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Hidden Power (Japanese: めざめるパワー Awakening Power) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II. Although it appears as a Normal-type move, Hidden Power's actual type and base power vary. For calculation on Hidden Power, see Hidden Power calculation.

Effect

Hidden Power inflicts damage using a type and base power determined by the user's IVs.

Hidden Power can receive same-type attack bonus. For instance, a Template:Type2 Pokémon will receive same-type attack bonus when using a Bug-type Hidden Power. Although Hidden Power is Normal-type in the game's data, a Normal-type Hidden Power is not obtainable. Because of this, a pure Normal-type Pokémon will never receive same-type attack bonus when using Hidden Power unless it also has Normalize as its ability.

Mystery Dungeon

The type and base power of Hidden Power is randomly calculated whenever a Pokémon enters a dungeon, and does not change between floors. The type is selected among each of the 17 types with roughly equal probability (the game chooses from the 18 types, including the ???-type, choosing again if the ???-type is chosen; if this is done 100 times consecutively, Hidden Power will be of the Fire-type. The base power of the move is chosen among the following values with equal probability: 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, and 17.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0201 Unown Psychic -- 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 TM10

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation II can learn Hidden Power.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0201 Unown Psychic -- 0307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 18 0307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 17 0308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 18 0308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 17 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 TM10

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation III can learn Hidden Power.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0199 Slowking Water Psychic -- 0201 Unown Psychic -- 0307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 15 0308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 15 0412 Burmy Bug 20 0412 Burmy Bug 20 0412 Burmy Bug 20 0413 Wormadam Bug Grass 20 0413 Wormadam Bug Ground 20 0413 Wormadam Bug Steel 20 0414 Mothim Bug Flying 20 0422 Shellos Water 16 0422 Shellos Water 16 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 16 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 16 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 TM10

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation IV can learn Hidden Power.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos,Gastrodon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0418 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Buizel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Shellos, Gastrodon

|- | colspan="6" | 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 V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0199 Slowking Water Psychic -- 0201 Unown Psychic -- 0307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 15 0308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 15 0412 Burmy Bug 20 0412 Burmy Bug 20 0412 Burmy Bug 20 0413 Wormadam Bug Grass 20 0413 Wormadam Bug Ground 20 0413 Wormadam Bug Steel 20 0414 Mothim Bug Flying 20 0422 Shellos Water 16 0422 Shellos Water 16 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 16 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 16 0577 Solosis Psychic 14 0578 Duosion Psychic 14 0579 Reuniclus Psychic 14 0605 Elgyem Psychic 22 0606 Beheeyem Psychic 22 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 TM10

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation V can learn Hidden Power.

"Testing" Hidden Power

Players are able to test what the type of their Hidden Power is most often by utilizing a Kecleon. It does not have to be their own, though this makes it more convenient. Entering any double battle with the Pokémon with Hidden Power and Kecleon at the front of the list, then using Hidden Power on the Kecleon will cause it to change types to the type that Hidden Power is, or, if the Hidden Power is a Template:Type2 move, cause nothing to happen due to Kecleon's immunity.

However, in Platinum, there is a man in the Veilstone Game Corner Prize Exchange house that will tell the player the type of their Pokémon's Hidden Power. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, he is present in the Celadon Game Corner Prize Exchange house. In Black and White, he is present in the Pokémon Center in Mistralton City.

