Palkia (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)

Palkia パルキア Palkia

Palkia

Debuts in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness Gender Male Ability Pressure Current location At Spacial Rift

This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Palkia (Japanese: パルキア Palkia) is a Pokémon that appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. He is located in the depths of Spacial Rift, and is the penultimate boss of the game's post-game story. Palkia is antagonistic towards the hero and partner for distorting space without permission.

Like all Palkia, this one is treated as gender unknown for gameplay purposes; however, he is addressed with masculine pronouns in dialogue.

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• In the games
  • History
    • Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky
  • Moves used
  • Appearance
• Trivia
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In the games

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

History

Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky

Palkia is first seen when he abruptly barges into Sharpedo Bluff, looking for the culprits responsible for the recent distortions in the fabric of space. The outraged Palkia drags the hero and partner into Spacial Rift, where he intends to destroy the pair; however, the two manage to defeat Palkia, and with Cresselia's assistance enter his dream. Palkia reveals that the hero and partner are distorting space to the point that not even he can control it.

Cresselia then arrives to finish off the hero and partner, but Palkia notices that they don't appear to be motivated by malicious intent, contrary to Cresselia's previous claims to him. His suspicions start to grow, and are confirmed when the real Cresselia saves the hero and partner from Darkrai's secret's plan to eliminate them. They then learn that Darkrai was the one expanding the space distortions, and Cresselia pulls them from the nightmare.

After the hero and partner and Cresselia defeat Darkrai at Dark Crater, he plans to escape into a dimensional hole with the intent to restart his goal of casting the world in darkness during a different time period. However, Palkia arrives and, infuriated at Darkrai's wicked scheme, blasts Darkrai just after he entered the dimensional hole. He explains to the hero and partner that Darkrai was not killed, but like the hero, his memories were erased, and the dimensional hole sent him to an unknown location.

Later, the player can recruit Palkia at Spacial Rift. In Explorers of Time and Darkness, this is required to unlock Evolution for the hero and their partner.

Moves used

Palkia is guaranteed to know Spacial Rend. The other three known moves will vary between the following: DragonBreath, Scary Face, Water Pulse, AncientPower and Dragon Claw.

Palkia Lv.48
HP: 700

Types:

Water

Dragon

Ability:

Pressure

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Spacial Rend

Dragon

Special

Appearance

Portrait from Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky	Sprite from Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky

Trivia

• The Palkia the player can recruit in Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon is connected to Cresselia, implying it to be the same Palkia that the player encountered in Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Palkia.

Characters in the Mystery Dungeon series

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