Illuminate (Ability)

Illuminate

はっこう

Luminescence

Flavor text

Generation III
Encounter rate increases.


Generation IV
Raises the likelihood of meeting wild Pokémon.


Generation V
Raises the likelihood of meeting wild Pokémon.


Generation VI
Raises the likelihood of meeting wild Pokémon.


Generation VII
Currently unknown


Generation VIII
Currently unknown


Generation IX
Currently unknown

Illuminate (Japanese: はっこう Luminescence) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Illuminate has no effect during battle.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and the sequel, a Pokémon with Illuminate "blinks" after a turn in which it was damaged. The "blink" summons a hostile Pokémon somewhere on the floor.

Outside of battle

If a Pokémon with Illuminate is leading the party, the wild Pokémon encounter rate increases by 100%. From Pokémon Emerald onwards, it shares this trait with Arena Trap.

Pokémon with Illuminate

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0120		Staryu	Water		Water	Illuminate	Natural Cure	Analytic
0121		Starmie	Water	Psychic	Illuminate	Natural Cure	Analytic
0170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
0171		Lanturn	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
0313		Volbeat	Bug		Bug	Illuminate	Swarm	Prankster
0505		Watchog	Normal		Normal	Illuminate	Keen Eye	Analytic
0???	Morelull	Morelull	Grass	Fairy	Illuminate	Effect Spore	Unknown
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method
Watchog
Things hiding in the shadows are revealed.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Watchog holds out its arms and the yellow parts of its eyes and all the yellow stripes on its body flash yellow extremely brightly. The light then dies down a little, causing any invisible things to appear.
Lenora's Watchog	A Night in the Nacrene City Museum!	Debut

In the manga

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga

Pokémon	Method
Watchog
The Pokémon glows bright, attracting wild Pokémon.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Watchog glows bright, attracting wild Pokémon..
Monta's Watchog	Let's Master Pokémon Capturing!	Debut

Trivia

Every Pokémon with this Ability can learn the move Flash.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	發光 Faatgwōng
Chinese	Mandarin	發光 / 发光 Fāguāng
French		Lumiattirance
German		Erleuchtung
Italian		Risplendi
Korean		발광 Balgwang
Portuguese		Iluminar
Russian		Освещение Osveshcheniye
Spanish		Iluminación

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.