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title: "Arctovish (#0883): Stats, Weaknesses, Moves & Lore | pokee.si"
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#0883 · Galar · Generation 8 · fossil

# Arctovish

Fossil Pokémon · Water/Ice-type

![Arctovish official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/883.webp)

Arctovish is a [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water)/[Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice)-type Pokémon, the Fossil Pokémon, number 883 (#0883) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the [Galar](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/galar) region. It is 2 m tall and weighs 175 kg.

Arctovish is a fossil Pokémon with its mouth on top of its head, which makes eating the prey it freezes surprisingly awkward. The Pokédex says attacks cannot pierce the skin on its face.

## How to pronounce Arctovish

Arctovish is pronounced **ARK-toh-vish**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Arctovish said out loud:

[Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/883.mp3)

In Japanese it is ウオチルドン (Uochilldon).

Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce).

## Lore

### Biology

Arctovish is 2 m tall and weighs 175 kg. A fish head, worn upside down, sits on a blue and white plesiosaur-style body with spotted flippers and a finned tail. The round blue head has black rectangular pupils and white fins, with the mouth on top.

### Behaviour

The Pokédex says Arctovish captures prey by freezing its surroundings, then struggles to eat it. It also says breathing difficulties made it go extinct despite its protective face.

### Habitat

The Pokédex names no habitat. Wild ones appear only in Max Raid Battles on Snowslide Slope in the Crown Tundra.

### Powers

Arctovish has Water Absorb or Ice Body, with Slush Rush hidden. It shares the signature move Fishious Rend with Dracovish and adds Freeze-Dry, Icicle Crash and Blizzard. With base Defense 100, Special Defense 90 and a slow Speed of 55, it is built to take hits, but it will seldom get Fishious Rend's boost for moving first.

### Name origin

Arctovish may combine 'arctic' and 'fish', and possibly 'vicious' or the Ordovician. The Japanese name is Uochilldon (ウオチルドン), which may combine uo ('fish'), 'chill' and -don, a common ending in the names of prehistoric animals.

### Design inspiration

Like Dracovish, its fish half resembles Dunkleosteus, and its bottom half looks like a marine reptile such as a plesiosaur, mosasaur or ichthyosaur. These are fan readings, not official statements.

### Evolution notes

Arctovish does not evolve. It is revived by combining a Fossilized Fish with a Fossilized Dino.

### In the games

Arctovish is revived by Cara Liss on Route 6 in Sword and Shield, the games that introduced it, from a Fossilized Fish and a Fossilized Dino. Scarlet, Violet and Legends: Z-A do not offer it.

### Fun facts

- According to Bulbapedia, the four Galar fossils and Aerodactyl are the only Pokémon whose category is Fossil Pokémon.
- Bulbapedia suggests its upside-down top half may nod to Ainiktozoon, an arthropod fossil found in Scotland that was reconstructed upside down.
- In the anime Cara Liss is the person who names Arctovish, along with Dracovish.

Sources: [Bulbapedia: Arctovish (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Arctovish_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Bulbapedia: Fishious Rend (move)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Fishious_Rend_(move))

## Base stats

- HP: **90**
- Attack: **90**
- Defense: **100**
- Sp. Atk: **80**
- Sp. Def: **90**
- Speed: **55**

Arctovish’s base stat total is **505**. Its highest stat is Defense.

## Type matchups

### What is Arctovish weak to?

Arctovish takes extra damage from [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric) (2×), [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass) (2×), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting) (2×), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock) (2×) moves.

It resists [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice) (¼×), [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water) (½×).

## Evolution

Arctovish does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

## Abilities

- [Water Absorb](https://pokee.si/abilities/water-absorb): Absorbs Water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.
- [Ice Body](https://pokee.si/abilities/ice-body): Heals for 1/16 max HP after each turn during snow or hail. Protects against hail damage.
- [Slush Rush](https://pokee.si/abilities/slush-rush) (hidden ability): During snow (or hail in earlier games), this Pokémon has double Speed.

## Moves

### Moves Arctovish learns by level up in Sword / Shield

| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Powder Snow](https://pokee.si/moves/powder-snow) | Ice | Special | 40 |
| 1 | [Water Gun](https://pokee.si/moves/water-gun) | Water | Special | 40 |
| 7 | [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect) | Normal | Status | — |
| 14 | [Icy Wind](https://pokee.si/moves/icy-wind) | Ice | Special | 55 |
| 21 | [Ancient Power](https://pokee.si/moves/ancient-power) | Rock | Special | 60 |
| 28 | [Bite](https://pokee.si/moves/bite) | Dark | Physical | 60 |
| 35 | [Aurora Veil](https://pokee.si/moves/aurora-veil) | Ice | Status | — |
| 42 | [Freeze-Dry](https://pokee.si/moves/freeze-dry) | Ice | Special | 70 |
| 49 | [Super Fang](https://pokee.si/moves/super-fang) | Normal | Physical | — |
| 56 | [Crunch](https://pokee.si/moves/crunch) | Dark | Physical | 80 |
| 63 | [Fishious Rend](https://pokee.si/moves/fishious-rend) | Water | Physical | 85 |
| 70 | [Icicle Crash](https://pokee.si/moves/icicle-crash) | Ice | Physical | 85 |
| 77 | [Blizzard](https://pokee.si/moves/blizzard) | Ice | Special | 110 |

