#0379 · Hoenn · Generation 3 · legendary

Registeel

Iron Pokémon · Steel-type

Registeel is a Steel-type Pokémon, the Iron Pokémon, number 379 (#0379) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 1.9 m tall and weighs 205 kg.

Registeel is the Iron Pokémon, a hollow giant whose body is harder than any known metal yet stretches and shrinks. Ancient people locked it away, and the Pokédex says its metal may not be from this planet.

How to pronounce Registeel

Registeel is pronounced REJ-ee-steel. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Registeel said out loud:

In Japanese it is レジスチル.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Registeel is 1.9 m tall and 205 kg, a silver, mostly spherical robot with a disc-like lower half and black arms with three fingers each. Its black face is ringed by raised metal and carries seven red dots in a hexagon, and the backs of its hands show three red triangles. The Pokédex says its body is hollow and that tens of thousands of years of pressure underground tempered it until it could not be scratched.

Behaviour

Registeel keeps its secrets. A Sapphire entry says ancient people imprisoned it and that its metal is thought to be a substance not of this earth. A Shield entry says rumour holds that it was born deep in the planet's mantle and reached the surface 10,000 years ago, and Bulbapedia's summary of the legend says Regigigas made it from magma.

Habitat

The species data lists caves. Bulbapedia places its seal in Hoenn's Ancient Tomb and in the Iron Ruins in Galar's Crown Tundra. In Scarlet and Violet it can only arrive through Pokémon HOME or events, and Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

Diet

The Pokédex says no one has any idea what it eats.

Powers

Registeel has the Ability Clear Body, with Light Metal hidden. Its base Defense and Special Defense are both 150, and that makes it extremely hard to dent. It strikes with Iron Head, Flash Cannon and Steel Beam, can set Stealth Rock, and uses Iron Defense and Amnesia to become sturdier still.

Name origin

Registeel may combine the Latin regis ('of a king') with 'steel'. The Japanese name is Registeel (レジスチル).

Design inspiration

Registeel may be based on Hebrew golems, and given its metal body it could also be a humanoid robot. Bulbapedia suggests the five giants are themed after historical epochs, with Registeel standing for the Iron Age. These are fan readings.

In the games

Registeel is sealed in the Ancient Tomb in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, its first games, and only one can be caught. Pyramid King Brandon fields one when you take on his Silver Symbol challenge in Emerald.

In the anime

Brandon's Registeel debuted in 'Overjoyed!', where it beat Ash's Torkoal at the Battle Pyramid after a tough battle. In 'Chasing to the Finish!', Quillon catches one at Galar's Iron Ruins for Project Mew.

Fun facts

• In the Kalos Pokémon League stage of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Ultimate, Registeel sometimes appears as a hazard and stomps so that the swords fixed in the stage fly upwards.
• Bulbapedia says Registeel is the only legendary giant with no base stat reaching 200, and the only one whose Attack and Special Attack, both 75, are not multiples of 10.
• Registeel shares both its Abilities, Clear Body and the hidden Light Metal, with the Beldum evolutionary line.

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

Base stats

• HP: 80
• Attack: 75
• Defense: 150
• Sp. Atk: 75
• Sp. Def: 150
• Speed: 50

Registeel’s base stat total is 580. Its highest stat is Defense and Sp. Def.

Type matchups

What is Registeel weak to?

Registeel 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

Registeel does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Abilities

• Clear Body: Prevents stats from being lowered by other Pokémon.
• Light Metal (hidden ability): Halves the Pokémon's weight.

Moves

Moves Registeel learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (47)

Registeel can learn 47 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Protect, Charge Beam, Facade, Bulldoze, Metal Claw, Rock Tomb, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Brick Break, Shadow Claw, Body Slam, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Thunder Wave, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Body Press, Flash Cannon, Iron Head, Substitute, Iron Defense, Stealth Rock, Heavy Slam, Ice Spinner, Thunderbolt, Amnesia, Earthquake, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Steel Beam, Tera Blast, Sand Tomb, Gravity, Focus Punch, Double-Edge, Meteor Beam, Metal Sound, Curse, Hard Press.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 80 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 10,240).
• Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 35.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Defense and 1 Sp. Def effort values.
• Base experience yield: 261.

Pokédex entries

It's rumored that this Pokémon was born deep underground in the planet's mantle and that it emerged onto the surface 10,000 years ago. (Shield)

Registeel's body is made of a strange material that is flexible enough to stretch and shrink but also more durable than any metal. (Sword)

Registeel was imprisoned by people in ancient times. The metal composing its body is thought to be a curious substance that is not of this earth. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)

Registeel has a body that is harder than any kind of metal. Its body is apparently hollow. No one has any idea what this Pokémon eats. (Ruby, Omega Ruby)

Its body is said to be harder than any kind of metal. A study has revealed that its body is hollow. (HeartGold, SoulSilver, Y)

Tempered by pressure underground over tens of thousands of years, its body cannot be scratched. (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Sp. Def among Steel types: 150, shared with 1 other.
• Highest Sp. Def among Steel types in Gen 3: 150.
• Taller than 86% of all Pokémon (1.9 m).
• Heavier than 92% of all Pokémon (205 kg).
• Base stat total 580, ranked #69 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Def, ranked #6 of 1,025.
• One of 65 Steel-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 107 gray Pokémon.
• Number 128 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Can learn 54 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 8 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: Registeel (Pokémon), Serebii: Registeel (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (REJ-ee-steel): 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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