Titan Pokémon

Artwork of a Titan Pokémon

Titan Pokémon (Japanese: ヌシポケモン Leader Pokémon) are a type of variant Pokémon encountered in the "Path of Legends" storyline of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. They appear much larger than other Pokémon of their kind, and they guard the Herba Mystica, rare ingredients said to be able to restore health instantly when eaten.

History

200 years ago, the Area Zero exploration team, led by Heath, discovered the Herba Mystica hidden deep within Area Zero, in the Great Crater of Paldea, located in the center of the region. They recorded information on the herbs in the Scarlet Book^S/Violet Book^V and gave the Herba Mystica their proper name. They subsequently discovered that the Herba Mystica comes in five different flavor varieties with separate healing effects. Due to this discovery, the team attempted to grow the herbs outside of Area Zero, in different sites around Paldea, but before they were able to harvest them, the herbs were eaten by Pokémon, leading to the first appearances of Titan Pokémon. As a result, the project was abandoned.

At some point, a Paradox Pokémon called Great Tusk^S/Iron Treads^V somehow escaped Area Zero and consumed the Herba Mystica in order become the Quaking Earth Titan.

During the events of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, specifically the Path of Legends story, Arven and the player would face off against the six respective Titan Pokémon. After defeating each Titan, Arven collects the herbs and makes sandwiches in order to heal his wounded partner, Mabosstiff.

Background

Titan Pokémon are ordinary Pokémon empowered and grown to gigantic proportions by the Herba Mystica they eat. There are a total of five Titan Pokémon fights to accomplish. Each Titan Pokémon is fought twice; the first fight is done alone, while the second fight is done together with Arven. After defeating a Titan Pokémon as part of the story, it can be encountered again in the same area it was fought as a normal-sized Pokémon (albeit one that is the largest possible size for their species), where it can be caught. These Pokémon will have the Titan Mark, which allows them to be given the title "the Former Titan"; they are also guaranteed to have an IV of 30 for all stats.

List of Titan Pokémon

Location	Titan Pokémon		Herba Mystica	Badge	Unlocked Upgrade
South Province (Area Three)	Stony Cliff Titan Klawf  Rock		Sweet Herba Mystica	Rock Badge	Dashing
West Province (Area One)	Open Sky Titan Bombirdier  Flying  Dark		Bitter Herba Mystica	Flying Badge	Swimming
East Province (Area Three)	Lurking Steel Titan Orthworm  Steel		Salty Herba Mystica	Steel Badge	High Jumping
Asado Desert	Quaking Earth TitanS Great Tusk  Ground  Fighting	Quaking Earth TitanV Iron Treads  Ground  Steel	Sour Herba Mystica	Ground Badge	Gliding
Casseroya Lake	False Dragon Titan Dondozo  Water	False Dragon Titan Tatsugiri  Dragon  Water	Spicy Herba Mystica	Dragon Badge	Climbing

Challenges

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Every Titan Pokémon is battled in multiple phases. First, the player will encounter one as larger-than-usual static encounters in the overworld and battle it. Once its HP is below 10%, it will retreat to its Herba Mystica location to recover and power up. Arven will then join the player to defeat the powered-up Titan Pokémon, which will be fully healed and have twice as much HP as normal in this phase. Once they are defeated, they can be re-battled and caught as Former Titans at the location they were originally encountered.

The Titan Pokémon are battled at the same level and using the same move set each time, including as Former Titans. Former Titans will have 30 IVs in every stat.

The Stony Cliff Titan

Klawf

	Type: Rock Unknown Tera Type: Rock Ability: Anger Shell Held item: None
Klawf♀ Lv.16
Vise Grip Normal Physical   --       Rock Smash Fighting Physical   --       Block Normal Status   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --

Partner

Pokémon Trainer Arven South Province (Area Three) Scarlet and Violet
Type: Water Unknown Tera Type: Unknown Ability: Skill Link Held item: None Shellder♂ Lv.16 Water Gun Water Special   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Life Dew Water Status   --       Leer Normal Status   --

The Open Sky Titan

Bombirdier is the only Titan Pokémon to have a Hidden Ability.

