Zygarde Cell

A Zygarde Cell (Japanese: ジガルデ・セル Zygarde Cell) is a cell-like component of the Legendary Pokémon Zygarde, making up the majority of its body. On their own, they have no will and little power, but by acting at the direction of a Zygarde Core, they can assemble Zygarde's different forms.

A Zygarde Cell

Biology

Zygarde Cells are small, green, cell-like blobs that resemble a planarian and are almost indistinguishable from a Zygarde Core. Their bodies are gelatinous, semitranslucent, and can be segmented into three sections: a large, round head, an abdomen with a colored hexagon, and a stubby tail. They have two eyes, though one is larger and has a green pupil, and are most commonly seen lying down, though they can stand on their tail. Embedded inside their abdomen, there is a green hexagon.

On its own, a Cell does not have the power to battle, needing to assemble with Cores and other Cells in order to take action. Unlike Cores, Cells are described as lacking any sort of will and can only act in accordance to a Core's orders. For this purpose, they can even be used in moves, such as Thousand Arrows and Thousand Waves, before being recalled into Zygarde's body. In Pokémon Legends: Z-A, it is stated by L that Cells and Cores are able to absorb the power of far-off lands.

As depicted throughout Pokémon the Series: XY, Zygarde Cells have the ability to turn invisible and fly, though the latter is only seen when assembling Zygarde. Moreover, they can act as the eyes for a Core and, as seen to Pokémon Horizons: The Series, transmit what they see to anyone Zygarde wishes to. This series also implies Cells can have some degree of will of their own, unlike in the games. Unlike other forms of media, Pokémon Horizons: The Series also depicts Zygarde Cells having a Shiny coloration, with a darker mint-green hue and a more yellow tint to the eyes.

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  Zygarde Cells flying towards a Core from across the world
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  An invisible Zygarde Cell
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  A Zygarde Core seeing through a Cell's eyes

In the core series games

Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon

A Zygarde Cell in Pokémon Sun and Moon

Zygarde Cells can be found all around the Alola region in Pokémon Sun and Moon. Upon receiving the Zygarde Cube from Dexio in Heahea City, the player is tasked with collecting all 95 Cells and five Cores spread throughout the region. In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Zygarde Cells and Zygarde Cores are not directly collectable as they were in Sun and Moon, as the player is given a Zygarde Cube already filled with 40 Cells and a 10% Forme Zygarde from Dexio; the remaining 50% can be obtained by separating other Zygarde from Resolution Cave with the Reassembly Unit. Like in Sun and Moon, a Zygarde can be dissembled to gain more cells, including those transferred. The player can instead collect 100 Totem Stickers, replacing the 95 Cells and 5 Cores.

Locations

In Pokémon Sun and Moon, a total of 95 Cells can be collected. Some of the Cells are not visible to the player, such as the ones on Melemele Island until they are given the Zygarde Cube by Dexio. Many of them are also tied to the time of day the game is currently at.

The locations of all the Cells in Pokémon Sun and Moon are below:

Melemele Island

These Cells will only appear after the player has obtained the Zygarde Cube from Dexio in Akala Island's Heahea City.

Location	Cell	Time
Route 1	North of the second grassy patch east of Hau'oli Outskirts	Day
	Under a tree on the east path behind the rocks south of Iki Town (requires Tauros Charge)	Day
	On the east side of the Pokémon Research Lab	Any
Iki Town	On the east side of the tree on the east side of the Mahalo Trail entrance	Night
Trainers' School	1F, in the bed right of Meowth	Night
Hau'oli City	Left of the Pokémon Center	Night
	Inside of Ilima's house to the right of the far left plant	Any
Route 2	In the northwest corner of the motel area	Any
Hau'oli Cemetery	On the west side, north of the westernmost patch of grass	Any
Verdant Cavern	Next to the northeastern den	Any
Route 3	South of the entrance to Melemele Meadow	Day
	Next to the tree to the west of the Berry tree	Any
Kala'e Bay	At the southwestern tip of the land around the Seaward Cave entrance	Any
Ruins of Conflict	Right side of the entrance	Any

