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In [[Galar]], Yamask has a {{2t|Ground|Ghost}}-type [[regional form]]. It evolves into {{p|Runerigus}} when the player travels under the stone bridge in [[Dusty Bowl]] after Yamask has lost at least 49 {{stat|HP}} and did not faint in the same battle or since.

[[File:Yamask mask.png|left|thumb|250px|The mask of a Yamask]]

Yamask is a shadow-like Pokémon holding a golden mask that has a face from its time as a [[human]]. It has two shadowy, tendril-like arms and large, red eyes. It also has a small tail-like appendage that holds the mask. Yamask is capable of speech when possessing a human, but not in its regular form.

Due to being a human long ago, it has memories of being a human. It becomes furious when the mask is lost or taken away. If someone wears the mask Yamask carries, they will become possessed by the Yamask in question. Sometimes, it looks at this mask and cries, apparently in longing. Yamask is known to wander the ruins of ancient civilizations.

Galarian Yamask, in contrast to its Unova variant, has purple eyes and has an ancient clay tablet directly attached around its tail. The tablet bears cursed engravings that resemble a serpent's tail and is said to absorb Yamask's dark power.

[[File:Yamask anime.png|thumb|250px|Yamask in the {{pkmn|anime}}]]

====[[James's Yamask]]====

In ''[[BW023|Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!]]'', [[James]] was able to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a male Yamask that appeared before {{TRT}}. At the end of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'', James had to give Yamask to {{an|Giovanni}} as a sign that they accomplished something in [[Unova]].

====Other====

Yamask debuted in ''[[BW014|A Night in the Nacrene City Museum!]]'', where it was causing havoc in the [[Nacrene City]] Museum. This eventually turned out to be because Yamask's mask had been put on display after it accidentally dropped it while sleeping. In the end, [[Lenora]], along with {{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}}, {{an|Cilan}}, and [[Hawes]] gained an understanding with it and gave its mask back. Yamask then left the museum peacefully.

In ''[[JN014|Raid Battle in The Ruins!]]'', a Yamask was living at the [[Colossus Ruins]] at the [[Desert Resort]].

===Pokédex entries===

{{Animedexheader|Unova}}

{{Animedexbody|BW014|Yamask|Ash's Pokédex|Yamask, the Spirit Pokémon. Yamask is a {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon that wanders the ruins of ancient civilizations.}}

{{Animedexbody|BW037|Yamask|Ash's Pokédex|Yamask, the Spirit Pokémon. A Ghost-type Pokémon, Yamask wanders the ruins of ancient civilizations.}}

{{Animedexfooter/Pokémon|Unova}}

==In the manga==

[[File:BW Agency Yamask Vanillite Solosis.png|thumb|150px|Yamask in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]]

A Yamask takes part in [[BW Agency]]'s roster. It trained along with a {{p|Solosis}}, a {{p|Vanillite}}, and [[Gigi]] for the [[Pokémon Musical]] in ''[[PS482|To Make a Musical]]''.

 

A Yamask appeared in ''[[PS479|The Case of the Missing Pokémon]]'', where it was one of the Pokémon kidnapped by [[Team Plasma]]. It was later returned to its {{pkmn|Trainer}} after being found in a stronghold.

 

A Yamask appeared in a flashback in ''[[PS536|Cold Storage Battle]]''.

 

A Trainer's Yamask appeared in [[PS547]].

 

==In the TCG==

{{main|Yamask (TCG)}}

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{{Dex/Entry1|v=Y|entry=Each of them carries a mask that used to be its face when it was human. Sometimes they look at it and cry.}}

{{Dex/Gen/1|gen=VIII|reg1=Galar|num1=327}}

{{Dex/Entry1|v=Sword|entry=It wanders through ruins by night, carrying a mask that's said to have been the face it had when it was still human.}}

{{Dex/Entry1|v=Shield|entry=The spirit of a person from a bygone age became this Pokémon. It rambles through ruins, searching for someone who knows its face.}}

{{Dex/Entry1|v=Sword|entry=A clay slab with cursed engravings took possession of a Yamask. The slab is said to be absorbing the Yamask's dark power.}}

