This article is about the wild Pokémon variant. For other uses, seeAlpha (disambiguation).For the Pokémon whosecategory is "Alpha Pokémon", seeArceus.

Analpha Pokémon (Japanese:オヤブンboss) is avariety of Pokémon that were introduced inPokémon Legends: Arceus. They arelarger-than-normal Pokémon that appear in thewild with increased combat capabilities. Alpha Pokémon can be identified with the icon in the Pokémon'ssummary screen and on their health bar in the wild (iftransferred toPokémon Scarlet and Violet, they have theAlpha Mark instead). Additionally, wild alpha Pokémon have glowing red eyes, unless it doesn't have eyes, such asZubat orGreavard; this trait is not retained uponcapture.

In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Pokémon who were previously identified as alpha Pokémon will have the title "Former Alpha" and with the Alpha Mark instead.

Alpha Pokémon returned inPokémon Legends: Z-A, retaining the same traits and behavior as in Legends: Arceus.

In the core series games

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Shortly after theplayer joins theSurvey Corps, an alphaKricketune intrudesDeertrack Heights.Mai, thewarden who overseesWyrdeer, enlistsAkari/Rei to help defeat the Kricketune, who in turn asks the player to aid Mai due to their skill inPokémon battles.

WhileIngo is leading the player throughWayward Cave, an alphaCrobat appears along the route. Ingo insists that the player not battle it due to the reduced visibility caused by the absence of the cave's torches, and leads them on a detour to avoid it. The player is unable to battle or catch this particular alpha Pokémon until Ingo reinstalls the torches in the cave.

During the threeTrials of theLake guardians, the player has to face an alpha Pokémon at each lake;HisuianGoodra atLake Verity,Overqwil atLake Valor, and HisuianZoroark atLake Acuity.

During the post-game, when the player goes to meetVolo atGrueling Grove, the two are ambushed by an alphaVespiquen. After defeating the Pokémon, the player receives aStone Plate from it.

Gameplay

In the wild, alpha Pokémon will be at a higherlevel than other species of the same kind that can be found in that area, will have at least three stats withindividual values of 31 (expressed in this game as initialeffort levels of 3) and will know and have mastered a move that cannot be learned by leveling up, selected at random from among the species' list of Move Tutor moves. Alpha Pokémon cannot be caught outside of battle if they are significantly higher level than the player's currentobedience level. They can, however, be caught regardless of level during a battle with them. If caught, alpha Pokémon will count as heavy specimens and large specimens forresearch tasks. Regardless of the species' normal behavior, alpha Pokémon (except forMantyke andMantine) are always aggressive towards the player and will never run away, unless aspace-time distortion appears around it or it is a species which only appears in the wild at certain times of day. If an alpha Pokémon spots the player, it will roar out a shockwave which, if close enough, will cause the player to be knocked to the ground; they are also forcibly dismounted from theirRide Pokémon if ridingWyrdeer,Ursaluna, orSneasler.

Upon entering battle, wild alpha Pokémon are filled withWild Might (Japanese:野性の力Wild Strength), as indicated by their glowing red eyes. This increases all of a Pokémon'sstats, independently of in-battle stat boosts, and reduces damage fromstatus conditions. Alpha Pokémon can also useagile style and strong style moves in battle.

There are three types of ways alpha Pokémon may spawn:

• Fixed alpha Pokémon spawns will always be generated upon entering a given area of the Hisui region, and will be at a fixed level; for instance, the alphaRapidash in theObsidian Fieldlands is always Lv. 40. These alpha Pokémon will also automatically respawn after two full in-game days.
• Random alpha Pokémon spawns may occur after the player has quelled the area'snoble Pokémon. Alpha Pokémon, of the same species as the location's standard spawns, each have a small chance of appearing (between a 0.2% and 2% chance). Each location has its own rates for how likely each alpha Pokémon may spawn, including space-time distortions. Prior to the Daybreak update, duringmass outbreaks, at most one alpha Pokémon could appear, however this limit was later lifted to account for the "exclusively alpha" bonus waves ofmassive mass outbreaks.
• During a massive mass outbreak, clearing all Pokémon in a location may cause a second wave of Pokémon to appear in the same location; if this occurs, the second wave may be composed entirely of alpha Pokémon.

During the battle againstGiratina at theTemple of Sinnoh, it will be filled withTerrible Might (Japanese:すさまじい力Tremendous Strength), which has an identical effect to Wild Might.

