Cufant (Pokmon) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia
Publish date: 2024-05-11
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Cufant (Japanese: ゾウドウ Zoudou) is a Steel-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.
It evolves into Copperajah starting at level 34.
Biology
Cufant is a roughly spherical elephantine Pokémon with a body made of copper. The tip of its trunk is shaped like a spoon or shovel, and Cufant uses it to dig in the ground and carve out rocks and ores to eat. It has four stout legs, and each leg has a single anterior nail. Cufant has a bulbous dome atop its head and a short bobtail.
Most of its body is a tangerine color, but its ventral side is lighter. It's also covered in patches of green where rain has tarnished the copper in its skin. It has two such patches at the base of its trunk, and a dappled tarnish pattern on its domed skull and dorsal side. The tip of its trunk and the rims of its nails are also tarnished green, and it has a green patch behind each of its eyes.
Cufant is said to be tremendously strong, carrying loads of over five tons with minimal effort. Cufant and Copperajah are docile in nature, and were introduced to the Galar and Paldea regions to assist with heavy labor. It travels in herds, searching for food in caves in the morning.
Evolution
Cufant evolves into Copperajah.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Game data
Pokédex entries
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| Generation VIII | | Galar
#302 | | Galar
Crown Tundra #108 | | Sinnoh
#— | | Hisui
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| This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus. |
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| Sword | It digs up the ground with its trunk. It's also very strong, being able to carry loads of over five tons without any problem at all. |
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| Shield | If a job requires serious strength, this Pokémon will excel at it. Its copper body tarnishes in the rain, turning a vibrant green color. |
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| Generation IX | | Paldea
#124 | | Kitakami
#— | | Blueberry
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| Scarlet | Using the pointy tip of its trunk, it carves off chunks of hard rocks to eat. It is very docile and helps people with physical labor. |
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| Violet | Cufant can lift loads weighing five tons. In the mornings, it heads into caves with its herd, in search of the ore on which these Pokémon feed. |
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Game locations
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In events
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| SwSh | Wild Area News | No | 17, 30 | March 26 to April 28, 2020
June 30 to July 16, 2020
July 20 to 31, 2020 |
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cufant
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Cufant
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cufant
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Cufant
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Cufant
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cufant
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Cufant
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Side game data
Evolution data
Sprites
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In the anime
Major appearances
Minor appearances
Cufant debuted in a flashback in Sword and Shield: "From Here to Eternatus!", under the ownership of Rose. It is his Copperajah in the present day.
A Trainer's Cufant appeared in The Bittersweet Truth. It was used in a battle against Mitchell where it defeated his Vanillite.
In the manga
In the TCG
Main article: Cufant (TCG)Trivia
Icon for Galar Minerals- The company logo for Galar Minerals depicts a Cufant head.
- Cufant's English category, "Copperderm", may be a combination of copper and -derm (suffix derived from an Ancient Greek word meaning "skin") or Pachyderm. The name can be taken to mean "copper skin".
Origin
Cufant resembles an Indian elephant calf with a spade for a trunk. It may also be based on elephant statues common in Indian art and Thai art. The way its copper body tarnishes in the rain may be inspired by how metallic copper oxides into cupric oxide when exposed to the environment.
Name origin
Cufant may be a combination of Cu (element symbol for copper), cuprum (the Latin name for copper from which the symbol is derived), or cute, and elephant or infant.
Zoudou may be a combination of 象 zō (elephant) and 銅 dō (copper) or 童 dō (child). It may also reference 銅像 dōzō (bronze statue).
In other languages
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| More languages |  Hindi | कॉपाराती Copperaati | From copper and हाथी hāthī |  Thai | โซโด Sodo | Transcription of Japanese name |
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