List of wild Pokémon from in-game events

This is a list of wild Pokémon from in-game events. It includes battles against some Legendary Pokémon and other Pokémon visible in the overworld, as well as roaming Pokémon.

In the core series

Several of the wild Pokémon from in-game events are unique Pokémon (including some Legendary Pokémon), in which case no other Pokémon of the same species would appear in the current game.

In any game prior to Pokémon Platinum, most of these Pokémon are permanently missable. If the player defeats any of them, that Pokémon will not appear again.
- The exceptions are Spiritomb in Diamond and Pearl and these time-based Pokémon: Lapras appears every Friday on Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal (and their remakes), and Drifloon also appears every Friday, in Diamond and Pearl as well as Platinum.
In Generations I and II, if the player runs from any of these Pokémon, it becomes permanently unavailable.

Starting in Generation III, if the player runs from a Legendary Pokémon, the Pokémon respawns, but other Pokémon still become permanently unavailable. Starting in Pokémon Platinum, if the player defeats an in-game event Pokémon, then it respawns next time the player enters the Hall of Fame.

Additionally, there are Voltorb, Electrode, Foongus, and Amoonguss disguised as items in some games. They don't respawn if they are defeated. In most cases, other Pokémon of the same species are found elsewhere in the same games. However, in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the only Electrode available are the ones disguised as items in Team Rainbow Rocket's castle, so if they are defeated or skipped (as the area can't be revisited after defeating Giovanni), Electrode cannot be caught in these games.

Generation I

Main article: List of in-game event Pokémon in Generation I

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow.

Voltorb (6×)	Electrode (2×)	Snorlax (2×)	Articuno		Zapdos		Moltres		Mewtwo
Electric	Electric	Normal	Ice	Flying	Electric	Flying	Fire	Flying	Psychic

Generation II

Main article: List of in-game event Pokémon in Generation II

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal.

Geodude (7×)		Voltorb (8×)	Electrode (3×)	Koffing (7×)	Gyarados (red)		Lapras (every Friday)		Snorlax
Rock	Ground	Electric	Electric	Poison	Water	Flying	Water	Ice	Normal
Sudowoodo		Raikou	Entei	Suicune	Lugia		Ho-Oh		Celebi^C (requires GS Ball)
Rock		Electric	Fire	Water	Psychic	Flying	Fire	Flying	Psychic	Grass

Generation III

Main article: List of in-game event Pokémon in Generation III

Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.

Kecleon (8×)	Latias		Latios
Normal	Dragon	Psychic	Dragon	Psychic
Regirock	Regice		Registeel
Rock	Ice		Steel
Kyogre^S^E	Groudon^R^E		Rayquaza
Water	Ground		Dragon	Flying

Pokémon Emerald

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events introduced in Pokémon Emerald (that is, not available in Ruby and Sapphire).

Mew (requires Old Sea Map)	Sudowoodo
Psychic	Rock

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Electrode (2×)	Snorlax (2×)	Articuno		Zapdos		Moltres		Mewtwo
Electric	Normal	Ice	Flying	Electric	Flying	Fire	Flying	Psychic
Raikou	Entei	Suicune		Lugia (requires MysticTicket)		Ho-Oh (requires MysticTicket)		Deoxys (requires AuroraTicket)
Electric	Fire	Water		Psychic	Flying	Fire	Flying	Psychic

Generation IV

Main article: List of in-game event Pokémon in Generation IV

Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, all of these Pokémon are permanently missable if the player defeats them, except for Drifloon, which appears every Friday after Mars was defeated for the first time, and Spiritomb, which appears every time the player uses an Odd Keystone and greets 32 players in the Underground. Starting from Platinum, the Pokémon respawn if the player defeats them and then defeats Cynthia, and therefore are not permanently missable anymore.

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the items required to catch Darkrai, Shaymin, and Arceus (Member Card, Oak's Letter, and Azure Flute, respectively) were never released, therefore these Pokémon are not legitimately obtainable. If the player obtains any of these items via glitches or cheating, it works as intended. However, the Member Card and Oak's Letter (but not the Azure Flute) were normally obtainable through events in Pokémon Platinum.

Drifloon (every Friday)		Spiritomb		Rotom		Uxie		Mesprit
Ghost	Flying	Ghost	Dark	Electric	Ghost	Psychic		Psychic
Azelf		Dialga^D^Pt		Palkia^P^Pt		Heatran		Regigigas
Psychic		Steel	Dragon	Water	Dragon	Fire	Steel	Normal
Giratina		Cresselia		Darkrai (requires Member Card)		Shaymin (requires Oak's Letter)		Arceus (requires Azure Flute)
Ghost	Dragon	Psychic		Dark		Grass		Normal

Pokémon Platinum

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events introduced in Pokémon Platinum (that is, not available in Diamond and Pearl).

