Alpha Pokémon
- If you were looking for the other uses of Alpha, see Alpha (disambiguation).
An alpha Pokémon (Japanese: オヤブン boss) is a variety of Pokémon found in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. They are larger-than-normal Pokémon that appear in Hisui with increased combat capabilities. Alpha Pokémon can be identified with the icon in the Pokémon's summary screen and on their health bar in the wild (if transferred to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, they have the Alpha Mark instead). Additionally, wild alpha Pokémon have glowing red eyes, except for Zubat.
In the core series games
Story
Shortly after the player joins the Survey Corps, an alpha Kricketune intrudes on Deertrack Heights. Mai, the Warden who oversees Wyrdeer, enlists Akari/Rei to help defeat the Kricketune, who in turn asks the player to aid Mai due to their skill in Pokémon battles.
While Ingo is leading the player through Wayward Cave, an alpha Crobat appears along the route. Ingo insists that the player not battle it due to the reduced visibility caused by the absence of the cave's torches, and leads them on a detour to avoid it. The player is unable to battle or catch this particular alpha Pokémon until Ingo reinstalls the torches in the cave.
During the three Trials of the Lake guardians, the player has to face an alpha Pokémon at each lake; Hisuian Goodra at Lake Verity, Overqwil at Lake Valor, and Hisuian Zoroark at Lake Acuity.
During the post-game, when the player goes to meet Volo at Grueling Grove, the two are ambushed by an alpha Vespiquen. After defeating the Pokémon, the player receives a Stone Plate from her.
Gameplay
In the wild, alpha Pokémon will be at a higher level than other species of the same kind that can be found in that area, will have at least three stats with individual values of 31 (expressed in this game as initial effort levels of 3) and will know and have mastered a move that cannot be learned by leveling up. Alpha Pokémon cannot be caught outside of battle if they are significantly higher level than the player's current obedience level. They can, however, be caught regardless of level during a battle with them. Regardless of the species' normal behavior, alpha Pokémon (except for Mantyke and Mantine) are always aggressive towards the player and will never run away, unless a space-time distortion appears around it or it is a species which only appears in the wild at certain times of day. If an alpha Pokémon spots the player, it will roar out a shockwave which, if close enough, will cause the player to be knocked to the ground; they are also forcibly dismounted from their Ride Pokémon if riding Wyrdeer, Ursaluna, or Sneasler.
Upon entering battle, wild alpha Pokémon are filled with Wild Might (Japanese: 野性の力 Wild Strength), as indicated by their glowing red eyes. This increases all of a Pokémon's stats, independently of in-battle stat boosts, and reduces damage from status conditions. Alpha Pokémon can also use agile style and strong style moves in battle.
There are three types of ways alpha Pokémon may spawn:
- Fixed alpha Pokémon spawns will always be generated upon entering a given area of the Hisui region, and will be at a fixed level; for instance, the alpha Rapidash in the Obsidian Fieldlands is always Lv. 40. These Alpha Pokémon will also automatically respawn after two full in-game days.
- Random alpha Pokémon spawns may occur after the player has quelled the area's noble Pokémon. Alpha Pokémon, of the same species as the location's standard spawns, each have a small chance of appearing (between a 0.2% and 2% chance). Each location has its own rates for how likely each alpha Pokémon may spawn, including space-time distortions. Prior to the Daybreak update, during mass outbreaks, at most one alpha Pokémon could appear, however this limit was later lifted to account for the "exclusively alpha" bonus waves of Massive Mass Outbreaks.
- During a Massive Mass Outbreak, clearing all Pokémon in a location may cause a second wave of Pokémon to appear in the same location; if this occurs, the second wave may be composed entirely of alpha Pokémon.
During the battle against Giratina at the Temple of Sinnoh, it will be filled with Terrible Might (Japanese: すさまじい力 Tremendous Strength), which has an identical effect to Wild Might.
Fixed alpha Pokémon
Fixed alpha Pokémon are specimens that always appear in their alpha form in a specific location. Some of these specimens do not spawn until after parts of the main story are completed, usually needing the region's frenzied Noble to be tamed before appearing in the overworld.
Species marked with an * can only be found as that single fixed alpha specimen, in rare or massive mass outbreaks, or a space-time distortion, but not anywhere else in the overworld.
