Forretress (Pokémon)

Total: 2
Forretress
0 HP	0 Atk	2 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

Shape

Footprint

Pokédex color

Purple

Base friendship

70

External Links

On Smogon Pokédex:
Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

It evolves from Pineco starting at level 31.

Biology

Forretress is a large, spherical Pokémon with no visible limbs. The upper and lower halves of its body are capped by bumpy steel plates. The outer plates have zigzagging ridges that open along its back and front, revealing its smooth, red inner shell. The inner shell is punctuated by four cylindrical spikes, each tapering to an open point. Between the spikes, the inner shell opens along a straight line to reveal Forretress's eyes, which are round with large pupils. Whatever else lies inside its shell is unknown.

Forretress can defend itself from enemies by shooting out pieces of its outer shell, as a conditioned reflex rather than a conscious effort. It opens its shell to capture prey, but this happens so quickly that its interior body cannot be seen. It lives in tropical and temperate forests, attaching itself immovably to tree trunks.

In the anime

Forretress in the anime

Brock's Forretress

In Entei at Your Own Risk, Brock's Pineco evolved into a Forretress in order to save a group of Pokémon at a hot spring from Team Rocket. When Brock went to Hoenn, the only Pokémon he brought with him was his Forretress. Brock later left Forretress at home when he headed to Sinnoh.

Minor appearances

In A Bite to Remember, Brock's demonstration featured a Forretress evolving from a Pineco.

In Win, Lose or Drew!, a Coordinator's Forretress competed in the Slateport Contest.

In Steeling Peace of Mind!, a Forretress was affected by Team Galactic's meddling on Iron Island.

Pokédex entries

Episode	Pokémon	Source	Entry
EP259	Forretress	Ash's Pokédex	Forretress, the Bagworm Pokémon. Forretress is the evolved form of Pineco. Its entire body is covered in a steel-hard shell.

In the manga

Forretress in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Forretress debuted in Forretress of Solitude, under the ownership of the Pokémon Association. Red had to fight two to pass his aptitude test to be Viridian City's Gym Leader.

A Forretress was seen in Crossing Crobat, under the ownership of Janine. She used it to escape from the security guards with its Spikes after she tried to steal a Big Pearl from the Goldenrod Museum as a security test.

A Forretress appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

Carr has many Forretress, which first appeared in A Beastly Cold Reception. He often orders an Explosion attack to destroy the surroundings. Near the end of the FireRed & LeafGreen chapter, he has ten of them nearly detonate the Team Rocket airship after realizing that Giovanni had planned to use the Three Beasts as pawns to reunite with his son.

In Softening Up Kakuna, a Forretress was used by a Trainer that was challenging the Battle Factory.

Multiple Forretress appeared in a picture in Omega Alpha Adventure 4.

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

A Trainer's Forretress appeared in Let's Fight For The Future!!.

In the TCG

Main article: Forretress (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokémon: Magikarp Jump: Forretress may appear during training. As part of the "Forretress Push" training session, the player's Magikarp pushes it to earn JP.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.

Generation II

Johto
#094

Gold	Its entire body is shielded by a steel-hard shell. What lurks inside the armor is a total mystery.
Silver	It remains immovably rooted to its tree. It scatters pieces of its hard shell to drive its enemies away.
Crystal	Usually found hanging on to a fat tree trunk. It shoots out bits of its shell when it sees action.
Stadium 2	Its entire body is shielded by a steel-hard shell. What lurks inside the armor is a total mystery.

Generation III

Hoenn
#—

Kanto
#—

Sapphire
Ruby	Forretress conceals itself inside its hardened steel shell. The shell is opened when the Pokémon is catching prey, but it does so at such a quick pace that the shell's inside cannot be seen.
Emerald	It keeps itself inside its steel shell. The shell is opened when it is catching prey, but it is so quick that the shell's inside cannot be seen.
FireRed	It remains immovably rooted to its tree. It scatters pieces of its hard shell to drive its enemies away.
LeafGreen	Its entire body is shielded by a steel-hard shell. What lurks inside the armor is a total mystery.

