Volcarona (Pokémon)

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Volcarona Sun Pokémon ウルガモス Ulgamoth #0637 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Bug Fire Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Flame Body Cacophony Cacophony Swarm Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 15 (5.2%)
Breeding Egg Group Bug Hatch time 40 cycles
Height 5'03" 1.6 m Volcarona 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 101.4 lbs. 46.0 kg Volcarona 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 248	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Volcarona 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 3 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   White	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Volcarona (Japanese: ウルガモス Ulgamoth) is a dual-type Bug/Fire Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It evolves from Larvesta starting at level 59.

It is said to be a relative of the Paradox Pokémon Slither Wing and Iron Moth^[1] or a version of them^[2] from a different timeline.

Biology

Volcarona is a large, moth-like Pokémon with four small feet. It appears to have compound eyes that are two shades of blue, and there is a red horn-like structure on each side of its face. The fuzz on its upper body is smoky white and tangled. Its abdomen is black in the center and light blue with black dots on the outside. It has six leaf-like wings that are orange in color and have small black spots.

Volcarona releases burning scales from its wings to engulf the battlefield in a sea of fire. Volcarona's flames are said to provide a replacement for the sun when the atmosphere is dark with volcanic ash, and some legends claim that it hatched from a cocoon of raging flames to save people and Pokémon in freezing climates. It was feared as the rage of the sun by ancient people, and it was even worshiped as a deity of fire in some places, they even referred to it as the embodiment of the sun. Volcarona's shrine in Relic Castle remains as a testament to the respect it commanded. Despite being worshiped in cold regions, it is unpopular in hot regions due to its burning body. Volcarona is also considered dangerous due to how it scatters hot burning scales, which can rob the surrounding air of its oxygen.

Slither Wing and Iron Moth bear a resemblance to Volcarona. Slither Wing is believed to be a revived ancestor of Volcarona. Iron Moth is believed to be Volcarona's descendant, possibly a UFO being controlled by alien life for observation.

Two special Volcarona are worshiped in Lental for being two of the seven guardian Illumina Pokémon. It resides in the Voluca Island Illumina Spot.

Prior to Generation IX, Volcarona was the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Fiery Dance.

Evolution

Volcarona evolves from Larvesta.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Larvesta  Bug  Fire

→

First evolution Volcarona  Bug  Fire

Game data

Pokédex entries

Volcarona in the Alola PokédexUSUM	Volcarona in the Paldea Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

In events

Games	Event	Language	Location	Level	Distribution period
BW	Korean Nationals 2012 Volcarona	Korean	South Korea	100	June 9 to 10, 2012
BWB2W2	Pokémon Game Show Alder's Volcarona	Japanese	Japan	77	August 17 to 18, 2013

Held items

Games		Held items
Black	White	SilverPowder (100%)
Black 2	White 2
Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon	Silver Powder (100%)
Sword	Shield	Silver Powder (Expansion Pass required, 100%)

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: V - VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM014 TM014 Acrobatics Flying Physical 05555 100}}100% 15 TM015 TM015 Struggle Bug Bug Special 05050 100}}100% 20 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM021 TM021 Pounce Bug Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM024 TM024 Fire Spin Fire Special 03535 085}}85% 15 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM038 TM038 Flame Charge Fire Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM040 TM040 Air Cutter Flying Special 06060 095}}95% 25 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM060 TM060 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM065 TM065 Air Slash Flying Special 07575 095}}95% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM083 TM083 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM095 TM095 Leech Life Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM097 TM097 Fly Flying Physical 09090 095}}95% 15 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM107 TM107 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM111 TM111 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100}}100% 10 TM113 TM113 Tailwind Flying Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM118 TM118 Heat Wave Fire Special 09595 090}}90% 10 TM120 TM120 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM125 TM125 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM128 TM128 Amnesia Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM129 TM129 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM141 TM141 Fire Blast Fire Special 110110 085}}85% 5 TM147 TM147 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM157 TM157 Overheat Fire Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM160 TM160 Hurricane Flying Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM162 TM162 Bug Buzz Bug Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM165 TM165 Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM168 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM182 TM182 Bug Bite Bug Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM185 TM185 Lunge Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM197 TM197 Dual Wingbeat Flying Physical 04040 090}}90% 10 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM219 TM219 Skitter Smack Bug Physical 07070 090}}90% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Volcarona Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Volcarona Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: V - VI - VII - VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Absorb Grass Special 20 100% 25 Harden Normal Status — —% 30 * Morning Sun Normal Status — —% 5 Thrash Normal Physical 120 100% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Volcarona Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Volcarona Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Volcarona Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.5 seconds Base HP: 56 Base Attack: 82 Base Defense: 56 Base Speed: 70
Pokémon Conquest HP: ★★★★ Move: Fiery Dance Attack: ★★★★★ Ability 1: Flame Body Ability 2: Frighten Ability 3: Sponge Defense: ★★★ Speed: ★★★★ Evolves from Larvesta when its Attack is 131 or higher Range: 3 Perfect Links: Hidenaga, Masayuki, Okuni, and Sessai
Pokémon Battle Trozei Bug Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Bug Attack Power: 70 - 110 5 #184 Mega Boost Fills the Mega Gauge of a Pokémon of the same type. Swappable Skill(s): Barrier Shot
Pokémon GO Base HP: 198 Base Attack: 264 Base Defense: 189 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Fire Spin, Bug Bite Charged Attacks: Overheat, Bug Buzz, Solar Beam, Hurricane
New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #154 It never occurred to me that there would be two Illumina Pokémon on Voluca Island. It looked like the Volcarona were talking to each other as they flew. I wonder what they were saying.