Obsidian Fieldlands
# | Pokémon | Level | Sub-Location | Time of Day | Weather | |
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0042 | Golbat | 35 | Near Oreburrow Tunnel | Nighttime | All | |
0047 | Parasect | 30 | Nature's Pantry | All | All | |
0065 | Alakazam* | 60 | Sandgem Flats | All | All | |
0075 | Graveler | 30 | Near Obsidian Falls | All | All | |
0078 | Rapidash* | 40 | Horseshoe Plains | All | Sunny | |
0123 | Scyther | 42 | Near Grandtree Arena | All | All | |
0129 | Magikarp | 55 | Near Oreburrow Tunnel | All | All | |
0130 | Gyarados | 60 | Lake Verity | All | All | |
0143 | Snorlax | 45 | Near Sandgem Flats | All | All | |
0214 | Heracross | 45 | Grueling Grove | All | All | |
0234 | Stantler | 42 | Deertrack Heights | All | All | |
0242 | Blissey | 62 | Near Obsidian Falls | All | All | |
0392 | Infernape* | 65 | Ramanas Island | All | All | |
0397 | Staravia | 32 | Windswept Run | All | All | |
0400 | Bibarel | 16 | Tidewater Dam | All | All | |
0402 | Kricketune | 30 | Near Tidewater Dam | All | All | |
0404 | Luxio | 40 | Floaro Gardens | All | All | |
0419 | Floatzel | 31 | Near Worn Bridge | All | All | |
0428 | Lopunny | 40 | Near The Heartwood | All | All |
Crimson Mirelands
# | Pokémon | Level | Sub-Location | Time of Day | Weather | |
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0026 | Raichu* | 52 | Near Golden Lowlands | All | All | |
0095 | Onix | 50 | Near Diamond Settlement | All | All | |
0111 | Rhyhorn | 45 | Diamond Heath | All | All | |
0217 | Ursaring | 55 | Near Gapejaw Bog | All | All | |
0217 | Ursaring | 41 | Ursa's Ring | All | All | |
0340 | Whiscash | 64 | Lake Valor | All | All | |
0389 | Torterra* | 65 | Holm of Trials | All | All | |
0407 | Roserade* | 50 | Cloudpool Ridge | Daytime | All | |
0416 | Vespiquen | 61 | Near Cottonsedge Prairie | All | All | |
0417 | Pachirisu | 40 | Near Gapejaw Bog | All | All | |
0430 | Honchkrow | 55 | Cloudpool Ridge | Nighttime | All | |
0435 | Skuntank | 45 | Scarlet Bog | All | All | |
0450 | Hippowdon Female |
46 | Gapejaw Bog | All | All | |
0454 | Toxicroak | 47 | Holm of Trials | All | All | |
0455 | Carnivine | 43 | Near Cottonsedge Prairie | All | All | |
0463 | Lickilicky | 52 | Shrouded Ruins | All | All | |
0465 | Tangrowth* | 45 | Gapejaw Bog | All | All | |
0469 | Yanmega | 58 | Droning Meadow | All | All | |
0705 | Sliggoo Hisuian Form |
50 | Holm of Trials | All | All |
Cobalt Coastlands
# | Pokémon | Level | Sub-Location | Time of Day | Weather | |
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0038 | Ninetales* | 61 | Firespit Island | All | All | |
0055 | Golduck | 50 | Bathers' Lagoon | All | All | |
0067 | Machoke | 40 | Ginkgo Landing | All | All | |
0073 | Tentacruel | 50 | Near Lunker's Lair | All | All | |
0113 | Chansey | 51 | Tombolo Walk | All | All | |
0130 | Gyarados | 58 | Near Sand's Reach | All | All | |
0224 | Octillery | 46 | Castaway Shore | All | All | |
0226 | Mantine | 50 | Tranquility Cove | All | All | |
0365 | Walrein | 50 | Ginkgo Landing | All | All | |
0395 | Empoleon* | 69 | Islespy Shore | All | All | |
0414 | Mothim | 56 | Spring Path | All | All | |
0423 | Gastrodon | 61 | Seagrass Haven | All | All | |
0424 | Ambipom | 50 | Near Hideaway Bay | All | All | |
0432 | Purugly | 45 | Veilstone Cape | All | All | |
0452 | Drapion* | 45 | Near Ginkgo Landing | All | All | |
0457 | Lumineon | 60 | Seagrass Haven | All | All | |
0477 | Dusknoir* | 65 | Deadwood Haunt | Nighttime | All |
Coronet Highlands
# | Pokémon | Level | Sub-Location | Time of Day | Weather | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0036 | Clefable* | 62 | Fabled Spring | Nighttime | All | |
0076 | Golem* | 60 | Bolderoll Ravine | All | All | |
0169 | Crobat | 60 | Wayward Cave | All | All | |
0207 | Gligar | 52 | Near Celestica Ruins | All | All | |
0208 | Steelix* | 60 | Celestica Trail | All | All | |
0405 | Luxray | 55 | Sacred Plaza | All | All | |
0414 | Mothim | 55 | Wayward Wood | All | All | |
0429 | Mismagius* | 61 | Stonetooth Rows | Nighttime | All | |
0437 | Bronzong | 55 | Near Clamberclaw Cliffs | All | All | |
0444 | Gabite | 56 | Near Clamberclaw Cliffs | All | All | |
0455 | Carnivine | 52 | Lonely Spring | All | All | |
