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Yamask Spirit Pokémon デスマス Desumasu #0562 Yamask Galarian Yamask Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Types Ghost Unknown Yamask Ground Ghost Galarian Yamask Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Mummy Yamask Wandering Spirit Galarian Yamask Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Galarian Yamask Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 190 (35.2%)
Breeding Egg Groups Mineral and Amorphous Hatch time 25 cycles
Height 1'08" 0.5 m Yamask 0'0" 0 m Galarian Yamask 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 3.3 lbs. 1.5 kg Yamask 0 lbs. 0 kg Galarian Yamask 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 61	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Yamask 0 HP 0 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed Galarian Yamask 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 Galarian Yamask
Pokédex color   Black	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Yamask (Japanese: デスマス Desumasu) is a Ghost-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It evolves into Cofagrigus starting at level 34.

In Galar, Yamask has a dual-type Ground/Ghost regional form. It evolves into Runerigus when the player travels under the large rock arch in Dusty Bowl after Yamask takes at least 49 HP in damage (even if healed) without fainting. Taking damage from certain sources, such as self-inflicted Curse damage or weather effects, does not contribute to the 49 HP damage requirement.

Biology

The mask of a Yamask

Yamask is a shadow-like Pokémon holding a golden mask that has a face from its time as a human. It has two shadowy, tendril-like arms and large, red eyes. It also has a small tail-like appendage that holds the mask. Yamask is capable of speech when possessing a human, but not in its regular form.

Due to being a human long ago, Yamask retains its memories from before it became a Pokémon. It becomes furious when the mask is lost or taken away. If someone wears the mask Yamask carries, they will become possessed by the Yamask in question. Sometimes, it looks at this mask and cries, apparently in longing. Yamask is known to wander the ruins of ancient civilizations. Yamask and its evolution, Cofagrigus, are the only known Pokémon that can have Mummy as an Ability.

Forms

Yamask has a regional form: Galarian Yamask.

Galarian Yamask, in contrast to its Unova variant, has purple eyes and has an ancient clay tablet directly attached around its tail. Galarian Yamask is said to have been born when that tablet was drawn to a vengeful spirit. The tablet bears cursed engravings that resemble a serpent's tail and is said to absorb Yamask's dark power. This process, brought by an ancient curse, triggers Galarian Yamask's evolution into Runerigus. Galarian Yamask and its evolution, Runerigus, are the only known Pokémon that can have Wandering Spirit as an Ability.

Evolution

Yamask evolves into Cofagrigus.

Galarian Yamask evolves into Runerigus.

Yamask

Unevolved Yamask  Ghost

→

First evolution Cofagrigus  Ghost

Galarian Yamask

Unevolved Yamask Galarian Form  Ground  Ghost

→

First evolution Runerigus  Ground  Ghost

In the anime

Yamask in the anime

Galarian Yamask in the anime

Major appearances

James's Yamask

In Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!, James was able to catch a male Yamask that appeared before Team Rocket. At the end of Pokémon the Series: Black & White, James had to give Yamask to Giovanni as a sign that they accomplished something in Unova.

Other

Yamask debuted in A Night in the Nacrene City Museum!, where it was causing havoc in the Nacrene City Museum. This eventually turned out to be because Yamask's mask had been put on display after it accidentally dropped it while sleeping. In the end, Lenora, along with Ash, Iris, Cilan, and Hawes, gained an understanding with it and gave its mask back. Yamask then left the museum peacefully. Additionally it is stated that this Yamask is millennia old.

Minor appearances

In Raid Battle in The Ruins!, a Yamask was living at the Colossus Ruins at the Desert Resort.

Galarian Yamask debuted in Sword and Shield... The Legends Awaken!, where it returned to normal after Dynamaxing.

A Trainer's Galarian Yamask appeared in The Winding Path to Greatness!.

In HZ024, a Yamask can be seen inside the Old Castle.

Pokédex entries

POKÉTOON

A Yamask appeared in Help! I've Turned into a Gengar.

In the manga

Yamask in Pokémon Adventures

Galarian Yamask in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

A Yamask takes part in BW Agency's roster. It trained along with a Solosis, a Vanillite, and Gigi for the Pokémon Musical in To Make a Musical.

A Yamask appeared in The Case of the Missing Pokémon, where it was one of the Pokémon kidnapped by Team Plasma. It was later returned to its Trainer after being found in a stronghold.

