Appearance
Tinkatuff is a pink humanoid Pokémon with a large head, big arms, and short toeless feet. Silver eyes and thin brows give it a permanently angry look, and it carries a large gray hammer.
#958
Tinkatuff
Hammer Pokémon
FairySteel
- Height
- 0.7 m
- Weight
- 59.1 kg
- Generation
- 9
- Region
- Paldea
Tinkatuff is a Fairy / Steel-type Pokémon, No. 958 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea region).
« These Pokémon make their homes in piles of scrap metal. They test the strength of each other’s hammers by smashing them together. »
Its story
Lifestyle
It evolves from Tinkatink, then into Tinkaton when it forges its hammer. It preys on Pawniard and Bisharp to take their metal. Female only, it lives mainly in Paldea's ruins.
In the anime
Dot's Tinkatuff debuts when her Tinkatink evolves against a Terastallized Bombirdier. She Terastallizes into a Steel type, then evolves into Tinkaton. Her hammer has a light pink handle.
Name origin
Megumi Mizutani designed Tinkatuff and its relatives. The name may blend tinker, an itinerant tinsmith, and tough. Its size and types may recall dwarfs often shown smithing iron.
Did you know?
- It also attacks Corviknight to steal feathers for its hammer.
- Two Tinkatuff smash their hammers together to test their strength.
- The Sleep Style Dex notes that its large hammer also serves as a pillow.
Found in the Pokédex of:
KalosPaldea
In other languages
Forgella
Tafforgita
ナカヌチャン벼리짱巧鍛匠