InPokémon Scarlet and Violet, alpha Pokémontransferred from Legends: Arceus will gain the AlphaMark. They will not retain their unique sizes in these games, but will return to their alpha size when brought back to Legends: Arceus. Instead, they will be at the largest non-alpha height value that the species can have.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A

Alpha Pokémon recently began appearing inLumiose City, but the reason was never confirmed. Like in Legends: Arceus, alpha Pokémon are larger than is typical of their species, have red glowing eyes, and will chase and attack the player. Alpha Pokémon are always classified as XL-sized, though they are noticeably larger than non-alpha XL specimens. Alpha Pokémon will start to appear throughoutLumiose City after completingMain Mission 05: "The City in the Shadow of Prism Tower".

Alpha Pokémon all have the following benefits:

• At least three randomIVs at the maximum value of 31
• Already have the maximum 252EVs in HP
• Know a mastered move not normally learn by level up; each species always gets thesame mastered TM move

Wild alpha Pokémon tend to prioritize directly attacking theplayer over attacking their Pokémon. Unlike in Legends: Arceus, the player is not stunned if they are within range of an alpha's shockwave, instead receiving a minor amount of damage, which can cause blacking out if the player is at critical health. When in battle, wild alpha Pokémon have

• ×2 applied to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, and Sp. Def stats; this is analogous to their Wild Might buff from Legends: Arceus, but is never stated in-game
• ×0.5 applied to their catch rate; this penalty is negated if the alpha Pokémon is knocked out, applying ×3 during the catch window (effectively ×1.5)

The real-time battle system gives the size of alpha Pokémon an impact on battles. Larger Pokémon are easier to hit, especially by indirect attacks inZ-A Battle Club. They also can get stuck more easily. Ranged attacks coming from a certain part of the body may come out at less accurate angles. However, direct attacks can benefit from larger hitboxes.

Fixed alpha Pokémon

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Also known as "static" alpha Pokémon, fixed alpha Pokémon are specimens that always appear in their alpha form in a specific location. Some of these specimens do not spawn until after parts of the main story are completed, usually needing the region's frenzied Noble to be tamed before appearing in the overworld.

Species marked with an * can only be found as that single fixed alpha specimen, in rare or massive mass outbreaks, or a space-time distortion, but not anywhere else in the overworld.

Obsidian Fieldlands

#	Pokémon		Level	Sub-Location	Time of Day	Weather
0042		Golbat	35	NearOreburrow Tunnel	Nighttime	All
0047		Parasect	30	Nature's Pantry	All	All
0065		Alakazam*	60	Sandgem Flats	All	All
0075		Graveler	30	NearObsidian Falls	All	All
0078		Rapidash*	40	Horseshoe Plains	All	Sunny
0123		Scyther	42	NearGrandtree Arena	All	All
0129		Magikarp	55	NearOreburrow Tunnel	All	All
0130		Gyarados	60	Lake Verity	All	All
0143		Snorlax	45	NearSandgem Flats	All	All
0214		Heracross	45	Grueling Grove	All	All
0234		Stantler	42	Deertrack Heights	All	All
0242		Blissey	62	NearObsidian Falls	All	All
0392		Infernape*	65	Ramanas Island	All	All
0397		Staravia	32	Windswept Run	All	All
0400		Bibarel	16	Tidewater Dam	All	All
0402		Kricketune	30	NearTidewater Dam	All	All
0404		Luxio	40	Floaro Gardens	All	All
0419		Floatzel	31	NearWorn Bridge	All	All
0428		Lopunny	40	NearThe Heartwood	All	All

Crimson Mirelands

#	Pokémon		Level	Sub-Location	Time of Day	Weather
0026		Raichu*	52	NearGolden Lowlands	All	All
0095		Onix	50	NearDiamond Settlement	All	All
0111		Rhyhorn	45	Diamond Heath	All	All
0217		Ursaring	55	NearGapejaw Bog	All	All
0217		Ursaring	41	Ursa's Ring	All	All
0340		Whiscash	64	Lake Valor	All	All
0389		Torterra*	65	Holm of Trials	All	All
0407		Roserade*	50	Cloudpool Ridge	Daytime	All
0416		Vespiquen	61	NearCottonsedge Prairie	All	All
0417		Pachirisu	40	NearGapejaw Bog	All	All
0430		Honchkrow	55	Cloudpool Ridge	Nighttime	All
0435		Skuntank	45	Scarlet Bog	All	All
0450		Hippowdon	46	Gapejaw Bog	All	All
0454		Toxicroak	47	Holm of Trials	All	All
0455		Carnivine	43	NearCottonsedge Prairie	All	All
0463		Lickilicky	52	Shrouded Ruins	All	All
0465		Tangrowth*	45	Gapejaw Bog	All	All
0469		Yanmega	58	Droning Meadow	All	All
0705		Sliggoo Hisuian Form	50	Holm of Trials	All	All

