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

Generation 1

Pokémon	Biomes	ModID	Time	Location	Condition	Rarity
Articuno	Icy (Forge) except Ultra Space	—	—	Frozen Shrine	—	—
Zapdos	Savanna (Forge) except Ultra Space	—	—	Static Shrine	—	—
Moltres	Mesa (Forge) except Ultra Space	—	—	Fiery Shrine	—	—
Mewtwo	Does Not Spawn	—	—	Cloning Machine	—	—
Mew	Modified Jungle	MC	Day	Land	—	0.1
	Guiana Springs	BYG
	Rainforest Cliffs	BOP
	Stone Forest	TF

Generation 2

Pokémon	Biomes	ModID	Time	Location	Condition	Rarity
Raikou	Savannas	—	Dawn/Morning	Land	—	3.0
Entei	Mountainous except Mountainous Forests	—	Day	Land	—	3.0
	Volcanic Plains	BOP
	Volcano	BOP
Suicune	Beaches	—	Night	Land	—	3.0
Lugia	Does Not Spawn	—	Dusk	Tidal Bell	—	—
Ho-Oh	Does Not Spawn	—	Dusk	Clear Bell	—	—
Celebi	Forest (Forge)	—	—	Ilex Shrine	—	—

Generation 3

Pokémon	Biomes	ModID	Time	Location	Condition	Rarity
Regirock	Mesas	—	Afternoon	Underground	Max Y 50	3.0
Regice	Freezing	—	Morning	Underground	Max Y 50	3.0
Registeel	Arid	—	Dawn/Morning	Underground	Max Y 50	3.0
Latias	Ocean	MC	Morning	Air	—	2.0
	Warm Ocean	MC
Latios	Ocean	MC	Afternoon	Air	—	2.0
	Warm Ocean	MC
Kyogre	Deep Cold Ocean	MC	Night	Water	Rainy Weather, Max Y 45 2x Spawn Rate in Stormy Weather	2.0
	Deep Frozen Ocean	MC
	Deep Lukewarm Ocean	MC
	Deep Ocean	MC
	Deep Warm Ocean	MC
Groudon	Desert Hills	MC	Day	Land	Clear Weather	1.0
Rayquaza	Mountainous	—	Afternoon/Dusk	Air	—	0.5
Jirachi	Gravelly Mountains	MC	Dawn/Morning	Land	—	0.2
	Jade Cliffs	BYG
Deoxys	End Highlands	MC	Morning	Land	—	0.3
	Snowy Taiga Mountains	MC

Generation 4

Pokémon	Biomes	ModID	Time	Location	Condition	Rarity
Uxie	Lakes, except Desert Lakes	—	Afternoon	Surface Water	—	2.0
	Roofed	—
Mesprit	Birches	—	Dawn/Morning	Surface Water	—	2.0
	Lakes, except Desert Lakes	—
Azelf	Lakes, except Desert Lakes	—	Morning	Surface Water	—	2.0
	Forests	—
Dialga	Desert Hills	MC	—	Timespace Altar	—	—
Palkia	Desert Hills	MC	—	Timespace Altar	—	—
Heatran	Mesas	—	—	Underground Lava	Max Y 50	2.0
	Basalt Deltas	MC		Surface Lava	—
	Magma Wastes	BYG
Regigigas	Savannas	—	Afternoon/Dusk	Underground	Max Y 40	1.0
Giratina	Desert Hills	MC	—	Timespace Altar	—	—
Cresselia	Tall Birch Forest	MC	Night	Land	Moon Phase 0 (Full Moon)	0.5
Phione	Does Not Spawn	—	—	Hatch from Egg by breeding Manaphy	—	—
Manaphy	Lukewarm Ocean	MC	Morning	Water	Clear Weather	0.4
	Warm Ocean	MC
Darkrai	Dark Forest Hills	MC	Night	Land	Moon Phase 4 (New Moon)	0.3
Shaymin	Flowery	—	Morning	Land	—	0.2
	Mount Lanakila	PM
Arceus	Desert Hills	MC	—	Timespace Altar	—	—

