Palkia (Pokémon)

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Palkia パルキア Palkia #484
Art by Ken Sugimori from Diamond and Pearl
Type Water Dragon Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Spatial Pokémon
Ability Pressure Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn — Sinnoh #150 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia SP Oblivia
Height 13'09" Imperial 4.2 m Metric 13'09"/4.2 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 740.8 lbs. Imperial 336.0 kg Metric 740.8 lbs./336.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Purple	Catch rate 30 (3.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Undiscovered group 121 cycles* (30855 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 3 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 220 Battle Exp.: 2201*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Palkia (Japanese: パルキア Palkia) is a dual-type Water/Dragon legendary Pokémon.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Palkia is the version mascot of Pokémon Pearl, appearing on the boxart.

Biology

Physiology

Palkia looks dinosaur-like, similar to Dialga, though it seems to be based on a theropod, the bipedal carnivorous dinosaurs. Palkia’s body is mainly a shade of light purple, although it has stripes and markings of a darker shade and a grayish-colored arm underside and waist. Despite possessing wings and the ability to fly on its own, it is not able to learn the move Fly through any legal means. It has round purple-striped plates on its shoulder area, where two pink pearls lie encrusted with a gray rim encircling them. Palkia’s arms have somewhat gauntlet-like extended formations and a purple band of coloration at the wrist. Palkia has a long neck, a pointed white crest on the top of its head that extends to its wings, two strong horn-like tusks on the sides of its jaw, and a powerful tail.

Gender differences

Palkia is a genderless species.

Special abilities

Palkia has the ability to warp space. An example of this was shown in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, in which Palkia was able to shuffle the landscape of Almia around at a whim, allowing doors to connect to places miles away and for large forests to fit inside tiny houses. In the Pearl version of the game, it is mentioned on the statue in Eterna City that it can create alternate realities.

Palkia's skills in battle are mostly the same as Dialga's, except that Palkia can learn a handful of Template:Type2 moves. Palkia is also slightly faster than Dialga and has weaker defensive stats. Palkia is one of the rare species that knows the move Aura Sphere.

Palkia's powers can be amplified with the Lustrous Orb.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, Palkia travels by creating a large yellow sphere from its two pearls, then using it to fly very fast.

Palkia is the only known Pokémon that learns Spacial Rend (apart from an event Darkrai released for the tenth movie in Japan, another released in US, an event Arceus released for the twelfth movie in Japan, and Smeargle who can Sketch it).

Behavior

Like Dialga, Palkia lives in a different dimension, making its behavior nearly impossible to study. However, Palkia has been seen in violent conflicts with Dialga. It as well has been shown to be very protective of its home.

Habitat

Legends say that it lives "in a gap in the spatial dimension parallel to ours." The twelfth movie shows Palkia living in a pink-colored dimension containing floating bubbles.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Palkia's first appearance in The Rise of Darkrai

Dialga and Palkia under the control of Cyrus

Palkia's first appearances were in the Diamond & Pearl series's Dragon Trilogy. It was first shown, along with Dialga and Darkrai, in The Rise of Darkrai, where it fought with Dialga and nearly destroyed Alamos Town. It was shown in a flashback in Giratina and the Sky Warrior, and finally, in Arceus and the Jewel of Life, alongside Dialga and Giratina, started a battle which awoke an ancient power.

Statues of Palkia have appeared in A Secret Sphere of Influence!, Journey to the Unown!, Losing Its Lustrous!, Double Team Turnover!, Steeling Peace of Mind!, Saving the World From Ruins!, and Bagged Then Tagged!. Palkia made its anime debut in The Battle Finale of Legend!, although a silhouette of Palkia appeared in All Dressed up with Somewhere to Go. This could possibly be the one from the dragon trio movies since there's only one Palkia in existence.

Palkia also makes a cameo in the Together and Diamond and Pearl openings.

In the manga

In the Arceus and the Jewel of Life manga adaptation, Palkia, along with the members of its trio, was summoned by Sheena to help Ash and his friends. Palkia soon engaged in a battle with the other members of its trio along with Arceus.

In the TCG

Main article: Palkia (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Palkia on Spear Pillar

Palkia occasionally appears on the Spear Pillar stage as one of three Pokémon that controls it. It only appears on the stage when the ground on the upper levels have a purple tinge to them. Unlike Dialga and Cresselia, it'll use its powers to distort the stage however possible. Some examples include tilting the stage, turning the stage completely upside down and reversing the screen itself (the last two will cause the movement controls to be reversed temporarily). It often shoot beams in the cave below, dealing a lot of damage to the players that get caught in the blast.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Palkia accuses the player and its partner that they are the one responsible for the distortion of fabric of space. Later, Palkia confronts them and bring them to Spacial Rift.
• Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia: Palkia appears as a bonus boss during one of the Ranger Net extra missions. Palkia was injured from a battle with Dialga and entered Hippowdon Temple. In its pain, it warped the space of the Almia region and caused all of the locations of Almia to be shuffled together.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation I Red {{{redbluedex}}} Blue Yellow {{{yellowdex}}} Stadium {{{stadiumdex}}}
Generation II Gold {{{golddex}}} Silver {{{silverdex}}} Crystal {{{crystaldex}}} Stadium 2 Unknown
Generation III Ruby {{{rubydex}}} Sapphire {{{sapphiredex}}} Emerald {{{emeralddex}}} FireRed {{{firereddex}}} LeafGreen {{{leafgreendex}}}
Generation IV Diamond It has the ability to distort space. It is described as a deity in Sinnoh-region mythology. Pearl It is said to live in a gap in the spatial dimension parallel to ours. It appears in mythology. Platinum A legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh. It is said that space becomes more stable with Palkia's every breath. HeartGold Its total control over the boundaries of space enable it to transport itself to faraway places or even other dimensions. SoulSilver {{{soulsilverdex}}}
Generation V Black {{{blackdex}}} White {{{whitedex}}} Black 2 {{{black2dex}}} White 2 {{{white2dex}}}
Generation VI X Unknown Y Unknown