### TM moves (35)

Arctovish can learn 35 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: [Hyper Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/hyper-beam), [Giga Impact](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-impact), [Rest](https://pokee.si/moves/rest), [Rock Slide](https://pokee.si/moves/rock-slide), [Snore](https://pokee.si/moves/snore), [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect), [Icy Wind](https://pokee.si/moves/icy-wind), [Rain Dance](https://pokee.si/moves/rain-dance), [Hail](https://pokee.si/moves/hail), [Whirlpool](https://pokee.si/moves/whirlpool), [Facade](https://pokee.si/moves/facade), [Dive](https://pokee.si/moves/dive), [Rock Tomb](https://pokee.si/moves/rock-tomb), [Icicle Spear](https://pokee.si/moves/icicle-spear), [Rock Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/rock-blast), [Brine](https://pokee.si/moves/brine), [Avalanche](https://pokee.si/moves/avalanche), [Ice Fang](https://pokee.si/moves/ice-fang), [Round](https://pokee.si/moves/round), [Body Slam](https://pokee.si/moves/body-slam), [Hydro Pump](https://pokee.si/moves/hydro-pump), [Surf](https://pokee.si/moves/surf), [Ice Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/ice-beam), [Blizzard](https://pokee.si/moves/blizzard), [Waterfall](https://pokee.si/moves/waterfall), [Substitute](https://pokee.si/moves/substitute), [Endure](https://pokee.si/moves/endure), [Sleep Talk](https://pokee.si/moves/sleep-talk), [Crunch](https://pokee.si/moves/crunch), [Iron Defense](https://pokee.si/moves/iron-defense), [Zen Headbutt](https://pokee.si/moves/zen-headbutt), [Iron Head](https://pokee.si/moves/iron-head), [Stone Edge](https://pokee.si/moves/stone-edge), [Psychic Fangs](https://pokee.si/moves/psychic-fangs), [Liquidation](https://pokee.si/moves/liquidation).

Move tutor moves (1): [Meteor Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/meteor-beam).

## Breeding & training

- Gender: genderless.
- Egg groups: Undiscovered.
- Egg cycles: 35 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 4,480).
- Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 2 Defense effort values.
- Base experience yield: 177.

## Pokédex entries

The skin on its face is impervious to attack, but breathing difficulties made this Pokémon go extinct anyway. *(Shield)*

Though it's able to capture prey by freezing its surroundings, it has trouble eating the prey afterward because its mouth is on top of its head. *(Sword)*

## Names around the world

- **Japanese**: ウオチルドン
- **Romaji**: Uochilldon
- **French**: Hydragla
- **German**: Pescryodon
- **Spanish**: Arctovish
- **Italian**: Arctovish
- **Korean**: 어치르돈
- **Chinese (Simplified)**: 鳃鱼海兽
- **Chinese (Traditional)**: 鰓魚海獸

## Trivia

- Highest Defense among Water types in Gen 8: 100, shared with 1 other.
- Taller than 87% of all Pokémon (2 m).
- Heavier than 90% of all Pokémon (175 kg).
- Base stat total 505, ranked #262 of 1,025.
- One of 8 Pokémon that are both Water and Ice.
- One of 170 blue Pokémon.
- Number 74 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
- Can learn 45 different moves in Sword / Shield.
- Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.

## Sources and fact-checking

- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: [PokéAPI](https://pokeapi.co) open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Arctovish (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Arctovish_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Bulbapedia: Fishious Rend (move)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Fishious_Rend_(move)).
- Pronunciation (ARK-toh-vish): 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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[Water-type Pokémon](https://pokee.si/types/water) · [Ice-type Pokémon](https://pokee.si/types/ice) · [Water/Ice weaknesses and matchups](https://pokee.si/types/water-ice) · [Galar region guide](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/galar) · [Water Absorb ability](https://pokee.si/abilities/water-absorb) · [Ice Body ability](https://pokee.si/abilities/ice-body) · [Slush Rush ability](https://pokee.si/abilities/slush-rush) · [Compare Arctovish](https://pokee.si/compare?ids=883) · [Full Pokédex](https://pokee.si/pokedex) · [Type chart](https://pokee.si/types) · [All moves](https://pokee.si/moves)

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