Bombirdier

	Types: Flying Dark Tera Type: Flying Ability: Rocky Payload Held item: None
Bombirdier♀ Lv.20
Rock Throw Rock Physical   --       Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Pluck Flying Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --

Partner

Pokémon Trainer Arven West Province (Area One) Scarlet and Violet
Type: Rock Unknown Tera Type: Unknown Ability: Purifying Salt Held item: None Nacli♂ Lv.19 Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Rock Polish Rock Status   --       Smack Down Rock Physical   --       Rock Throw Rock Physical   --

The Lurking Steel Titan

Orthworm

	Type: Steel Unknown Tera Type: Steel Ability: Earth Eater Held item: None
Orthworm♂ Lv.29
Iron Tail Steel Physical   --       Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Wrap Normal Physical   --       Sandstorm Rock Status   --

Partner

Pokémon Trainer Arven East Province (Area Three) Scarlet and Violet
Types: Ground Grass Tera Type: Unknown Ability: Mycelium Might Held item: None Toedscool♀ Lv.28 Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Hex Ghost Special   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       Screech Normal Status   --

The Quaking Earth Titan

The Titan Great Tusk is exclusive to Pokémon Scarlet, while the Titan Iron Treads is exclusive to Pokémon Violet.

Great TuskS Types: Ground Fighting Tera Type: Fighting Ability: Protosynthesis Held item: None Great Tusk Lv.45 Rapid Spin Normal Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Knock Off Dark Physical   --       Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical   --

Iron TreadsV Types: Ground Steel Tera Type: Steel Ability: Quark Drive Held item: None Iron Treads Lv.45 Rapid Spin Normal Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Knock Off Dark Physical   --       Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical   --

Partner

Pokémon Trainer Arven Asado Desert Scarlet and Violet
Types: Grass Fire Tera Type: Unknown Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Scovillain♀ Lv.44 Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --       Headbutt Normal Physical   --

The False Dragon Titan

The False Dragon Titan includes three battles, instead of two. Once the player finds Titan Tatsugiri, a Dondozo will suddenly appear and swallow the Tatsugiri, and a battle against Dondozo immediately begins. Once Dondozo's HP is low, it will retreat to its Herba Mystica location, where the player must battle it again, teaming up with Arven. Dondozo does not have stat boosts from Tatsugiri's Commander Ability in either of these battles. Once Dondozo is defeated, Titan Tatsugiri will reappear and battle; the player's party will be healed and their Tera Orb restored before this battle.

Because Dondozo is not the true Titan Pokémon, only Former Titan Tatsugiri can be re-battled and caught.

First Dondozo battle Type: Water Unknown Tera Type: ' Ability: Oblivious Held item: None Dondozo♂ Lv.56 Aqua Tail Water Physical   --       Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Water Pulse Water Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Second Dondozo battle Type: Water Unknown Tera Type: ' Ability: Oblivious Held item: None Dondozo♂ Lv.56 Aqua Tail Water Physical   --       Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Water Pulse Water Special   --       Order Up Dragon Physical   --

Tatsugiri battle Types: Dragon Water Tera Type: Water Ability: Commander Held item: None Tatsugiri♂ Lv.57 Muddy Water Water Special   --       Icy Wind Ice Special   --       Taunt Dark Status   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --

Partner

Pokémon Trainer Arven Casseroya Lake Scarlet and Violet
Type: Normal Unknown Tera Type: Unknown Ability: Cheek Pouch Held item: None Greedent♂ Lv.55 Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Bullet Seed Grass Physical   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --

