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Calyrex

King Pokémon · Psychic/Grass-type

Calyrex is a Psychic/Grass-type Pokémon, the King Pokémon, number 898 (#0898) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 1.1 m tall and weighs 7.7 kg.

Calyrex is the King Pokémon, a merciful Psychic and Grass ruler of ancient Galar and the mascot of The Crown Tundra. Riding a steed it becomes a High King, and Ice Rider Calyrex is said to chill the air to minus 300 degrees Celsius, colder than anything possible in the real world.

How to pronounce Calyrex

Calyrex is pronounced KAL-ih-reks. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Calyrex said out loud:

In Japanese it is バドレックス (Budrex).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Calyrex is 1.1 m tall and weighs 7.7 kg, a slender two-legged Pokémon with legs roughly double the length of its torso. Four prongs on its head hold a big, see-through green bud shaped like a crown, which glows when it uses its powers, and a ring of green beads circles its neck. The Pokédex says it can heal hearts and make plants spring up, and Bulbapedia says it can speak human language through telepathy.

Behaviour

The Pokédex calls Calyrex merciful, a king who reigned over Galar long ago. The rider forms' entries show a harder side: one is said to show no mercy to those in its way yet heal their wounds afterwards, one to have moved a whole forest and its Pokémon in a night, and one to have saved forest creatures from a meteorite by foreseeing it. Bulbapedia says it draws power from people's faith and fades if they forget it.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat. You meet Calyrex at the Crown Shrine in The Crown Tundra, in whichever rider form matches the carrot you grew. In Scarlet and Violet it arrives from Pokémon HOME or an event.

Powers

Its own Ability is Unnerve, which stops foes eating Berries. Using the Reins of Unity, it fuses with Glastrier into Ice Rider Calyrex (Psychic and Ice, 165 Attack, signature move Glacial Lance) or with Spectrier into Shadow Rider Calyrex (Psychic and Ghost, 165 Special Attack and 150 Speed, signature move Astral Barrage). Both have As One, which combines Unnerve with the steed's neigh Ability, and each signature move is unique to its form. Plain Calyrex has 100 HP and 80 in every other stat, with Life Dew, Helping Hand and Heal Pulse for support.

Name origin

Calyrex may combine calyx, Latin for 'bud', with rex, Latin for 'king', and perhaps 'cavalry', for the way it mounts a steed. The Japanese name Budrex (バドレックス) may blend 'bud' and rex.

Design inspiration

Calyrex may take its look from an arctic hare plus a crown, and Bulbapedia says each bead in its necklace carries the Hōjō clan's emblem. The way it tames Glastrier and Spectrier with a bridle seems to echo the Irish tale of Brian Boru, said to be the only man to ride a Pooka, a black horse of folklore, using a bridle made with hairs from its tail. These are fan readings.

In the games

Calyrex is the boxart mascot of Sword and Shield's Crown Tundra DLC, where it first appeared in its base form, and it closes that expansion's Pokédex. In Pokémon Masters EX Leon has an Ice Rider Calyrex sync pair. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

Fun facts

• Plain Calyrex is called the King Pokémon, but its two rider forms are listed as High King Pokémon.
• Its Psychic and Grass typing makes it weak to Ice and Ghost, the types of its own two steeds.
• Bulbapedia says it is the only Pokémon whose Dynamax aura is blue, not the usual crimson.
• Bulbapedia says it is the only fusion Pokémon you can catch already fused; Kyurem and Necrozma have to be caught split apart.

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

Base stats

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

Calyrex’s base stat total is 500. Its highest stat is HP.

Type matchups

What is Calyrex weak to?

Calyrex takes extra damage from Bug (4×), Fire (2×), Ice (2×), Poison (2×), Flying (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Water (½×), Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Fighting (½×), Ground (½×), Psychic (½×).

Evolution

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

Forms

• Ice Calyrex (Forme): Psychic/Ice-type, base stat total 680 (HP 100, Attack 165, Defense 150, Sp. Atk 85, Sp. Def 130, Speed 50). Ability: As One.
• Shadow Calyrex (Forme): Psychic/Ghost-type, base stat total 680 (HP 100, Attack 85, Defense 80, Sp. Atk 165, Sp. Def 100, Speed 150). Ability: As One.

Abilities

• Unnerve: Prevents opposing Pokémon from eating held Berries.

Moves

Moves Calyrex learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (50)

Calyrex can learn 50 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Scary Face, Protect, Psybeam, Facade, Snarl, Swift, Magical Leaf, Mud Shot, Draining Kiss, Stored Power, Endure, Sunny Day, Psyshock, Bullet Seed, Zen Headbutt, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Reflect, Light Screen, Metronome, Grass Knot, Rest, Body Press, Imprison, Skill Swap, Substitute, Trick, Giga Drain, Energy Ball, Psychic, Encore, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Pollen Puff, Baton Pass, Grassy Terrain, Psychic Terrain, Giga Impact, Leaf Storm, Trick Room, Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Gravity, Solar Blade, Psych Up, Future Sight, Expanding Force.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 120 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 15,360).
• Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 100.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 HP effort values.
• Base experience yield: 250.

Pokédex entries

Calyrex is known in legend as a king that ruled over Galar in ancient times. It has the power to cause hearts to mend and plants to spring forth. (Shield)

Calyrex is a merciful Pokémon, capable of providing healing and blessings. It reigned over the Galar region in times of yore. (Sword)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 54% of all Pokémon (1.1 m).
• Heavier than 22% of all Pokémon (7.7 kg).
• Base stat total 500, ranked #278 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is HP, ranked #95 of 1,025.
• One of 5 Pokémon that are both Psychic and Grass.
• One of 130 green Pokémon.
• Number 89 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
• Can learn 57 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 2 alternate forms.
• 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: Calyrex (Pokémon), Serebii: Calyrex (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (KAL-ih-reks): 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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