Very Rare Pokémon

The Very Rare Pokémon rarity signifies Pokémon and eggs that are incredibly difficult to encounter under normal circumstances. Mostly equivalent to the "Legendary" classification in the video games, Very Rare Pokémon tend to have special requirements, such as the use of Summoning Items or the completion of Explorations to obtain them reliably. As with all non-Novelty Pokémon, they can appear in the Lab, but with incredibly low probability.

Obtaining Very Rare Pokémon

There are currently 118 Very Rare Pokémon on GPX+, which counts Form Changed versions of these Pokémon as distinct Pokédex entries.

Summoning Items

Main article: Summoning Items

Several Very Rare Pokémon can be obtained by using Summoning Items found in treasure chests, brought back from the Underground, or purchased from the Back room for 15,000 points or in the Prize Shop for 20 Prize Points (except for the Enigma Stone, which costs 15 Prize Points).

Events and Explorations

Main article: Events

Main article: Explorations

Originally, the non-Summonable Very Rare Pokémon could only be obtained through the Monthly Event system; the implementation of monthly Special Explorations eventually replaced the Monthly Event system, however, and most remaining Very Rare Pokémon were made to be available through Explorations. Administrators have stated that, eventually, all Very Rare, non-Summonable Pokémon will be made available through Explorations. In May 2015, the Monthly Event system returned, now featured alongside the Explorations system, giving users more potential opportunities to obtain Very Rare Pokémon. This has occasionally been the method that many Very Rare Pokémon are first made available, prior to a Special Exploration or other method being created for them.

Egg Vouchers

Main article: Egg Vouchers

Certain vouchers can also be used to obtain most of the Very Rare Pokémon, except for Arceus. As such, they are extremely rare; one of them can be purchased for 200 Prize Points, while the rest have been awarded as the rewards for certain Achievements or Contests.

Header Events

Main article: Header Events

Manaphy can only be obtained by clicking the Tiny Egg that can occasionally be found in the header when the user has at least one empty spot in his party. Eventually the Pokémon Hoopa was also made available through a similar Header Event known as the Strange Portal.

Cypress Bred

The automated Professor Cypress bot is able to breed Mew and Ditto and can, on occasion, produce Very Rare Pokémon eggs, which are released to the Shelter and made available to all users.

Commander Wymsy's Birthday

In 2011, Commander Wymsy celebrated her birthday by awarding a Voucher to users that performed at least 1500 interactions. This voucher had the potential to summon the egg of Articuno, Lugia, Groudon, Giratina, or Virizon, along with approximately one other Pokémon of every type per generation (as depicted here, although some users reported receiving Pokémon not on this list).

List of Very Rare Pokémon

The following table shows the Very Rare Pokémon and the primary method in which they can be obtained. Most of these Pokémon can also be found extremely rarely in the Lab, in the Shelter (bred by Cypress or dropped by other users) or by using particular Egg Vouchers.

Note that not all methods of obtaining the following Pokémon are listed. Generally, the method listed is simply the primary or most common method.