Cobalt Coastlands

#	Pokémon		Level	Sub-Location	Time of Day	Weather
0038		Ninetales*	61	Firespit Island	All	All
0055		Golduck	50	Bathers' Lagoon	All	All
0067		Machoke	40	Ginkgo Landing	All	All
0073		Tentacruel	50	NearLunker's Lair	All	All
0113		Chansey	51	Tombolo Walk	All	All
0130		Gyarados	58	NearSand's Reach	All	All
0211		Qwilfish Hisuian Form	55	NearIslespy Shore	All	All
0224		Octillery	46	Castaway Shore	All	All
0226		Mantine	50	Tranquility Cove	All	All
0365		Walrein	50	Ginkgo Landing	All	All
0395		Empoleon*	69	Islespy Shore	All	All
0414		Mothim	56	Spring Path	All	All
0423		Gastrodon	61	Seagrass Haven	All	All
0424		Ambipom	50	NearHideaway Bay	All	All
0432		Purugly	45	Veilstone Cape	All	All
0452		Drapion*	45	NearGinkgo Landing	All	All
0457		Lumineon	60	Seagrass Haven	All	All
0477		Dusknoir*	65	Deadwood Haunt	Nighttime	All

Coronet Highlands

#	Pokémon		Level	Sub-Location	Time of Day	Weather
0036		Clefable*	62	Fabled Spring	Nighttime	All
0076		Golem*	60	Bolderoll Ravine	All	All
0169		Crobat	60	Wayward Cave	All	All
0207		Gligar	52	NearCelestica Ruins	All	All
0208		Steelix*	60	Celestica Trail	All	All
0405		Luxray	55	Sacred Plaza	All	All
0414		Mothim	55	Wayward Wood	All	All
0429		Mismagius*	61	Stonetooth Rows	Nighttime	All
0437		Bronzong	55	NearClamberclaw Cliffs	All	All
0444		Gabite	56	NearClamberclaw Cliffs	All	All
0455		Carnivine	52	Lonely Spring	All	All
0464		Rhyperior*	74	NearSacred Plaza	All	All
0466		Electivire*	69	Cloudcap Pass	All	All
0472		Gliscor*	77	NearPrimeval Grotto	All	All
0476		Probopass*	73	NearPrimeval Grotto	All	All
0706		Goodra* Hisuian Form	70	NearAncient Quarry	All	All

Alabaster Icelands

#	Pokémon		Level	Sub-Location	Time of Day	Weather
0068		Machamp*	70	Arena's Approach	All	All
0125		Electabuzz	65	Icebound Falls	All	All
0215		Sneasel	61	NearAvalugg's Legacy	All	All
0220		Swinub	62	NearBonechill Wastes	All	All
0221		Piloswine	65	Arena's Approach	All	All
0282		Gardevoir*	70	Heart's Crag	Daytime	All
0358		Chimecho	65	NearLake Acuity	All	All
0362		Glalie	62	Bonechill Wastes	All	All
0445		Garchomp*	85	Avalanche Slopes	All	All
0448		Lucario	70	Icebound Falls	All	All
0460		Abomasnow	68	Bonechill Wastes	All	All
0473		Mamoswine*	68	Avalugg's Legacy	All	All
0475		Gallade*	70	Snowpoint Temple	All	All
0478		Froslass	72	Ice Column Chamber	All	All

Unique alpha Pokémon

These unique alpha Pokémon can only be found once during the storyline. With the exception of Vespiquen, they do not have the usual guarantee of any stats with individual values of 31 (starting effort levels of 3). The alpha Pokémon found in Acuity, Verity, and Valor Caverns are prevented from beingShiny, and have Scale values of 128 instead of 255. Hisuian Zoroark and Overqwil do not have other fixed alpha spawns on the map.