Akala Island

Location	Cell	Time
Heahea City	In the back-left corner of the Tide Song Hotel lobby	Any
	To the right of the giant satellite dish outside the Dimensional Research Lab	Night
Route 4	On the land overhanging the cliff south of the Pokémon Breeder	Any
Paniola Ranch	In the northwest corner of the paddock with the ramps	Night
	North of the sign in the paddock with the ramps	Day
Route 5	On the northeast side of the Pokémon Center	Any
Royal Avenue	In the empty parking spot in the Thrifty Megamart parking lot	Day
	In the corner northwest of the ring of flower bushes	Night
Route 7	At the southeast tip of the large rock formation running along the edge of the northern beach (requires Lapras Paddle/Sharpedo Jet)	Any
Wela Volcano Park	In the inside corner of the second step down from the trial gate	Any
Route 8	On the east side of the Aether Foundation building	Any
	In front of a rock next to the Route 5 entrance	Day
Lush Jungle	In the cave beyond the east area, in a corner east of the west entrance (requires Machamp Shove)	Any
Diglett's Tunnel	In the northeast of the large open area up the stairs down the west branch of the tunnel	Any
Konikoni City	Next to the three Pikachu at Lighthouse Point in the north of the city	Night
Akala Outskirts	Above a ledge in the west, southwest of Black Belt Kenji	Any
Hano Beach	Under the southwestern-most umbrella	Any
	Under the lifeguard tower, north of the easternmost umbrella in the south	Day

Ula'ula Island

Location	Cell	Time
Malie City	In front of the two trucks west of the Malie Garden entrance	Day
	At the end of the hallway in the Malie Community Center	Night
	On the south side of the truck on the east side of the Recycling Plant	Day
Malie Garden	In the northwest corner of the garden	Any
Route 10	Near the middle of the route, north of the Trainer Tips sign	Day
Hokulani Observatory	In the left end of the hallway beyond the entrance	Night
Route 11	On the side of the dirt path in the east, southeast of Black Belt Clayton	Night
Route 12	After crossing the northernmost rocky terrain by a rock on the north side of the route (requires Mudsdale Gallop)	Any
	South of Punk Pair Yoko and Lane, between the second and third rocky terrains from the north	Any
Blush Mountain	By a rock in the northeast	Any
Secluded Shore	Along the wall east of the entry to the beach	Night
	At the west end of the beach	Day
Route 13	On the west end of the motel	Night
	South of the pond, on the east end of the trailer	Any
Tapu Village	In front of the fence south of the Pokémon Center	Any
Route 15	In the Aether House, in the far corner of the back room on the left	Day
Route 15	Against the southern cliff wall on the southeast beach	Any
Route 14	Among the rubble of the crumbled road south of the entrance from Tapu Village	Night
	On the far east end of the beach	Any
Haina Desert	Area 3; by the bush, reached by following the stone stacks in the order 2-1	Any
Ruins of Abundance	Next to the shrine's entrance	Any
Route 16	On the west side of the Pokémon Center	Day
Ula'ula Meadow	On the walkway where it overlooks the southernmost pond	Any
	On the east side of the grass on the dirt path in the northeast	Any
Route 17	On the mountainside, on the east branch going down	Any
	At the southern corner of the Po Town wall	Any
Po Town	By the red truck southwest of the Shady House in the north	Night
	By the yellow truck southeast of the Shady House in the north	Day
Mount Lanakila	Upper Reaches: Lower, in front of a rock past the first field of grass	Any
	Peak, west along the south cliff at the top of the ramp outside the Pokémon Center, by a large rock	Any

Aether Paradise

These Cells will only become accessible after the player has passed Nanu's grand trial.

