#0957 · Paldea · Generation 9

Tinkatink

Metalsmith Pokémon · Fairy/Steel-type

Tinkatink is a Fairy/Steel-type Pokémon, the Metalsmith Pokémon, number 957 (#0957) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 0.4 m tall and weighs 8.9 kg.

Tinkatink is the Metalsmith Pokémon, a small pink Fairy and Steel type that hammers scrap iron into its own hammer and keeps remaking it until it is satisfied. The Pokédex says metal-eating Pokémon often steal it.

How to pronounce Tinkatink

Tinkatink is pronounced TINK-uh-tink. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Tinkatink said out loud:

In Japanese it is カヌチャン (Kanuchan).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Tinkatink is a small pink humanoid, 0.4 m tall and 8.9 kg, with a big head, stumpy toeless feet and a steel plate on its chest. It carries a crude grey hammer with a short handle, like a baby's rattle, made from iron scraps and from tools and metal fragments found in mines or steel factories. Tinkatink and both of its evolutions are female only.

Behaviour

The Pokédex says Tinkatink waves its home-made hammer about to defend itself. Bulbapedia adds that Tinkatink can tell good scrap metal from bad.

Habitat

Bulbapedia says it lives in ruins across Paldea, and Serebii lists a Ruins biome. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in the South, East and West Provinces and the Asado Desert, and it appears in 2-star Tera Raids.

Powers

Mold Breaker lets its moves ignore defensive Abilities, Own Tempo prevents confusion and Pickpocket is hidden. It swings its hammer with Metal Claw, Slam and Brutal Swing, and learns Play Rough, Fake Out, Flash Cannon and Knock Off as it grows. Its best stat is a base Special Defense of 64.

Name origin

Tinkatink may blend 'tinker' (a travelling tinsmith) with 'pink' or 'tink', the sound of metal being struck. The Japanese name is Kanuchan (カヌチャン), perhaps kanuchi (blacksmith) plus the friendly suffix -chan.

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia credits Megumi Mizutani with the whole line, citing her post on social media. Given its type pair and size, Tinkatink may be inspired by dwarfs and other folk-tale smiths, and with its rattle-like hammer it also resembles a baby. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Tinkatink becomes Tinkatuff at level 24, and that stage becomes Tinkaton at level 38.

In the games

Tinkatink is the first stage of the Tinkaton line, introduced in Scarlet and Violet. In Legends: Z-A it appears in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose, with Hyperspace dex number 16, and Bulbapedia says the base game can obtain it only by trade.

In the anime

Dot caught a Tinkatink in the Horizons episode 'Tinkatink's Ideal Hammer'. It evolved into Tinkatuff in 'Tinkatink's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Day' and later into Tinkaton.

Fun facts

• At 297, its base stat total is the lowest of any Steel type.
• It is the slowest Fairy type of Generation IX, with a base Speed of 58.
• Bulbapedia notes that, according to Pokémon Sleep, it sometimes sleeps holding its hammer with care.
• Breeding can give it Feint, Ice Hammer and Quash.

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

Base stats

• HP: 50
• Attack: 45
• Defense: 45
• Sp. Atk: 35
• Sp. Def: 64
• Speed: 58

Tinkatink’s base stat total is 297. Its highest stat is Sp. Def.

Type matchups

What is Tinkatink weak to?

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

It resists Bug (¼×), Normal (½×), Grass (½×), Ice (½×), Flying (½×), Psychic (½×), Rock (½×), Dark (½×), Fairy (½×).

It is immune to Poison, Dragon moves.

Evolution

How does Tinkatink evolve?

Tinkatink evolves into Tinkatuff at level 24.

The whole family: Tinkatink, Tinkatuff, Tinkaton.

• Tinkatuff evolves into Tinkaton at level 38.

Abilities

• Mold Breaker: Bypasses targets' abilities if they could hinder or prevent a move.
• Own Tempo: Prevents confusion.
• Pickpocket (hidden ability): Steals attacking Pokémon's held items on contact.

Moves

Moves Tinkatink learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (33)

Tinkatink can learn 33 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Fake Tears, Protect, Thief, Pounce, Facade, Metal Claw, Rock Tomb, Draining Kiss, Fling, Endure, Foul Play, Sleep Talk, Reflect, Light Screen, Metronome, Thunder Wave, Rest, Rock Slide, Swords Dance, Flash Cannon, Skill Swap, Substitute, Stealth Rock, Encore, Play Rough, Helping Hand, Stone Edge, Steel Beam, Tera Blast, Knock Off, Endeavor, Skitter Smack, Metal Sound.

Egg moves (3):Feint, Ice Hammer, Quash.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 0% male, 100% female.
• Egg groups: Fairy.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 190 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 1 Sp. Def effort value.
• Base experience yield: 59.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon pounds iron scraps together to make a hammer. It will remake the hammer again and again until it's satisfied with the result. (Violet)

It swings its handmade hammer around to protect itself, but the hammer is often stolen by Pokémon that eat metal. (Scarlet)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lowest base stat total among Steel types: 297.
• Lightest Steel type in Gen 9: 8.9 kg.
• Shortest Steel type in Gen 9: 0.4 m.
• Lowest base stat total among Steel types in Gen 9: 297.
• Slowest Fairy type in Gen 9: 58 Speed.
• Lowest base stat total among Fairy types in Gen 9: 297.
• Taller than 11% of all Pokémon (0.4 m).
• Heavier than 26% of all Pokémon (8.9 kg).
• Base stat total 297, ranked #881 of 1,025.
• One of 6 Pokémon that are both Fairy and Steel.
• One of 60 pink Pokémon.
• Number 52 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 46 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 190: about 24.8% 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 open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Tinkatink (Pokémon), Serebii: Tinkatink (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (TINK-uh-tink): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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