In the anime

File:Shellos anime.png Shellos File:Larvitar Hidden Power.png Larvitar Emolga File:Growlithe Hidden Power.png Growlithe
A unique attack that varies in type and intensity depending on the Pokémon using it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Umbreon's eyes glow white, and it unleashes black radiating waves of energy.
Gary's Umbreon	Power Play!		Debut
	Larvitar's body glows white and rows of white circles spin around it, making the opponent glow white, and they lift into the air. Then, Larvitar puts its arms in a 'X' formation and opens them fast, making white waves come out of it and blasting the opponent, or a row ir white circles appear around Larvitar, they rise off Larvitar and move in front of it. They morph together into one big circle and turns into a giant blast.
Ash's Larvitar	Hatch Me if You Can		None
	Two shining silver lines appear around Beautifly and the lines shine brightly, or a bunch of white circles appear in front of Beautifly and they morph with it and it shines brightly, releasing light beams at the opponent.
Janet's Beautifly	All Things Bright and Beautifly!		None
	Nincada's claws glow white. Then, it raises its claws above its head and a blue orb appears. The orb turns into a blue beam and the beam is shot at the opponent.
Keanu's Nincada	A Three Team Scheme!		Dub only
	Slakoth's body becomes surrounded in a white aura, and it puts its hands together. A ring of white circles appear in its hands and Slakoth shoots the ring at the opponent. The ring of circles surround the opponent, then pulls in and hits the opponent.
Norman's Slakoth	Balance of Power		None
	A ring of white circles appear over Masquerain's head. The ring raises up and shoots at the opponent, hitting it.
Drew's Masquerain	Cruisin' for a Losin'		None
	Two rings of white circles appear around Lunatone's body. The rings spin faster until they become two rings and the rings turn into a white beam that fires at the opponent.
A wild Lunatone	Crazy as a Lunatone		None
	Two rings of white circles appear and spin around Heracross's horn. Then, the rings form together into one big white ball in front of Heracross's horn, and fires a white beam from the ball at the opponent.
Gordon's Heracross	Absol-ute Disaster		None
	Two rings of white circles appear around Scizor's body. Scizor then shoots the white circles at the opponent.
Katie's Scizor	A Judgment Brawl		None
	Two rings of white circles appear and spin around Gligar in a 'X' formation. The rings spin faster until they becomes lines, and a white ball of energy is created in front of where the two lines meet in front of Gligar. Multiple white circles are launched from the ball at the opponent.
Morrison's Gligar	Choose it or Lose it!		None
	Two rings of white circles appear and spin around Phanpy in a 'X' formation. Then, the rings disappear and Phanpy blasts the opponent with a white energy beam from in front of its face.
Ash's Phanpy	Hooked on Onix		None
	Geodude's body becomes outlined in yellow and it crouches together. Light blue circles then appear around Geodude's body, and when it stretches its hands at the opponent, the circles are shot at it.
Roark's Geodude	Shapes of Things to Come!		None
	Alakazam's body becomes outlined in yellow and it points its spoons in front of it. Multiple light blue circles are then released and circle around Alakazam.
Kenny's Alakazam	Settling a Not-So-Old Score!		None
	Burmy's body becomes outlined in yellow and it becomes covered in light blue circles. Burmy then fires the circles at the opponent.
Cheryl's Burmy	Some Enchanted Sweetening!		None
	Shellos jumps into the air and its body becomes surrounded by light blue circles. The balls then form together in front of Shellos and it shoots multiple light blue balls from the ball at the opponent.
Zoey's Shellos	A Stand-Up Sit-Down!		None
	Unown shoots a red energy beam out of its eye at the opponent.
Multiple wild Unown	Journey to the Unown!		None
	Chingling's body becomes surrounded in a yellow outline and light blue circles appear around Chingling's body. It then points the tassels on its body at the opponent and the circles fire at the opponent.
Francesca's Chingling	The Bells Are Singing!		None
	The white ball on Mime Jr.'s head glows white and light blue circles surround its body. It then fires the circles at the opponent.
James's Mime Jr.	The Bells Are Singing!		Used via Mimic.
	Wailmer's body becomes surrounded by yellow, and blue circles with yellow outlines appear around it. The circles then fire at the opponent in a spiraling motion. Then, Wailmer's eyes glow blue and it can control the circles.
A Coordinator's Wailmer	Pruning a Passel of Pals!		None
	Lopunny's body becomes outlined in yellow and light blue circles circles around its body. Lopunny then fires them at the opponent.
Paris's Lopunny	Arriving in Style!		None
	Psyduck's body becomes outlined in yellow and the front of its body becomes covered by light blue circles. It then fires the circles at the opponent.
Three wild Psyduck	The Psyduck Stops Here!		None
	Regigigas's body becomes outlined in light blue, and the opponent's body glows light blue, healing or hurting it.
A wild Regigigas	Pillars of Friendship!		None
	Mamoswine's tusks glow yellow and light blue circles appear in between its tusks and circle around them. Mamoswine then fires the circles at the opponent.
Dawn's Mamoswine	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None
	Growlithe's body becomes outlined in yellow and light blue circles appear and circle around Growlithe's body. It then fires the circles at the opponent.
Officer Jenny's Growlithe	Beating the Bustle and Hustle!		None
	Eevee's body becomes outlined in yellow and multiple light blue circles surround and spin around Eevee's body. Eevee can also float through the air while the circles surround its body.
Ursula's two Eevee	Last Call - First Round!		None
	Flareon's body becomes outlined in gold and multiple red circles surround and spin around Flareon's body. Flareon then fires the circles at the opponent. Flareon can also float through the air while the cirles surround its body.
Ursula's Flareon	Last Call - First Round!		None
	Vaporeon's body becomes outlined in light blue and multiple light blue circles surround and spin around Vaporeon's body. Vaporeon then fires the circles at the opponent. Vaporeon can also float through the air while the circles surround its body.
Ursula's Vaporeon	Last Call - First Round!		None
	Emolga's body is outlined in a green light and a green orb forms between it's hands. It then fires the orb at it's opponent.
Iris's Emolga	BW027		None

In other generations

														File:Hidden Power IV.png
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)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Unown Unown
A unique attack that varies in type and intensity depending on the Pokémon using it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Unown releases waves which cause damage.
Multiple wild Unown	Into the Unown		None
Multiple wild Unown	VS Honchkrow		None
	Burmy releases a wave of light from its body at the opponent.
Paka's Burmy	VS. Croagunk & Abra I		None

Trivia

• In Generation II, Shiny Pokémon could only use a Grass- or Template:Type2 Hidden Power due to the spread of individual values required for alternate coloration.
• Prior to Generation IV, Hidden Power was the only move which could, depending on the Pokémon, be either physical or special, due to the damage category being determined by the type.
• In Generation IV, almost all Pokémon with permanent form differences can learn this move through leveling up. The only Pokémon with permanent form differences that do not learn Hidden Power by level up are Spinda and Spiky-eared Pichu.
• More Pokémon can learn Hidden Power than any other move.

In other languages

• Chinese: 催醒 Cuīxǐng
• Danish: Skjult Kraft
• Dutch: Verborgen Kracht
• Finnish: Piilovoima
• French: Puis. Cachée
• German: Kraftreserve
• Greek: Κρυμμένη Δύναμη
• Hindi: छुपी शक्ति
• Italian: Introforza
• Korean: 잠재파워 Jamjae Power
• Spanish: Poder Oculto
• Serbian: Skrivena Moć

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.