Cell	Time
B2F: Lab area, at the end of the hallway containing the secret labs	Any
Exterior (north side), at the end of the southeast path	Any
Exterior (north side), on the west side of the mansion	Day
Exterior (south side), between two pools on the west side	Night
Lusamine's Mansion: Entry Room, at the north end under the table on the right side	Any

Poni Island

Location	Cell	Time
Seafolk Village	In the restaurant on the Wailord-shaped ship in the west, under a table at the south end	Any
	On the northeast platform	Any
Poni Wilds	On the north end of the beach between two rocks	Any
	Above the ledge east of the Seafolk Village entrance	Day
	Next to the Trainer Tips sign east of the Seafolk Village entrance	Night
Ancient Poni Path	In the corner by the well on the east side of Hapu's house	Any
	In the corner on the opposite side of the wall from the Machamp on the east side of Hapu's house	Day
	In the north, in front of the stone sculpture east of the Vast Poni Canyon entrance	Night
Poni Breaker Coast	On the east side of the geyser in the north	Day
	In the east, just north of the Ruins of Hope entrance	Night
Ruins of Hope	Southeast of the door to the inside of the ruins, at the bottom of the ramp down	Any
Vast Poni Canyon	First cave, north of the Machamp Shove block near the entrance, accessed from the south of the canyon area after the third cave	Any
	Second cave, behind a small rock near the east entrance	Any
	Third cave, by the dens on the western wall	Any
	Outside the third cave, mid-level, on the west end of the cliff accessed through the exit south of the Machamp Shove puzzle (requires Machamp Shove)	Any
Poni Grove	Against the cliff north of the southern entrance	Any
	At the east end of the grove	Any
Poni Plains	By the first palm tree north and slightly west of the Poni Grove entrance	Day
	In the rocky area in the northwest, on the second ledge down (requires Tauros Charge)	Any
	In the corner of land east of the Trainer Tips sign north of the Poni Grove entrance	Night
Poni Meadow	In the north, on a ledge south from the entrance to Resolution Cave	Any
Resolution Cave	Exterior, to the right of the entrance to Interior	Day
	Interior, on the right side of the path between the entrance and the center platform	Night
	Interior, on the raised platform in the center	Any
Poni Coast	Along the coastline, where one of the rocky outcrops makes a narrow path with the coast (requires Tauros Charge)	Any
	On the narrow path running by the northern part of the ledge along the west cliff	Any
Poni Gauntlet	On the point of land across the northernmost bridge at the east end of the Poni Gauntlet	Any
	On the westernmost bridge near the Battle Tree entrance	Any

Pokémon Legends: Z-A

A Zygarde Cell in Pokémon Legends: Z-A

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Zygarde Cells appears fully modeled and capable of moving around in the game. As the player arrives in Lumiose City on a train, a Cell jumps inside their travel bag and later comes out when they arrive in Hotel Z. In secret, it and remains there, observing the player as the story events happen. AZ also notices the cell and wonders if the player was brought there because Lumiose needed them. More Cells and Cores appear briefly during Jacinthe's tournament at Hotel Richissime so Zygarde changes into its 50% Form. At the climax of the game, L reveals that he had collected the remaining 99 Cells and Cores in order for Zygarde to reach its Complete Forme alongside the player's own Cell.

	Spoilers end here.

In the spin-off games

A Zygarde Cell in Pokémon GO

A Zygarde Cell in Pokémon Masters EX

Pokémon GO

In Pokémon GO, after obtaining the Zygarde Cube, Zygarde Cells can be obtained by following Routes. The first time an individual Route is followed each day, a green glimmer can appear near the end of the Route, which the player can tap on to collect 1-3 Zygarde Cells (previously, the glimmer could replace any of the Route-specific spawns that appear roughly every 500 meters). Up to 3 Zygarde Cells can be collected each day (Cells that appear but are not collected do not count toward this limit), and the Zygarde Cube can store up to 300 Cells at once. 50 Zygarde Cells are needed to change Zygarde from its 10% Forme to its 50% Forme, and 200 more are needed to change it from its 50% Forme to its Complete Forme.

