#0698 · Kalos · Generation 6 · fossil

Amaura

Tundra Pokémon · Rock/Ice-type

Amaura is a Rock/Ice-type Pokémon, the Tundra Pokémon, number 698 (#0698) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 6 and comes from the Kalos region. It is 1.3 m tall and weighs 25.2 kg.

Amaura is the Tundra Pokémon, a gentle sauropod revived from a fossil that spent over 100 million years frozen in ice. The Pokédex says it is unlikely to survive for long in today's heat, and, as the anime shows, its whinny makes auroras appear in the night sky.

How to pronounce Amaura

Amaura is pronounced uh-MOR-uh. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Amaura said out loud:

In Japanese it is アマルス (Amarus).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Amaura is a light-blue, long-necked quadruped, 1.3 m tall and 25.2 kg, with a white underbelly and a short, stubby tail. Two iridescent, sail-like structures rise above its large blue eyes, yellow at the base and fading to pink at the tips, and a dark blue crystal sits on each flank. Each hind foot has one white claw.

Behaviour

Amaura is calm. The Pokédex says it lived among others of its kind, free of violent predators such as Tyrantrum.

Habitat

The Pokédex says it belongs to the ancient cold, and some are still found frozen in ice. It is wild in Sword and Shield's Crown Tundra and in Hyperspace Lumiose in the Legends: Z-A Mega Dimension DLC.

Powers

Amaura's Ability Refrigerate turns its Normal moves into stronger Ice moves, and Snow Warning is hidden. It learns Powder Snow, Icy Wind, Aurora Beam, Ice Beam and Freeze-Dry, along with Ancient Power. Its stats are modest and spread out, with HP its best at 77.

Name origin

Amaura may combine Amargasaurus and 'aurora'. The Japanese name is Amarus (アマルス), possibly a contraction of Amargasaurus.

Design inspiration

Hitoshi Ariga designed Amaura and Aurorus on Amargasaurus, a sauropod with sail-like spine extensions. Bulbapedia says he chose sauropods to pair with the Tyrannosaurus-based Tyrantrum line, and Amargasaurus to set them apart from similar-shaped Pokémon such as Lapras, Meganium and Deino. The colour-shifting sails appear to be inspired by auroras, which may also explain its Ice type.

Evolution notes

Amaura evolves into Aurorus at level 39, but only at night.

In the games

Gym Leader Grant uses an Amaura in the Cyllage Gym of X and Y, where the species first appeared. In Legends: Z-A the Pokémon Research Lab in the Vert District can revive one from a Sail Fossil. It is not in Scarlet and Violet.

In the anime

Amaura debuted with Aurorus in 'Coming Back into the Cold!', after both were found frozen in ice and revived. Team Rocket captured it, and it had to return to the Ambrette Town Fossil Laboratory in time. In Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, an injured Amaura is rescued by Volcanion.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says that in Generation VIII only Amaura and Aurorus were known to be able to have Refrigerate.
• At 25.2 kg, Amaura is the lightest Ice type introduced in Generation VI.
• Bulbapedia says Pokémon-Amie in X and Y shows that its sails change colour with its mood and that the crystals on its sides always stay at freezing temperature.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Amaura (Pokémon) · Serebii: Amaura (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 77
• Attack: 59
• Defense: 50
• Sp. Atk: 67
• Sp. Def: 63
• Speed: 46

Amaura’s base stat total is 362. Its highest stat is HP.

Type matchups

What is Amaura weak to?

Amaura takes extra damage from Fighting (4×), Steel (4×), Water (2×), Grass (2×), Ground (2×), Rock (2×) moves.

It resists Normal (½×), Ice (½×), Poison (½×), Flying (½×).

Evolution

How does Amaura evolve?

Amaura evolves into Aurorus at level 39 (at night).

The whole family: Amaura, Aurorus.

Abilities

• Refrigerate: Turns the bearer's Normal moves into Ice moves and strengthens them to 1.3× their power.
• Snow Warning (hidden ability): Summons snow for five turns upon entering battle (eight with an Icy Rock). Before Generation IX it summoned hail.

Moves

Moves Amaura learns by level up in Sword / Shield

TM moves (42)

Amaura can learn 42 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Hyper Beam, Thunder Wave, Light Screen, Reflect, Safeguard, Rest, Rock Slide, Snore, Protect, Icy Wind, Attract, Sandstorm, Rain Dance, Hail, Facade, Weather Ball, Rock Tomb, Mud Shot, Rock Blast, Avalanche, Round, Bulldoze, Body Slam, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Thunderbolt, Substitute, Outrage, Endure, Sleep Talk, Encore, Iron Tail, Hyper Voice, Iron Defense, Calm Mind, Dark Pulse, Earth Power, Zen Headbutt, Flash Cannon, Iron Head, Stone Edge, Stealth Rock.

Egg moves (6):Aurora Veil, Discharge, Haze, Mirror Coat, Rock Throw, Take Down.

Move tutor moves (1): Meteor Beam.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
• Egg groups: Monster.
• Egg cycles: 30 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,840).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 HP effort value.
• Base experience yield: 72.

Pokédex entries

Amaura is an ancient Pokémon that has gone extinct. Specimens of this species can sometimes be found frozen in ice. (Shield)

This Pokémon was successfully restored from a fossil. In the past, it lived with others of its kind in cold lands where there were fewer predators. (Sword)

Amaura was restored successfully, but it's not expected to live long because of the heat of the current environment. (Ultra Moon)

It lived in cold areas in ancient times. It's said that when Amaura whinnies, auroras appear in the night sky. (Ultra Sun)

This calm Pokémon lived in a cold land where there were no violent predators like Tyrantrum. (Y, Alpha Sapphire)

This ancient Pokémon was restored from part of its body that had been frozen in ice for over 100 million years. (X, Omega Ruby)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lightest Ice type in Gen 6: 25.2 kg.
• Slowest Rock type in Gen 6: 46 Speed.
• Taller than 64% of all Pokémon (1.3 m).
• Heavier than 48% of all Pokémon (25.2 kg).
• Base stat total 362, ranked #682 of 1,025.
• One of 2 Pokémon that are both Rock and Ice.
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 49 of 72 Pokémon introduced in Generation 6 (Kalos).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 56 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 6 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Amaura (Pokémon), Serebii: Amaura (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (uh-MOR-uh): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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