Tag: Baltoy

Hey there Mr. Bill! I’m a student who’s been abroad in Hoenn for some time now. I’ll be moving back to Sinnoh in just a little bit, but not before making a quick trip through Kalos. My question is that I caught one of those neat little Baltoys that hang around old ruins here. Is there anything I should know before bringing the little fella along on my travels or before I settle back in Sinnoh again?

Luckily, baltoy are actually fairly easy to care for. As artificial pokémon, they don’t need food, water, or the like, although they may enjoy eating now and then. That is to say, it’s okay to give them poké beans, poké puffs, kibble, or so forth, but they won’t die if you forget to do so.

Beyond that, simply give your baltoy a level, solid surface to rest on as well as toys to amuse itself with (baltoy have no specific preference, so experiment with yours to determine what it seems to like), and it will be perfectly happy.

In terms of things to be aware of, be sure to include meditative training when honing your baltoy’s abilities. Its strongest techniques rely heavily on its telekinesis, so the more you strengthen that ability, the better your baltoy’s handle on its moves will be.

Additionally, try to avoid allowing your baltoy to come across another member of its species. Baltoy get along well enough with most pokémon, but for reasons we researchers haven’t fully figured out, when it spots another baltoy, the two will congregate together and begin vocalizing. The resulting noise tends to be ungodly.

Best of luck, anonymous!

Baltoy and Claydol

Baltoy
The Clay Doll Pokémon
Type: Ground/Psychic
Official Registration #: 343
Entry: In the decades following its discovery deep within the ancient desert ruins of Hoenn, multiple experiments have been conducted by the topmost researchers in the field of pokémology to study the limitations of baltoy’s balance. Baltoy have been subjected to everything from rain to earthquakes to being forced to balance on quicksand, yet no matter what terrain or conditions it’s put through, baltoy never falters or wavers as it spins about on a single foot. It does, however, get rather angry when one attempts to throw it off-balance—specifically, the sort of angry that leads to Self-Destruct.

Claydol
The Clay Doll Pokémon
Type: Ground/Psychic
Official Registration #: 344
Entry: The evolved form of baltoy, by battle experience. According to anthropologists, paintings on the temple walls of a variety of ancient civilizations indicate that baltoy had been created for either religious or magical purposes. Some cultures used them to “absorb” illnesses, while others used them as effigies of fertility goddesses. Whatever the reason for baltoy’s creation may have been, one thing is consistent among all accounts: the more a baltoy was used, the stronger it became until it evolved at last into a larger, more potent form. From what anthropologists can gather, resulting claydol were often revered within ancient societies, as the increase in both size and power were seen by primitive humans as the gods’ attempts at literally embodying the idols that had been crafted for them. …Of course, the fact that all claydol are telekinetic and capable of shooting destructive beams from both hands likely helped this perception too.