Legendary Pokemon

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	Spawn times	Spawn location
Articuno	Cold Taiga Ice Mountains Ice Plains Ice Plains Spikes	Any	Frozen Shrine
Mewtwo	Does Not Spawn	Any	Cloning Machine
Mew	Jungle M	Day	Land
Moltres	Mesa Plateau Mesa Plateau F Mesa Plateau F M Mesa Plateau M	Any	Fiery Shrine
Zapdos	Savanna Plateau Savanna M Savanna Plateau M	Any	Static Shrine

Generation 2

Pokémon	Biomes	Spawn times	Spawn location
Celebi	Forest	Any	Ilex Shrine
Entei	Mountainous	Day	Land
Ho-Oh	Does Not Spawn	Dusk	Clear Bell
Lugia	Does Not Spawn	Dusk	Tidal Bell
Raikou	Savannas	Dawn/Dusk	Land
Suicune	Beaches	Night	Land

Generation 3

Pokémon	Biomes	Spawn times	Spawn location
Deoxys	End Cold Taiga M	Morning	Land
Groudon	Desert Hills - Clear Weather	Day	Land
Jirachi	Extreme Hills+ M	Dawn/Dusk	Land
Kyogre	Deep Ocean - Rainy Weather. Boosted Rarity in Storm	Night	Water y≤45
Latias	Ocean	Morning	Air
Latios	Ocean	Afternoon	Air
Rayquaza	Mountainous	Dawn/Dusk	Air
Regice	Freezing	Morning	Underground y≤50
Regirock	Mesas	Afternoon	Underground y≤50
Registeel	Mountainous	Dawn/Dusk	Underground y≤50

Generation 4

Pokémon	Biomes	Spawn times	Spawn location
Arceus	Ice Mountains Extreme Hills Edge Extreme Hills+ Extreme Hills+ M Extreme Hills	Any	Timespace Altar
Azelf	Forest	Morning	Surface Water
Cresselia	Birch Forest M	Night - Moon Phase 0 (Full Moon)	Land
Darkrai	Roofed Forest M	Night - Moon Phase 4 (New Moon)	Land
Dialga	Ice Mountains Extreme Hills Edge Extreme Hills+ Extreme Hills+ M Extreme Hills	Any	Timespace Altar
Giratina	Ice Mountains Extreme Hills Edge Extreme Hills+ Extreme Hills+ M Extreme Hills	Any	Timespace Altar
Heatran	Mesas Hell	Any	Underground y≤50 near Lava
Manaphy	Oceanic - Clear Weather	Morning	Water
Mesprit	Birch Forest	Dawn/Dusk	Surface Water
Palkia	Ice Mountains Extreme Hills Edge Extreme Hills+ Extreme Hills+ M Extreme Hills	Any	Timespace Altar
Phione	Does Not Spawn	Does Not Spawn	Hatch from Egg by breeding Manaphy
Regigigas	Savannas	Dawn/Dusk	Underground y≤40
Shaymin	Flower Forest	Morning	Land
Uxie	Roofed Forest	Afternoon	Surface Water

Generation 5

Pokémon	Biomes	Spawn times	Spawn location
Cobalion	Forest Hills Birch Forest Hills Autumnal Wooded Hills Forested Hills Birch Forested Hills Lush Hills Silver Birch Hills	Night	Land
Genesect	Mountainous Forests	Night	Land
Keldeo	River	Day	Land
Kyurem	Ice Plains Spikes	Dawn/Dusk	Land
Landorus	Mesa Plateau F M	Dawn/Dusk	Air
Meloetta	Flowery	Night	Land
Reshiram	Mega Taiga Hills	Day	Land
Terrakion	Forest Hills Birch Forest Hills Autumnal Wooded Hills Forested Hills Birch Forested Hills Lush Hills Silver Birch Hills	Night	Land
Thundurus	Plains (Category) - Boosted Rarity in Storm	Morning	Air
Tornadus	Plains (Category) - Boosted Rarity in Storm	Afternoon	Air
Victini	Savannas - Clear Weather	Day	Land
Virizion	Forest Hills Birch Forest Hills Autumnal Wooded Hills Forested Hills Birch Forested Hills Lush Hills Silver Birch Hills	Day	Land
Zekrom	Mega Taiga Hills	Night	Land

Generation 6

Pokémon	Biomes	Spawn times	Spawn location
Diancie	Mountainous Ultra Deep Sea	Morning	Underground y≤50
Hoopa	End Arid	Afternoon	Land
Volcanion	Hell Desert M Volcanic Island	Dawn/Dusk	Land
Xerneas	Roofed Forest	Day	Land
Yveltal	Taiga M	Night	Air
Zygarde	Does Not Spawn	Any	Reassembly Unit

