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📅 Updated:2026-06-30
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Palkia (Japanese: パルキア Palkia) is a dual-type Water/Dragon Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.
While it is not known to evolve into or from any other pokémon, Palkia transforms into its Origin Forme using the Lustrous Globe.
Palkia (Japanese: パルキア Palkia) is a dual-type Water/Dragon Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.
While it is not known to evolve into or from any other pokémon, Palkia transforms into its Origin Forme using the Lustrous Globe.
Along with Dialga and Giratina, Palkia is one of the pokémon of myth created by Arceus, representing space. In the past, it was worshipped by the Pearl Clan under the name almighty Sinnoh (Japanese: シンオウ様さま Shin'ou-sama).
Palkia is the game mascot of pokémon Pearl Version and its remake pokémon Shining Pearl, appearing on the box art of both games in its normal form.
Palkia is the game mascot of pokémon Pearl Version and its remake pokémon Shining Pearl, appearing on the box art of both games in its normal form.
Palkia is a light-purple, theropod-like pokémon with stripes and markings of a darker shade and gray underarms and waist. It has round purple-striped plates on its shoulder area, where two pink pearl-like crystals lie encrusted with a gray rim encircling them, and fin-like wings on its back. Palkia's arms have extended formations resembling gauntlets and a purple band around each wrist. Palkia has a long neck that is normally bent, a pointed white crest on the top of its head that extends to its wings, two strong horn-like tusks on the sides of its jaw, and a powerful tail. It has faint cracks along its legs and tail.
According to the myths and legends of the Hisui/Sinnoh region, in the beginning of existence, the Mythical Pokémon Arceus created eggs in which the pokémon of space–Palkia, the pokémon of time–Dialga, and the pokémon of antimatter–Giratina, hatched from, all three in their Origin Formes. Arceus also created the lake guardians and gave them the mission of calming down Dialga or Palkia whenever they were enraged. After the pokémon universe was created, Palkia retreated into its own dimension, where it has lived ever since. It was revered and feared as a deity in the past, being worshipped by the Pearl Clan, who mistook it for Arceus and referred to it as "almighty Sinnoh". Palkia is capable of speaking human language via telepathy, as seen when it communicates through the leader of the Pearl Clan, Irida. Palkia and Dialga may be also thrown into a frenzy by powerful space-time distortions created by Giratina. They can control and spread said distortions, resulting in the generation of alpha Pokémon and causing noble pokémon to become frenzied through lightning bolts that come out of them.
Palkia has power over space: it can warp space and travel to faraway places, as well as alternate dimensions and parallel timelines. Additionally, it is capable of rending its targets along with the space around it. It even has the power to destroy and create an entire universe, either by itself or with Dialga's aid. As seen in pokémon Journeys: The Series, Palkia can open and close dimensional portals to alternate universes. It is said that the birth of Palkia was what caused the walls of the world to disappear, creating a sky that spans for infinity, and that space becomes more stable with its every breath. Palkia usually travels by levitating. Since it primarily resides in a different dimension, its behavior is nearly impossible to study. In the anime, Palkia has been shown to be very protective of its home, and as a result, tends to have violent conflicts with Dialga when their dimensions intersect. Palkia is capable of travelling by creating a large yellow sphere from its two pearls, then using it to fly very fast, as seen in pokémon Mystery Dungeon.
Palkia is the only known pokémon capable of learning the move Spacial Rend.
