Articuno | Pokémon guide

The Pokémon Articuno goes by many names. The Freeze Pokémon, Cruel Pokémon, or, if you translate its name in Japanese, it’s just ‘Freezer’. Despite its cold name and appearance, its secondary form – introduced in Galar – doesn’t actually have any ice-typing. It’s still a fearsome bird, though.

Articuno is the first of the legendary bird trio in the Pokédex, using ice and psychic-type moves. If you’re interested in other ice Pokémon or psychic Pokémon, we can recommend some in our guides.

Here’s everything in our Articuno guide:

Here’s the key information you need to know about Articuno:

Articuno’s evolution

Articuno doesn’t evolve to or from any other Pokémon. It has a different form you can find in Galar, but again, you can’t evolve or change it.

Articuno’s locations

You can only catch one in most games, as it’s a legendary. Here are all the locations you can find Articuno in each Pokémon game:

Gen 1 locations

Gen 2 locations

Gen 3 locations

Gen 4 locations

Gen 5 locations

Gen 6 locations

Gen 7 locations

Gen 8 locations

Gen 9 locations

How do I get Articuno in Pokémon Pokopia?

Articuno doesn’t require a regular Pokopia habitat. Instead, you need to build the Freezing Chambers using a building kit, which you can find on the first island of the customizable Palette Town biome. You can locate the kit on a stone pedestal in a pool of water, appearing as a yellow Pokéball.

To build Freezing Chambers, you need the following:

• 50 ice
• 50 stone
• Ten Pokémetal
• Ten crystal fragments

You also need 15 Pokémon to help you out; you must include Pokémon with the build, water, crush, and fly specialities. Once built, Articuno will spawn inside, where you can go and meet it.

Articuno’s base stats

Articuno’s base stats are as follows. As you level it up, these stats grow.

Articuno’s type strengths and weaknesses

Both forms of Articuno have slightly different strengths and weaknesses. Both are immune to ground-type attacks, resistant to grass, and weak to electric- and rock-type moves. Other than that, they have different reactions to elements. Make sure to have a look below so you can keep them safe in battle.

Articuno’s moveset

In the latest generation of Pokémon games, Articuno – both Kanto and Galarian forms – can learn the following moves:

Articuno

Level up moves

Learnable TMs

Galarian Articuno

Level up moves

Learnable TMs

There you are – everything you need to know about the legendary Pokémon, Articuno.