A Yamask appeared in a flashback in Cold Storage Battle.

A Trainer's Yamask appeared in The Final Battle: Crushed Ambition.

Allister's Galarian Yamask first appeared in Glittering!! The Tapestry in the Vault.

In the TCG

Main article: Yamask (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Black	White	Spell Tag (5%)
Black 2	White 2	Spell Tag (5%)
Sword	Shield	Spell Tag (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Yamask

Galarian Yamask

Type effectiveness

Yamask

Galarian Yamask

Learnset

Side game data

Yamask

Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds Base HP: 44 Base Attack: 68 Base Defense: 54 Base Speed: 60

PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond PokéPark Pad entry: They serve Cofagrigus. They were lonely and tried to make more friends, but now they are happy because many Pokémon have come to play.

Pokémon Battle Trozei Ghost Attack Power: ★★★★★

Pokémon Shuffle Ghost Attack Power: 50 - 115 10 #198 Quirky Sometimes erases one extra matching Pokémon elsewhere. Swappable Skill(s): Flash Mob

Pokémon GO Base HP: 116 Base Attack: 95 Base Defense: 141 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Astonish, Zen Headbutt Charged Attacks: Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse, Ominous Wind

In Pokémon GO, Yamask could be obtained by completing 1/5 of the time-limited Special Research, A Spooky Message Unmasked.

Galarian Yamask

Pokémon GO Base HP: 116 Base Attack: 95 Base Defense: 116 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 50 + Win 10 raids Fast Attacks: Astonish Charged Attacks: Night Shade, Rock Tomb

In Pokémon GO, Galarian Yamask could be obtained by completing the time-limited Special Research, A Spooky Message Unmasked and 2/4 of the Special Research set, What Lies Beneath the Mask.

Evolution data

Yamask

Unevolved Yamask  Ghost

Level 34 →

First evolution Cofagrigus  Ghost

Galarian Yamask

Unevolved Yamask Galarian Form  Ground  Ghost

+ Travel under the large rock arch in Dusty Bowl after taking at least 49 HP in damage from attacks without fainting →

First evolution Runerigus  Ground  Ghost

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
Generation VIII Sword Shield
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

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

Trivia

• Galarian Yamask's Attack and Special Attack stats are the reverse of a Unovan Yamask's.
• Unovan Yamask, along with Litwick and Gimmighoul, has the lowest base Attack stat of all Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Galarian Yamask, along with Shedinja, Duskull, and Greavard, has the lowest base Special Attack stat of all Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Galarian Yamask's evolution into Runerigus is the only location-based evolution in Pokémon Sword and Shield, as all other Pokémon with location-based evolutions are either unobtainable or use an Evolution stone to evolve instead.

Origin

Yamask may be based on an Egyptian ba, a person's soul, typically depicted as a bird with a human head, or šwt, the shadow or silhouette of a person's soul — both appearing after the person's death. Its overall body shape is similar to the Eye of Horus. The mask on its tail is likely a death mask.

Galarian Yamask holds a clay tablet that may be based on runestones instead. It may also be based on a Deildegast, a Norwegian folklore spirit that is forced to haul around a boundary stone as punishment for moving one while it was alive. The fact that Galarian Yamask evolves into Runerigus after taking at least 49 HP in damage could be a very subtle reference to the antarābhava, a Buddhist concept of Purgatory after death and before reincarnation; this process of Buddhist Purgatory is said to last 49 days.

Name origin

Yamask may be a combination of 闇 yami (darkness), や ya (bad), or Yama (lord of the dead in Hindu and Buddhist mythology), and mask.

Desumasu may be a combination of death and mask. It may be a pun off of ですます体 desumasu-tai, a form of polite Japanese which gets its name from the fact that sentences often end in です desu or ます masu.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese デスマス Desumasu From death and mask French Tutafeh From Tutankhamun and fée, as well as pun of tout à fait Spanish Yamask Same as English name German Makabaja From makaber and Raja Italian Yamask Same as English name Korean 데스마스 Desumasu Transcription of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 哭哭面具 Kūkūmiànjù From 哭 kū and 面具 miànjù Cantonese Chinese 哭哭面具 Hūkhūkmihngeuih From 哭 hūk and 面具 mihngeuih

More languages Russian Ямаск Yamask Transcription of English name Thai เดธมาส Detmat Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• James's Yamask
• Regional form

External links

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