#0467 · Sinnoh · Generation 4

Magmortar

Blast Pokémon · Fire-type

Magmortar is a Fire-type Pokémon, the Blast Pokémon, number 467 (#0467) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 4 and comes from the Sinnoh region. It is 1.6 m tall and weighs 68 kg.

Magmortar is the Blast Pokémon, a Fire type whose arms are cannons that fire fireballs hotter than 2,000°C (3,600°F). The Pokédex says it lives in volcanic craters, with just one male and one female to a volcano.

How to pronounce Magmortar

Magmortar is pronounced mag-MOR-ter. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Magmortar said out loud:

In Japanese it is ブーバーン (Booburn).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Magmortar is a large, egg-shaped, red and yellow striped Pokémon, 1.6 m tall and 68 kg, with yellow tube-like arms, a big flame on its head and more red flames along its shoulders and tail. Its claws can retract into its skin, forming a pressurised cannon. The Pokédex says living in a crater gave it an organ like a magma chamber.

Behaviour

Magmortar inhales deeply to push the fire in its belly hotter, and its body turns whitish when it fires. The Pokédex says its arm starts to melt if it fires a whole barrage, and it avoids fireballs when hunting prey. Some factories rely on its flames to process metal.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat and says it lives in volcanic craters. In Scarlet and Violet it is a Pokémon of The Indigo Disk, where you evolve Magmar or meet it in 5-star and 6-star Tera Raids, and it is not obtainable in Legends: Z-A.

Powers

Its Abilities are Flame Body and Vital Spirit, which is hidden. It learns Flamethrower, Fire Blast, Lava Plume, Fire Punch, Thunderbolt and Thunder Punch. With 125 base Special Attack and 83 base Speed it is a powerful but slightly slow special attacker.

Name origin

Magmortar may combine 'magma' and 'mortar', the artillery weapon. The Japanese name is Booburn (ブーバーン), perhaps from booby and 'burn'.

Design inspiration

Hironobu Yoshida designed Magmortar. It looks like a beefed-up take on the Karura, the bird-like mythical being behind Magmar's design, with an arm-cannon twist. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Magmar evolves into Magmortar when traded while holding a Magmarizer.

In the games

In Super Mystery Dungeon, Magmortar and four Magmar are the bosses at Fire Island Volcano, and in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia one guards the red circuit ball. It debuted in Diamond and Pearl.

In the anime

Paul's Magmortar made its series debut in 'Pedal to the Mettle!', already evolved from his Magmar.

Fun facts

• Magmortar is one of only four Pokémon that can have every Ribbon obtainable without events, along with Magmar, Magneton and Magnezone.
• Its Pokédex temperature differs by game: Moon says over 3,500°F, while other entries say over 3,600°F.
• In Pokémon Adventures, Flint's Magmortar first appears in the chapter 'Leaping Past Lopunny'.

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

Base stats

• HP: 75
• Attack: 95
• Defense: 67
• Sp. Atk: 125
• Sp. Def: 95
• Speed: 83

Magmortar’s base stat total is 540. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Magmortar weak to?

Magmortar 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

What does Magmortar evolve from?

Magmortar evolves from Magmar (Trade holding Magmarizer).

Magmortar is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Magby, Magmar, Magmortar.

• Magby evolves into Magmar at level 30.

Abilities

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

Moves

Moves Magmortar learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (55)

Magmortar can learn 55 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Low Kick, Acid Spray, Confuse Ray, Thief, Fire Spin, Facade, Bulldoze, Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, Low Sweep, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Brick Break, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Sleep Talk, Metronome, Poison Jab, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Taunt, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Hyper Voice, Heat Wave, Psychic, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Helping Hand, Fire Blast, Earthquake, Giga Impact, Overheat, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Flare Blitz, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Roar, Knock Off, Heat Crash, Uproar, Focus Punch, Weather Ball, Burning Jealousy, Double-Edge, Temper Flare, Scorching Sands, 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: Human-Like.
• Egg cycles: 25 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,200).
• Catch rate: 30 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 243.

Pokédex entries

Use of a strange item caused this Pokémon to evolve. Fireballs launched from the ends of its tubelike arms are hot enough to melt an iron pot in an instant. (Legends: Arceus)

Living in the crater of a volcano has caused this Pokémon's body to resemble its environment— it has an organ similar to a magma chamber. (Shield)

When Magmortar inhales deeply, the fire burning in its belly intensifies, rising in temperature to over 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit. (Sword)

Magmortar takes down its enemies by shooting fireballs, which burn them to a blackened crisp. It avoids this method when hunting prey. (Ultra Moon)

There are still quite a few factories that rely on the flames provided by Magmortar to process metals. (Ultra Sun)

From its arm, it launches fireballs hotter than 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit. Its arm starts to melt when it fires a whole barrage. (Moon)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 77% of all Pokémon (1.6 m).
• Heavier than 74% of all Pokémon (68 kg).
• Base stat total 540, ranked #136 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #52 of 1,025.
• One of 81 Fire-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 97 red Pokémon.
• Number 81 of 107 Pokémon introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 68 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 30: about 3.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 12 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: Magmortar (Pokémon), Serebii: Magmortar (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (mag-MOR-ter): 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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