Ultra Beasts

Artwork of all the Ultra Beasts.

Artwork of the original seven Ultra Beasts.

The Ultra Beasts (Japanese: ウルトラビースト Ultra Beast) (UBs) are a group of extradimensional Pokémon originating from Ultra Space. They possess power that transcends humans' understanding of the world. All Ultra Beasts share the Ability Beast Boost.

Ultra Beasts infrequently appear from Ultra Wormholes in Alola. These appearances are apparently as unexpected for the Ultra Beasts as it is for Alolans, which tends to make them combative. They are especially drawn to people who have passed through an Ultra Wormhole due to the Z-Power energy left on them, apparently expecting to find another wormhole they can use to return home.

All Ultra Beasts share common attibutes with one another, such as possessing the Ability, Beast Boost. When an Ultra Beast is encountered in the wild, the Z-Power energy from Ultra Wormholes manifest as a red aura that boosts one of its stats at the start of battle, similar to a Totem Pokémon's orange aura. Wicke theorizes that they store this energy in their bodies. All Ultra Beasts as well as Cosmog, Cosmoem, and the light trio all share a unique sound frequency found in their cries, approximately 1.25 seconds in duration.

Most Poké Balls have difficulty recognizing Ultra Beasts as Pokémon due to their extradimensional origins, impairing their ability to effectively catch them. However, Beast Balls are exceptions due to being [Poké Balls specifically designed to catch Ultra Beasts, and they are instead ineffective against Pokémon that are not Ultra Beasts. The Master Ball is unaffected by this impairment due to its ability to catch any Pokémon without fail, even Ultra Beasts. To circumvent this, the Aether Foundation's Faba had created Beast Balls, Poké Balls specifically designed to catch Ultra Beasts, having a catch rate modifier of 5× when used on them, though they have a modifier of 410/4096× on Pokémon that are not Ultra Beasts.

Concept and development

Ultra Beasts are based on the idea of invasive species, as stated by Shigeru Ohmori in an interview in Pokémon Sun and Moon: The Official Alola Region Pokédex & Postgame Adventure Guide. Ken Sugimori had advised that each Ultra Beast design incorporate contradictory elements to differentiate them from other Pokémon.

List of Ultra Beasts

There are currently eleven known Ultra Beasts.

