Arceus pokedex: stats, moves, evolution & locations

Contents
Type defenses
Base stats
Pokedex entries
Evolution chart
Moves learned
Sprites
Locations
Q&A

Name origin

arch-: prefix signifying authority and power
deus: god

Pokedex data

National №	493
Type	Normal
Species	Alpha Pokémon
Height	10′6″ (3.20m)
Weight	705.5 lbs (320.0 kg)
Abilities	Multitype
Local №	—
Japanese	Aruseusu

Breeding

Egg Groups	Undiscovered
Gender	Genderless
Egg cycles	121 (minimum 30,855 steps)

Training

EV yield	3 HP
Catch rate	3 (0.4% with PokéBall, full HP)
Base Happiness	0 (lower than normal)
Base EXP	255
Growth Rate	Slow

Type defenses

Nor	Fir	Wat	Ele	Gra	Ice	Fig	Poi	Gro	Fly	Psy	Bug	Roc	Gho	Dra	Dar	Ste
						2							0

Arceus stats

The base stats for Arceus are shown below left, with the possible range shown on the right for a level 100 Pokemon. Minimum/maximum values are based on hindering/beneficial nature, 0/252 EVs, 0/31 IVs.

HP	120	350 - 444
Attack	120	220 - 372
Defense	120	220 - 372
Sp. Atk	120	220 - 372
Sp. Def	120	220 - 372
Speed	120	220 - 372
Total	720

Pokedex descriptions

Diamond	It is described in mythology as the Pokémon that shaped the universe with its 1,000 arms.
Pearl	It is told in mythology that this Pokémon was born before the universe even existed.
Platinum Black White	It is said to have emerged from an egg in a place where there was nothing, then shaped the world.
HeartGold SoulSilver	According to the legends of Sinnoh, this Pokémon emerged from an egg and shaped all there is in this world.
Black 2 White 2	It is said to have emerged from an egg in a place where there was nothing then shaped the world.

Evolution chart

Arceus does not evolve.

Moves learnt by level up

Black 2/White 2/White/Black/HeartGold/SoulSilver

Arceus learns the following moves at the levels specified:

Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
1	Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	-	100
1	Cosmic Power	Psychic	Status	-	-
1	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	-	100
1	Punishment	Dark	Physical	-	100
10	Gravity	Psychic	Status	-	-
20	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100
30	Hyper Voice	Normal	Special	90	100
40	ExtremeSpeed	Normal	Physical	80	100
50	Refresh	Normal	Status	-	-
60	Future Sight	Psychic	Special	100	100
70	Recover	Normal	Status	-	-
80	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90
90	Perish Song	Normal	Status	-	-
100	Judgment	Normal	Special	100	100

Other generations: IV V

Egg moves

Arceus does not learn any egg moves.

Other generations: IV V

Arceus can be taught these attacks from move tutors (details):

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Snore	Normal	Special	40	100
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95
Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	-	-
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75
Heat Wave	Fire	Special	100	90
Trick	Psychic	Status	-	100
Magic Coat	Psychic	Status	-	-
Recycle	Normal	Status	-	-
Hyper Voice	Normal	Special	90	100
Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100
Iron Defense	Steel	Status	-	-
Gravity	Psychic	Status	-	-
Tailwind	Flying	Status	-	-
Last Resort	Normal	Physical	140	100
Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100
Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90
Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	90	100
Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90
Draco Meteor	Dragon	Special	140	90
Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	-	-

Arceus can be taught these attacks from move tutors (details):

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Draco Meteor	Dragon	Special	140	90

Arceus can be taught these attacks from move tutors (details):

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100
Swift	Normal	Special	60	∞
Snore	Normal	Special	40	100
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95
Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100
Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	20	95
Twister	Dragon	Special	40	100
AncientPower	Rock	Special	60	100
Heat Wave	Fire	Special	100	90
Trick	Psychic	Status	-	100
Role Play	Psychic	Status	-	-
Magic Coat	Psychic	Status	-	-
Dive	Water	Physical	80	100
Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100
Iron Defense	Steel	Status	-	-
Gravity	Psychic	Status	-	-
Tailwind	Flying	Status	-	-
Last Resort	Normal	Physical	140	100
Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90
Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90
Draco Meteor	Dragon	Special	140	90
Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100
Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special	60	100

Other generations: IV V

Moves learnt by HM

Black 2/White 2/White/Black
HeartGold/SoulSilver

Arceus is compatible with these Hidden Machines:

HM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
1	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95
2	Fly	Flying	Physical	90	95
3	Surf	Water	Special	95	100
4	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100
5	Waterfall	Water	Physical	80	100

Arceus is compatible with these Hidden Machines:

HM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
1	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95
2	Fly	Flying	Physical	90	95
3	Surf	Water	Special	95	100
4	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100
5	Whirlpool	Water	Special	35	85
6	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100
7	Waterfall	Water	Physical	80	100
8	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85

Other generations: IV V

Moves learnt by TM

Black 2/White 2/White/Black
HeartGold/SoulSilver

Arceus is compatible with these Technical Machines:

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
1	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	-	-
2	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100
3	Psyshock	Psychic	Special	80	100
4	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	-	-
5	Roar	Normal	Status	-	100
6	Toxic	Poison	Status	-	90
7	Hail	Ice	Status	-	-
10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	-	100
11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	-	-
13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	95	100
14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120	70
15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90
16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	-	-
17	Protect	Normal	Status	-	-
18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	-	-
19	Telekinesis	Psychic	Status	-	-
20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	-	-
21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	-	100
22	SolarBeam	Grass	Special	120	100
24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	95	100
25	Thunder	Electric	Special	120	70
26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100
27	Return	Normal	Physical	-	100
29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100
30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100
31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100
32	Double Team	Normal	Status	-	-
33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	-	-
35	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	95	100
36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100
37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	-	-
38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	120	85
39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80
40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	∞
42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	Status	-	-
48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100
49	Echoed Voice	Normal	Special	40	100
50	Overheat	Fire	Special	140	90
52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70
53	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	80	100
57	Charge Beam	Electric	Special	50	90
59	Incinerate	Fire	Special	30	100
60	Quash	Dark	Status	-	100
61	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	-	75
65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100
66	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100
67	Retaliate	Normal	Physical	70	100
68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90
70	Flash	Normal	Status	-	100
71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80
73	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	-	100
75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	-	-
77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	-	-
78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100
80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90
81	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100
83	Work Up	Normal	Status	-	-
84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100
85	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100	100
86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	-	100
87	Swagger	Normal	Status	-	90
90	Substitute	Normal	Status	-	-
91	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100
92	Trick Room	Psychic	Status	-	-
94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100
95	Snarl	Dark	Special	55	95

Arceus is compatible with these Technical Machines:

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
2	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100
3	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100
4	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	-	-
5	Roar	Normal	Status	-	100
6	Toxic	Poison	Status	-	90
7	Hail	Ice	Status	-	-
9	Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	25	100
10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	-	100
11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	-	-
13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	95	100
14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120	70
15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90
16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	-	-
17	Protect	Normal	Status	-	-
18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	-	-
19	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100
20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	-	-
21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	-	100
22	SolarBeam	Grass	Special	120	100
23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75
24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	95	100
25	Thunder	Electric	Special	120	70
26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100
27	Return	Normal	Physical	-	100
29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100
30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100
31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100
32	Double Team	Normal	Status	-	-
33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	-	-
34	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	∞
35	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	95	100
36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100
37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	-	-
38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	120	85
39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80
40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	∞
42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	Status	-	-
50	Overheat	Fire	Special	140	90
52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70
53	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	80	100
55	Brine	Water	Special	65	100
57	Charge Beam	Electric	Special	50	90
58	Endure	Normal	Status	-	-
59	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	90	100
61	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	-	75
62	Silver Wind	Bug	Special	60	100
65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100
66	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100
67	Recycle	Normal	Status	-	-
68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90
70	Flash	Normal	Status	-	100
71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80
72	Avalanche	Ice	Physical	60	100
73	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	-	100
75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	-	-
76	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	-	-
77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	-	-
79	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100
80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90
81	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100
82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	-	-
83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	-	100
84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100
85	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100	100
86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	-	100
87	Swagger	Normal	Status	-	90
90	Substitute	Normal	Status	-	-
91	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100
92	Trick Room	Psychic	Status	-	-

Other generations: IV V

Arceus sprites

NORMAL
Bug form
Black/White
NORMAL
Dark form
Black/White
NORMAL
Dragon form
Black/White
NORMAL
Electric form
Black/White
NORMAL
Fighting form
Black/White
NORMAL
Fire form
Black/White
NORMAL
Flying form
Black/White
NORMAL
Ghost form
Black/White

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Where to find Arceus

Pearl Diamond	Hall of Origin
Platinum	Hall of Origin

Pokeathlon stats

Speed	★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Power	★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Skill	★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Stamina	★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Jump	★ ★ ★ ★ ★

★ Minimum ★ Base stat ★ Maximum

Arceus

Name origin

Pokedex data

Breeding

Training

Type defenses

Arceus stats

Pokedex descriptions

Evolution chart

Moves learnt by level up

Egg moves

Move Tutor moves

Moves learnt by HM

Moves learnt by TM

Arceus sprites

Where to find Arceus

Pokeathlon stats

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