Icon	Pokémon	Method
	Articuno	Exploration The Three Singing Chatot
	Zapdos
	Moltres
	Mewtwo	Exploration Deep in the Laboratory
	Mega Mewtwo X	Mega Evolve Mewtwo (Max happiness + Mewtwonite X + Macho Brace)
	Mega Mewtwo Y	Mega Evolve Mewtwo (Max happiness + Mewtwonite Y + Shiny Stone)
	Mew	Exploration Forgotten Memories
	Raikou	Exploration Tour of Illusions
	Entei
	Suicune
	Lugia	Summoning Item Silver Wing
	Ho-oh	Summoning Item Rainbow Wing
	Celebi	Exploration The Quiet Forest
	Regirock	Exploration The Hidden Ruins
	Regice
	Registeel
	Latias	Summoning Item Soul Dew
	Mega Latias	Mega Evolve Latias (Max happiness + Latiasite + Latios in party)
	Latios	Summoning Item Soul Dew
	Mega Latios	Mega Evolve Latios (Max happiness + Latiosite + Latias in party)
	Kyogre	Summoning Item Blue Orb
	Primal Kyogre	Primal Revert Kyogre (Max happiness + Alpha Sapphire + Rain)
	Groudon	Summoning Item Red Orb
	Primal Groudon	Primal Revert Groudon (Max happiness + Omega Ruby + Sunny)
	Rayquaza	Summoning Item Green Orb
	Mega Rayquaza	Mega Evolve Rayquaza (Max happiness + Ascension Stone + Groudon and Kyogre in party)
	Jirachi	Exploration Needing a Friend
	Deoxys [Normal]	Exploration Star Guided Journey or Form Change Deoxys (Any Form) (After waiting five days + Aurora)
	Deoxys [Attack]
	Deoxys [Defense]
	Deoxys [Speed]
	Uxie	Exploration Guardians
	Mesprit
	Azelf
	Dialga	Summoning Item Adamant Orb
	Palkia	Summoning Item Lustrous Orb
	Heatran	Summoning Item Magma Rock
	Regigigas	Exploration King of the Temple
	Giratina [Another]	Summoning Item Griseous Orb
	Giratina [Origin]	Form Change Giratina Another Form (After waiting five days)
	Cresselia	Summoning Item Lunar Wing
	Manaphy	Header Event Tiny Egg
	Darkrai	Exploration Deep Desires
	Shaymin [Land]	Summoning Item Gracidea Flower
	Shaymin [Sky]	Form Change Shaymin Land Form (After waiting five days + Cloudy)
	Arceus	Exploration Death of the World*
	Arceus [Typed]	Exploration Death of the World
	Victini	Exploration Babysitting Adventure
	Cobalion	Exploration A Trio of Trials
	Terrakion
	Virizion
	Tornadus [Incarnate]	Exploration Mansion of Gods
	Tornadus [Therian]	Form Change Tornadus Incarnate Form ( Reveal Glass)
	Thundurus [Incarnate]	Exploration Mansion of Gods
	Thundurus [Therian]	Form Change Thundurus Incarnate Form ( Reveal Glass)
	Reshiram	Exploration Summon the Hero
	Zekrom
	Landorus [Incarnate]	Exploration Mansion of Gods
	Landorus [Therian]	Form Change Landorus Incarnate Form ( Reveal Glass)
	Kyurem	Exploration Beneath the Frozen Forest
	Black Kyurem	Form Change Kyurem (After waiting five days + Dark Stone + Zekrom in party)
	White Kyurem	Form Change Kyurem (After waiting five days + Light Stone + Reshiram in party)
	Keldeo [Ordinary]	Exploration Protecting the Fragile
	Keldeo [Resolute]	Form Change Keldeo Ordinary Form (After waiting five days + Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion in party)
	Meloetta [Voice]	Exploration Finding Your Muse
	Meloetta [Step]	Form Change Meloetta Voice Form (After waiting five days + Macho Brace)
	Genesect	Exploration Dark Saturday
	Xerneas [Neutral]	Exploration The Antlers of Life
	Xerneas [Active]	Form Change Xerneas Neutral Form (After waiting five days)
	Yveltal	Exploration The Wings of Destruction
	Zygarde [10%]	Account Upgrade Zygarde Cube*
	Zygarde [50%]	Exploration The Order of Terminus Cave or Account Upgrade Zygarde Cube*
	Zygarde [Complete]	Account Upgrade Zygarde Cube*
	Diancie	Exploration Diamonds are Forever
	Mega Diancie	Mega Evolve Diancie (Max happiness + Diancite + Carbink [Merrick], Carbink [Bort], Carbink [Allotrope], and Carbink [Dace] in party)
	Hoopa [Confined]	Header Event Strange Portal
	Hoopa [Unbound]	Form Change Hoopa Confined Form ( Prison Bottle)
	Volcanion	Summoning Item Electronic Band
	Tapu Koko	Exploration Spirits of the Land or Egg Voucher Tapu Koko Voucher
	Tapu Lele	Exploration Spirits of the Land
	Tapu Bulu
	Tapu Fini
	Cosmog	Header Event Ultra Wormhole or Egg Voucher Otherworldly Voucher or Breeding
	Cosmoem	Evolve Cosmog (Level 43)
	Solgaleo	Evolve Cosmoem (Level 53 + Sun Flute)
	Lunala	Evolve Cosmoem (Level 53 + Moon Flute)
	Nihilego	Header Event Ultra Wormhole or Egg Vouchers Sh. Race Prize Voucher Otherworldly Voucher or Breeding
	Buzzwole	Egg Voucher Otherworldly Voucher or Breeding
	Pheromosa
	Xurkitree
	Celesteela
	Kartana
	Guzzlord
	Necrozma	Egg Voucher Lightless Voucher
	Magearna	Egg Voucher Sh. Race Prize Voucher
	Magearna [Original Color]	Form Change Magearna (egg + in party)
	Marshadow	Egg Voucher Legend Voucher Plus
	Marshadow (Zenith)	Form Change Marshadow (After waiting five days + Foggy)
	Poipole	Egg Voucher Otherworldly Voucher or Breeding
	Naganadel	Evolve Poipole ( Dragon Scale)
	Stakataka	Egg Voucher Otherworldly Voucher or Breeding
	Blacephalon
	Zeraora	Summoning Item Machine Part
	Meltan	Account Upgrade/Summoning Item Mystery Box
	Melmetal	Evolve Meltan (x400 Meltan Candy)

Notes

• Of all Very Rare Pokémon that are able to Form Change, only Deoxys' Forms have individual eggs. All four Deoxys can change among their different Forms given the proper conditions, however, this does not unlock the data on the eggs for the said Forms. Each Deoxys Egg must be obtained individually to fully complete Deoxys' Pokédex Data.