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation I Red Blue None Trade Blue (Japan) None Trade Yellow None Trade
Generation II Gold Silver None Trade Crystal None Trade
Generation III Ruby Sapphire None Trade Emerald None Trade FireRed LeafGreen None Trade Colosseum None Trade XD None Trade
Generation IV Diamond Pearl One Spear Pillar (Pearl only) Platinum One Spear Pillar HeartGold SoulSilver One Sinjoh Ruins (requires event Arceus) Pal Park None Pokéwalker None
Generation V Black White None Trade Black 2 White 2 None Trade Dream World None
Generation VI X Y None Trade

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness	Spacial Rift (Bottom)
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Hippowdon Temple (during mission)
Pokémon Rumble	Ticket for releasing Blastoise, Gyarados, Empoleon, Dragonite and Garchomp

Stats

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 90		150 - 197	290 - 384
Attack: 120		112 - 189	220 - 372
Defense: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Sp. Atk: 150		139 - 222	274 - 438
Sp. Def: 120		112 - 189	220 - 372
Speed: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Total: 680	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed 2/3 ★★☆	Power 4/5 ★★★★☆
Skill 5/5 ★★★★★	Stamina 4/5 ★★★★☆
Jump 3/5 ★★★☆☆	Total 18/23 ★★★☆

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire ¼× Water ¼× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 2× Dark 1× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire ¼× Water ¼× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 2× Dark 1× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire ¼× Water ¼× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 2× Dark 1× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire ¼× Water ¼× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 2× Dark 1× None

Learnset

By leveling up

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By tutoring

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Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an Evolution of this Pokémon
A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game,
while a colored background indicates that the move is available. |} |}

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Trozei!  N/A  Not available
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0% Friend Area: Beau Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP My HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP My HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP My HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up. Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 4 Recruit rate: 100% IQ group: J
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Dragon  Poké Assist: ( Dragon ) Field move: None Browser entry   It controls spatial dimensions and blasts a powerful beam from its mouth.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Normal  None Past ( Normal ) None Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: Move: {{{ConquestMove}}} Attack: Ability 1: {{{ConquestAbility1}}} Defense: Ability 2: {{{ConquestAbility2}}} Speed: Ability 3: {{{ConquestAbility3}}} Does not evolve. Range: 0 Perfect Links: {{{ConquestLink}}}

Evolution

Does not evolve Palkia  Water  Dragon

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Palkia images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Palkia is tied with Rayquaza and Dialga for highest Special Attack of all Template:Type2 Pokémon.
  • Palkia is tied with Kyogre for highest Special Attack of all Template:Type2 Pokémon.
  • Palkia is tied with Rayquaza, Dialga, and Giratina for highest base single stat of all Dragon-type Pokémon. Giratina has 150 in HP, while Dialga, Palkia and Rayquaza have 150 in Special Attack. (The last one has 150 in Attack as well.) Coincidentally they are all also tied for highest base stat total of all Dragon-types with 680.
  • Palkia has the highest base stat total of all Water-types
• Palkia, like Blastoise, Ho-Oh (as of the release of HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions), and Dialga, shares the first letter of its name with the game it is the mascot of: Pearl.
• Palkia and Dialga's English names were revealed on January 20, 2007.
• Despite possessing wings and the ability to fly on its own, it is not able to learn the move Fly through HM02 or any other means. Palkia does not even have the ability Levitate and thus remains susceptible to Ground-type moves.
• Palkia and Kingdra are the only two Pokémon that are dual-type Water/Dragon.
  • Due to this, Palkia is the only member of the dragon trio that does not have a unique type combination.
• Despite being primarily a Water-type Pokémon, it only learns three Water-type moves through level up.
• The gems in Palkia's arms resemble Pale Spheres.
• Palkia, along with Dialga and Phione, has the second highest catch rate after Mew, Celebi and Shaymin out of all the legendary Pokémon, with a catch rate of 30.
• Palkia and Dialga are the first legendary Pokémon to be met at a level that is not divisible by 5, appearing at Level 47.
• Although Palkia is genderless in the main games, it is referred to as a male in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness.
• Palkia is in the highest IQ group. It takes this position in IQ group J and is the only Pokémon in IQ group J.
• In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, Palkia, along with Dialga, the legendary golems, the Magnemite family, and Regigigas, all speak in capital letters, unlike the other Pokémon in the game.
• Palkia's roar in the anime uses Godzilla and King Ghidorah's roar with the roar of a Varactyl overlapping it.
• Palkia has the highest speed rating out of the dragon trio.

Origin

Palkia, along with Dialga, may be based on the Shinto legend of Izanami and Izanagi, who are said to have created one island with a spear, erected a pillar on it, and from there created the islands of Japan. Appearance-wise, Palkia is likely based after a European dragon combined with a pearl. Like Dialga's origin possibly from the largest sauropod dinosaur, Amphicoelias, Palkia may be based on another sauropod, the bipedal Plateosaurus.

Name origin

The Pal (Paru) in its name is derived from the Japanese word for pearl, パール pāru.

In other languages

• German: Palkia
• French: Palkia
• Korean: 펄기아 Pearlgia
• Chinese (Taiwan): 帕路奇犽 Pà Lù Qí Yá - Transliteration of its Japanese name.

Related articles

• Palkia (anime)
• Dragon trio

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See also: Mythical Pokémon

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