#0240 · Johto · Generation 2 · baby

Magby

Live Coal Pokémon · Fire-type

Magby is a Fire-type Pokémon, the Live Coal Pokémon, number 240 (#0240) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 2 and comes from the Johto region. It is 0.7 m tall and weighs 21.4 kg.

Magby is the Live Coal Pokémon, a small, timid baby so hot that, the Pokédex says, a small enough pond dries up if it falls in. You can read its health from its fire: yellow flames mean it is well, black smoke means it is tired.

How to pronounce Magby

Magby is pronounced MAG-bee. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Magby said out loud:

In Japanese it is ブビィ (Buby).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Magby is a bipedal red baby, 0.7 m tall and 21.4 kg, with a flame-shaped yellow marking on its belly, a black collar, a rounded yellow beak and lumps on its head. The Pokédex gives its body temperature as around 600°C (1,100°F), and embers drip from its mouth and nose as it breathes.

Behaviour

Magby is small and timid, and the Pokédex says flames leak from its mouth and nose when it gets excited or surprised. At the end of the day it soaks in magma to recover from the day's fatigue. A Magby with flames dripping from its nose has a cold, and the cure is a good rest in some magma.

Habitat

The Pokédex habitat is mountain, and its entries place it in volcanic craters; Bulbapedia notes it can also be seen in towns. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in the Indigo Disk's Coastal and Savanna Biomes and Torchlit Labyrinth. It is not obtainable in Legends: Z-A.

Powers

Its Abilities are Flame Body and Vital Spirit, which is hidden. It learns Ember, Flame Wheel, Fire Punch, Flamethrower, Lava Plume and Fire Blast. Its base Attack of 75 and Speed of 83 are good for a baby.

Name origin

Magby may combine 'magma' with 'baby' or 'booby', a seabird. The Japanese name is Buby (ブビィ), perhaps booby plus baby.

Design inspiration

The spike on Magby's back gives it the look of a baby iguana, and its face may recall hyottoko masks, which show a man puffing fire through a bamboo tube. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Magby evolves into Magmar at level 30.

In the games

In Legends: Arceus, Magby can be found around Firespit Island in the Cobalt Coastlands. It first appeared in Gold and Silver as one of the Generation II baby Pokémon.

In the anime

Magby debuted in the short 'Pikachu & Pichu' as a friend of the Pichu Brothers. In 'You're A Star, Larvitar!', a Trainer works to get his Magby to evolve into Magmar before the Silver Conference, and succeeds.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says Magby has the lowest possible maximum Pokéathlon performance of any Pokémon, reaching only 3 stars in each of its five stats.
• A Moon entry says Magby's gentle flames help a well-known potter produce fine work.
• A Crystal entry says that when many Magby appear, it heralds a volcanic eruption.
• In the Spaceworld '97 demo it appears to have been a baby Magmar called Bubyi (ブビィ).

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

Base stats

• HP: 45
• Attack: 75
• Defense: 37
• Sp. Atk: 70
• Sp. Def: 55
• Speed: 83

Magby’s base stat total is 365. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Magby weak to?

Magby takes extra damage from Water (2×), Ground (2×), Rock (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Grass (½×), Ice (½×), Bug (½×), Steel (½×), Fairy (½×).

Evolution

How does Magby evolve?

Magby evolves into Magmar at level 30.

The whole family: Magby, Magmar, Magmortar.

• Magmar evolves into Magmortar (Trade holding Magmarizer).

Abilities

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

Moves

Moves Magby learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (35)

Magby can learn 35 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Low Kick, Acid Spray, Confuse Ray, Thief, Fire Spin, Facade, Flame Charge, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Brick Break, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Sleep Talk, Poison Jab, Rest, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Heat Wave, Psychic, Flamethrower, Helping Hand, Fire Blast, Overheat, Flare Blitz, Tera Blast, Focus Punch, Burning Jealousy, Double-Edge, Temper Flare, Curse.

Egg moves (7):Belch, Belly Drum, Cross Chop, Dynamic Punch, Focus Punch, Follow Me, Mach Punch.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 75% male, 25% female.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 25 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,200).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Speed effort value.
• Base experience yield: 73.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon lives in volcanic areas. With each breath, sparks spurt from its mouth and nose. When Magby is in good health, its flames gain a yellow tint. (Legends: Arceus)

This Pokémon makes its home near volcanoes. At the end of the day, Magby soaks in magma, resting and recovering from the day's fatigue. (Shield)

This Pokémon is still small and timid. Whenever Magby gets excited or surprised, flames leak from its mouth and its nose. (Sword)

Its body temperature is always around 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit. If Magby falls into a smallenough pond, the whole thing will dry up. (Ultra Moon)

When flames drip from its nose, that means it has a cold. Have it lie down for a nice rest in some magma. (Ultra Sun)

A famous potter lives with a Magby. Apparently its soft flames produce fine works. (Moon)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 34% of all Pokémon (0.7 m).
• Heavier than 44% of all Pokémon (21.4 kg).
• Base stat total 365, ranked #676 of 1,025.
• One of 81 Fire-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 97 red Pokémon.
• Number 89 of 100 Pokémon introduced in Generation 2 (Johto).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 48 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 20 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: Magby (Pokémon), Serebii: Magby (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (MAG-bee): 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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