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

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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.

	Location	Level	Notes
Voltorb	Power Plant	40	Six
Electrode	Power Plant	43	Two
Snorlax	One on Route 12 One on Route 16	30	Requires Poké Flute
Articuno	Seafoam Islands	50
Zapdos	Power Plant	50
Moltres	Victory Road	50
Mewtwo	Cerulean Cave	70	After entering Hall of Fame

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.

	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 Johto^GS/Tin Tower^C	40	After watching them flee from Brass Tower^GS Requires Clear Bell^C
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	40^S 70^G 60^C	Requires Silver Wing
Ho-Oh	Tin Tower	40^G 70^S 60^C	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.

	Location	Level	Notes
Kecleon	Two on Route 119 Six on Route 120	30	Requires Devon Scope
Regirock	Desert Ruins	40	Requires Strength^RS/Rock Smash^E
Regice	Island Cave	40
Registeel	Ancient Tomb	40	Requires Fly^RS/Flash^E
Kyogre	Cave of Origin^S Marine Cave^E	45^S 70^E
Groudon	Cave of Origin^R Terra Cave^E	45^R 70^E
Rayquaza	Sky Pillar	70	After watching Rayquaza visit Sootopolis City^E Requires Mach Bike
Latias	Roaming Hoenn^S^E Southern Island^R^E	40	After entering Hall of Fame^S^E Requires Eon Ticket (event exclusive)^R^E
Latios	Roaming Hoenn^R^E Southern Island^S^E	40	After entering Hall of Fame^R^E Requires Eon Ticket (event exclusive)^S^E

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

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

	Location	Level	Notes
Hypno	Berry Forest	30
Electrode	Power Plant	34	Two
Snorlax	One on Route 12 One on Route 16	30	Requires Poké Flute
Articuno	Seafoam Islands	50
Zapdos	Power Plant	50
Moltres	Mt. Ember	50
Mewtwo	Cerulean Cave	70	After restoring the Network Machine of the Pokémon Network Center
Raikou	Roaming Kanto	50	After defeating Team Rocket on Five Island (if the player chose Squirtle)
Entei	Roaming Kanto	50	After defeating Team Rocket on Five Island (if the player chose Bulbasaur)
Suicune	Roaming Kanto	50	After defeating Team Rocket on Five Island (if the player chose Charmander)
Lugia	Navel Rock	70	Requires MysticTicket (event exclusive)
Ho-Oh	Navel Rock	70	Requires MysticTicket (event exclusive)
Deoxys	Birth Island	30	Requires AuroraTicket (event exclusive)

Pokémon Emerald

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

	Location	Level	Notes
Sudowoodo	Battle Frontier	40	Requires Wailmer Pail
Mew	Faraway Island	30	Requires Old Sea Map (event exclusive)
Lugia	Navel Rock	70	Requires MysticTicket (event exclusive)
Ho-Oh	Navel Rock	70	Requires MysticTicket (event exclusive)
Deoxys	Birth Island	30	Requires AuroraTicket (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.

	Location	Level	Notes
Drifloon	Valley Windworks	22^DP 15^Pt	Appears every Friday
Rotom	Old Chateau	15^DP 20^Pt	After receiving National Pokédex^DP 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	47^D 70^Pt	After talking to Cynthia's grandmother in Celestic Town^Pt
Palkia	Spear Pillar	47^P 70^Pt	After talking to Cynthia's grandmother in Celestic Town^Pt
Giratina	Turnback Cave or Distortion World^Pt	47^Pt 70^DP	Reappears in Turnback Cave if player defeats it in Distortion World and then enters Hall of Fame^Pt
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	70^DP 1^Pt	Requires Regirock, Regice, Registeel
Cresselia	Roaming Sinnoh	50	After bringing Lunar Wing to Eldritch's son
Heatran	Stark Mountain	70^DP 50^Pt	After talking to Buck and his grandfather in Survival Area Requires Strength and Rock Smash
Darkrai	Newmoon Island	40^DP 50^Pt	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).

	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.

	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	45^SS 70^HG	Requires Silver Wing Also requires Tidal Bell^SS
Ho-Oh	Bell Tower	45^HG 70^SS	Requires Rainbow Wing Also requires Clear Bell^HG
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	Roaming Kanto^HG Pewter City^SS	35^HG 40^SS	Event Enigma Stone required.^SS
Latios	Roaming Kanto^SS Pewter City^HG	35^SS 40^HG	Event Enigma Stone required.^HG
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		Reshiram^B
Psychic	Fire	Psychic		Fire		Dark		Grass	Poison	Grass	Poison	Bug	Fire	Dragon	Fire
Zekrom^W		Cobalion		Terrakion		Virizion		Tornadus^B		Thundurus^W		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.