Trivia

• In all languages of the games except English and Chinese, the same terms are used to refer to both Titan Pokémon and Totem Pokémon.
  • The Japanese term for Titan Pokémon (Japanese: ヌシポケモン Leader Pokémon) is fully written in katakana, distinguishing it from Totem Pokémon (Japanese: ぬしポケモン Leader Pokémon), but the two terms are otherwise identical, being pronounced the same and having the same meaning.
• Every Titan Pokémon is a Pokémon introduced in Generation IX with a single-stage evolutionary line.
  • However, Great Tusk and Iron Treads are Paradox Pokémon resembling Donphan, a Pokémon with a two-stage evolutionary line.
• The Quaking Earth Titans are the only version-exclusive Titan Pokémon, and the only Titan Pokémon that are Paradox Pokémon.
  • They are also the only Titan Pokémon to be of unknown gender.
• The Stony Cliff Titan is the only Titan Pokémon whose type is not also the type specialty of a Paldea Elite Four member.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 寶主寶可夢 Bóujyú Pokémon Mandarin 寶主寶可夢 / 宝主宝可梦 Baǒzhǔ Pokémon French Pokémon Dominant German Herrscher-Pokémon Italian Pokémon dominante Korean 주인 포켓몬 Ju-in Pokémon Spanish Pokémon dominante

English	Japanese	French	German	Italian	Spanish	Korean	Chinese
Stony Cliff Titan	岩壁のヌシ Rock Cliff Leader	Dominant Roche-Falaise	Herrscher der Steinklippe	Dominante delle scogliere	La Roca en el Muro	암벽의 주인	岩壁寶主 / 岩壁宝主
Open Sky Titan	大空のヌシ Vast Sky Leader	Dominant Vaste-Ciel	Herrscher des weiten Himmels	Dominante dei cieli	Terror Volador	대공의 주인	長空寶主 / 长空宝主
Lurking Steel Titan	潜鋼のヌシ Submerged Steel Leader	Dominant Acier-Tranchée	Herrscher des verborgenen Stahls	Dominante del sottosuolo	Excavador de Acero	잠강의 주인	潛鋼寶主 / 潜钢宝主
Quaking Earth Titan	土震のヌシ Earthquake Leader	Dominant Tremble-Terre	Herrscher der bebenden Erde	Dominante dei sismi	Temblor de Tierra	토진의 주인	土震寶主 / 土震宝主
False Dragon Titan	偽竜のヌシ False Dragon Leader	Dominant Fourbe-Dragon	Herrscher der Drachentäuschung	Dominante dell’inganno	Dragón Engañoso	위룡의 주인	偽龍寶主 / 伪龙宝主

See also

• Herba Mystica
• Totem Pokémon
• Noble Pokémon
• Giant Pokémon
• Variant Pokémon
• Paradox Pokémon

Paldea
Settlements South: Cabo Poco • Mesagoza (Naranja Academy/Uva Academy) Los Platos • Cortondo • Alfornada • Pokémon League East: Artazon • Levincia • Zapapico West: Cascarrafa • Porto Marinada • Medali North: Montenevera South Province Area One • Area Two • Area Three Area Four • Area Five • Area Six (Alfornada Cavern) Poco Path • Inlet Grotto • South Paldean Sea East Province Area One (Schedar Squad's Base) • Area Two • Area Three Tagtree Thicket (Navi Squad's Base) • East Paldean Sea West Province Area One (Segin Squad's Base) • Area Two • Area Three Asado Desert • West Paldean Sea North Province Area One • Area Two (Caph Squad's Base) • Area Three (Ruchbah Squad's Base) Casseroya Lake (Socarrat Trail) • Glaseado Mountain (Dalizapa Passage) North Paldean Sea Great Crater of Paldea Area Zero • Zero Gate • Zero Lab Landmarks Ten Sights of Paldea (Colonnade Hollow) Grasswither Shrine • Icerend Shrine Groundblight Shrine • Firescourge Shrine Access to Kitakami • Blueberry Academy

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