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

Generation 2

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

Generation 3

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

Generation 4

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

Generation 5

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

Generation 6

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

Generation 7

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

Generation 8

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

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.