#	Pokémon		Level	Location	Sub-Location	Mission/Request	Tutor move
0362		Glalie	64	Alabaster Icelands	Arena's Approach	Request 86: "Gone Astray...in the Icelands"	Iron Head
0402		Kricketune	12	Obsidian Fieldlands	Deertrack Heights	Mission 5: "A Request from Mai"	False Swipe
0416		Vespiquen	60	Obsidian Fieldlands	Grueling Grove	Mission 20: "The Researcher of Myths"	Sludge Bomb
0571		Zoroark Hisuian Form	58	Alabaster Icelands	Acuity Cavern	Mission 16: "The Trial of Lake Acuity"	None
0706		Goodra Hisuian Form	58	Obsidian Fieldlands	Verity Cavern	Mission 14: "The Trial of Lake Verity"	Iron Tail
0904		Overqwil	58	Crimson Mirelands	Valor Cavern	Mission 15: "The Trial of Lake Valor"	Ice Ball

Pokémon Legends: Z-A

Similar to Legends: Arceus, fixed alpha Pokémon in Legends: Z-A always appear in their alpha form in a specific location.

Species marked with * cannot be found anywhere in the wild except as alpha Pokémon, outside ofMega Dimension.

#	Pokémon		Levels	Location	Time of Day
0014		Kakuna	19-21	Magenta District	All
0015		Beedrill	51-52	Wild Zone 15	Daytime
0016		Pidgey	24-26	Wild Zone 1	All
0018		Pidgeot	40-42	Jaune District	All
0024		Arbok	50-52	Wild Zone 10	All
0024		Arbok	59-60	Lysandre Labs	All
0025		Pikachu	40-42	Wild Zone 6	All
0035		Clefairy	58-60	Wild Zone 19	Nighttime
0069		Bellsprout	24-25	Wild Zone 5	All
0070		Weepinbell	46-47	Wild Zone 13	Daytime
0080		Slowbro*	42-44	Wild Zone 11	All
0120		Staryu	30-32	Wild Zone 2	Nighttime
0129		Magikarp	30-32	Wild Zone 2	Daytime
0167		Spinarak	20-21	Wild Zone 4	All
0181		Ampharos*	52-53	Wild Zone 16	All
0229		Houndoom	32-33	Wild Zone 6	All
0303		Mawile	56-57	Wild Zone 17	All
0310		Manectric	40-41	Wild Zone 9	All
0319		Sharpedo	41-43	Wild Zone 10	All
0323		Camerupt*	39-40	Wild Zone 8	All
0354		Banette	52-53	Wild Zone 15	Nighttime
0373		Salamence*	61-62	Wild Zone 18	All
0428		Lopunny*	55-56	Wild Zone 18	All
0460		Abomasnow*	43-45	Wild Zone 12	All
0504		Patrat	21-24	Vert District	All
0505		Watchog	41-43	Wild Zone 10	All
0511		Pansage	23-26	Rouge District	All
0511		Pansage	24-27	Bleu District	All
0513		Pansear	23-26	Rouge District	All
0513		Pansear	24-27	Bleu District	All
0515		Panpour	23-26	Rouge District	All
0515		Panpour	24-27	Bleu District	All
0530		Excadrill	48-49	Wild Zone 14	All
0544		Whirlipede	27-28	Wild Zone 5	All
0552		Krokorok	37-38	Wild Zone 8	All
0568		Trubbish	21-23	Vert District	All
0569		Garbodor	38-40	Jaune District	All
0661		Fletchling	30-31	Wild Zone 3	All
0662		Fletchinder	32-33	Wild Zone 7	All
0667		Litleo	23-24	Wild Zone 3	All
0668		Pyroar Male	56-57	Wild Zone 15	All
0669		Flabébé Red Flower	20-23	Jaune District	All
0669		Flabébé Orange Flower	21-23	Jaune District	All
0669		Flabébé Yellow Flower	21-23	Jaune District	All
0669		Flabébé Blue Flower	21-23	Jaune District	All
0669		Flabébé White Flower	20-23	Jaune District	All
0676		Furfrou	58-61	Wild Zone 19	Daytime (except mornings)
0678		Meowstic Male	41-42	Wild Zone 9	Nighttime
0678		Meowstic Female	41-42	Wild Zone 9	Daytime
0682		Spritzee	26-29	Rouge District	All
0684		Swirlix	28-31	Magenta District	All
0688		Binacle	32-34	Wild Zone 6	All
0693		Clawitzer*	42-44	Wild Zone 11	All
0709		Trevenant	47-48	Wild Zone 13	Nighttime
0711		Gourgeist Medium Variety	52-53	Wild Zone 15	All
0713		Avalugg*	54-56	Wild Zone 12	All

Wild Zone 20

Each time the player enters Wild Zone 20, two random spawns are chosen to appear at the center of the zone, each of which can be any of the following alpha Pokémon.

