Pokédex No.0566
Visual data
No.0566 · First Bird Pokémon
Archen
アーケン
RockFlying
Height
0.5 m
Weight
9.5 kg
Color
Yellow
Shape
Wings
Abilities
Halves Attack and Special Attack at 50% max HP or less.
02 //Base stats
StatBase
HP55
220–314
Attack112
206–355
Defense45
85–207
Sp. Atk74
137–271
Sp. Def45
85–207
Speed70
130–262
Total401Higher than 38% of all Pokémon
Ranges assume 0 IV/0 EV with a hindering nature (min) up to 31 IV/252 EV with a boosting nature (max).
- HPtop 73%
- Attacktop 15%
- Defensetop 85%
- Sp. Atktop 40%
- Sp. Deftop 85%
- Speedtop 46%
03 //Type matchups
Defensive multipliers
Takes 2× damage
WaterElectricIceRockSteel
Takes ½× damage
NormalFirePoisonFlyingBug
Immune
Ground
Damage taken from every type
Normal½×
Fire½×
Water2×
Electric2×
Grass1×
Ice2×
Fighting1×
Poison½×
Ground0×
Flying½×
Psychic1×
Bug½×
Rock2×
Ghost1×
Dragon1×
Dark1×
Steel2×
Fairy1×
Its own types hit these super-effectively (STAB)
FireGrassIceFightingFlyingBug
04 //Evolution
05 //Easily confused with
Most similar silhouettes
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Ranked by a DINOv2 vision model comparing silhouette shapes — these are the options Who's That Pokémon? hard mode will try to trip you up with. Tap to reveal.
06 //Where to find it
By game
| Games | Location | Method |
|---|---|---|
SVZA | Not in this game | |
Gens 1–7 from PokéAPI checked against Serebii (places PokéAPI lacks come from Serebii), Let's Go and Gens 8–9 from Serebii. Rates are the chance per encounter in that spot; Gen 8–9 raids and overview-only spots list no levels or rates. Tap a place for its page, or Atlas to find it on the map.
07 //Moves
64 moves
| Lv | Move | Type | Cat. | Pow | Acc | PP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Page → | Normal | — | 100 | 30 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Normal | 40 | 100 | 30 | ||
| 3 | Page → | Rock | 50 | 90 | 15 | ||
| 6 | Page → | Flying | 60 | 100 | 35 | ||
| 9 | Page → | Dragon | 60 | 100 | 20 | ||
| 12 | Page → | Rock | 60 | 100 | 5 | ||
| 15 | Page → | Flying | 60 | 100 | 20 | ||
| 18 | Page → | Fighting | — | — | 15 | ||
| 21 | Page → | Bug | 70 | 100 | 20 | ||
| 24 | Page → | Rock | 75 | 90 | 10 | ||
| 27 | Page → | Normal | — | 100 | 10 | ||
| 30 | Page → | Dark | 80 | 100 | 15 | ||
| 33 | Page → | Psychic | — | — | 30 | ||
| 36 | Page → | Flying | — | — | 15 | ||
| 39 | Page → | Dragon | 80 | 100 | 15 | ||
| 42 | Page → | Normal | 120 | 100 | 10 | ||
| 45 | Page → | Normal | — | 100 | 5 |
Learnset from Sword & Shield. Tap a move for its effect.
08 //Pokédex entries
9 unique entries
Archen is said to be the ancestor of bird Pokémon. It lived in treetops, eating berries and bug Pokémon.
This Pokémon was successfully restored from a fossil. As research suggested, Archen is unable to fly. But it’s very good at jumping.
Restored from a fossil, this ancient bird Pokémon has wings but can’t yet fly.
Once thought to be the ancestor of all bird Pokémon, some of the latest research suggests that may not be the case.
To all appearances flightless, it was able to glide down from tall treetops to snag its prey.
It is the ancestor of all bird Pokémon. Archen itself could not actually fly but moved by hopping from treetop to treetop.
09 //Names in other languages
9 languages
- Japanese
- アーケン
- Rōmaji
- Archen
- Korean
- 아켄
- Chinese (Simplified)
- 始祖小鸟
- Chinese (Traditional)
- 始祖小鳥
- French
- Arkéapti
- German
- Flapteryx
- Spanish
- Archen
- Italian
- Archen
10 //Training & breeding
Training
EV yield1 Attack
Catch rate45 (11.9% per Poké Ball at full HP, Gen 5+)
Base friendship70
Base experience71
Growth rateMedium
Breeding
Egg groupsFlying, Water3
Egg cycles30
Gender87.5% ♂ · 12.5% ♀
Gender differencesNo
Habitat—
Other names
Japaneseアーケン
Korean아켄
GermanFlapteryx
FrenchArkéapti
SpanishArchen
ItalianArchen
Regional Pokédex numbers
Original Unova #72Updated Unova #128Original Alola #192Original Akala #119Updated Alola #239Updated Akala #140Crown Tundra #149
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