Vital Spirit (Ability)

Vital Spirit	やるき
	Willingness
Flavor text Generation III Prevents sleep. Generation IV Prevents the Pokémon from falling asleep. Generation V Prevents the Pokémon from falling asleep. Generation VI Prevents the Pokémon from falling asleep. Generation VII The Pokémon is full of vitality, and that prevents it from falling asleep. Generation VIII The Pokémon is full of vitality, and that prevents it from falling asleep. Generation IX The Pokémon is full of vitality, and that prevents it from falling asleep.

Vital Spirit (Japanese: やるき Willingness) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Vital Spirit prevents the Pokémon from being afflicted by sleep and Yawn. Rest will fail when used by the Pokémon.

A Pokémon with this Ability will wake up if it is asleep in battle (such as if it gains the Ability outside of battle or by an effect like Skill Swap, or is put to sleep by a Pokémon with an Ability like Mold Breaker).

If a Pokémon with this Ability is drowsy due to Yawn, when it would fall asleep the Ability activates and keeps it awake.

Generation III

If a sleeping Pokémon with Vital Spirit is sent into battle as one of the lead Pokémon or to replace a fainted Pokémon, or gains Vital Spirit due to Trace, it will not be cured of sleep until after a Pokémon takes its turn (uses a move, switches out, etc.). It will be cured of sleep if it is switched in to replace a switched out Pokémon (including if switched in via Baton Pass).

If a sleeping Pokémon has Vital Spirit as its original Ability but not its current Ability, it will remain asleep when switched out.

If the Pokémon with this Ability is asleep and is holding a Chesto or Lum Berry, Vital Spirit will cure the Pokémon of sleep before the Berry has a chance to be consumed.

Generation IV

When a sleeping Pokémon with Vital Spirit enters battle, it will be cured of sleep.

If a sleeping Pokémon has Vital Spirit as its original Ability but not its current Ability, if it is one of the active Pokémon at the end of the battle or switched out, it will be cured of sleep (with no message).

Generation V onward

If a sleeping Pokémon has Vital Spirit as its original Ability but not its current Ability, it will remain asleep when switched out.

If the Pokémon with this Ability is asleep and is holding a Chesto or Lum Berry, the Berry will be eaten and cure the Pokémon of sleep before Vital Spirit has a chance to activate.

Outside of battle

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Does Vital Spirit have any effect on the levels of fished-up wild Pokémon in Gens VI and VII?

If a sleeping Pokémon gains Vital Spirit by evolution or the Ability Capsule, it will not wake up until sent into battle. Pokémon with Vital Spirit will not be put to sleep by the Gentleman's Kirlia in the Battle Pike nor the Battle Arcade's game board.

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with Vital Spirit is in the first slot in the party (even if fainted), there's a 50% chance that a Pokémon will be forced to the upper bound of their encounter level range. It shares this effect with Hustle and Pressure.

When fishing with a Pokémon with Pressure, Vital Spirit, or Hustle as its Ability leading the party in Pokémon Emerald, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, or any Generation IV game, it will trigger with its standard 50% activation rate. In the Generation V games, Pressure, Vital Spirit, and Hustle will not have any effect on the levels of wild Pokémon found through fishing.

Generation VIII

In Pokémon Sword and Shield, Vital Spirit appears to have no effect on the level range of wild Pokémon.

Generation IX

In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Vital Spirit appears to have no effect on the level range of wild Pokémon.

Pokémon with Vital Spirit

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting	Vital Spirit	Anger PointGen IV+	Defiant
0057		Primeape	Fighting		Fighting	Vital Spirit	Anger PointGen IV+	Defiant
0122		Mr. Mime Galarian Form	Ice	Psychic	Vital Spirit	Screen Cleaner	Ice Body
0125		Electabuzz	Electric		Electric	Static	None	Vital Spirit
0126		Magmar	Fire		Fire	Flame Body	None	Vital Spirit
0225		Delibird	Ice	Flying	Vital Spirit	Hustle	Insomnia
0236		Tyrogue	Fighting		Fighting	Guts	SteadfastGen IV+	Vital Spirit
0239		Elekid	Electric		Electric	Static	None	Vital Spirit
0240		Magby	Fire		Fire	Flame Body	None	Vital Spirit
0288		Vigoroth	Normal		Normal	Vital Spirit	None	None
0466		Electivire	Electric		Electric	Motor Drive	None	Vital Spirit
0467		Magmortar	Fire		Fire	Flame Body	None	Vital Spirit
0506		Lillipup	Normal		Normal	Vital Spirit	Pickup	Run Away
0744		Rockruff	Rock		Rock	Keen Eye	Vital Spirit	Steadfast
0745		Lycanroc Midnight Form	Rock		Rock	Keen Eye	Vital Spirit	No Guard
0979		Annihilape	Fighting	Ghost	Vital Spirit	Inner Focus	Defiant
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Description

Games Description MDRB Prevents sleep. MDTD Protects the Pokémon from being put to sleep. MDS Protects the Pokémon from being made to sleep. BSL ねむらない MDGtI The Pokémon is filled with energy. It won't get sleepy.* The Pokémon is protected from the Sleep, Napping, Yawning, and Nightmare status conditions!* SMD The Pokémon is protected from the sleep, napping, yawning, and nightmare status conditions! MDRTDX The Pokémon is protected from the Sleep, Napping, Yawning, and Nightmare conditions.

In the anime

Vigoroth
The Pokémon cannot fall asleep, and nullifies moves that cause sleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Vigoroth is unaffected by moves that would cause it to fall asleep and is able to destroy them with its claws.
Marcel's Vigoroth	The Garden of Eatin'		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• Norman's Vigoroth is revealed to have Vital Spirit as his Ability.

Trivia

• It is one of three Abilities that prevent sleeping, the others being Insomnia and Sweet Veil.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 幹勁 Gongihng * 元氣 Yùhnhei * 過動 Gwoduhng * Mandarin 幹勁 / 干劲 Gànjìng * 元氣 Yuánqì * 過動 Guòdòng * Dutch Vitale kracht Finnish Elohenki French Esprit Vital German Munterkeit Italian Spiritovivo Korean 의기양양 Yigiyang'yang Portuguese Espírito Vital Russian Душевный Подъём Dushevnyy Podyom Spanish Espíritu Vital* Espír. Vital* Vietnamese Hưng Phấn

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