#	Pokémon		Levels	#	Pokémon		Levels	#	Pokémon		Levels	#	Pokémon		Levels
0026		Raichu*	63-64	0036		Clefable	63-64	0065		Alakazam*	64-65	0068		Machamp*	64-65
0071		Victreebel*	63-64	0094		Gengar	63-64	0115		Kangaskhan	64-65	0121		Starmie	63-64
0127		Pinsir	63-64	0130		Gyarados	64-65	0134		Vaporeon*	63-64	0135		Jolteon*	63-64
0136		Flareon*	63-64	0149		Dragonite*	64-65	0168		Ariados	63-64	0214		Heracross	63-64
0225		Delibird	63-64	0227		Skarmory	63-64	0248		Tyranitar*	64-65	0282		Gardevoir	64-65
0302		Sableye	63-64	0306		Aggron	64-65	0308		Medicham	63-64	0334		Altaria	64-65
0359		Absol	64-65	0376		Metagross*	64-65	0407		Roserade	63-64	0445		Garchomp*	64-65
0448		Lucario	64-65	0450		Hippowdon	63-64	0470		Leafeon*	63-64	0471		Glaceon*	63-64
0475		Gallade*	64-65	0478		Froslass*	63-64	0512		Simisage*	63-64	0514		Simisear*	63-64
0516		Simipour*	63-64	0545		Scolipede	63-64	0553		Krookodile*	63-64	0560		Scrafty	63-64
0569		Garbodor	64-65	0584		Vanilluxe*	63-64	0604		Eelektross*	64-65	0609		Chandelure*	64-65
0618		Stunfisk	63-64	0660		Diggersby	63-64	0663		Talonflame	63-64	0666		Vivillon Meadow Pattern	63-64
0671		Florges Red Flower	64-65	0673		Gogoat	63-64	0675		Pangoro*	64-65	0676		Furfrou	63-64
0681		Aegislash	64-65	0687		Malamar	64-65	0689		Barbaracle	64-65	0691		Dragalge	64-65
0695		Heliolisk*	64-65	0700		Sylveon*	63-64	0701		Hawlucha	63-64	0702		Dedenne	63-64
0703		Carbink	63-64	0706		Goodra*	64-65	0707		Klefki	63-64	0711		Gourgeist Medium Variety	63-64
0715		Noivern	63-64	0780		Drampa	64-65	0870		Falinks	64-65

Unique alpha Pokémon

During Main Mission 40: "The One That Gives", three unique Alpha Pokémon spawn, and each of them must be caught or defeated to progress the mission. If they are defeated without being caught, they will be permanently missed, and can never respawn again. They are referred to as "Anomalous Alphas" byMable and in herPokédex Research, specificallyInvestigating Anomalous Alphas.

#	Pokémon		Level	Location
0208		Steelix*	70	Wild Zone 3
0475		Gallade*	70	Wild Zone 5
0675		Pangoro*	70	Wild Zone 9

In animation

Pokémon: Hisuian Snow

InTwo Hues, an alphaGarchomp attackedAlec and theGalaxy Team, but it was driven away by aHisuianZoroark that Alec had befriended in his youth as aZorua.

Trivia

• There is a third variant of the Wild Might effect in game data, calledTerrific Might (Japanese:偉大な力), which is a version of Wild Might without the stat boosts. Its usage within the game is unknown.
• When alphaCombee andGastrodon appear in the wild, only two of their eyes glow red.
• When alphaSpiritomb appears in the wild, the lines in itsOdd Keystone also glow red.
• Interestingly,Arceus itself is also known as theAlpha Pokémon, though this similarity does not hold in Japanese.
• Alpha Pokémon are guaranteed to have 31 in at least 3 of theirIV stats, a trait thatLegendary andMythical Pokémon have also had sinceGeneration VI.
• Alpha Pokémon have a slightly different music track in battle. If the player starts a battle with an alpha Pokémon and one or more non-alpha Pokémon at the same time, then catches or defeats the alpha Pokémon, the music will transition back into the standard wild battle track.

Origin

Alpha Pokémon might be based on the concept ofdominance hierarchy in biology. Amongst animal groups, an alpha is a member of the species that has a higher rank in the group's hierarchy, contrary to the beta members who are the more submissive ones. Alpha animals often employ aggression tactics to assert dominance and leadership over their specific groups. This concept may be seen in gameplay, where alpha Pokémon display an aggressive disposition even when members of said species typically would not. They also serve as leaders of the pack, as alpha Pokémon are regularly found in places where unevolved members of their species gather, and even show signs of territorialism, as some alpha Pokémon tend to come to the aid of the lesser members when alerted. Their Japanese name "boss" seems to reinforce this idea of hierarchical leadership.

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