Recover (move)

Recover じこさいせい Self-regeneration

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  0   Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.

Recover on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Recover on Eevee's Movedex

Recover (Japanese: じこさいせい Self-regeneration) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generations I-III

Recover restores up to 50% of the user's maximum HP, and it has 20 PP.

Recover will fail if the difference between the user's current and maximum HP is 0, or if (user's maximum HP - user's current HP) is one less than a multiple of 256. If the user's current HP is greater than its maximum HP, Recover will set the user's current HP to equal its maximum HP.

In Stadium, Recover will fail only when the difference between the user's current and maximum HP is 0.

Generation IV

Recover's PP is reduced to 10. All other effects are the same.

Description

Games Description Stad Restores HP by 1/2 of the user's maximum HP. Few Pokémon learn this technique on their own. Stad2 Half of the user's maximum HP is restored. Few Pokémon learn this move on their own. GSC Restores HP by 1/2 the max HP. RSEColo.XD Recovers up to half the user’s maximum HP. FRLG A self-healing move that restores HP by up to half of the user’s maximum HP. DPPtHGSS A self-healing move. The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP. BWB2W2 Restoring its own cells, the user restores its own HP by half of its max HP.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
064		Kadabra	Psychic		Psychic	31			26			25			30				36
065		Alakazam	Psychic		Psychic	31			26			25			30				36
120		Staryu	Water		Water	27			19			15			15				15	12
121		Starmie	Water	Psychic	no			--			--			--				--
137		Porygon	Normal		Normal	28			20			20			18				18
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic	70			88			88	44	86				79
218		Slugma	Fire		Fire	no			no			no			23				19
219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock	no			no			no			23				19
222		Corsola	Water	Rock	no			19			17			13				13	10
233		Porygon2	Normal		Normal	no			20			20			18				18
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying	no			33			33			23	71		71
250		Ho-Oh	Fire	Flying	no			33			33			23	71		71
251		Celebi	Psychic	Grass	no			--			--			--				--
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	no			no			48	44	46				50
308		Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	no			no			54	56	55				62
350		Milotic	Water		Water	no			no			30			21				21
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	no			no			45			45				45
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	no			no			45			45				45
386		Deoxys Normal Forme	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			40			81				81
386		Deoxys Defense Forme	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			40			81				81
386		Deoxys Speed Forme	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			40			81				81
422		Shellos	Water		Water	no			no			no			46				46
423		Gastrodon	Water	Ground	no			no			no			54				54
474		Porygon-Z	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			18				18
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			70				70
577		Solosis	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no			no				24
578		Duosion	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no			no				24
579		Reuniclus	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no			no				24
592		Frillish	Water	Ghost	no			no			no			no				17
593		Jellicent	Water	Ghost	no			no			no			no				17
605		Elgyem	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no			no				46
606		Beheeyem	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no			no				50
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			no				49
616		Shelmet	Bug		Bug	no			no			no			no				49
617		Accelgor	Bug		Bug	no			no			no			no				49
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
194		Wooper	Water	Ground	no			no
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost	no
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass	no
352		Kecleon*	Normal		Normal	no			no
433		Chingling	Psychic		Psychic	no			no
592		Frillish	Water	Ghost	no			no			no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 433 Chingling Psychic Pokéwalker - White Lake Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Kadabra	Latias	Accelgor	Alakazam
A self-healing move. The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Kadabra	Kadabra recovers its health by making the damage taken from previous attacks disappear from its body.
Sabrina's Kadabra	Haunter Versus Kadabra		Debut
Corsola	Corsola's body glows a rainbow color, then it regains health and loses all previous injuries.
Misty's Corsola	A Corsola Caper!		None
Deoxys	Deoxys's body glows white, regenerating its body and healing its wounds, or Deoxys's body glows yellow, and all damage on its body disappears.
Deoxys (Purple Crystal)	Destiny Deoxys		None
A wild Deoxys	Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys Crisis! (Part 2)		None
Milotic	Milotic's body glows gold and all the damage on its body disappears.
Juan's Milotic	Eight Ain't Enough		None
Alakazam	Alakazam's whole body glows yellow and all of the damage on its body disappears.
Anabel's Alakazam	Talking a Good Game!		None
Latias	Latias's whole body glows yellow and all of the damage on its body disappears.
Nurse Joy's Latias	SS025		None
Accelgor	Accelgor's entire body glows red, purple and pink for a moment, and pink energy particles raise up from its body. When the glow fades around Accelgor, it regains some of its energy that it previously lost.
Professor Juniper's Accelgor	Evolution Exchange Excitement!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Staryu	Mewtwo
A self-healing move. The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Staryu	Small circles surround Staryu's body, healing all the damage on its body.
Misty's Staryu	Gyarados Splashes In!		Debut
Deoxys	Deoxys starts absorbing energy into the crystal in the center of its body and a tornado of smoke surrounds it, healing it.
Entity Two	Deoxys Gets Down		None
Mewtwo	A powerful burst of energy surrounds Mewtwo's body, healing its injuries.
Mewtwo (Adventures)	Last Shot		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 自我復原 Zìwǒ Fùyuán* 自我復元 Zìwǒ Fùyuán* Dutch Herstel Finnish Toipuminen French Soin German Genesung Greek Ανάρρωση Indonesian Penyembuh Italian Ripresa Korean ＨＰ회복 HP Hoebok Brazilian Portuguese Recuperação Serbian Oporavak Spanish Recuperación

Variations of the move Recover
Recover • Softboiled • Milk Drink • Slack Off • Heal Order • Roost

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.