Where Do Steel Type Pokémon Spawn in Cobblemon? Full List 2026

Quick Answer

🕳️ Cave & Underground ⛰️ Mountains Any Time of Day 14 Steel Types Total

Steel is the rarest type pool in Cobblemon by average rarity. Almost everything is in a cave or on a mountain, there's no time restriction for most of them, and a good chunk require evolution items (Dusk Stone, Metal Coat, King's Rock). Aron is your fastest entry point — uncommon in caves any time. From there, Mawile and Beldum are the most-searched targets, both requiring patience and deep cave access.

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Steel types have the best defensive typing in the game Steel resists 10 types and is immune to Poison. Every steel type you add to your team brings immediate defensive value. The hunt is worth it — especially for Aegislash, Mawile and Metagross which are three of the strongest Pokémon in competitive Cobblemon.

Full Steel Type Spawn List

All Uncommon Rare Very Rare

All Any time Night

Showing 14 Pokémon

Pokémon	Types	Location	Time	Rarity
Aron#0304	Steel Rock	Cave, Underground (any depth)	Any	Uncommon
Onix#0095	Rock Ground	Cave, Underground	Any	Uncommon
Pawniard#0624	Dark Steel	Cave, Mountains	Night	Uncommon
Honedge#0679 Aegislash guide →	Steel Ghost	Cave, Underground (Y 20–50, Night)	Night	Uncommon
Mawile#0303	Steel Fairy	Cave, Mountain (Y below 40)	Any	Rare
Beldum#0374 Beldum guide →	Steel Psychic	Cave, Mountain (Y below 30)	Any	Rare
Magnemite#0081	Electric Steel	Mountains, Plains (storm bonus)	Any	Rare
Magneton#0082	Electric Steel	Mountains, Plains	Any	Rare
Skarmory#0227	Steel Flying	Mountains, Extreme Hills	Any	Rare
Bronzor#0436	Steel Psychic	Cave, Underground	Any	Rare
Durant#0632	Bug Steel	Cave, Underground	Any	Rare
Doublade#0680 Aegislash guide →	Steel Ghost	Cave (Y below 40), Night	Night	Very Rare
Aegislash#0681 Full guide →	Steel Ghost	Deep Cave (Y below 20), Night	Night	Very Rare
Metagross#0376	Steel Psychic	Cave, Mountain (very deep)	Any	Very Rare

Best Biomes for Steel Type Hunting

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Cave & Underground

Best overall — widest steel pool

Cave biomes are where the majority of steel types live. Aron, Honedge, Pawniard (night), Mawile, Beldum, Bronzor and Durant all spawn underground. Y-level matters significantly for steel types — Aron spawns at any depth, but Mawile and Beldum need Y below 40 and 30 respectively. Honedge and Aegislash are night-only. Plan your caving session around both depth and time.

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Mountains & Extreme Hills

Skarmory, Magnemite, Beldum

Skarmory is mountain-exclusive — the only steel/flying type and one of the better defensive walls in the game. Magnemite and Magneton also spawn in mountainous terrain and get a spawn boost during storms. Beldum spawns on mountains as well as in caves, so high-altitude areas with cave entrances are ideal for targeting it specifically.

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Mawile is easier than it sounds — just go deep enough Players miss Mawile because they don't go deep enough. It needs Y below 40 and spawns at any time, meaning a standard mid-depth mine won't produce one. Get below Y-40, keep walking cave corridors, and it will appear. It's rare, not ultra-rare — patience at the right depth is all it takes.

Individual Steel Type Guides

AegislashDeep Cave · Night · Very Rare

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BeldumCave, Mountain · Rare

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MawileCave, Y below 40 · Rare

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SkarmoryMountains · Rare

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What to Do Once You've Caught a Steel Type

Best Steel Type

Aegislash Guide

Deep cave, night, Dusk Stone. The full step-by-step on getting Cobblemon's best steel type.

Shares Cave Space

Ghost Type Spawns

Honedge and Aegislash are Steel/Ghost — cave at night covers both types.

Evolution Items

Evolution Guide

Dusk Stone, Metal Coat, King's Rock — steel type evolutions all use items.

All Types

Spawn Hub

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