Generation IV

Sinnoh
#—

Johto
#094

Pearl
Diamond	It is encased in a steel shell. Its peering eyes are all that can be seen of its mysterious innards.
Platinum
HeartGold	Its entire body is shielded by a steel-hard shell. What lurks inside the armor is a total mystery.
SoulSilver	It remains immovably rooted to its tree. It scatters pieces of its hard shell to drive its enemies away.

Generation V

Unova
#—

White
Black	It is encased in a steel shell. Its peering eyes are all that can be seen of its mysterious innards.
Black 2	It is encased in a steel shell. Its peering eyes are all that can be seen of its mysterious innards.
White 2

Generation VI

Kalos
#—

Hoenn
#—

Alpha Sapphire
X	It is encased in a steel shell. Its peering eyes are all that can be seen of its mysterious innards.
Y	It remains immovably rooted to its tree. It scatters pieces of its hard shell to drive its enemies away.
Omega Ruby	Forretress conceals itself inside its hardened steel shell. The shell is opened when the Pokémon is catching prey, but it does so at such a quick pace that the shell's inside cannot be seen.

Generation VII

Alola
USUM: #269

Kanto
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Sun, Moon, Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!‎.
Ultra Sun	When something approaches it, it fires off fragments of its steel shell in attack. This is not a conscious action but a conditioned reflex.
Ultra Moon	In the moment that it gulps down its prey, the inside of its shell is exposed, but to this day, no one has ever seen that sight.

Generation VIII

Galar
#—

Sinnoh
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Sword and Shield.
Brilliant Diamond	It is encased in a steel shell. Forretress's eyes peer out, but what lies within this Pokémon's shell is unknown.
Shining Pearl

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.

Generation II

Generation III

Shadow PKMN Lab (Shadow)

Generation IV

Generation V

Generation VI

Friend Safari (Steel)

Omega Ruby

Alpha Sapphire

Mirage Forest (west of Route 105) and Mirage Mountains (west of Route 104, north of Lilycove City, northeast of Route 125, and south of Route 131)

Generation VII

Unobtainable

Generation VIII

Unobtainable

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.

Generation II

This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation II side games.

Generation III

Trozei!

Endless Level 59, Endless Level 69, Forever Level 9, Mr. Who's Den

Generation IV

Sky Stairway (1F-49F)

MD Sky

Sky Stairway (1F-49F)

Ranger: SoA

Vien Forest

Ranger: GS

Sophian Road, Canal Ruins, Forest Temple, Light Temple

Generation V

Rumble Blast

Forest: World Axle - B1F, Cave: All*

Conquest

Evolve Pineco

Rumble U

Toy Collection: Launch to Victory!, Variety Battle: Pokémon on a Roll

Generation VI

Battle Trozei

Infinite Ruins: Stage 1

Shuffle

Event: Pokémon Safari (Seventh release)

Rumble World

Gold Plateau: Verdant Grove (All Areas, Entrance Boss)

Generation VII

Rumble Rush

Entei Sea, Charizard Sea²⁰²⁰, Entei Sea^Final

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 75		135 - 182	260 - 354
Attack: 90		85 - 156	166 - 306
Defense: 140		130 - 211	256 - 416
Sp. Atk: 60		58 - 123	112 - 240
Sp. Def: 60		58 - 123	112 - 240
Speed: 40		40 - 101	76 - 196
Total: 465	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed
1/2	★☆

Power
4/4	★★★★

Skill
3/4	★★★☆

Stamina
4/5	★★★★☆

Jump
2/3	★★☆

Total
14/18	★★☆

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is:

Damaged
normally by:

Fighting

1×

Flying

1×

Ground

1×

Rock

1×

Ghost

1×

Water

1×

Electric

1×

Dark

1×

Weak to:

Fire

4×

Immune to:

Poison

0×

Resistant to:

Normal

½×

Bug

½×

Steel

½×

Grass

¼×

Psychic

½×

Ice

½×

Dragon

½×

Fairy

½×

Notes:

If this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of Poison-type moves is 1×.
Prior to Generation VI, the effectiveness of Dark-type moves was ½×.
Prior to Generation VI, the effectiveness of Ghost-type moves was ½×.

