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[[File:Pokémon HOME Wallpaper Alpha Pokémon.png|250px|thumb|The Alpha Pokémon wallpaper in Pokémon HOME]]

Shortly after the [[player]] joins the [[Galaxy Team#Survey Corps|Survey Corps]], an alpha {{p|Kricketune}} intrudes on Deertrack Heights. [[Mai]], the [[Warden]] who oversees [[Wyrdeer]], enlists [[Akari (game)|Akari]]/[[Rei (game)|Rei]] to help defeat the Kricketune, who in turn asks the player to aid Mai due to their skill in [[Pokémon battle]]s.

During the three [[Task#Missions|Trials]] of the [[Lake guardians]], the player has to face an alpha Pokémon at each lake; Hisuian {{p|Goodra}} at [[Lake Verity]], {{p|Overqwil}} at [[Lake Valor]], and Hisuian {{p|Zoroark}} at [[Lake Acuity]].

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 [[level|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. If caught, alpha Pokémon will count as heavy specimens and large specimens for [[Research task (Legends: Arceus)|research task]]s. Regardless of the species' normal behavior, alpha Pokémon (except for {{p|Mantyke}} and {{p|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 (Hisui)|Ride Pokémon]] if riding {{p|Wyrdeer}}, {{p|Ursaluna}}, or {{p|Sneasler}}.

* 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 {{p|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 outbreak]]s, at most one alpha Pokémon could appear, however this limit was later lifted to account for the "exclusively alpha" bonus waves of [[Mass Outbreak|Massive Mass Outbreak]]s.

* During a [[Mass Outbreak|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.

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[[File:Alpha Garchomp HS.png|thumb|right|An Alpha {{p|Garchomp}} in [[Pokémon: Hisuian Snow]]]]

In ''[[HIS03|Two Hues]]'', an Alpha {{p|Garchomp}} attacked [[Alec]] and the [[Galaxy Team]], but it was driven away by a {{rf|Hisuian}} {{p|Zoroark}} that Alec had befriended in his youth as a {{p|Zorua}}.{{-}}

* When Alpha {{p|Combee}} and {{p|Gastrodon}} appear in the wild, only two of their eyes glow red.

* When Alpha {{p|Spiritomb}} appears in the wild, the lines in its [[Odd Keystone]] also glow red.

* 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]].

* Alpha Pokémon have a slightly different music track in battle. If the player starts a battle with an Alpha Pokémon and one or more non-Alpha Pokémon at the same time, then catches or defeats the Alpha Pokémon, the music will transition back into the standard wild battle track.