List of wild Pokémon from in-game events

This is a list of wild Pokémon from in-game events. It includes battles against some Legendary Pokémon and other Pokémon visible in the overworld, as well as roaming Pokémon.

In the core series

Several of the wild Pokémon from in-game events are unique Pokémon (including some Legendary Pokémon), in which case no other Pokémon of the same species would appear in the current game.

• In any game prior to Pokémon Platinum, most of these Pokémon are permanently missable. If the player defeats any of them, that Pokémon will not appear again.
  • The exceptions are Spiritomb in Diamond and Pearl and these time-based Pokémon: Lapras appears every Friday on Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal (and their remakes), and Drifloon also appears every Friday, in Diamond and Pearl as well as Platinum.
• In Generations I and II, if the player runs from any of these Pokémon, it becomes permanently unavailable.

Starting in Generation III, if the player runs from a Legendary Pokémon, the Pokémon respawns, but other Pokémon still become permanently unavailable. Starting in Pokémon Platinum, if the player defeats an in-game event Pokémon, then it respawns next time the player enters the Hall of Fame.

Additionally, there are Voltorb, Electrode, Foongus, and Amoonguss disguised as items in some games. They don't respawn if they are defeated. In most cases, other Pokémon of the same species are found elsewhere in the same games. However, in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the only Electrode available are the ones disguised as items in Team Rainbow Rocket's castle, so if they are defeated or skipped (as the area can't be revisited after defeating Giovanni), Electrode cannot be caught in these games.

Generation I

Main article: List of in-game event Pokémon in Generation I

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow.

Voltorb (6×)	Electrode (2×)	Snorlax (2×)	Articuno		Zapdos		Moltres		Mewtwo
Electric	Electric	Normal	Ice	Flying	Electric	Flying	Fire	Flying	Psychic

Generation II

Main article: List of in-game event Pokémon in Generation II

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal.

Species		Location	Level	Notes
	Sudowoodo	Route 36	20	Requires SquirtBottle
	Raikou	Roaming Johto	40	After watching them flee from Brass Tower
	Entei	Roaming Johto	40	After watching them flee from Brass Tower
	Suicune	Roaming JohtoGS/Tin TowerC	40	After watching them flee from Brass TowerGS Requires Clear BellC
	Lapras	Union Cave	20	Requires Surf Appears every Friday
	Gyarados	Lake of Rage	30	Requires Surf Guaranteed to be shiny
	Geodude	Team Rocket's Hideout	21	Seven Cannot be fled from
	Voltorb	Team Rocket's Hideout	23	Eight Cannot be fled from
	Koffing	Team Rocket's Hideout	21	Seven Cannot be fled from
	Electrode	Team Rocket's Hideout	23	Three
	Lugia	Whirl Islands	40S 70G 60C	Requires Silver Wing
	Ho-Oh	Tin Tower	40G 70S 60C	Requires Rainbow Wing
	Snorlax	Vermilion City	50	Requires EXPN Card
	Celebi	Ilex Forest	30	Crystal only Requires using GS Ball after Kurt examines it Event exclusive on cartridge

Generation III

Main article: List of in-game event Pokémon in Generation III

Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.

Species		Location	Level	Notes
	Kecleon	Two on Route 119 Six on Route 120	30	Requires Devon Scope
	Regirock	Desert Ruins	40	Requires StrengthRS/Rock SmashE
	Regice	Island Cave	40
	Registeel	Ancient Tomb	40	Requires FlyRS/FlashE
	Kyogre	Cave of OriginS Marine CaveE	45S 70E
	Groudon	Cave of OriginR Terra CaveE	45R 70E
	Rayquaza	Sky Pillar	70	After watching Rayquaza visit Sootopolis CityE Requires Mach Bike
	Latias		40	After entering Hall of Fame
	Latios		40	After entering Hall of Fame

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Electrode (2×)	Snorlax (2×)	Articuno		Zapdos		Moltres		Mewtwo
Electric	Normal	Ice	Flying	Electric	Flying	Fire	Flying	Psychic
Raikou	Entei	Suicune		Lugia (requires MysticTicket)		Ho-Oh (requires MysticTicket)		Deoxys (requires AuroraTicket)
Electric	Fire	Water		Psychic	Flying	Fire	Flying	Psychic

Pokémon Emerald

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events that are in Pokémon Emerald but not in Ruby and Sapphire.

