Legendary Pokémon

Legendary Pokémon are Pokémon that are characterized by their rarity and their high base stat totals. They are very difficult to obtain because of their difficulty to locate, high levels, and low catch rates. They are also guaranteed to have a minimum of 3 perfect IVs when captured or spawned in.

• Don't confuse the term Legendary Pokémon with Ultra Beasts

Spawning

A Legendary Pokémon has a chance of spawning every 12.5 to 29.16 minutes. This chance of spawning depends on multiple factors, including whether Legendary Pokémon can spawn in the different biomes and spawn locations, whether the spawn positions are close enough to players, the amount of terrain that is compatible for a Legendary Pokémon's spawn location, and a base percentage of the Legendary Pokémon spawn attempt succeeding (30% by default).

A message will be broadcast when one of them spawns. It is possible for more than one of each Legendary Pokémon to spawn in a world.

Locations

Pokémon	Biomes	Spawn times	Spawn location
Articuno	Cold Taiga Ice Mountains Ice Plains Ice Plains Spikes	Any	Frozen Shrine
Zapdos	Savanna Plateau Savanna M Savanna Plateau M	Any	Static Shrine
Moltres	Mesa Plateau Mesa Plateau F Mesa Plateau F M Mesa Plateau M	Any	Fiery Shrine
Mewtwo	Any	Any	Cloning Machine
Mew	Jungle M	Day	Land
Raikou	Savannas	Dawn/Dusk	Land
Entei	Mountainous	Day	Land
Suicune	Beaches	Night	Land
Lugia	Any	Dusk	Tidal Bell
Ho-Oh	Any	Dusk	Clear Bell
Celebi	Flowery Magical	Morning	Land
Regirock	Mesas	Afternoon	Underground y≤50
Regice	Freezing	Morning	Underground y≤50
Registeel	Mountainous	Dawn/Dusk	Underground y≤50
Latias	Ocean	Morning	Air
Latios	Ocean	Afternoon	Air
Kyogre	Deep Ocean in Rainy Weather Boosted Rarity in Storm	Night	Water y≤45
Groudon	Desert Hills in Clear Weather	Day	Land
Rayquaza	Mountainous	Dawn/Dusk	Air
Jirachi	Extreme Hills+ M	Dawn/Dusk	Land
Deoxys	End Cold Taiga M	Morning	Land
Uxie	Roofed Forest	Afternoon	Surface Water
Mesprit	Birch Forest	Dawn/Dusk	Surface Water
Azelf	Forest	Morning	Surface Water
Dialga	Ice Mountains Extreme Hills Edge Extreme Hills+ Extreme Hills+ M Extreme Hills	Any	Timespace Altar
Palkia	Ice Mountains Extreme Hills Edge Extreme Hills+ Extreme Hills+ M Extreme Hills	Any	Timespace Altar
Heatran	Mesas Hell	Any	Underground y≤50 near Lava
Regigigas	Savannas	Dawn/Dusk	Underground y≤40
Giratina	Ice Mountains Extreme Hills Edge Extreme Hills+ Extreme Hills+ M Extreme Hills	Any	Timespace Altar
Cresselia	Birch Forest M	Night - Moon Phase 0 (Full Moon)	Land
Manaphy	Oceanic in Clear Weather	Morning	Water
Phione	Any	Any	Player's party. (Bred from Manaphy)
Darkrai	Roofed Forest M	Night - Moon Phase 4 (New Moon)	Land
Shaymin	Flower Forest	Morning	Land
Arceus	Ice Mountains Extreme Hills Edge Extreme Hills+ Extreme Hills+ M Extreme Hills	Any	Timespace Altar
Victini	Savannas in Clear Weather	Day	Land
Cobalion	Forest Hills Birch Forest Hills Autumnal Wooded Hills Forested Hills Birch Forested Hills Lush Hills Silver Birch Hills	Night	Land
Terrakion	Forest Hills Birch Forest Hills Autumnal Wooded Hills Forested Hills Birch Forested Hills Lush Hills Silver Birch Hills	Night	Land
Virizion	Forest Hills Birch Forest Hills Autumnal Wooded Hills Forested Hills Birch Forested Hills Lush Hills Silver Birch Hills	Day	Land
Tornadus	Plains (Category) Boosted Rarity in Storm	Afternoon	Air
Thundurus	Plains (Category) Boosted Rarity in Storm	Morning	Air
Landorus	Mesa Plateau F M	Dawn/Dusk	Air
Reshiram	Redwood Taiga Hills	Day	Land
Zekrom	Redwood Taiga Hills	Night	Land
Kyurem	Ice Plains Spikes	Dawn/Dusk	Land
Keldeo	River	Day	Land
Meloetta	Flowery	Night	Land
Genesect	Mountainous Forests	Night	Land
Xerneas	Roofed Forest	Day	Land
Yveltal	Taiga M	Night	Air
Zygarde	Extreme Hills M	Dawn/Dusk	Land
Hoopa	End Arid	Afternoon	Land
Diancie	Mountainous	Morning	Underground y≤50
Volcanion	Hell Desert M Volcanic Island	Dawn/Dusk	Land
Type: Null	Jungle Edge	Dawn/Dusk	Land
Silvally	Does Not Spawn	None	Evolves from Type: Null
Tapu Koko	Jungle	Morning	Land
Tapu Lele	Jungle	Night	Land
Tapu Bulu	Jungle	Day	Land
Tapu Fini	Jungle	Afternoon	Surface Water
Cosmog	Sunflower Plains	Dawn/Dusk	Land
Cosmoem	Does Not Spawn	None	Evolves from Cosmog
Solgaleo	Does Not Spawn	None	Evolves from Cosmoem
Lunala	Does Not Spawn	None	Evolves from Cosmoem
Necrozma	Roofed Forest	Night	Land
Magearna	Mushroom Island	Morning	Land
Marshadow	Mesa Plateau F M	Night	Land
Zeraora	Savanna Plateau M	Afternoon	Land
Meltan	Any	Any	Smelting Metal Ores
Melmetal	Does Not Spawn	None	Evolves from Meltan

Config settings

The following settings related to Legendary Pokémon can be changed in the Pixelmon config file:

• "allowLegendarySpawn": Whether Legendary Pokémon spawn naturally.
• "displayLegendaryGlobalMessage": Whether or not a message appears when a Legendary spawns.
• "legendaryRepeatSpawnTicks": The average delay after a Legendary spawns before the same Legendary can spawn again.
• "legendarySpawnChance": The base chance of a Legendary spawning attempt succeeding if it would otherwise fail.
• "legendarySpawnTicks": The amount of ticks that will pass before a Legendary attempts to spawn. This delay is randomly between 60% and 140% of the base tick amount that is specified.
• "reusableBirdShrines": Whether or not shrines are reusable after being used.
• "spawnStructures": If disabled, shrines (and Pokémon Centers) will not spawn naturally.
  • "spawnBirdShrines": If the above setting is true and this setting is disabled, shrines will not spawn naturally but Pokémon Centers will.
• "cloningMachineEnabled": If disabled, cloning machines cannot be used, making Mewtwo impossible to obtain legitimately.