Articuno		Zapdos		Moltres		Regirock	Regice	Registeel
Ice	Flying	Electric	Flying	Fire	Flying	Rock	Ice	Steel

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Geodude (5×)		Voltorb (6×)	Electrode (3×)	Koffing (5×)	Gyarados (red)		Lapras (every Friday)		Snorlax		Articuno		Zapdos		Moltres		Mewtwo
Rock	Ground	Electric	Electric	Poison	Water	Flying	Water	Ice	Normal		Ice	Flying	Electric	Flying	Fire	Flying	Psychic
Sudowoodo		Raikou	Entei	Suicune	Lugia		Ho-Oh		Latias		Latios		Kyogre		Groudon		Rayquaza
Rock		Electric	Fire	Water	Psychic	Flying	Fire	Flying	Dragon	Psychic	Dragon	Psychic	Water		Ground		Dragon	Flying

Generation V

Main article: List of in-game event Pokémon in Generation V

Pokémon Black and White

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Black and White.

Victini (requires Liberty Pass)		Musharna (every Friday)		Darmanitan (5×)		Zoroark		Foongus (4×)		Amoonguss (2×)		Volcarona		Reshiram^B
Psychic	Fire	Psychic		Fire		Dark		Grass	Poison	Grass	Poison	Bug	Fire	Dragon	Fire
Zekrom^W		Cobalion		Terrakion		Virizion		Tornadus^B		Thundurus^W		Landorus		Kyurem
Dragon	Electric	Steel	Fighting	Rock	Fighting	Grass	Fighting	Flying		Electric	Flying	Ground	Flying	Dragon	Ice

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.

Regirock		Regice		Registeel		Latias		Latios
Rock		Ice		Steel		Dragon	Psychic	Dragon	Psychic
Uxie		Mesprit		Azelf		Heatran		Regigigas
Psychic		Psychic		Psychic		Fire	Steel	Normal
Cresselia		Crustle		Foongus (5×)		Amoonguss (7×)		Jellicent (male every Monday^B2) (female every Thursday^W2)
Psychic		Bug	Rock	Grass	Poison	Grass	Poison	Water	Ghost
Haxorus (Shiny)		Braviary^W2		Mandibuzz^B2		Volcarona		Cobalion
Dragon		Normal	Flying	Dark	Flying	Bug	Fire	Steel	Fighting
Terrakion		Virizion		Reshiram^W2		Zekrom^B2		Kyurem
Rock	Fighting	Grass	Fighting	Dragon	Fire	Dragon	Electric	Dragon	Ice

Generation VI

Main article: List of in-game event Pokémon in Generation VI

Pokémon X and Y

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon X and Y.

Snorlax	Articuno		Zapdos		Moltres		Mewtwo
Normal	Ice	Flying	Electric	Flying	Fire	Flying	Psychic
Banette (every Thursday)	Rotom (every Tuesday)		Xerneas^X		Yveltal^Y		Zygarde
Ghost	Electric	Ghost	Fairy		Dark	Flying	Dragon	Ground

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

These are the wild Pokémon from in-game events in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Raikou		Entei		Suicune		Lugia^AS		Ho-Oh^OR
Electric		Fire		Water		Psychic	Flying	Fire	Flying
Regirock		Regice		Registeel		Latias (wild Pokémon, requires Eon Ticket^OR) (not wild, automatically joins the team^AS)		Latios (wild Pokémon, requires Eon Ticket^AS) (not wild, automatically joins the team^OR)
Rock		Ice		Steel		Dragon	Psychic	Dragon	Psychic
Kyogre^AS		Groudon^OR		Rayquaza		Deoxys		Spiritomb}
Water		Ground		Dragon	Flying	Psychic		Ghost	Dark
Uxie		Mesprit		Azelf		Dialga^AS		Palkia^OR
Psychic		Psychic		Psychic		Steel	Dragon	Water	Dragon
Heatran		Regigigas		Giratina		Cresselia		Cobalion
Fire	Steel	Normal		Ghost	Dragon	Psychic		Steel	Fighting
Terrakion		Virizion		Tornadus^OR		Thundurus^AS		Reshiram^OR
Rock		Fighting	Grass	Fighting	Flying	Electric	Flying	Dragon	Fire
Zekrom^AS		Landorus		Kyurem
Dragon	Electric	Ground	Flying	Dragon	Ice