Species		Location	Level	Notes
	Sudowoodo	Battle Frontier	40	Requires Wailmer Pail
	Mew	Faraway Island	30	Event exclusive
	Lugia	Navel Rock	70	Event exclusive
	Ho-Oh	Navel Rock	70	Event exclusive
	Deoxys	Birth Island	30	Event exclusive

Generation IV

Main article: List of in-game event Pokémon in Generation IV

Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, all of these Pokémon are permanently missable if the player defeats them, except for Drifloon, which appears every Friday after Mars was defeated for the first time, and Spiritomb, which appears every time the player uses an Odd Keystone and greets 32 players in the Underground. Starting from Platinum, the Pokémon respawn if the player defeats them and then defeats Cynthia, and therefore are not permanently missable anymore.

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the items required to catch Darkrai, Shaymin, and Arceus (Member Card, Oak's Letter, and Azure Flute, respectively) were never released, therefore these Pokémon are not legitimately obtainable. If the player obtains any of these items via glitches or cheating, it works as intended. However, the Member Card and Oak's Letter (but not the Azure Flute) were normally obtainable through events in Pokémon Platinum.

Species		Location	Level	Notes
	Drifloon	Valley Windworks	22DP 15Pt	Appears every Friday
	Rotom	Old Chateau	15DP 20Pt	After receiving National PokédexDP Night only
	Spiritomb	Route 209	25	Appears each time player uses Odd Keystone and talks to other players in the Underground 32 times
	Dialga	Spear Pillar	47D 70Pt	After talking to Cynthia's grandmother in Celestic TownPt
	Palkia	Spear Pillar	47P 70Pt	After talking to Cynthia's grandmother in Celestic TownPt
	Giratina	Turnback Cave or Distortion WorldPt	47Pt 70DP	Reappears in Turnback Cave if player defeats it in Distortion World and then enters Hall of FamePt
	Uxie	Acuity Cavern	50	After defeating Cyrus for the last time
	Mesprit	Roaming Sinnoh	50	After defeating Cyrus for the last time and seeing Mesprit in Verity Cavern
	Azelf	Valor Cavern	50	After defeating Cyrus for the last time
	Regigigas	Snowpoint Temple	70DP 1Pt	Requires Regirock, Regice, Registeel
	Cresselia	Roaming Sinnoh	50	After bringing Lunar Wing to Eldritch's son
	Heatran	Stark Mountain	70DP 50Pt	After talking to Buck and his grandfather in Survival Area Requires Strength and Rock Smash
	Darkrai	Newmoon Island	40DP 50Pt	Event exclusive
	Shaymin	Flower Paradise	30	Event exclusive
	Arceus	Hall of Origin	80	Legitimately inaccessible

Pokémon Platinum

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events introduced in Pokémon Platinum (that is, not available in Diamond and Pearl).

Species		Location	Level	Notes
	Articuno	Roaming Sinnoh	60	After talking to Professor Oak in Eterna City
	Zapdos	Roaming Sinnoh	60	After talking to Professor Oak in Eterna City
	Moltres	Roaming Sinnoh	60	After talking to Professor Oak in Eterna City
	Regirock	Rock Peak Ruins	30	Requires event Regigigas
	Regice	Iceberg Ruins	30	Requires event Regigigas
	Registeel	Iron Ruins	30	Requires event Regigigas

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Species		Location	Level	Notes
	Sudowoodo	Route 36	20	Requires SquirtBottle
	Raikou	Roaming Johto	40	After watching them flee from Burned Tower
	Entei	Roaming Johto	40	After watching them flee from Burned Tower
	Lapras	Union Cave	20	Requires Surf Appears every Friday
	Gyarados	Lake of Rage	30	Requires Surf Guaranteed to be shiny
	Geodude	Team Rocket HQ	21	Five Do not appear after defeating or catching the three Electrode
	Voltorb	Team Rocket HQ	23	Six Do not appear after defeating or catching the three Electrode
	Koffing	Team Rocket HQ	21	Five Do not appear after defeating or catching the three Electrode
	Electrode	Team Rocket HQ	23	Three
	Lugia	Whirl Islands	45SS 70HG	Requires Silver Wing Also requires Tidal BellSS
	Ho-Oh	Bell Tower	45HG 70SS	Requires Rainbow Wing Also requires Clear BellHG
	Snorlax	Route 11 or Route 12	50	Requires EXPN Card Reappears on Route 12 if player defeats it on Route 11 and then enters Hall of Fame
	Articuno	Seafoam Islands	50
	Suicune	Route 25 or Burned Tower	40	Reappears in Burned Tower if player defeats it on Route 25 and then enters Hall of Fame
	Latias
	Latios
	Zapdos	Route 10	50	After obtaining 16 Badges
	Moltres	Mt. Silver	50
	Mewtwo	Cerulean Cave	70
	Kyogre	Embedded Tower	50	HeartGold only Requires Blue Orb
	Groudon	Embedded Tower	50	SoulSilver only Requires Red Orb
	Rayquaza	Embedded Tower	50	Requires Jade Orb

