AncientPower (move)
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| AncientPower げんしのちから Primeval Power | ||||||||||||
| The user attacks with a prehistoric power. It may also raise all the user's stats at once. | ||||||||||||
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AncientPower (Japanese: げんしのちから Primeval Power) is a damage-dealing Rock-type move introduced in Generation II.
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Effect
Ancient Power inflicts damage and has a 10% chance of raising the user's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense and Speed stats by one stat level each at the same time.
Other effects
Three Pokémon evolve when they know AncientPower: Tangela into Tangrowth, Piloswine into Mamoswine, and Yanma into Yanmega.
Learnset
Generation II
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 138 | 
| Omanyte | Rock | Water | 49 |
| 139 | 
| Omastar | Rock | Water | 54 |
| 140 | 
| Kabuto | Rock | Water | 55 |
| 141 | 
| Kabutops | Rock | Water | 65 |
| 142 | 
| Aerodactyl | Rock | Flying | 29 |
| 151 | 
| Mew | Psychic | 50 | |
| 222 | 
| Corsola | Water | Rock | 43 |
| 249 | 
| Lugia | Psychic | Flying | 88 |
| 250 | 
| Ho-Oh | Fire | Flying | 88 |
| 251 | 
| Celebi | Grass | Psychic | 20 |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move. | |||||
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 004 | 
| Charmander* | Fire | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr | |
| 050 | 
| Diglett* | Ground | Wooper, Quagsire | |
| 102 | 
| Exeggcute* | Grass | Psychic | Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium |
| 104 | 
| Cubone* | Ground | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr | |
| 152 | 
| Chikorita* | Grass | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr | |
| 158 | 
| Totodile | Water | Omanyte, Omastar Kabuto, Kabutops Corsola | |
| 194 | 
| Wooper | Water | Ground | Omanyte, Omastar Kabuto, Kabutops Corsola |
| 206 | 
| Dunsparce* | Normal | Wooper, Quagsire | |
| 220 | 
| Swinub* | Ice | Ground | Wooper, Quagsire |
| 231 | 
| Phanpy* | Ground | Wooper, Quagsire | |
| 246 | 
| Larvitar* | Rock | Ground | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. | |||||
Generation III
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 138 |
| Omanyte | Rock | Water | 49 |
| 139 |
| Omastar | Rock | Water | 54 |
| 140 |
| Kabuto | Rock | Water | 55 |
| 141 |
| Kabutops | Rock | Water | 65 |
| 142 |
| Aerodactyl | Rock | Flying | 29 |
| 151 |
| Mew | Psychic | 50 | |
| 175 | 
| Togepi | Normal | 21FRLG | |
| 176 | 
| Togetic | Normal | Flying | 21FRLG |
| 222 |
| Corsola | Water | Rock | 45 |
| 249 |
| Lugia | Psychic | Flying | 88 |
| 250 |
| Ho-Oh | Fire | Flying | 88 |
| 251 |
| Celebi | Grass | Psychic | 20 |
| 343 | 
| Baltoy | Ground | Psychic | 25 |
| 344 | 
| Claydol | Ground | Psychic | 25 |
| 345 | 
| Lileep | Rock | Grass | 43 |
| 346 | 
| Cradily | Rock | Grass | 48 |
| 347 | 
| Anorith | Rock | Bug | 37 |
| 348 | 
| Armaldo | Rock | Bug | 37 |
| 352 | 
| Kecleon | Normal | 49 | |
| 369 | 
| Relicanth | Water | Rock | 43 |
| 377 | 
| Regirock | Rock | 33 | |
| 378 | 
| Regice | Ice | 33 | |
| 379 | 
| Registeel | Steel | 33 | |
| 382 | 
| Kyogre | Water | 15 | |
| 383 | 
| Groudon | Ground | 15 | |
| 384 | 
| Rayquaza | Dragon | Flying | 15 |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move. | |||||
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 004 |
| Charmander* | Fire | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr | |
| 050 |
| Diglett | Ground | Kecleon | |
| 102 |
| Exeggcute* | Grass | Psychic | Chikorita, Bayleef , Meganium |
| 104 |
| Cubone* | Ground | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr | |
| 152 |
| Chikorita* | Grass | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr | |
| 158 |
| Totodile | Water | Omanyte, Omastar Kabuto, Kabutops Corsola | |
| 194 |
| Wooper | Water | Ground | Omanyte, Omastar Kabuto, Kabutops Corsola Kecleon |
| 206 |
| Dunsparce | Normal | Kecleon | |
| 220 |
| Swinub | Ice | Ground | Kecleon |
| 231 |
| Phanpy | Ground | Kecleon | |
| 246 |
| Larvitar* | Rock | Ground | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr |
| 303 | 
| Mawile | Steel | Kecleon | |
| 341 | 
| Corphish | Water | Omanyte, Omastar Kabuto, Kabutops Corsola Lileep, Cradily Anorith, Armaldo Relicanth | |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. | |||||
Generation IV
By leveling up
By breeding
By move tutor
In Pokémon Platinum
In the anime
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| Piloswine | Mamoswine | Yanmega | Yanma |
| The user's body forms a glowing ball of energy in front of its body and shoots it at foe. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Episode Used In | Notes | |
 Yanma
| Yanma glows white then a white energy ball is formed in front of its body. | ||
| Jessie's Yanma | The Thief That Keeps on Thieving! | None | |
 Yanmega
| Yanmega forms a white energy ball in front of its body and shoots it at foe. | ||
| Jessie's Yanmega | The Thief That Keeps on Thieving! | None | |
 Piloswine
| Piloswine forms a glowing ball of energy in front of its body and shoots it at foe. | ||
| Dawn's Piloswine | A Breed Stampede! | None | |
 Mamoswine
| Mamoswine forms a glowing ball of energy from its body and shoots it at foe. | ||
| Dawn's Mamoswine | DP119 | None | |
Trivia
- AncientPower is learned by every fossil Pokémon and a large number of legendary Pokémon.
- Piloswine, which evolves into Mamoswine when leveled up knowing this move, has been able to learn it by breeding since the move's introduction. This trait is shared with Rollout, which has had a similar history with Lickitung.
In other languages
- Spanish: Poder Pasado
- German: Antik-Kraft
- French: Pouvoir antique
- Italian: Forzantica
- Dutch: Oeroude Kracht
| Variations on the move AncientPower | |
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| AncientPower | Silver Wind | Ominous Wind |
| This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move. |