0464 | Rhyperior* | 74 | Near Sacred Plaza | All | All | |
0466 | Electivire* | 69 | Cloudcap Pass | All | All | |
0472 | Gliscor* | 77 | Near Primeval Grotto | All | All | |
0476 | Probopass* | 73 | Near Primeval Grotto | All | All | |
0706 | Goodra* | 70 | Near Ancient Quarry | All | All |
Alabaster Icelands
# | Pokémon | Level | Sub-Location | Time of Day | Weather | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0068 | Machamp* | 70 | Arena's Approach | All | All | |
0125 | Electabuzz | 65 | Icebound Falls | All | All | |
0215 | Sneasel | 61 | Near Avalugg's Legacy | All | All | |
0220 | Swinub | 62 | Near Bonechill Wastes | All | All | |
0221 | Piloswine | 65 | Arena's Approach | All | All | |
0282 | Gardevoir* | 70 | Heart's Crag | Daytime | All | |
0358 | Chimecho | 65 | Near Lake Acuity | All | All | |
0362 | Glalie | 62 | Bonechill Wastes | All | All | |
0445 | Garchomp* | 85 | Avalanche Slopes | All | All | |
0448 | Lucario | 70 | Icebound Falls | All | All | |
0460 | Abomasnow | 68 | Bonechill Wastes | All | All | |
0473 | Mamoswine* | 68 | Avalugg's Legacy | All | All | |
0475 | Gallade* | 70 | Snowpoint Temple | All | All | |
0478 | Froslass | 72 | Ice Column Chamber | All | All |
Unique alpha Pokémon
These unique alpha Pokémon can only be found once during the storyline. With the exception of Vespiquen, they do not have the usual guarantee of any stats with individual values of 31 (starting effort levels of 3). The alpha Pokémon found in Acuity, Verity, and Valor Caverns are prevented from being Shiny, and have Scale values of 128 instead of 255.
# | Pokémon | Level | Sub-Location | Mission/Request | Tutor move | |
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0362 | Glalie | 64 | Arena's Approach | Request 86 "Gone Astray...in the Icelands" | Iron Head | |
0402 | Kricketune | 12 | Deertrack Heights | Mission 5 "A Request from Mai" | False Swipe | |
0416 | Vespiquen | 60 | Grueling Grove | Mission 21 "The Researcher of Myths" | Sludge Bomb | |
0571 | Zoroark Hisuian Form |
58 | Acuity Cavern | Mission 17 "The Trial of Lake Acuity" | None | |
0706 | Goodra Hisuian Form |
58 | Verity Cavern | Mission 15 "The Trial of Lake Verity" | Iron Tail | |
0904 | Overqwil* | 58 | Valor Cavern | Mission 16 "The Trial of Lake Valor" | Ice Ball |
In the anime
Pokémon: Hisuian Snow
In Two Hues, an Alpha Garchomp attacked Alec and the Galaxy Team, but it was driven away by a Hisuian Zoroark that Alec had befriended in his youth as a Zorua.
Trivia
- Since most fixed alpha spawns are evolved Pokémon, alpha forms of many pre-evolved species are considered to be more rare and valuable, if left unevolved.
- There is a third variant of the Wild Might effect in game data, called Terrific Might (Japanese: 偉大な力), which is a version of Wild Might without the stat boosts. Its usage within the game is unknown.
- When Alpha Combee and Gastrodon appear in the wild, only two of their eyes glow red.
- Alpha Pokémon count as heavy specimens and large specimens for research tasks.
- Arceus itself is also known as the Alpha Pokémon.
- Alpha Pokémon are guaranteed to have 31 in at least 3 of their IV stats, a trait that Legendary and Mythical Pokémon have also had since Generation VI.
Origin
Alpha Pokémon might be based on the concept of dominance hierarchy in biology. Amongst animal groups, an alpha is a member of the species that has a higher rank in the group's hierarchy, contrary to the beta members who are the more submissive ones. Alpha animals often employ aggression tactics to assert dominance and leadership over their specific groups. This concept may be seen in gameplay, where alpha Pokémon display an aggressive disposition even when members of said species typically would not. They also serve as leaders of the pack, as alpha Pokémon are regularly found in places where unevolved members of their species gather, and even show signs of territorialism, as some alpha Pokémon tend to come to the aid of the lesser members when alerted. Their Japanese name "boss" seems to reinforce this idea of hierarchical leadership.
In other languages
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See also
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