Generation 5

Pokémon	Biomes	ModID	Time	Location	Condition	Rarity
Victini	Savannas	—	Day	Land	Clear Weather	0.4
Cobalion	Birch Forest Hills	MC	Night	Land	—	3.0
	Tall Birch Hills	MC
	Wooded Hills	MC
	Aspen Forest Hills	BYG
	Boreal Forest Hills	BYG
	Maple Hills	BYG
	Seasonal Birch Forest Hills	BYG
	Seasonal Forest Hills	BYG
	Rainbow Hills	BOP
Terrakion	Birch Forest Hills	MC	Night	Land	—	3.0
	Tall Birch Hills	MC
	Wooded Hills	MC
	Aspen Forest Hills	BYG
	Boreal Forest Hills	BYG
	Maple Hills	BYG
	Seasonal Birch Forest Hills	BYG
	Seasonal Forest Hills	BYG
	Rainbow Hills	BOP
Virizion	Birch Forest Hills	MC	Day	Land	—	3.0
	Tall Birch Hills	MC
	Wooded Hills	MC
	Aspen Forest Hills	BYG
	Boreal Forest Hills	BYG
	Maple Hills	BYG
	Seasonal Birch Forest Hills	BYG
	Seasonal Forest Hills	BYG
	Rainbow Hills	BOP
Tornadus	Plains (Category)	—	Afternoon	Air	Rainy Weather, 2x Spawn Rate in Stormy Weather	2.0
Thundurus	Plains (Category)	—	Morning	Air	Rainy Weather, 2x Spawn Rate in Stormy Weather	2.0
Reshiram	Redwoods	—	Day	Land	—	0.5
Zekrom	Redwoods	—	Night	Land	—	0.5
Landorus	Modified Badlands Plateau	MC	Dawn/Morning	Air	—	1.0
	Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau	MC
	Wooded Badlands Plateau	MC
Kyurem	Ice Spikes	MC	Afternoon/Dusk	Land	—	0.5
Keldeo	Lakes	—	Day	Land	—	0.4
	River	MC
Meloetta	Flowery	—	Night	Land	—	0.3
Genesect	Mountainous Forests	—	Night	Land	—	0.3

Generation 6

Pokémon	Biomes	ModID	Time	Location	Condition	Rarity
Xerneas	Dark Forest	MC	Day	Land	—	0.5
Yveltal	Taiga Mountains	MC	Night	Air	—	0.5
Zygarde	Does Not Spawn	—	—	Reassembly Unit	—	—
Diancie	Mountainous	—	Morning	Underground	Max Y 50	0.4
Hoopa	Arid	—	Afternoon	Land	—	0.2
	Small End Islands	MC
Volcanion	Desert Lakes	MC	Dawn/Morning	Liquid Floor	—	0.5
	Oasis	BYG
	Volcanic Plains	BOP
	Volcano	BOP

Generation 7

Pokémon	Biomes	ModID	Time	Location	Condition	Rarity
Type: Null	Jungle Edge	MC	Dusk/Night	Land	—	2.0
Silvally	Does Not Spawn	—	—	Evolves from Type: Null	—	—
Tapu Koko	Jungle	MC	Morning	Land	—	1.0
	Tropical Islands	BYG
	Tropical Rainforest	BYG
	Rainforest	BOP
Tapu Lele	Jungle	MC	Night	Land	—	1.0
	Tropical Islands	BYG
	Tropical Rainforest	BYG
	Rainforest	BOP
Tapu Bulu	Jungle	MC	Day	Land	—	1.0
	Tropical Islands	BYG
	Tropical Rainforest	BYG
	Rainforest	BOP
Tapu Fini	Jungle	MC	Afternoon	Surface Water	—	1.0
	Tropical Islands	BYG
	Tropical Rainforest	BYG
	Rainforest	BOP
Cosmog	Sunflower Plains	MC	Dusk/Night	Land	—	1.0
	Ultra Space	—	Dawn/Day
Cosmoem	Does Not Spawn	—	—	Evolves from Cosmog	—	—
Solgaleo	Does Not Spawn	—	—	Evolves from Cosmoem	—	—
Lunala	Does Not Spawn	—	—	Evolves from Cosmoem	—	—
Necrozma	Dark Forest	MC	Night	Land	—	0.5
Magearna	Roofed	—	Day	Indoors	On Birch Planks	0.3
Marshadow	Hellish	—	Night	Land	—	0.2
	Badlands Plateau	MC
Zeraora	Savanna Plateau	MC	Afternoon	Land	—	0.1
Meltan	Does Not Spawn	—	—	Mystery Box	—	—
Melmetal	Does Not Spawn	—	—	Evolves from Meltan	—	—