{{Dex/Entry1|v=Shield|entry=It's said that this Pokémon was formed when an ancient clay tablet was drawn to a vengeful spirit.}}

{{Availability/Entry2|v=Sword|v2=Shield|area=[[In-game trade|Trade]] Galarian Yamask at [[Ballonlea Stadium]] <small>'''Unovan Form'''</small><br>{{rt|6|Galar}} <small>'''Galarian Form'''</small><br>[[Bridge Field/Dens|Bridge Field]], [[Dusty Bowl/Dens|Dusty Bowl]], [[Giant's Mirror/Dens|Giant's Mirror]], [[Rolling Fields/Dens|Rolling Fields]], [[South Lake Miloch/Dens|South Lake Miloch]], [[Stony Wilderness/Dens|Stony Wilderness]]{{sup/8|Sh}}, [[Watchtower Ruins/Dens|Watchtower Ruins]] ([[Max Raid Battle]]) <small>'''Galarian Form'''</small>}}

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|b2w21=Spell Tag|b2w21type=None|b2w21rar=5

|swsh1=Spell Tag|swsh1type=None|swsh1rar=5

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|evolution={{candy|Yamask}}50 + Win 10 Raids with Galarian Yamask as your Buddy

|special={{m|Night Shade}}, {{m|Rock Tomb}}, {{m|Sand Tomb}}

===Evolution===

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|evo1={{bag|Rare Candy}}<br>{{color2|000|Level|Level 34}}

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{{abilityResearch|Sometimes reaching the 49 HP criteria still does not trigger evolution}}

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|evo1={{bag|Focus Sash}}<br>Travel under the stone bridge<br>in {{color2|000|Dusty Bowl}}<br>after taking at least<br>49 damage without {{color2|000|fainting}}

|no2=867Runerigus

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* {{rf|Galarian}} Yamask's {{stat|Attack}} and {{stat|Special Attack}} stats are the reverse of a regular Yamask's.

* Yamask, along with {{p|Litwick}}, has the lowest base Attack stat of all {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon.

** Also, Galarian Yamask, along with {{p|Shedinja}} and {{p|Duskull}}, has the lowest base Special Attack stat of all Ghost-type Pokémon.

* Galarian Yamask is the only Pokémon to have a location-based evolution in {{g|Sword and Shield|s}}, as all others are either unobtainable or use an [[Evolution stone]] to evolve instead.

* Yamask is the only Pokémon introduced in [[Generation V]] to evolve into or from a Pokémon introduced outside of said generation, though only its [[regional form]] is capable of this.

Yamask may be based on an Egyptian {{wp|Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul#Ba (personality)|ba}}, a person's soul, typically depicted as a bird with a human head, or {{wp|Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul#Shut (shadow)|šwt}}, the shadow or silhouette of a person's soul - both appearing after the person's death. Its overall body shape is similar to the {{wp|Eye of Horus}}. The mask on its tail is likely a {{wp|death mask}}.

Galarian Yamask holds a clay tablet that may be based on {{wp|Ingvar runestones}} instead. It may also be based on a {{wp|Deildegast}}, a Norwegian folklore spirit that is forced to haul around a boundary stone as punishment for moving one while it was alive.

Desumasu may be a combination of ''death'' and ''mask''. It is also a pun off of ですます体 ''desumasu-tai'', a form of polite Japanese which gets its name from the fact that sentences often end in です ''desu'' or ます ''masu''.

|fr=Tutafeh|frmeaning=From ''{{wp|Tutankhamun}}'' and a corruption of ''{{tt|fée|fairy}}'', also a pun on ''{{tt|tout à fait|exactly}}''

|de=Makabaja|demeaning=From ''{{tt|makaber|macabre, morbid}}'' and {{tt|闇 ''yami''|Japanese for 'darkness'}} or {{tt|''Raja''|Indian royal title}}

|ko=데스마스 ''Desumasu''|komeaning=Transliteration of Japanese name

|zh_cmn=哭哭面具 ''Kūkūmiànjù''|zh_cmnmeaning=Literally "Weeping mask"

|th=เดซึมาซึ ''Desumasu''|thmeaning=Transcription of Japanese name

==Notes==

 

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