#0442 · Sinnoh · Generation 4

Spiritomb

Forbidden Pokémon · Ghost/Dark-type

Spiritomb is a Ghost/Dark-type Pokémon, the Forbidden Pokémon, number 442 (#0442) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 4 and comes from the Sinnoh region. It is 1 m tall and weighs 108 kg.

Spiritomb is the Forbidden Pokémon: 108 spirits bound together inside a cracked stone called the Odd Keystone. The number 108 follows it everywhere, from its Pokédex entries to its stats.

How to pronounce Spiritomb

Spiritomb is pronounced SPEER-ih-toom. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Spiritomb said out loud:

In Japanese it is ミカルゲ (Mikaruge).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Spiritomb has no body of its own. A swirl of purple energy with a jagged-mouthed face, ringed by green orbs, is projected from the Odd Keystone, whose crack and two dots form a frown. It is 1 m tall and weighs 108 kg. The Pokédex says it was formed from 108 spirits, some ill-natured, and that a traveller bound it to the stone with a mysterious spell as punishment for its mischief, with one entry saying 500 years ago.

Behaviour

Spiritomb lays curses with its wicked thoughts, the Legends: Arceus Pokédex says. Bulbapedia says it lashes out with little thought and is rarely met in the wild, and the Pokémon Sleep Pokédex says it fidgets even while asleep, perhaps because each spirit dreams on its own.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat; it is tied to the Odd Keystone. In Scarlet and Violet it appears only at fixed encounters at Casseroya Lake and Glaseado Mountain. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

Powers

Its Abilities are Pressure, which makes moves aimed at it cost extra PP, and Infiltrator, hidden, which bypasses barriers such as Reflect, Light Screen and Safeguard. Hex, Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse, Curse and Memento suit its spooky side. Defense and Special Defense of 108 but only 35 Speed make it a slow, tough wall.

Name origin

Spiritomb may combine 'spirit' and 'tomb', and may play on Latin spiritum, 'spirit'. The Japanese name is Mikaruge (ミカルゲ), which may come from mikageishi (granite), with karuishi (pumice) and possibly 'karma' also involved.

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia suggests a jibakurei, a spirit bound to one place, or the Norwegian Deildegast, forced to haul a boundary stone. The 108 may echo a Japanese New Year bell rung 108 times, and the Chinese novel Water Margin, where 108 sealed spirits are freed. These are fan readings.

In the games

Spiritomb waits at Hallowed Tower on Route 209 in Diamond and Pearl, where it debuted, and in Legends: Arceus you can earn it by gathering Wisps scattered across Hisui. In Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness it is the boss of Sealed Ruin.

In the anime

Spiritomb debuted in 'The Keystone Pops!' when Buizel knocked down Hallowed Tower, and Ash had to beat and reseal it. In 'The Spectral Express!', one of its spirits possessed Ash until it was returned. Cynthia's Spiritomb faced Ash in 'Bewitch, Battle, and Bewilder!'.

Fun facts

• Sea Mauville, where Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire hide a Spiritomb, sits on Route 108, and its Sinnoh Pokédex number is 108 as well.
• Nob Ogasawara, the games' English translator, suggested 'Phantomb' for its name, but Nintendo of America did not accept it.
• Before the Fairy type arrived in Generation VI, it had no weaknesses under normal conditions, a distinction it shared with Sableye.

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

Base stats

• HP: 50
• Attack: 92
• Defense: 108
• Sp. Atk: 92
• Sp. Def: 108
• Speed: 35

Spiritomb’s base stat total is 485. Its highest stat is Defense and Sp. Def.

Type matchups

What is Spiritomb weak to?

Spiritomb takes extra damage from Fairy (2×) moves.

It resists Poison (½×).

It is immune to Normal, Fighting, Psychic moves.

Evolution

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

Abilities

• Pressure: Increases the PP cost of moves targetting the Pokémon by one.
• Infiltrator (hidden ability): Bypasses Light Screen, Reflect, and Safeguard.

Moves

Moves Spiritomb learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (44)

Spiritomb can learn 44 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Scary Face, Protect, Psybeam, Confuse Ray, Thief, Facade, Hex, Snarl, Icy Wind, Rock Tomb, Stored Power, Night Shade, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Psyshock, Foul Play, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Rest, Taunt, Imprison, Dark Pulse, Skill Swap, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Trick, Shadow Ball, Psychic, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Nasty Plot, Phantom Force, Giga Impact, Trick Room, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Toxic, Spite, Burning Jealousy, Poltergeist, Lash Out, Pain Split, Curse.

Egg moves (5):Ally Switch, Destiny Bond, Disable, Pain Split, Smokescreen.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Amorphous.
• Egg cycles: 30 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,840).
• Catch rate: 100 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 Defense and 1 Sp. Def effort values.
• Base experience yield: 170.

Pokédex entries

It lays curses by thinking wicked thoughts. Writings tell that this Pokémon was born out of the assembly of five score and eight malevolent spirits. (Legends: Arceus)

All Spiritomb's mischief and misdeeds compelled a traveler to use a mysterious spell to bind Spiritomb to an odd keystone. (Shield)

Exactly 108 spirits gathered to become this Pokémon. Apparently there are some ill-natured spirits in the mix. (Sword)

It was bound to a fissure in an odd keystone as punishment for misdeeds 500 years ago. (Pearl, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

A Pokémon that was formed by 108 spirits. It is bound to a fissure in an odd keystone. (Diamond, X, Omega Ruby)

Its constant mischief and misdeeds resulted in it being bound to an Odd Keystone by a mysterious spell. (Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Slowest Dark type: 35 Speed, shared with 1 other.
• Slowest Ghost type in Gen 4: 35 Speed.
• Heaviest Dark type in Gen 4: 108 kg.
• Slowest Dark type in Gen 4: 35 Speed.
• Highest Sp. Def among Dark types in Gen 4: 108.
• Taller than 47% of all Pokémon (1 m).
• Heavier than 84% of all Pokémon (108 kg).
• Base stat total 485, ranked #372 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Def, ranked #87 of 1,025.
• One of 2 Pokémon that are both Ghost and Dark.
• One of 87 purple Pokémon.
• Number 56 of 107 Pokémon introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh).
• Can learn 54 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 100: about 13.1% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 7 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: Spiritomb (Pokémon), Serebii: Spiritomb (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (SPEER-ih-toom): 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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