Generation V

Main article: List of in-game event Pokémon in Generation V

Pokémon Black and White

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Black and White.

Victini (requires Liberty Pass)		Musharna (every Friday)		Darmanitan (5×)		Zoroark		Foongus (4×)		Amoonguss (2×)		Volcarona		ReshiramB
Psychic	Fire	Psychic		Fire		Dark		Grass	Poison	Grass	Poison	Bug	Fire	Dragon	Fire
ZekromW		Cobalion		Terrakion		Virizion		TornadusB		ThundurusW		Landorus		Kyurem
Dragon	Electric	Steel	Fighting	Rock	Fighting	Grass	Fighting	Flying		Electric	Flying	Ground	Flying	Dragon	Ice

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.

Regirock		Regice		Registeel		Latias		Latios
Rock		Ice		Steel		Dragon	Psychic	Dragon	Psychic
Uxie		Mesprit		Azelf		Heatran		Regigigas
Psychic		Psychic		Psychic		Fire	Steel	Normal
Cresselia		Crustle		Foongus (5×)		Amoonguss (7×)		Jellicent (male every MondayB2) (female every ThursdayW2)
Psychic		Bug	Rock	Grass	Poison	Grass	Poison	Water	Ghost
Haxorus (Shiny)		BraviaryW2		MandibuzzB2		Volcarona		Cobalion
Dragon		Normal	Flying	Dark	Flying	Bug	Fire	Steel	Fighting
Terrakion		Virizion		ReshiramW2		ZekromB2		Kyurem
Rock	Fighting	Grass	Fighting	Dragon	Fire	Dragon	Electric	Dragon	Ice

Generation VI

Main article: List of in-game event Pokémon in Generation VI

Pokémon X and Y

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon X and Y.

Snorlax	Articuno		Zapdos		Moltres		Mewtwo
Normal	Ice	Flying	Electric	Flying	Fire	Flying	Psychic
Banette (every Thursday)	Rotom (every Tuesday)		XerneasX		YveltalY		Zygarde
Ghost	Electric	Ghost	Fairy		Dark	Flying	Dragon	Ground

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Raikou		Entei		Suicune		LugiaAS		Ho-OhOR
Electric		Fire		Water		Psychic	Flying	Fire	Flying
Regirock		Regice		Registeel		Latias (wild Pokémon, requires Eon TicketOR) (not wild, automatically joins the teamAS)		Latios (wild Pokémon, requires Eon TicketAS) (not wild, automatically joins the teamOR)
Rock		Ice		Steel		Dragon	Psychic	Dragon	Psychic
KyogreAS		GroudonOR		Rayquaza		Deoxys		Spiritomb
Water		Ground		Dragon	Flying	Psychic		Ghost	Dark
Uxie		Mesprit		Azelf		DialgaAS		PalkiaOR
Psychic		Psychic		Psychic		Steel	Dragon	Water	Dragon
Heatran		Regigigas		Giratina		Cresselia		Cobalion
Fire	Steel	Normal		Ghost	Dragon	Psychic		Steel	Fighting
Terrakion		Virizion		TornadusOR		ThundurusAS		ReshiramOR
Rock		Fighting	Grass	Fighting	Flying	Electric	Flying	Dragon	Fire
ZekromAS		Landorus		Kyurem
Dragon	Electric	Ground	Flying	Dragon	Ice

Generation VII

Main article: List of in-game event Pokémon in Generation VII

Pokémon Sun and Moon

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Sun and Moon.

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu! and Let's Go Eevee!

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.

Generation VIII

Main article: List of in-game event Pokémon in Generation VIII

Pokémon Sword and Shield

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Sword and Shield.