Generation 8

Pokémon	Biomes	ModID	Time	Location	Condition	Rarity
Galarian Articuno	Does Not Spawn	—	—	Quests	—	—
Galarian Zapdos	Does Not Spawn	—	—	Quests	—	—
Galarian Moltres	Does Not Spawn	—	—	Quests	—	—
Zacian	Birch Forest	MC	Day	Land	—	3.0
	Forest	MC
Zamazenta	Birch Forest	MC	Night	Land	—	3.0
	Forest	MC
Eternatus	Swamps	—	Dawn/Morning	Land	—	3.0
	End Barrens	MC
Kubfu	Bamboo Jungle	MC	Afternoon	Land	—	2.0
	Bamboo Jungle Hills	MC
	Bamboo Forest	BYG
	Bamboo Blossom Grove	BOP
Urshifu	Does Not Spawn	—	—	Evolves from Kubfu	—	—
Zarude	Jungles	—	Night	Tree Top	—	0.1
Regieleki	End	—	Afternoon	Manmade	—	1.0
Regidrago	Hellish	—	Day	Manmade	—	1.0
Glastrier	Freezing, except Freezing Forests	—	Day	Land	—	0.5
Spectrier	Swamps	—	Night	Land	—	0.5
Calyrex	Freezing Forests	—	Morning	Land	—	2.0
Enamorus	Flowery	—	Dawn/Dusk	Air	—	1.0

Generation 9

Pokémon	Biomes	ModID	Time	Location	Condition	Rarity
Wo-Chien	Swamps	—	Night	Land	—	3.0
Chien-Pao	Freezing Mountains	—	Night	Land	Min Y 80	3.0
Ting-Lu	Taigas	—	Night	Land	—	3.0
Chi-Yu	Mesas	—	Day	Lava Floor	Min Y 80	3.0
	Volcanic Plains	BOP
	Volcano	BOP
Koraidon	Small End Islands	MC	Day	Land	—	2.0
Miraidon	Small End Islands	MC	Night	Land	—	2.0

Special Textures

Pokémon	Biomes	ModID	Time	Location	Condition	Rarity
Spirit Suicune	Any	—	Midnight	Land, Manmade	Graveyard	0.05
Drowned Lugia	Does Not Spawn	—	—	Quests	Always a boss, thus uncatchable	—
Valentine Celebi	Forest (Forge)	—	—	Ilex Shrine	Catch in Love Ball	—
Alien Celebi	Forest (Forge)	—	—	Ilex Shrine	Catch in Beast Ball	—
Meta Groudon	Desert Hills	MC	Day	Land	Clear Weather, Jirachi in first party slot	0.5
Alter Rayquaza	Mountainous	—	Dawn/Dusk	Air	Mismagius in first party slot	0.1
Spirit Cresselia	Any	—	Midnight	Land, Manmade	Graveyard	0.05
Christmas Shaymin	Flowery	—	Morning	Land	Catch in a Christmas Ball	0.2
	Mount Lanakila	PM
Creator Xerneas	Dark Forest	MC	Midday	Land	—	0.05
Spirit Regieleki	Any	—	Midnight	Land, Manmade	Graveyard	0.05

