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	Spawn times	Spawn location	Rarity
Articuno	Cold Taiga M Ice Mountains Ice Plains Ice Plains Spikes	Any	Frozen Shrine
Mewtwo	Does Not Spawn	Any	Cloning Machine
Mew	Jungle M	Day	Land	0.1
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	Rarity
Celebi	Forest	Any	Ilex Shrine
Entei	Mountainous	Day	Land	3.0
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	Spawn times	Spawn location	Rarity
Deoxys	The End Cold Taiga M	Morning	Land	0.3
Groudon	Desert Hills - Clear Weather	Day	Land	1.0
Jirachi	Extreme Hills+ M	Dawn/Morning	Land	0.2
Kyogre	Deep Ocean - Rainy Weather. Boosted Rarity in Storm	Night	Water y≤45	2.0 - 4.0 in Storm
Latias	Ocean	Morning	Air	2.0
Latios	Ocean	Afternoon	Air	2.0
Rayquaza	Mountainous	Afternoon/Dusk	Air	0.5
Regice	Freezing	Morning	Underground y≤50	3.0
Regirock	Mesas	Afternoon	Underground y≤50	3.0
Registeel	Mountainous	Dawn/Morning	Underground y≤50	3.0

Generation 4

Pokémon	Biomes	Spawn times	Spawn location	Rarity
Arceus	Ice Mountains Mountainous	Any	Timespace Altar
Azelf	Forest	Morning	Surface Water	2.0
Cresselia	Birch Forest M	Night - Moon Phase 0 (Full Moon)	Land	0.5
Darkrai	Roofed Forest M	Night - Moon Phase 4 (New Moon)	Land	0.3
Dialga	Ice Mountains Mountainous	Any	Timespace Altar
Giratina	Ice Mountains Mountainous	Any	Timespace Altar
Heatran	Mesas Hell	Any	Underground Lava Y≤50 near Lava Surface Lava	2.0
Manaphy	Oceanic	Morning - Clear Weather	Water	0.4
Mesprit	Birch Forest	Dawn/Morning	Surface Water	2.0
Palkia	Ice Mountains Mountainous	Any	Timespace Altar
Phione	Does Not Spawn	Does Not Spawn	Hatch from Egg by breeding Manaphy
Regigigas	Savannas	Afternoon/Dusk	Underground y≤40	1.0
Shaymin	Flower Forest	Morning	Land	0.2
Uxie	Roofed Forest	Afternoon	Surface Water	2.0

Generation 5

Pokémon	Biomes	Spawn times	Spawn location	Rarity
Cobalion	Forest Hills Birch Forest Hills Autumnal Wooded Hills Forested Hills Birch Forested Hills Lush Hills Silver Birch Hills	Night	Land	3.0
Genesect	Mountainous Forests	Night	Land	0.3
Keldeo	River	Day	Land	0.4
Kyurem	Ice Plains Spikes	Afternoon/Dusk	Land	0.5
Landorus	Mesa Plateau F M Mesa Plateau F Mesa Plateau M	Dawn/Morning	Air	1.0
Meloetta	Flowery	Night	Land	0.3
Reshiram	Mega Taiga Hills	Day	Land	0.5
Terrakion	Forest Hills Birch Forest Hills Autumnal Wooded Hills Forested Hills Birch Forested Hills Lush Hills Silver Birch Hills	Night	Land	3.0
Thundurus	Plains (Category) - Rainy Weather. Boosted Rarity in Storm	Morning	Air	2.0 - 4.0 in Storm
Tornadus	Plains (Category) - Rainy Weather. Boosted Rarity in Storm	Afternoon	Air	2.0 - 4.0 in Storm
Victini	Savannas - Clear Weather	Day	Land	0.4
Virizion	Forest Hills Birch Forest Hills Autumnal Wooded Hills Forested Hills Birch Forested Hills Lush Hills Silver Birch Hills	Day	Land	3.0
Zekrom	Mega Taiga Hills	Night	Land	0.5

Generation 6

Pokémon	Biomes	Spawn times	Spawn location	Rarity
Diancie	Ultra Deep Sea	Morning	Land	0.4
	Mountainous	Morning	Underground y≤50	0.4
Hoopa	The End	Afternoon	Land	0.2
	Arid	Afternoon	Land	0.2
Volcanion	Desert M	Dawn/Morning	Liquid Floor	0.1
Xerneas	Roofed Forest	Day	Land	0.5
Yveltal	Taiga M	Night	Air	0.5
Zygarde	Does Not Spawn	Any	Reassembly Unit

Generation 7

Pokémon	Biomes	Spawn times	Spawn location	Rarity
Cosmoem	Does Not Spawn	Does Not Spawn	Evolves from Cosmog
Cosmog	Sunflower Plains	Dusk/Night	Land	1.0
Lunala	Does Not Spawn	Does Not Spawn	Evolves from Cosmoem
Magearna	Roofed Forest	Morning	Indoors on Planks	0.3
Marshadow	Mesa Plateau Nether	Night	Land	0.2
Melmetal	Does Not Spawn	Does Not Spawn	Evolves from Meltan
Meltan	Does Not Spawn	Any	Smelting Metal Ores
Necrozma	Roofed Forest	Night	Land	0.5
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	1.0
Tapu Fini	Jungle	Afternoon	Surface Water	1.0
Tapu Koko	Jungle	Morning	Land	1.0
Tapu Lele	Jungle	Night	Land	1.0
Type: Null	Jungle Edge	Dusk/Night	Land	2.0
Zeraora	Savanna Plateau M	Afternoon	Land	0.1

Generation 8

Pokémon	Biomes	Spawn times	Spawn location	Rarity
Calyrex	Freezing Forests	Morning	Land	2.0
Eternatus	The End Swamps	Night/Dawn	Land	3.0
Enamorus	Flowery - Rainy Weather. Boosted Rarity in Storm	Morning	Air	2.0 - 4.0 in Storm
Galarian Articuno	Does Not Spawn	Does Not Spawn	Quests
Galarian Zapdos	Does Not Spawn	Does Not Spawn	Quests
Galarian Moltres	Does Not Spawn	Does Not Spawn	Quests
Glastrier	Ice Plains	Day	Land	0.5
Kubfu	Roofed Forest	Afternoon	Land	2.0
Regieleki	The End	Afternoon	Manmade	1.0
Regidrago	the Nether	Day	Manmade	1.0
Spectrier	Swampland	Night	Land	0.5
Urshifu	Does Not Spawn	Does Not Spawn	Evolves from Kubfu
Zacian	Forest	Day	Land	3.0
Zamazenta	Forest	Night	Land	3.0
Zarude	Jungles	Night	Tree Top	0.1

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
Heatran	Fungi Forest Volcanic Island Corrupted Sands Phantasmagoric Inferno Visceral Heap Undergarden Polar Chasm	Any	Underground y≤50 near Lava
Volcanion	Volcanic Island	Dawn/Morning	Liquid Floor
Hoopa	Desert Temples in Shrubland Desert Oasis Lush Desert	Afternoon	Indoors
Victini	Brushland Outback Xeric Shrubland in Clear Weather	Day	Land
Raikou	Brushland Outback Xeric Shrubland	Dawn/Morning	Land
Regigigas	Brushland Outback Xeric Shrubland	Afternoon/Dusk	Underground y≤40
Registeel	Volcanic Island Alps Crag Overgrown Cliffs Alps Foothills Highland Mountain	Dawn/Morning	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	Afternoon/Dusk	Air
Regirock	Volcanic Island	Afternoon	Underground y≤50
Meloetta	Cherry Blossom Grove Flower Field Lavender Fields Origin Island	Night	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.