Field move

If you were looking for the special moves usable in the Pokémon Ranger series, see Field Move (Ranger).

Using Cut outside of battle

A field move is a move that can be used outside of battle in the core series games. All HM moves have a field move effect, and several other moves do as well. Field moves that are required to bypass certain obstacles in particular games are usually taught by HMs in those games.

In Generations I to IV and in Generation VI, the player must have earned a particular Badge before they can use each HM move as a field move.

Starting in Generation III, whenever a field move is used by a Pokémon, a short animation showing the Pokémon will play. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, if a field move is used by a walking Pokémon, this animation will not play; the Pokémon will instead be shown moving and using the move in the overworld.

From Generation VII onwards, it is not possible to use any moves outside of battle. In Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, Ride Pokémon serve a similar purpose to field moves from previous games. In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Secret Techniques are equivalent to the HM field moves from the Generation I games. In Pokémon Sword and Shield, there is no longer a direct equivalent to field moves, with the Flying Taxi replacing Fly and the Rotom Bike Water Mode replacing Surf. In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, the eight HM field moves can be used with the help of a new Poketch app that calls on wild Pokémon for assistance, eliminating the need to teach them to the player's own Pokémon. Field moves make a return in these remakes, with moves such as Teleport being able to be used outside of battle once more.

List of field moves

Gallery

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  Artwork of Cut

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  Artwork of Fly

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  Artwork of Surf

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  Artwork of Strength

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  Artwork of Flash

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  Artwork of Whirlpool

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  Artwork of Waterfall

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  Artwork of Rock Smash

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  Artwork of Dive

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  Artwork of Defog

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  Artwork of Rock Climb

Trivia

• Some field moves share their effects with certain items that can be used by the player in the field.
  • Dig shares its effect with the Escape Rope.
  • Sweet Scent shares its effect with Honey.
• Flash has had a greater number of different effects than any other field move.
• Milk Drink and Soft-Boiled are the only field moves not to have unique effects, sharing their effects with each other.
• Generation V is the only generation featuring field moves not to introduce either any new field moves or any new effects for existing field moves.
  • In Black 2 and White 2, the player can help clear a section of boulders in Clay Tunnel if a member of their party knows Rock Smash, but Rock Smash is not a field move in Generation V.

See also

• List of Pokémon by field move
  • Generation I
  • Generation II
  • Generation III
  • Generation IV
  • Generation V
  • Generation VI
• Poké Ride
• Secret Technique
• Rotom Bike and Flying Taxi

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.