	Location	Level	Notes
Regirock	Underground Ruins	65
Regice	Underground Ruins	65	Must have Iceberg Key.
Registeel	Underground Ruins	65	Must have Iron Key.
Latias^W2	The Dreamyard	68
Latios^B2	The Dreamyard	68
Uxie	Nacrene City	65	After being released from the Cave of Being
Mesprit	Celestial Tower	65	After being released from the Cave of Being
Azelf	Route 23	65	After being released from the Cave of Being
Heatran	Reversal Mountain	68	Requires Magma Stone.
Regigigas	Twist Mountain	68	Requires Regirock, Regice, and Registeel in party.
Cresselia	Marvelous Bridge	68	Requires Lunar Wing.
Crustle	Seaside Cave	42	Requires the Colress MCHN.
Foongus	Routes 6 and 7	29 (Route 6) 36 (Route 7)	Three on Route 6, two on Route 7
Amoonguss	Routes 11, 22, and 23	47 (Routes 11 and 22) 56 (Route 23)	Two on Route 11, two on Route 22, three on Route 23
Jellicent	Undella Bay	40	Male, appears every Monday^B2 Female, appears every Thursday^W2 Has Hidden Ability Damp
Haxorus	Nature Preserve	60	Is Shiny.
Braviary^W2	Route 4	25	Only appears on Mondays. Has Hidden Ability Defiant.
Mandibuzz^B2	Route 4	25	Only appears on Thursdays. Has Hidden Ability Weak Armor.
Volcarona	Relic Castle	35 65	Respawns at level 65 if defeated.
Cobalion	Route 13	45 65	Respawns at level 65 if defeated.
Terrakion	Route 22	45 65	Respawns at level 65 if defeated.
Virizion	Route 11	45 65	Respawns at level 65 if defeated.
Reshiram^W2	Dragonspiral Tower	70	Requires Light Stone
Zekrom^B2	Dragonspiral Tower	70	Requires Dark Stone
Kyurem	Giant Chasm	70	After defeating or catching Reshiram^W2 or Zekrom^B2 at Dragonspiral Tower.

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.

	Location	Level	Notes
Snorlax	Route 7	15	Requires Poké Flute
Articuno	Sea Spirit's Den	70	After encountering it ten times roaming Kalos (if the player chose Chespin)
Zapdos	Sea Spirit's Den	70	After encountering it ten times roaming Kalos (if the player chose Fennekin)
Moltres	Sea Spirit's Den	70	After encountering it ten times roaming Kalos (if the player chose Froakie)
Mewtwo	Unknown Dungeon	70	After entering Hall of Fame
Banette	Pokémon Village	46-50	Shaking trash cans on Thursdays
Rotom	Lost Hotel	38	Shaking trash cans on Tuesdays
Xerneas	Team Flare Secret HQ^X	50	Must be captured to progress the story (respawns immediately if defeated)
Yveltal	Team Flare Secret HQ^Y	50	Must be captured to progress the story (respawns immediately if defeated)
Zygarde	Terminus Cave	70	After entering Hall of Fame

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

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

	Location	Level	Notes
Voltorb	New Mauville	25	Four, as fake items
Raikou	Trackless Forest	50	Requires Lugia or Ho-Oh in party. Appears from the 0th to 19th minute of the hour.
Entei	Trackless Forest	50	Requires Lugia or Ho-Oh in party. Appears from the 20th to 39th minute of the hour.
Suicune	Trackless Forest	50	Requires Lugia or Ho-Oh in party. Appears from the 40th to 59th minute of the hour.
Lugia^AS	Sea Mauville	50	Requires Tidal Bell.
Ho-Oh^OR	Sea Mauville	50	Requires Clear Bell.
Kecleon	Routes 119, 120, Lavaridge Town, Mossdeep Space Center	30 (Routes 119 and 120) 40 (Lavaridge Town) 45 (Mossdeep City)	One in Route 119, three in Route 120, one in Lavaridge Town, one in the Mossdeep City Space Center Invisible; requires Devon Scope.
Regirock	Desert Ruins	40	Requires the Sealed Chamber to be visited.
Regice	Island Cave	40	Requires the Sealed Chamber to be visited.
Registeel	Ancient Tomb	40	Requires the Sealed Chamber to be visited.
Latias	Southern Island	30	Given without battle^AS Requires the event Eon Ticket^OR.
Latios	Southern Island	30	Given without battle^OR Requires the event Eon Ticket^AS.
Kyogre^AS	Cave of Origin	45	Respawns if not caught after entering the Hall of Fame.
Groudon^OR	Cave of Origin	45	Respawns if not caught after entering the Hall of Fame.
Rayquaza	Sky Pillar	70	The player must capture it to proceed with the storyline.
Deoxys	Sky Pillar	80	Respawns if not caught after entering the Hall of Fame.
Spiritomb	Sea Mauville	50
Uxie	Nameless Cavern	50	Requires three Pokémon with maximum friendship in party. Encountered from 8:00pm to 8:59pm.
Mesprit	Nameless Cavern	50	Requires three Pokémon with maximum friendship in party. Encountered from 4:00am to 7:59pm.
Azelf	Nameless Cavern	50	Requires three Pokémon with maximum friendship in party. Encountered from 9:00pm to 3:59am.
Dialga^AS	A dimensional rift	50	Requires Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf in party.
Palkia^OR	A dimensional rift	50	Requires Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf in party.
Heatran	Scorched Slab	50	After capturing or defeating Groudon^OR/Kyogre^AS
Regigigas	Island Cave	50	Requires a nicknamed Regice with a "cold item" and a Regirock and Registeel in the party.
Giratina	A dimensional rift	50	Requires Dialga and Palkia in party.
Cresselia	Crescent Isle	50
Cobalion	Pathless Plain	50	Requires three Pokémon with 510 EVs in party. Only appears on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Terrakion	Pathless Plain	50	Requires three Pokémon with 510 EVs in party. Only appears on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Virizion	Pathless Plain	50	Requires three Pokémon with 510 EVs in party. Only appears on Mondays and Thursdays.
Tornadus^OR	Some storm clouds	50	Requires a Castform in party.
Thundurus^AS	Some storm clouds	50	Requires a Castform in party.
Reshiram^OR	Fabled Cave	50	Requires a Level 100 Pokémon in party.
Zekrom^AS	Fabled Cave	50	Requires a Level 100 Pokémon in party.
Landorus	Some storm clouds	50	Requires Tornadus and Thundurus in party.
Kyurem	Gnarled Den	50	Requires Reshiram and Zekrom in party.