#0881 · Galar · Generation 8 · fossil

Arctozolt

Fossil Pokémon · Electric/Ice-type

Arctozolt is a Electric/Ice-type Pokémon, the Fossil Pokémon, number 881 (#0881) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 2.3 m tall and weighs 150 kg.

Arctozolt is a fossil Pokémon that makes electricity by shaking its freezing upper half. The Pokédex says the ice on its body kept its food fresh on prehistoric shores, and that it moved with great difficulty.

How to pronounce Arctozolt

Arctozolt is pronounced ARK-toh-zohlt. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Arctozolt said out loud:

In Japanese it is パッチルドン (Patchilldon).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Arctozolt is 2.3 m tall and weighs 150 kg. Its light blue body is topped with a snow-like patch and has blue flippers with white tips and spots, two yellow hands and a plesiosaur-style tail with a fin on top. The bird-like head has closed eyes, blue cheek spots and a runny nose.

Behaviour

The Pokédex says Arctozolt had a hard time walking, and that its electricity comes from shaking the frozen upper half of its body. It also blames the Pokémon's slowness for its extinction.

Habitat

The Pokédex says it lived on prehistoric seashores. Wild ones appear only in Max Raid Battles on Snowslide Slope in the Crown Tundra.

Powers

Arctozolt has Volt Absorb or Static, with Slush Rush hidden. It shares its signature move Bolt Beak with Dracozolt and adds Ice moves such as Blizzard, Icicle Crash and Freeze-Dry. Its mix of 100 Attack, 90 Special Attack and solid bulk makes it a mixed attacker, held back by a base Speed of only 55.

Name origin

Arctozolt may combine 'arctic' with 'volt' or 'jolt'. The Japanese name is Patchilldon (パッチルドン), which may blend pachipachi (crackling), 'chill' and -don, a common ending in the names of prehistoric animals taken from the Greek word for 'tooth'.

Design inspiration

Its upper half looks like a dromaeosaur and its lower half like a marine reptile such as a plesiosaur, mosasaur or ichthyosaur; Bulbapedia suggests the Ichthyosaurus statue at Crystal Palace Park in particular. The runny nose probably nods to how cold weather gives people one. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Arctozolt does not evolve. It is revived by combining a Fossilized Bird with a Fossilized Dino.

In the games

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

In the anime

Goh's Arctozolt debuted in 'A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That!', restored from fossils in the Wild Area alongside Ash's Dracovish, and Goh caught it. It has made further appearances in Journeys.

Fun facts

• In that debut episode Dracovish accidentally hit Arctozolt, which grew angry and iced over the ground, and Ash slipped and ended up on top of Dracovish.
• In the anime Bray Zenn is the person who names the two Zolt species, Dracozolt and Arctozolt, while Cara Liss names the two Fish.
• In Pokémon Adventures, Cara Liss owns an Arctozolt and restores Dracozolt and Arctovish too, in 'Clip-Clop!! The King's Horse'.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Arctozolt (Pokémon) · Bulbapedia: Bolt Beak (move)

Base stats

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

Arctozolt’s base stat total is 505. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Arctozolt weak to?

Arctozolt takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Fighting (2×), Ground (2×), Rock (2×) moves.

It resists Electric (½×), Ice (½×), Flying (½×).

Evolution

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

Abilities

• Volt Absorb: Absorbs Electric moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.
• Static: Has a 30% chance of paralyzing attacking Pokémon on contact.
• Slush Rush (hidden ability): During snow (or hail in earlier games), this Pokémon has double Speed.

Moves

Moves Arctozolt learns by level up in Sword / Shield

TM moves (41)

Arctozolt can learn 41 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Mega Punch, Mega Kick, Thunder Punch, Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Thunder Wave, Rest, Rock Slide, Snore, Protect, Icy Wind, Rain Dance, Hail, Facade, Rock Tomb, Icicle Spear, Rock Blast, Payback, Avalanche, Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, Round, Bulldoze, Stomping Tantrum, Body Slam, Hydro Pump, Surf, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Low Kick, Thunderbolt, Thunder, Substitute, Endure, Sleep Talk, Iron Tail, Taunt, Hyper Voice, Stone Edge, Electro Ball, Wild Charge.

Move tutor moves (2): Meteor Beam, Rising Voltage.

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 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 177.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon lived on prehistoric seashores and was able to preserve food with the ice on its body. It went extinct because it moved so slowly. (Shield)

The shaking of its freezing upper half is what generates its electricity. It has a hard time walking around. (Sword)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Tallest Electric type in Gen 8: 2.3 m.
• Highest HP among Electric types in Gen 8: 90, shared with 1 other.
• Tallest Ice type in Gen 8: 2.3 m.
• The only Pokémon with the Electric/Ice typing.
• Taller than 92% of all Pokémon (2.3 m).
• Heavier than 89% of all Pokémon (150 kg).
• Base stat total 505, ranked #262 of 1,025.
• One of 1 Pokémon that are both Electric and Ice.
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 72 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
• Can learn 54 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 open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Arctozolt (Pokémon), Bulbapedia: Bolt Beak (move).
• Pronunciation (ARK-toh-zohlt): 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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