Arceus - Generation 8 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Arceus can learn in Generation 8, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Sword
Pokémon Shield
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
Pokémon Shining Pearl
Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Arceus artwork by Ken Sugimori

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Sword/Shield Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl Legends: Arceus

Moves learnt by level up

Arceus does not learn any level up moves in Pokémon Sword & Shield.

Egg moves

Arceus does not learn any moves by breeding in Pokémon Sword & Shield.

Moves learnt by TM

Arceus cannot be taught any TM moves in Pokémon Sword & Shield.

Moves learnt by TR

Arceus cannot be taught any TR moves in Pokémon Sword & Shield.

Moves learnt by level up

Arceus learns the following moves in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Cosmic Power	Psychic	—	—
1	Seismic Toss	Fighting	—	100
10	Gravity	Psychic	—	—
20	Earth Power	Ground	90	100
30	Hyper Voice	Normal	90	100
40	Extreme Speed	Normal	80	100
50	Healing Wish	Psychic	—	—
60	Future Sight	Psychic	120	100
70	Recover	Normal	—	—
80	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
90	Perish Song	Normal	—	—
100	Judgment	Normal	100	100

Egg moves

Arceus does not learn any moves by breeding in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

Move Tutor moves

Arceus can be taught these attacks in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl from move tutors (details):

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Draco Meteor	Dragon		130	90

Moves learnt by TM

Arceus is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
02	Dragon Claw	Dragon	80	100
03	Water Pulse	Water	60	100
04	Calm Mind	Psychic	—	—
05	Roar	Normal	—	—
07	Hail	Ice	—	—
09	Bullet Seed	Grass	25	100
10	Work Up	Normal	—	—
11	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
13	Ice Beam	Ice	90	100
14	Blizzard	Ice	110	70
15	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
16	Light Screen	Psychic	—	—
17	Protect	Normal	—	—
18	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
19	Giga Drain	Grass	75	100
20	Safeguard	Normal	—	—
22	Solar Beam	Grass	120	100
23	Iron Tail	Steel	100	75
24	Thunderbolt	Electric	90	100
25	Thunder	Electric	110	70
26	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
29	Psychic	Psychic	90	100
30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
31	Brick Break	Fighting	75	100
32	Double Team	Normal	—	—
33	Reflect	Psychic	—	—
34	Shock Wave	Electric	60	∞
35	Flamethrower	Fire	90	100
36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	90	100
37	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
38	Fire Blast	Fire	110	85
39	Rock Tomb	Rock	60	95
40	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
42	Facade	Normal	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	—	—
50	Overheat	Fire	130	90
52	Focus Blast	Fighting	120	70
53	Energy Ball	Grass	90	100
55	Brine	Water	65	100
57	Charge Beam	Electric	50	90
58	Endure	Normal	—	—
59	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	85	100
61	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	—	85
65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
66	Payback	Dark	50	100
67	Recycle	Normal	—	—
68	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
70	Flash	Normal	—	100
71	Stone Edge	Rock	100	80
72	Avalanche	Ice	60	100
73	Thunder Wave	Electric	—	90
75	Swords Dance	Normal	—	—
76	Stealth Rock	Rock	—	—
77	Psych Up	Normal	—	—
78	Snarl	Dark	55	95
79	Dark Pulse	Dark	80	100
80	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
81	X-Scissor	Bug	80	100
82	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
83	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
84	Poison Jab	Poison	80	100
85	Dream Eater	Psychic	100	100
86	Grass Knot	Grass	—	100
87	Swagger	Normal	—	85
90	Substitute	Normal	—	—
91	Flash Cannon	Steel	80	100
92	Trick Room	Psychic	—	—
93	Cut	Normal	50	95
94	Fly	Flying	90	95
95	Surf	Water	90	100
96	Strength	Normal	80	100
97	Defog	Flying	—	—
98	Rock Smash	Fighting	40	100
99	Waterfall	Water	80	100
100	Rock Climb	Normal	90	85

Moves learnt by level up

Arceus learns the following moves in Pokémon Legends: Arceus at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Quick Attack	Normal	40	100
6	Confusion	Psychic	50	100
12	Ancient Power	Rock	60	100
19	Calm Mind	Psychic	—	—
27	Recover	Normal	—	—
36	Extrasensory	Psychic	80	100
46	Judgment	Normal	100	100
57	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90

Move Tutor moves

Arceus can be taught these attacks in Pokémon Legends: Arceus from move tutors:

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
Aqua Tail	Water	90	90
Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
Calm Mind	Psychic	—	—
Charge Beam	Electric	50	90
Dark Pulse	Dark	80	100
Dazzling Gleam	Fairy	80	100
Draco Meteor	Dragon	130	90
Earth Power	Ground	90	100
Energy Ball	Grass	90	100
Flamethrower	Fire	90	100
Flash Cannon	Steel	80	100
Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
Ice Beam	Ice	90	100
Icy Wind	Ice	55	95
Iron Head	Steel	80	100
Iron Tail	Steel	100	75
Mystical Fire	Fire	75	100
Ominous Wind	Ghost	60	100
Outrage	Dragon	120	100
Poison Jab	Poison	80	100
Psychic	Psychic	90	100
Rest	Psychic	—	—
Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
Rock Smash	Fighting	40	100
Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
Sludge Bomb	Poison	90	100
Snarl	Dark	55	95
Stealth Rock	Rock	—	—
Steel Beam	Steel	140	95
Stone Edge	Rock	100	80
Swift	Normal	60	∞
Thunderbolt	Electric	90	100
Water Pulse	Water	60	100
X-Scissor	Bug	80	100
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	80	90