Unown is a Psychic-type Pokémon introduced in Generation II.
Biology
Physiology
Unown is a flat, thin Pokémon shaped like an eye with appendages that make it resemble a letter or a punctuation mark. It is entirely black, except for its large white eye with a small, black pupil. Despite having an eye, they don't blink. They come in 28 different forms, 26 being each letter of the alphabet as well as a question mark and an exclamation point. The letter Unown have fully open eyes but the punctuation mark Unown have eyes that are only half-open. Unown is said to resemble ancient writing and hieroglyphs. They live on walls of ancient buildings and can float off freely. It is a mystery whether Unown predates or postdates written language, and therefore which one is based on the other.
Behavior
Unown rarely leave their home dimension. Together, a large amount of them can produce enough psychic power to reshape reality based on the dreams of whoever summoned them.
Evolution
Unown does not evolve.
Game info
Game locations
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Version(s) | Area(s) | Rarity |
Gold and Silver | Inside Ruins of Alph | Common |
Crystal | Inside Ruins of Alph | Common |
Ruby and Sapphire | Trade | None |
FireRed and LeafGreen | Inside Tanoby Chambers | Common |
Emerald | Trade | None |
Diamond and Pearl | Solaceon Ruins | Common |
Platinum | Solaceon Ruins | Always |
HeartGold and SoulSilver | Inside Ruins of Alph | Common |
Black and White | Trade | None |
X and Y | Transfer | None |
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire | Mirage Cave (South of Route 107) | Common |
Side game locations
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Game(s) | Area(s) |
Red Rescue Team & Blue Rescue Team | Unown Relic |
Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness | Aegis Cave |
Pokédex entries
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Stats
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Total | 218
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Learnset
Leveling
LevelingGeneration VII | |||||||||
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Level | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | |||
1 | Hidden Power | 60 | 100% | 15 | Normal | Special | |||
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
LevelingGeneration VI | |||||||||
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Level | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | Contest Cat. | Appeal | Jam |
1 | Hidden Power | 60 | 100% | 15 | Normal | Special | 3 ♥ | 0 ♥ | |
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
LevelingGeneration V | |||||||||
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Level | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | |||
1 | Hidden Power | — | 100% | 15 | Normal | Special | |||
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
LevelingGeneration IV | |||||||||
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Level | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | Contest Cat. | Appeal | |
1 | Hidden Power | — | 100% | 15 | Normal | Special | 1 ♥ | ||
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
LevelingGeneration III | |||||||||
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Level | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Contest Cat. | Appeal | Jam | |
1 | Hidden Power | — | 100% | 15 | Normal | 3 ♥ | 0 ♥ | ||
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
LevelingGeneration II | |||||||||
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Level | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | ||||
1 | Hidden Power | — | 100% | 15 | Normal | ||||
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
TM/HM
TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation VII | |||||||||
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TM/HM/TR | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | |||
TM10 | Hidden Power | 60 | 100% | 15 | Normal | Special | |||
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation VI | |||||||||
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TM/HM/TR | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | Contest Cat. | Appeal | Jam |
TM10 | Hidden Power | 60 | 100% | 15 | Normal | Special | 3 ♥ | 0 ♥ | |
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation V | |||||||||
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TM/HM/TR | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | |||
TM10 | Hidden Power | — | 100% | 15 | Normal | Special | |||
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation IV | |||||||||
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TM/HM/TR | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | Contest Cat. | Appeal | |
TM10 | Hidden Power | — | 100% | 15 | Normal | Special | 1 ♥ | ||
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation III | |||||||||
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TM/HM/TR | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Contest Cat. | Appeal | Jam | |
TM10 | Hidden Power | — | 100% | 15 | Normal | 3 ♥ | 0 ♥ | ||
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation II | |||||||||
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TM/HM/TR | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | ||||
TM10 | Hidden Power | — | 100% | 15 | Normal | ||||
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
Breeding
Unown learns no moves via breeding. |
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Tutoring
Unown does not learn any moves by Tutoring.
Sprites
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Other Forms
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Appearances
Anime
- Unown (MS003)
- Unown (JE147)
- Unown (DP060)
- Unown (Pikachu short)
Trivia
- The official artwork for Unown is always either an F or a G, as they are the initials of Game Freak.
- Their home dimension was the battleground for Palkia and Dialga's fight; many of them can be seen fleeing from their fight in the beginning of the 10th movie.
- The only move Unown can learn is Hidden Power.
- In Super Smash Bros., Unown is one of the Pokémon that can be freed from Poké Balls. When this happens, the one that appeared from the ball summons a vast flock of Unown to fly across the battlefield, each one doing minor damage to any players they strike.
- However, Unown is unable to learn Take Down in any form of main game.
- Unown and Ditto are the only genderless Pokémon that are not Legendary or Mythical, can not evolve, and also can't be hatched from eggs.
- In Pokémon Crystal, there is a rare chance that a wild Unown will flee.
- In both Pokémon Amie and Pokémon Refresh, none of the Unown forms like being pet on its eye.
- In the Trading Card Game, each Unown form has a different meaning (please refer to the chart below).
- Unown is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 336.
- The Unown that live on the Sevii Islands resemble Braille.
- In the third movie, photographs of Unown resembling Greek and Cyrillic characters can be seen.
- In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, the wild Unown that can be found and recruited in Aegis Cave gives only 20-21 experience points when defeated. This is possibly to make it less likely that the player will level-up in Aegis Cave, seeing as he or she will be fighting a large number of them to collect the stones required to unlock the rooms and get through the dungeon and seeing as it is a mandatory dungeon in the story.
- Unown never appears as the client of a job mission in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky. This is likely because the "Adventure Log" records the player's first encounter with Unown. As a result, it is impossible to unlock this achievement prior to unlocking Aegis Cave in the game.
- Unown has 28 unique forms, making it the most forms until Generation VIII, when Alcremie was introduced with 63 unique forms.
Letter | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N |
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Meaning | Anger | Bear | Chase | Direct | Engage | Find | Give | Help | Increase | Join | Keep | Laugh | Make | Nuzzle |
Letter | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | ! | ? |
Meaning | Observe | Perform | Quicken | Reassure | Search | Tell | Undo | Vanish | Want | XXXXX | Yield | Zoom | !!!!! | ????? |
Etymology
The name, "Unown", is based on the word "unknown". Some fans, in light of its weakness, have joked that it may also come from the fact that a player might want to "un-own," or get rid of, it.
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See also
- Pokémon.com Pokédex
- Legendary Pokémon data
- The Pokémon Database
- Pokémon Dream Pokédex data
- Psypokes Psydex data
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