#0486 · Sinnoh · Generation 4 · legendary

Regigigas

Colossal Pokémon · Normal-type

Regigigas is a Normal-type Pokémon, the Colossal Pokémon, number 486 (#0486) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 4 and comes from the Sinnoh region. It is 3.7 m tall and weighs 420 kg.

Regigigas is the Colossal Pokémon, a Normal type that an enduring Sinnoh legend says towed the continents into place with ropes. The Pokédex says it is believed to have made the other legendary giants, and today it sleeps sealed in a temple, with its power held back by its own Ability.

How to pronounce Regigigas

Regigigas is pronounced rej-ee-GY-gus. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Regigigas said out loud:

In Japanese it is レジギガス.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Regigigas is a huge, white, golem-like Pokémon, 3.7 m tall and 420 kg, with black stripes and yellow bands at its shoulders and wrists. A sloping yellow patch on its chest holds seven black circular eyes, which Bulbapedia says glow red when it is provoked. Six gems circle its head, and thick moss grows on its back and feet. Bulbapedia adds that it can work with boiling magma and with ice as cold as -200 °C (-328 °F).

Behaviour

The Pokédex records a belief that it moulded Regirock, Regice and Registeel from clay, ice and magma. Bulbapedia says that if it is woken it goes on a rampage and fires powerful beams, but that it becomes gentler once befriended.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat; Bulbapedia says it fell asleep long ago in the Snowpoint Temple. You wake it there in Diamond, Pearl, Platinum and Brilliant Diamond by carrying Regirock, Regice and Registeel, and in Legends: Arceus in the Alabaster Icelands.

Powers

No other Pokémon is known to learn Crush Grip, a move that gets stronger the more HP its target has. It also learns Hammer Arm, Heavy Slam, Body Press, Knock Off and Giga Impact. Its Ability Slow Start halves its Attack and Speed for the first five turns after it enters battle. With base Attack 160 it hits hard once it gets going.

Name origin

Regigigas may combine the Latin regis ('royal') with gigas ('giant'). The Japanese name is Rejigigasu (レジギガス).

Design inspiration

Regigigas looks like the golems of Hebrew legend, especially the Golem of Prague, which was subdued and sealed away for being so powerful. Bulbapedia suggests its seven eyes may be based on Braille, and that the Greek Titans or the Japanese giant Daidarabotchi may also have played a part. These are fan readings, not official statements.

In the games

Regigigas is a sleeping giant sealed in the Snowpoint Temple, first met in Diamond and Pearl, and Palmer can use one at the Battle Tower in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. In Sword and Shield's Crown Tundra it is a Max Raid Battle once you have the five legendary giants. In Scarlet and Violet it arrives by transfer from Pokémon HOME or an event, and Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Regigigas debuted in the film 'Giratina and the Sky Warrior', where it wakes and commands a herd of Mamoswine to hold back a runaway glacier. In 'Pillars of Friendship!' J's attempt to steal it at the Snowpoint Temple wakes it, and it goes on a Hyper Beam rampage.

Fun facts

• Regigigas is level 1 when you fight it in Platinum, which Bulbapedia says makes it the lowest-level Legendary Pokémon you can meet in the wild.
• In HeartGold and SoulSilver it has the widest overworld sprite of any Pokémon, so it returns to its Poké Ball every time you walk into a building.
• Regigigas and Slaking share the Normal type, a base stat total of 670 and base Attack and Speed of 160 and 100, and both have an Ability that limits their power.
• Among the legendary giants, only Regigigas has no type referenced in its name.

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

Base stats

• HP: 110
• Attack: 160
• Defense: 110
• Sp. Atk: 80
• Sp. Def: 110
• Speed: 100

Regigigas’s base stat total is 670. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Regigigas weak to?

Regigigas takes extra damage from Fighting (2×) moves.

It is immune to Ghost moves.

Evolution

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

Abilities

• Slow Start: Halves Attack and Speed for five turns upon entering battle.

Moves

Moves Regigigas learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (44)

Regigigas can learn 44 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Protect, Confuse Ray, Facade, Bulldoze, Icy Wind, Rock Tomb, Fling, Avalanche, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Thunder Wave, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Body Press, Iron Head, Substitute, Heavy Slam, Thunderbolt, Earth Power, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Tera Blast, Gravity, Smack Down, Knock Off, High Horsepower, Heat Crash, Focus Punch, Double-Edge, Hard Press.

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): 0.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 302.

Pokédex entries

According to legend, Regigigas pulled landmasses together and bound them with rope to create the continent of Hisui. Though I have my doubts, the story could well contain a shred of truth. (Legends: Arceus)

It's said that Regigigas created other Pokémon from many different materials before it moved the continents to where they are today. (Shield)

All over the world, there are legends that tell of Regigigas creating other Pokémon in its own image. (Sword)

There is an enduring legend that states this Pokémon towed continents with ropes. (Diamond, Pearl, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

It is said to have made Pokémon that look like itself from a special ice mountain, rocks, and magma. (Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X, Omega Ruby)

It is believed to have shaped Regirock, Regice, and Registeel out of clay, ice, and magma. (HeartGold, SoulSilver)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Tallest Normal type: 3.7 m.
• Highest Attack among Normal types: 160, shared with 1 other.
• Heaviest Normal type in Gen 4: 420 kg.
• Tallest Normal type in Gen 4: 3.7 m.
• Highest Attack among Normal types in Gen 4: 160.
• Taller than 97% of all Pokémon (3.7 m).
• Heavier than 98% of all Pokémon (420 kg).
• Base stat total 670, ranked #16 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Attack, ranked #3 of 1,025.
• One of 131 Normal-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 88 white Pokémon.
• Number 100 of 107 Pokémon introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh).
• Can learn 51 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% 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: Regigigas (Pokémon), Serebii: Regigigas (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (rej-ee-GY-gus): 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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