Zygarde Core

A Zygarde Core

A Zygarde Core (Japanese: ジガルデ・コア Zygarde Core) is a cell-like component of Zygarde with its own will. On their own, they have little power, but by gathering Cells, they can create Zygarde's different forms. They appear similar to their cells, having a flat, green, worm-like body with a bulbous head. They have a hexagon on their belly and back, while primarily red in color, they can also appear in other colors.

10% Forme Zygarde contains a single Core, which only allows it to function for a short time. Complete Forme Zygarde contains five Cores, as can be seen when its chest opens, revealing red, orange, white, cyan, and blue Cores. Its wings and tail each have their own Core that can act independently.

In the games

A Zygarde Core as it appears when the players first finds one in Pokémon Sun and Moon

Zygarde Cores are stored in a Zygarde Cube and allow the Zygarde Cube to teach Zygarde moves.

In Pokémon Sun and Moon, five Zygarde Cores can be found around the Alola region, with each one unlocking a specific move, as seen below. Each Zygarde Core is found either an island kahuna's home, or the player's room. Outside of unlocking moves, Zygarde Cores act the same as Zygarde Cells, and will be counted towards the count of 100.

In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, all five moves are already unlocked upon receiving the Zygarde Cube from Dexio.

In all games in which they appear, Zygarde Cores appear during the transformation sequence into Zygarde's Complete Forme when Power Construct activates.

Below is a list of locations in which Cores appear in Sun and Moon.

Location	Core	Move
Ancient Poni Path	In the back of the bedroom in Hapu's house	Core Enforcer
Iki Town	On the porch in the northeastern room of Hala's house	Thousand Arrows
Route 17	At the back of the Po Town Police Station	Thousand Waves
Route 1	In the player's room, by the bed	Extreme Speed
Konikoni City	In front of the refrigerator in Olivia's room	Dragon Dance

In the side games

Unused Zygarde Core in Pokémon Shuffle

Pokémon Shuffle

Along with Zygarde Cells, Zygarde Core sprites appear in Pokémon Shuffle, however they go unused.

In the anime

Zygarde Cores as they appear in the anime

Main article: Squishy

Main article: Z2

Zygarde Core debuts in Pokémon: Mega Evolution Special IV as a captive of Team Flare's experiments.

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  Zygarde Core in Pokémon the Series: XY.

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  Z2, a Core with a blue hexagon.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In the Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc, Dexio and Sina hire Sun to gather the Zygarde Cells and Cores scattered around Alola.

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  Zygarde Core in Pokémon Adventures

Gallery

Artwork

Concept art

Concept art for Sun and Moon

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 基格爾德・核心 Gēigaakyíhdāk Hahtsām Mandarin 基格爾德・核心 / 基格尔德・核心 Jīgé'ěrdé Héxīn Czech Zygarde Jádro Danish Zygarde Kerne Finnish Zygarde-ydin French Cœur de Zygarde German Kern von Zygarde Hungarian Zygarde Mag Italian Nucleo di Zygarde Korean 지가르데 코어 Zygarde Ko-eo Norwegian Zygarde Kjerne Polish Jądro Zygarde Russian Ядра Зайгарда Yadra Zaygarda Spanish Núcleo de Zygarde Swedish Zygarde Kärna

See also

• Zygarde
• Zygarde Cell
• Zygarde Cube
• Pokémon fusion

References

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