Generation 7

Pokémon	Biomes	Spawn times	Spawn location
Cosmoem	Does Not Spawn	Does Not Spawn	Evolves from Cosmog
Cosmog	Sunflower Plains	Dawn/Dusk	Land
Lunala	Does Not Spawn	Does Not Spawn	Evolves from Cosmoem
Magearna	Mushroom Island	Morning	Land
Marshadow	Mesa Plateau F M	Night	Land
Melmetal	Does Not Spawn	Does Not Spawn	Evolves from Meltan
Meltan	Does Not Spawn	Any	Smelting Metal Ores
Necrozma	Roofed Forest	Night	Land
Silvally	Does Not Spawn	Does Not Spawn	Evolves from Type: Null
Solgaleo	Does Not Spawn	Does Not Spawn	Evolves from Cosmoem
Tapu Bulu	Jungle	Day	Land
Tapu Fini	Jungle	Afternoon	Surface Water
Tapu Koko	Jungle	Morning	Land
Tapu Lele	Jungle	Night	Land
Type: Null	Jungle Edge	Dawn/Dusk	Land
Zeraora	Savanna Plateau M	Afternoon	Land

Generation 8

Pokémon	Biomes	Spawn times	Spawn location
Calyrex	Freezing Forests	Morning	Land
Eternatus	End Swamps	Dawn, Dusk	Land
Glastrier	Ice Plains	Day	Land
Kubfu	Roofed Forest	Afternoon	Land
Regieleki	End	Afternoon	End City
Regidrago	Nether	Day	Nether Fortress
Spectrier	Swampland	Night	Land
Urshifu	Does Not Spawn	Does Not Spawn	Evolves from Kubfu
Zacian	Forest	Day	Land
Zamazenta	Forest	Night	Land
Zarude	Jungles	Night	Tree Top

Biome O Plenty Locations

Pokémon	Biomes	Spawn times	Spawn location
Tornadus	Meadow Chaparral Grassland Prairie Steppe Pasture	Afternoon	Air
Thundurus	Meadow Chaparral Grassland Prairie Steppe Pasture	Morning	Air
Suicune	Gravel Beach White Beach Origin Island Shore	Night	Land
Regice	Snowy Forest Glacier Grassland Snowy Coniferous Forest Alps Alps Foothills Tundra Snowy Tundra Cold Desert	Morning	Underground y≤50
Genesect	Shield Mountain Foothills	Night	Land
Manaphy	Coral Reef Kelp Forest in Clear Weather	Morning	Water
Heatran	Fungi Forest Volcanic Island Corrupted Sands Phantasmagoric Inferno Visceral Heap Undergarden Polar Chasm	Any	Underground y≤50 near Lava
Volcanion	Fungi Forest Volcanic Island Corrupted Sands Phantasmagoric Inferno Visceral Heap Undergarden Polar Chasm	Dawn/Dusk	Land
Hoopa	Shrubland Desert Oasis Lush Desert	Afternoon	Land
Victini	Brushland Outback Xeric Shrubland in Clear Weather	Day	Land
Raikou	Brushland Outback Xeric Shrubland	Dawn/Dusk	Land
Regigigas	Brushland Outback Xeric Shrubland	Dawn/Dusk	Underground y≤40
Diancie	Volcanic Island Alps Crag Overgrown Cliffs Alps Foothills Highland Mountain	Morning	Underground y≤50
Registeel	Volcanic Island Alps Crag Overgrown Cliffs Alps Foothills Highland Mountain	Dawn/Dusk	Underground y≤50
Entei	Volcanic Island Alps Crag Overgrown Cliffs Alps Foothills Highland Mountain	Day	Land
Rayquaza	Volcanic Island Alps Crag Overgrown Cliffs Alps Foothills Highland Mountain	Dawn/Dusk	Air
Regirock	Volcanic Island	Afternoon	Underground y≤50
Meloetta	Cherry Blossom Grove Flower Field Lavender Fields Origin Island	Night	Land
Celebi	Cherry Blossom Grove Flower Field Flower Island Origin Island Mystic Grove Sacred Springs Lavender Field Lavender Fields	Morning	Land
Shaymin	Lavender Fields Flower Island	Morning	Land
Tapu Lele	Tropical Rainforest	Night	Land
Tapu Bulu	Tropical Rainforest	Day	Land
Tapu Fini	Tropical Rainforest	Afternoon	Surface Water
Tapu Koko	Tropical Rainforest	Morning	Land
Kubfu	Bamboo Forest	Afternoon	Land

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.