Pokémon Masters EX

In Pokémon Masters EX, Zygarde Cells appear in Verdant Guardian. 10 must be collected from other story areas in order to unlock the Guardian of the Ecosystem story area. They are pieces of Serena's Zygarde.

In animation

A Zygarde Cell in Pokémon the Series: XY

A Shiny Zygarde Cell in Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: XY

Zygarde Cells first appeared in Mega Evolution Special IV, appearing in Lysandre Labs alongside a Zygarde Core. They have since appeared throughout the XYZ arc, usually assisting the Zygarde Cores: Squishy and Z2 in monitoring the Kalos region and achieving the three different forms of Zygarde to defend themselves, their friends, and the ecosystem.

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Shiny Zygarde Cells appeared in a flashback in The Wonders of the World!, where Gibeon's Zygarde sent out many of its Cells in an attempt to seal a mass of Laquium against its Trainer's orders. The Cells were blown away when the Laquium mass rapidly expanded, leaving their fate unknown. In The Truth Revealed!, Hamber was shown to be holding onto one that had grown attached to him. In the same episode, it's revealed that the other Zygarde Cells survived and were left behind in Laqua.

In Guided by the Black Rayquaza!, Zygarde returned to Laqua and reunited with its Cells, regaining its 50% Forme. It was also revealed that it had been using its Cells around the world to make sure the Laquium hadn't affected the Pokémon's ecosystem. After its battle against Liko, Roy, Dot, and Amethio in The Earthshaking White Zygarde, it chose to leave Gibeon behind, scattering into Cells and disappearing.

In Following Traces of Laquium, Hamber entrusted his Zygarde Cell and a Zygarde Cube to Zirc and Onia so they could gather them all and find Amethio. In Charcadet's Wish!, the two passed this mission to Amethio, who vowed to defeat Spinel. By Better, Farther, Stronger!, enough Cells had been gathered for Zygarde to regain its 10% Forme.

In the manga

Zygarde Cells in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

X & Y arc

Zygarde Cells debut in Zygarde Appears, where they're sucked into Zygarde in the form of "green, squishy things", however, Essentia assumes it is simply absorbing power through the natural world, which allowed them to catch it. They appear once again in Xerneas Gives, where Zygarde absorbs them again before splitting up after Xerneas and Yveltal return to their slumber.

Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc

A Zygarde Cell debuted Confusion and Monsters from Another World, where Dexio and Sina hired Sun to gather the Zygarde Cells and Cores scattered around Alola in a Zygarde Cube. They have since appeared throughout the Arc, usually assisting Sun and his Cores in achieving the three different forms of Zygarde.

Trivia

• In Pokémon Sword and Shield, Zygarde Cells are only mentioned in the description for the Zygarde Cube.
• There are unused sprites for the Zygarde Cell in Pokémon Shuffle and Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

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  Unused sprite in Pokémon Shuffle
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  Unused sprite in Pokémon Legends: Z-A

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	基格爾德・細胞 Gēigaakyíhdāk Saibāau
	Mandarin	基格爾德・細胞 / 基格尔德・细胞 Jīgé'ěrdé Xìbāo
Czech		Zygarde Buňka
Danish		Zygarde Celle
Finnish		Zygarde-kenno
French		Cellule de Zygarde
German		Zelle von Zygarde
Hungarian		Zygarde Sejt
Indonesian		Sel Zygarde
Italian		Cellula di Zygarde
Korean		지가르데 셀 Zygarde Sel
Malaysian		Sel Zygarde
Norwegian		Zygarde Celle
Polish		Komórka Zygarde
Brazilian Portuguese		Célula de Zygarde
Russian		Клетки Зайгарда Kletki Zaygarda
Spanish		Célula de Zygarde
Swedish		Zygarde Cell
Turkish		Zygarde hücresi
Vietnamese		Tế bào Zygarde

Related articles

• Zygarde
• Zygarde Core
• Zygarde Cube
• Pokémon fusion
• Mega Evolution
• Z-Move
• Z-Power

References

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