Lanturn

The Light Pokémon
#171 - Lanturn
Pre-Evolve	Chinchou
Debut	Pokémon: Gold Version Pokémon: Silver Version
Species Info
Type	+ +
Height	1.2 m (3'11")
Weight	22.5 kg (49.6 lbs.)
Color	Blue
Gender Ratio	1♂ : 1♀
Ability	Volt Absorb / Illuminate
Hidden Ability	Water Absorb
Egg Group	Water 2
Icon		Sprite
		File:171sprite.png
Footprint
30px
Base Statistics
Hit Points	125	Speed	67
Attack	58	Sp. Attack	76
Defense	58	Sp. Defense	76
Training Info
Catch Rate	075	Hatch Steps	5,120
Base Exp.	156	Effort Points	HP
Happiness	70		HP
To Lv.100	Slow

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Lanturn is an electric angler fish-like Pokémon that was introduced in the second generation games. It evolves from Chinchou.

Information

Chinchou evolves into Lanturn at Level 27. It has a singular antenna which shines a light bright enough to illuminate the ocean's surface from a depth of over three miles. Its light can sometimes even be seen from on board a ship at night. Lanturn's light gives the sea the appearance of a starlit night, so it has received the nickname of "The Deep-Sea Star". The light is produced by a chemical reaction between bacteria and its body fluids inside the antenna.

Lanturn also has bright, light-emitting orbs along its back, which were formed from part of its dorsal fin. It uses its light to lure in prey and intensifies the light to blind it before swallowing it whole.

Appearances

Mainstream Games

In Pokémon: Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver, Lanturn could be uncommonly found by fishing with the Super Rod at Routes 26 and 27, New Bark Town, Union Cave, Olivine Harbor, Vermilion City and Pallet Town. In HeartGold/SoulSilver, it could also be fished at Routes 20, 21, 41 and 47 as well as Cinnabar Island.

In Diamond and Pearl, it was rarely found when fishing at Route 220. In Black and White, they were rarely found by fishing in rippling water at Driftveil City.

Other Games

It could only be obtained by evolving a Chinchou in Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire as well as Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Teams. In Pokémon Channel, it appeared within the Secret Cove. In Pokémon Trozei!, it appeared at Secret Storage 13 and Mr. Who's Den. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness, it could be recruited at the first eighteen basement floors of Miracle Sea and the first four basement floors of Deep Miracle Sea. In Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, it appeared at the Sea of Wailord. It also appeared in Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs at Canal Ruins and Eastern Sea.

Other Appearances

Other Media

• In the Pokémon anime, Lanturn have made several appearances primarily within the Johto series, mostly in the possession of different trainers. It was first shown belonging on a child who usually rode it in the water and used it to play with a baby Luigia. In a later episode, a different Lanturn was able to use supersonic waves to locate missing Lapras. In one Sinnoh episode, Lanturn was shown as the strongest Pokémon of a trainer named Kyle during the Wallace Cup, and it was able to beat Ash's Buizel.
• In the Pokémon Adventures manga, it was shown as one of Misty's Pokémon during the Gold/Silver/Crystal arc, and she used it during her attempt to catch Suicune.

Trivia

• Its name is a simple play on "lantern".