Learnset

Forretress is available in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

By leveling up

Generation VIII

Other generations:
II - III - IV - V - VI - VII

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
011	Autotomize	Steel	Status	0000—	——%	15
011	Heavy Slam	Steel	Physical	0000—	100100%	10
011	Zap Cannon	Electric	Special	120120	05050%	5
011	Magnet Rise	Electric	Status	0000—	——%	10
011	Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	0000—	——%	20
011	Tackle	Normal	Physical	04040	100100%	35
011	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	——%	10
011	Self-Destruct	Normal	Physical	200200	100100%	5
011	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	06060	100100%	20
Evo.Evo.	Autotomize	Steel	Status	0000—	——%	15
066	Self-Destruct	Normal	Physical	200200	100100%	5
099	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	06060	100100%	20
1212	Take Down	Normal	Physical	09090	08585%	20
1717	Rapid Spin	Normal	Physical	05050	100100%	40
2020	Reflect	Psychic	Status	0000—	——%	20
2323	Rollout	Rock	Physical	03030	09090%	20
2828	Spikes	Ground	Status	0000—	——%	20
3232	Payback	Dark	Physical	05050	100100%	10
3636	Explosion	Normal	Physical	250250	100100%	5
4242	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	0000—	——%	15
4646	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	0000—	100100%	5
5050	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120120	100100%	15
5656	Magnet Rise	Electric	Status	0000—	——%	10
6060	Zap Cannon	Electric	Special	120120	05050%	5
6464	Heavy Slam	Steel	Physical	0000—	100100%	10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Forretress
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Forretress
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM

Generation VIII

Other generations:
II - III - IV - V - VI - VII

	TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM11	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
TM15	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	090}}90%	5
TM16	TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
TM17	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM19	TM19	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	07575	100}}100%	10
TM22	TM22	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
TM26	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100100	100}}100%	10
TM28	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	08080	100}}100%	10
TM32	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
TM33	TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
TM37	TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM39	TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	06060	095}}95%	15
TM42	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM43	TM43	Volt Switch	Electric	Special	07070	100}}100%	20
TM44	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM45	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
TM58	TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM62	TM62	Bug Buzz	Bug	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TM64	TM64	Explosion	Normal	Physical	250250	100}}100%	5
TM66	TM66	Payback	Dark	Physical	05050	100}}100%	10
TM68	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
TM69	TM69	Rock Polish	Rock	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
TM74	TM74	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	5
TM80	TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	07575	090}}90%	10
TM82	TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM83	TM83	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	06060	100}}100%	20
TM87	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	085}}85%	15
TM90	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM91	TM91	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	08080	100}}100%	10
TM96	TM96	Strength	Normal	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
TM98	TM98	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	04040	100}}100%	15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Forretress
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Forretress
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VIII

Other generations:
II - III - IV - V - VI - VII

Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15
Flail*	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15
Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95%	20
Power Trick	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
Revenge	Fighting	Physical	60	100%	10
Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	35	85%	15
Swift	Normal	Special	60	—%	20
Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	—%	20

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Forretress in Generation VIII
Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Forretress in that game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Forretress
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Forretress
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation VIII

Other generations:
II - III - IV - V - VI - VII

Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Forretress
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Forretress
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

Generation VIII

Other generations:
II - III - IV - V - VI - VII

Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior evolutions.

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Forretress
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Forretress
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!

Rarity: Rare

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team

	Body size: 1
	Recruit rate: Evolve
	Friend Area: Secretive Forest
Phrases
51%-100% HP	What goes on inside my shell is a secret!
26%-50% HP	Now, this isn't pretty. I'm seeing my health down halfway.
1%-25% HP	I'm about done... Haven't got any power left to give...
Level up	Say, now, I leveled up! My shell's grown thicker, too!