Evolution data

Unevolved Larvesta  Bug  Fire

Level 59 →

First evolution Volcarona  Bug  Fire

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Volcarona images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

In the anime

Main series

Volcarona in the anime

Shiny Volcarona in the anime

Major appearances

Volcarona made its main series debut in Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain!, where a Pokémon hunter named Rizzo attempted to catch it. However, Ash, his friends, and Brycen tried to stop Rizzo from doing so. They had a battle, where Brycen eventually defeated Rizzo's Jellicent with his Beartic, and then freed the Sun Pokémon.

A Shiny Larvesta evolved into Volcarona in Trial on a Golden Scale!.

Minor appearances

Volcarona debuted in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Generations

Volcarona in Pokémon Generations

In The Adventure, a wild Volcarona encountered and battled Pikachu inside the Relic Castle, but it was defeated by its Volt Tackle.

Pokémon Evolutions

Volcarona in Pokémon Evolutions

A Volcarona appeared in a flashback in The Plan, under the ownership of Alder. It fought against N and his Zekrom, but eventually lost.

In the manga

Volcarona in Pokémon Adventures

Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder

A Volcarona appeared in Get the Legendary Pokémon!, under the ownership of Alder. It was used to battle Shin for possession of the Light Stone.

Pokémon Adventures

Ghetsis owns a Volcarona that first appeared in The Power of Dreams. Earlier in the Black & White arc, it was being sought by Ryoku.

Benga's Volcarona first appeared in Pink Slip.

Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~

A Volcarona appeared in The Scarlet Scroll: Kunoichi's Situation, under the ownership of Okuni.

In the TCG

Main article: Volcarona (TCG)

Trivia

• Volcarona shares its category with Espeon and Sunflora. They are all known as the Sun Pokémon.
• Volcarona evolves from its pre-evolved form Larvesta starting at the highest level of all two-stage evolution families, at level 59.
• According to interviews with Ken Sugimori in Nintendo Dream, Volcarona was originally designed with four wings. It was later designed with six wings to make it appear more powerful.^[3]
• Volcarona is one of three Pokémon to have two Paradox Pokémon that resemble it, those being Slither Wing and Iron Moth. The other Pokémon with this distinction are Donphan and Cyclizar.
  • Of these, Volcarona’s Paradox Pokémon are the only ones without a major role in the main story of Pokémon Scarlet or Violet.
• Discounting forms, Volcarona and its pre-evolution are the last Generation V Pokémon to debut in Pokémon GO, debuting on May 2, 2023.

Origin

Volcarona is based on a moth,^[3] presumably the Atlas moth or cecropia moth—or possibly the promethea silkmoth, Prometheus being a Titan god of fire. Its concept may have also been derived from the phrase "like a moth to a flame", which refers to the observed positive phototaxis demonstrated by moths.

Its wings may be based on the petals of a tiger lily, having the same number of extensions, black spots, and red-orange coloring. It also has motifs of the sun, with the black spots on its wings representing the dark spots on the sun.^[3] Volcarona may also be based on solar deities. Volcarona's head and antennae bear a resemblance to the headpiece of Hathor, which depicts the horns of the goddess cradling a disk representing the sun in between.

In addition, Volcarona's appearance may be loosely based on a seraph, a type of angel that is often associated with fire, as its name literally translates to "burning one". Like Volcarona, seraphim are often depicted with six red wings and no legs.

Name origin

Volcarona may be a combination of volcano or Vulcan (Roman god of fire and volcanoes) and corona, referring to its Fire type and status as the Sun Pokémon.

Ulgamoth may be a combination of ウルカヌス Urukanusu (Vulcanus), 蛾 ga (moth), and moth.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ウルガモス Ulgamoth From Vulcanus, 蛾 ga, and moth French Pyrax From pyro, pyrale, the Egyptian sun god Ra, and possibly thorax Spanish Volcarona Same as English name German Ramoth From Ra and moth Italian Volcarona Same as English name Korean 불카모스 Bulkamos From Vulcan, 불 bul, and moth Mandarin Chinese 火神蛾 Huǒshén'é* 火神蟲 / 火神虫 Huǒshénchóng* From 火神 huǒshén and 蛾 é From 火神 huǒshén and 蟲 / 虫 chóng Cantonese Chinese 火神蛾 Fósàhnngòh* 火神蟲 Fósàhnchùhng* From 火神 fósàhn and 蛾 ngòh From 火神 fósàhn and 蟲 chùhng

More languages Hindi वलकैनॉथ Vulcanoth From volcano or Vulcan and moth Russian Волкарона Volkarona Transcription of English name Thai อุลกามอธ Unkamot Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Illumina phenomenon

References

External links

Illumina Pokémon

Florio

Belusylva

Maricopia

Voluca

Durice

Aurus

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