for a rapid charge, and that the stored energy is fired out through its spikes into the area around it.

Behaviour

In the Mystery Dungeon games, Bulbapedia says, dialogue between Klinklang's two faced gears suggests that each thinks independently.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat. In Black 2 and White 2 it appears in the P2 Laboratory's rustling grass, and in the anime a wild one lives in Chargestone Cave.

Powers

Klinklang's signature move is Gear Grind, which Bulbapedia says only it and its pre-evolutions can learn; Shift Gear was also a signature move before Generation VII. It also learns Gear Up, Magnetic Flux and Zap Cannon. With base Defense 115, Attack 100 and Speed 90 it is a sturdy bruiser.

Name origin

Klinklang may combine Klink and Klang, which themselves echo 'clink' and 'clang'. The Japanese name is Gigigiaru (ギギギアル), which may come from 'gear' with the first syllable repeated twice.

Design inspiration

Klinklang appears to blend several real gear types: a sun-and-planet set, a bevel gear and an external gear, and it may also recall a balance wheel. The red core could be a nod to the ruby jewel bearings in mechanical watches. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Klinklang evolves from Klang at level 49 and is the final form of the Klink line.

In the games

Klinklang is reached by evolving Klang in Black and White, its first game. In Sword and Shield it is wild in Hammerlocke Hills and the Lake of Outrage. It is unobtainable in Scarlet and Violet and in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Klinklang's TV debut was in 'Evolution Exchange Excitement!', where a wild one in Chargestone Cave had a pen belonging to Cedric Juniper stuck in its gears.

Fun facts

• Klinklang is genderless, yet the PokéPad entry in PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond calls it male.
• Klinklang makes a cameo in the Kalos Pokémon League stage of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, alongside Steelix, Scizor and Honedge.
• In the manga Pokémon Adventures, the Battle Subway's Ingo has a Klinklang that fights White's Servine to a draw.

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

Base stats

• HP: 60
• Attack: 100
• Defense: 115
• Sp. Atk: 70
• Sp. Def: 85
• Speed: 90

Klinklang’s base stat total is 520. Its highest stat is Defense.

Type matchups

What is Klinklang weak to?

Klinklang takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Fighting (2×), Ground (2×) moves.

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

It is immune to Poison moves.

Evolution

What does Klinklang evolve from?

Klinklang evolves from Klang at level 49.

Klinklang is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Klink, Klang, Klinklang.

• Klink evolves into Klang at level 38.

Abilities

• Plus: Increases Special Attack to 1.5× when a friendly Pokémon has Plus or Minus.
• Minus: Increases Special Attack to 1.5× when a friendly Pokémon has Plus or Minus.
• Clear Body (hidden ability): Prevents stats from being lowered by other Pokémon.

Moves

Moves Klinklang learns by level up in Sword / Shield

TM moves (25)

Klinklang can learn 25 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Thunder Wave, Screech, Rest, Snore, Protect, Sandstorm, Facade, Assurance, Trick Room, Round, Volt Switch, Electric Terrain, Thunderbolt, Thunder, Substitute, Endure, Sleep Talk, Uproar, Iron Defense, Power Gem, Flash Cannon, Ally Switch, Wild Charge.

Move tutor moves (3): Rising Voltage, Steel Beam, Steel Roller.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Mineral.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 30 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Defense effort values.
• Base experience yield: 234.

Pokédex entries

The three gears that compose this Pokémon spin at high speed. Its new spiked gear isn't a living creature. (Shield)

From its spikes, it launches powerful blasts of electricity. Its red core contains an enormous amount of energy. (Sword)

Its red core functions as an energy tank. It fires the charged energy through its spikes into an area. (Black, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

The gear with the red core is rotated at high speed for a rapid energy charge. (White, X, Omega Ruby)

The minigear spins at high speed. Then the energy from the red core charges the minigear to make it ready to fire. (Black 2, White 2)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
• Heavier than 78% of all Pokémon (81 kg).
• Base stat total 520, ranked #214 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Defense, ranked #79 of 1,025.
• One of 65 Steel-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 107 gray Pokémon.
• Number 108 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 42 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 30: about 3.9% 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: Klinklang (Pokémon), Serebii: Klinklang (Sword/Shield Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (KLINK-klang): 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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