• Mewtwo has a special texture known as "Creator Mewtwo," which is obtained through events such as giveaways in the Pixelmon Discord, themed after the Content Creator Slyfoxhound. If you have obtained the Creator Mewtwo special texture, the ingame Cosmetic Menu (accessible from the Pixelmon button on the pause screen) can apply the texture to a Mewtwo in the player's party by clicking its party icon.
• Lugia and Ho-Oh have special textures known as Shadow Lugia and Shadow Ho-Oh respectively. They are obtained through event giveaways in the Pixelmon Discord, based off of XD001 from Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. If you have obtained the Shadow Birds special textures, the ingame Cosmetic Menu (accessible from the Pixelmon button on the pause screen) can apply the texture to a Ho-Oh or Lugia in the player's party by clicking its party icon.
• Ho-Oh, Cresselia, and Chien-Pao all have a special "Rainbow" texture, which is obtained by right-clicking one of these Pokémon with a Rainbow Wing. Rainbow Wing has a 20% chance of being held by Ho-oh when caught and can be obtained as a rare drop from 5-star Max Raid Battles.
• Deoxys has a special texture known as "Deoxys Sus," based on the popular game "Among Us." This special texture is currently unobtainable outside of commands.
• Solgaleo has a special texture known as "Real Solgaleo," based on a lion. This special texture is currently unobtainable outside of commands.

Config settings

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

Breeding

• allow-random-breeding-eggs-to-be-legendary: Whether or not Eggs made from two Ditto breeding together have a chance of hatching Legendary Pokémon.
• allow-random-breeding-eggs-to-be-mythic: Whether or not Eggs made from two Ditto breeding together have a chance of hatching Mythic Pokémon.

Config

• allow-random-pokemon-to-be-legendary: If enabled, Pokémon spawned from /pokegive or from any pokespec have the possibility of containing Legendary Pokémon.
• shrine-encounter-mode: Whether Legendary shrines, such as the Legendary Bird or Timespace Trio shrines, can be used multiple times.

Raids

• raid-have-legendaries: Whether raids can have legendaries.

Spawning

• legendary-spawn-ticks: How often (in ticks) on average a Legendary Pokémon attempts to spawn. The actual time interval ranges from 60% to 140% of the specified value in this setting.
• legendary-spawn-chance: The chance of a Legendary Pokémon spawn attempt succeeding (0-1) if a viable location has been found for one to spawn.
• allow-legendary-spawn: Whether or not Legendary Pokémon will spawn naturally. This only affects Pokémon that use the Legendary spawn rate.
• legendary-despawn-ticks: Number of ticks until legendaries will despawn.
• display-legendary-global-message: Whether or not a message will display when a Legendary Pokémon spawns. The message also displays which biome the Pokémon spawned in.
• do-legendary-raid-event: Displays server-wide announcement 'A Legendary has spawned in a Max Raid Den in a <name> biome' when a Legendary spawns in one.
• meltan-transform-chance: Percentage chance for a Meltan to transform into Ditto on capture.
• meltan-box-spawn-rate: Chance for a Meltan to spawn with each opening.
• meltan-box-spawn-radius: Maximum block distance away from the box that a Meltan could spawn.
• meltan-box-initial-scraps-count: Amount of Netherite Scraps to initially open the Mystery Box.
• meltan-box-scraps-multiplier: Multiplier for the amount of scraps needed per box opening after the first.
• meltan-box-open-duration-millis: Amount of time, in milliseconds, that it takes for the Mystery Box to open.
• meltan-box-cooldown-duration-millis: Amount of time, in milliseconds, that it takes before the Mystery Box can be opened again.
• spawn-zygarde-cells: Allow Zygarde Cells to spawn randomly in the world.

Structures

• ilex-shrine-spawn-rate: Chance per valid chunk to contain an Ilex Shrine.
• ice-shrine-spawn-rates: Modifier for the success-rate of whether Ice shrines can spawn in any valid chunk naturally.