Introduced in Pokémon Sun and Moon

Pokémon	Code Name	Homeworld	Description
Nihilego	UB-01 Symbiont	Ultra Deep Sea	UB-01. Code name: “Symbiont.” Properly known as Nihilego. There have been sightings reported of this beast in Alola’s past. Its most distinctive feature is its parasitic capability. When Nihilego latches on to a host, it does not manipulate its actions directly. Rather it awakens the host’s own capabilities and boosts them to an extreme extent in order to protect itself. It injects the host with a sort of neurotoxin to achieve this effect. This neurotoxin of Nihilego’s is incredibly stimulating and inspires feelings of extreme excitement and a lack of inhibition in its host. In other words, anything or anyone that Nihilego latches on to will have its native skills forcibly activated to their fullest extent and will then act as it naturally desires to.
Buzzwole	UB-02 Absorbption	Ultra Jungle	UB-02. Code name: “Absorption.” Properly known as Buzzwole. This UB was sighted for the first time following the incidents at Aether Foundation. Its most distinctive feature is its skill to strengthen itself. Buzzwole is able to absorb energy and then achieve a chemical reaction between the energy it has absorbed and its own body fluids. As a result, Buzzwole’s body swells to an almost explosive extent. Its muscles bulge and are so thick and dense that they are stronger even than steel. Both its Attack and Defense experience a clear leap in power. It also displays a habit of striking a pose each time that it takes any sort of action... It is thought this might serve as a method of communication, but it is not well understood.
Pheromosa	UB-02 Beauty	Ultra Desert	UB-02. Code name: “Beauty.” Properly known as Pheromosa. This UB was sighted for the first time following the incidents at Aether Foundation. This UB can reach speeds exceeding 120 mph in just an instant. This speed is greater than any other living creature that has been discovered to date. But its most distinctive features may in fact be its beauty and its powerful pheromones. Most any creature that squares off against Pheromosa becomes confused, as if struck by the beast’s beauty, and loses the will to fight. It is still a subject of research, but it’s thought that Pheromosa may possess some sort of organ able to produce a pheromonal substance previously unknown to science.
Xurkitree	UB-03 Lightning	Ultra Plant	UB-03. Code name: “Lighting.” Properly known as Xurkitree. This UB was sighted for the first time following the incidents at Aether Foundation. Its most distinctive feature is an organ that can generate power. This UB’s bodily makeup is highly reminiscent of electric wiring, thus enabling it to conduct electricity with great efficiency. It can discharge as much as a million volts of power at a time. When it begins to run out of power, it stabs its legs and tail into the soil, entering a treelike state as it absorbs electricity from the ground.
Celesteela	UB-04 Blaster	Ultra Crater	UB-04. Code name: “Blaster.” Properly known as Celesteela. This UB was sighted for the first time following the incidents at Aether Foundation. Its most distinctive feature is the energy that it stores within itself, a flammable gas that it can shoot from its two huge arms. This is mostly used to propel itself in flight and for battle, but it is thought to have sufficient power and lift to even fly into space. Its bodily construction closely resembles that of a plant, and it absorbs nutrients from the soil.
Kartana	UB-04 Blade	Ultra Forest	UB-04. Code name: “Blade.” Properly known as Kartana. This UB was sighted for the first time following the incidents at Aether Foundation. Its most distinctive feature is its thin and razor-sharp body, of which every edge has as cruel a cutting edge as any well-honed blade. The edges on its arms are particularly in a class of their own. Any opponent who tries to attack it will be cut down with a single strike of its “blades.” Its thin body also allows it to evade attacks by dancing lightly out of the way. This is a very dangerous creature, considering its excellent offensive and defensive capabilities, but due to the nature of its body, it is also highly vulnerable to fire and moisture.
Guzzlord	UB-05 Glutton	Ultra Ruin (games) Unknown (anime)	UB-05. Code name: “Glutton.” Properly known as Guzzlord. This UB has been sighted in the Alola region in the past as well, according to our reports. It seems it was targeted by the International Police in a top-secret mission at that time. Its most distinctive feature is its limitless appetite. It feeds without pause every moment that it is awake. It uses the two large tongues that protrude from its mouth to catch and devour everything in its path, be it organic or inorganic matter. And while it eats such an inordinate amount, Guzzlord excreta has never been discovered. It is thought that it might fully convert the things that it eats into energy for it to use.

Introduced in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Pokémon	Code Name	Homeworld	Description
Poipole	UB Adhesive	Ultra Megalopolis (games) Poipole's world (anime)	Poipole is well enough liked to be chosen as a first partner in its own world.
Naganadel	UB Stinger		Naganadel stores hundreds of liters of poisonous liquid inside its body. Evolves from Poipole after learning Dragon Pulse.
Stakataka	UB Assembly	Unknown (found in Poni Grove)	When stone walls started moving and attacking, Stakataka’s true identity was this mysterious life-form, which brings to mind an Ultra Beast. Each one appears to be made up of many life-forms stacked one on top of each other.
Blacephalon	UB Burst		Blacephalon slithers toward people. Then, without warning, it triggers the explosion of its own head.

Related Pokémon

Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala, and Necrozma are thematically related to the Ultra Beasts, and share many similarities with them, although they are not usually considered to be Ultra Beasts themselves. However, in some media, Necrozma is considered to be an Ultra Beast (e.g. Necrozma is called UB Black in the anime), although none of the other four are. Another evidence includes that the Aether Foundation has hypothesized that Cosmog may also be an Ultra Beast due to its ability to create Ultra Wormholes.

Trivia

• Buzzwole and Pheromosa are the only Ultra Beasts that share a type combination.
• The only Ultra Beasts that are part of an evolutionary line are Poipole and Naganadel.
• Of all the Ultra Beasts, Naganadel learns the most moves via level up with 18, and Poipole learns the fewest with 14.
• The base stats of the Ultra Beasts and the levels at which they learn moves in Seventh Pokémon generation (except level 1) are all prime numbers, a trait shared with Cosmog and its evolved forms. The only exception to this is Naganadel, which has a Speed stat of 121, which is a prime power.
• According to Pokémon Daisuki Club's Mystery File feature website, some researchers theorize Unown may be related to Ultra Beasts.
• They share some characteristics with numerous Legendary Pokémon: they all are gender unknown, are in the No Eggs Discovered egg group, are scripted encounters, have special battle music, are guaranteed to have at least three IVs of 31, and have special Rotom Pokédex pages.

See also

• Legendary Pokémon
• Mythical Pokémon
• Paradox Pokémon (Pokémon group with similar traits)