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky

	Body size: 1
	Recruit rate: 0.5%
	IQ group: E

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

Group:

Steel

Poké Assist:

Steel

Field move:

(Crush ×2)

Browser entry R-111

It flings gooey blobs. Beware: it may explode.

Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs

Group:

Steel

Poké Assist:
(present)

Normal

Field move:
(present)

(Tackle ×3)

Poké Assist:
(past)

Normal

Field move:
(past)

(Tackle ×1)

Browser entry R-191/N-031

It causes explosions around itself.

Pokémon Rumble Blast

Attack	●●●
Defense	●●●●
Speed	●●●

Pokémon Rumble Rush

	Walking Speed: 1.13 seconds	Base HP: 54
	Base Attack: 77	Base Defense: 59	Base Speed: 60

Pokémon Conquest

	HP:	★★★	Move: Gyro Ball
	Attack:	★★★	Ability 1: Sturdy Ability 2: Jagged Edge Ability 3: Explode
	Defense:	★★★★
	Speed:	★★
	Evolves from Pineco when its Defense is 73 or higher
Range: 3	Perfect Links: Kame, Ujizane, and Yoshimoto

Pokémon Battle Trozei

Bug

Attack Power:

★★★★★

Pokémon Shuffle

Bug

Attack Power: 60 - 105

5

#492

Rock Break+

Sometimes destroys three breakable-rock disruptions.

Pokémon GO

Base Stamina: 181	Base Attack: 161	Base Defense: 205
Egg Distance: N/A	Buddy Distance: 5 km	Evolution Requirement: N/A
Fast Attacks: Bug Bite, Struggle Bug
Charged Attacks: Heavy Slam, Earthquake, Rock Tomb, Sand Tomb, Mirror Shot, Frustration‡, Return‡

Evolution

Unevolved

Pineco
Bug

Level 31
→

First evolution

Forretress
Bug Steel

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.

Generation II

Gold		Silver		Crystal


Front	Back	Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation III

Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen


Front	Back	Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation IV

Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver


Front	Back	Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation V

Black	White	Black 2	White 2


Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VI

X	Y	Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire


Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VII

Sun	Moon	Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon


Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VIII

HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Forretress images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Forretress and its pre-evolution share their category with Burmy and Wormadam. They are all known as the Bagworm Pokémon.
Forretress is the first original Steel Pokémon in the National Pokédex, as Magnemite and its evolution were not Steel types in Generation I.
Forretress's Crystal still sprite is different from that of Gold and Silver, making it one of few Pokémon to have three distinctly different sprites in Generation II.
In Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs, its Poké Assist is shown to be Steel in the capture screen, but turns out to be Normal after the capture.

Origin

Forretress is based on a bagworm, possibly one inhabiting a discarded shell of a horse chestnut or a walnut. Because of its "shell", and the fact its spikes resemble cannons, it may have been based on a giant clam or other mussels and shellfish with functioning nozzles.

Name origin

Forretress and Foretos are a combination of forest and fortress. It may also contain turret, referring to the nozzles on its body that it uses to launch Spikes, and/or ferrous, from the Latin for iron/steel, referring to the steel quality of the shell.

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Japanese	フォレトス Foretos	From forest, turret, and fortress
French	Foretress	Similar to English name
Spanish	Forretress	Same as English name
German	Forstellka	From Forst and Kastell
Italian	Forretress	Same as English name
Korean	쏘콘 Ssokon	From 쏘다 ssoda and pine cone. May involve 소나무 sonamoo.
Cantonese Chinese
Mandarin Chinese	佛烈托斯 Fúliètuōsī* 佛烈託斯 Fúliètuōsī*	Transliteration of its Japanese name

More languages
Hindi	फोरेट्रेस Forretress	Transcription of English name
Russian	Форетресс Forretress	Transcription of English name
Thai	ฟอเรทอส Forethot	Transcription of Japanese name

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Forretress (Pokémon)

Biology

In the anime

Brock's Forretress

Minor appearances

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

In the TCG

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

By breeding

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Evolution

Sprites

Trivia

Origin

Name origin

In other languages

Related articles

External links