#0901 · Hisui · Generation 8

Ursaluna

Peat Pokémon · Ground/Normal-type

Ursaluna is a Ground/Normal-type Pokémon, the Peat Pokémon, number 901 (#0901) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Hisui region. It is 2.4 m tall and weighs 290 kg.

Ursaluna is the Peat Pokémon, a moon-marked bear that evolves from Ursaring when exposed to peat under a full moon. In Kitakami, a unique Bloodmoon Ursaluna with a red moon on its forehead is a boss in The Teal Mask.

How to pronounce Ursaluna

Ursaluna is pronounced ur-suh-LOO-nuh. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Ursaluna said out loud:

In Japanese it is ガチグマ (Gachiguma).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Ursaluna is a huge, dark brown, four-legged bear, 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) tall and 290 kg (639.3 lb), with a grey pelt over its humped back, rectangular spikes on its back and head, and a pale circle on its forehead like a full moon behind two cloud-like eyebrows. The Legends: Arceus Pokédex suggests Hisui's swampy terrain gave it its burly build and the ability to manipulate peat at will.

Behaviour

Bulbapedia says Ursaluna is good at finding items and missing people by scent. Bloodmoon Ursaluna is highly alert and rarely shows itself, but tends to appear on foggy nights. The Pokédex says its left eye lets it see in darkness and that it wears mud as hard as iron.

Habitat

In Legends: Arceus it appears in massive mass outbreaks in the Crimson Mirelands. In Scarlet and Violet, regular Ursaluna come from Pokémon HOME or trades, while a single Bloodmoon Ursaluna waits in Kitakami's Timeless Woods. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

Powers

Its Abilities are Guts and Bulletproof, with Unnerve hidden, and it learns Headlong Rush on evolving. With 130 base HP, 140 base Attack and 105 base Defense it is a heavy bruiser, and its base stat total of 550 is the highest of any Normal type introduced in Generation VIII. Bloodmoon Ursaluna is a special attacker with 135 base Special Attack and the Ability Mind's Eye, and it is the only known Pokémon that learns Blood Moon.

Name origin

Ursaluna may combine 'ursa' and 'luna', Latin for 'bear' and 'moon'. The Japanese name is Gachiguma (ガチグマ), which may blend gachirin ('round moon') and kuma ('bear').

Design inspiration

The Ussuri brown bear of Hokkaido, which Hisui resembles, may have inspired Ursaluna, and its mountain-like shape perhaps nods to the Ainu bear god Kim-un-kamuy. Bulbapedia says Bloodmoon Ursaluna may be based on the lunar eclipse, or blood moon, and on onikuma, Japanese bears that live so long that they become yōkai. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Ursaring evolves into Ursaluna when exposed to a Peat Block under a full moon. Bloodmoon Ursaluna cannot be obtained by evolving.

In the games

In Legends: Arceus, where it debuted, Ursaluna is a Ride Pokémon you meet in the Crimson Mirelands. In The Teal Mask, Bloodmoon Ursaluna is a one-of-a-kind boss, and its Pokédex entry says it drifted across the sea to Kitakami and gained special powers there.

In the anime

Bloodmoon Ursaluna debuted in 'Hamber's Moonlight Battle', where Hamber had just caught it in Kitakami.

Fun facts

• Bloodmoon Ursaluna can only be male, and Bulbapedia says nothing can change its form.
• Since version 3.0.0 of Scarlet and Violet, Bulbapedia says, Bloodmoon Ursaluna is the only Pokémon the game is hardcoded never to show as Shiny in the Pokédex.
• A glitch in Legends: Arceus swaps Ursaluna's happy and curious sounds for those of Basculegion.

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

Base stats

• HP: 130
• Attack: 140
• Defense: 105
• Sp. Atk: 45
• Sp. Def: 80
• Speed: 50

Ursaluna’s base stat total is 550. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Ursaluna weak to?

Ursaluna takes extra damage from Water (2×), Grass (2×), Ice (2×), Fighting (2×) moves.

It resists Poison (½×), Rock (½×).

It is immune to Electric, Ghost moves.

Evolution

What does Ursaluna evolve from?

Ursaluna evolves from Ursaring (Peat Block, under a full moon).

Ursaluna is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Teddiursa, Ursaring, Ursaluna.

• Teddiursa evolves into Ursaring at level 30.

Forms

• Bloodmoon Ursaluna (Forme): Ground/Normal-type, base stat total 555 (HP 113, Attack 70, Defense 120, Sp. Atk 135, Sp. Def 65, Speed 52). Ability: Mind’s Eye.

Abilities

• Guts: Increases Attack to 1.5× with a major status ailment.
• Bulletproof: Protects against bullet, ball, and bomb-based moves.
• Unnerve (hidden ability): Prevents opposing Pokémon from eating held Berries.

Moves

Moves Ursaluna learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Ursaluna learns the move the moment it evolves: Headlong Rush.

TM moves (62)

Ursaluna can learn 62 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Charm, Fake Tears, Scary Face, Protect, Low Kick, Thief, Trailblaze, Facade, Aerial Ace, Bulldoze, Metal Claw, Swift, Rock Tomb, Fling, Avalanche, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Dig, Brick Break, Shadow Claw, Bulk Up, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Drain Punch, Metronome, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Taunt, Swords Dance, Body Press, Gunk Shot, Substitute, Crunch, Hyper Voice, Heavy Slam, Play Rough, Helping Hand, Earth Power, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Close Combat, Tera Blast, Roar, Smack Down, Vacuum Wave, High Horsepower, Uproar, Focus Punch, Double-Edge, Supercell Slam, Throat Chop, Curse, Hard Press.

Egg moves (12), which Teddiursa can hatch knowing:Belly Drum, Close Combat, Counter, Cross Chop, Crunch, Double-Edge, Fake Tears, Fury Cutter, Metal Claw, Night Slash, Seismic Toss, Yawn.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 75 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 275.

Pokédex entries

I believe it was Hisui's swampy terrain that gave Ursaluna its burly physique and newfound capacity to manipulate peat at will. (Legends: Arceus)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Normal type in Gen 8: 290 kg.
• Tallest Normal type in Gen 8: 2.4 m.
• Highest HP among Normal types in Gen 8: 130.
• Highest Attack among Normal types in Gen 8: 140.
• Highest Defense among Normal types in Gen 8: 105.
• Highest base stat total among Normal types in Gen 8: 550.
• Heaviest Ground type in Gen 8: 290 kg.
• Highest HP among Ground types in Gen 8: 130.
• Highest Attack among Ground types in Gen 8: 140.
• Highest base stat total among Ground types in Gen 8: 550.
• Taller than 93% of all Pokémon (2.4 m).
• Heavier than 95% of all Pokémon (290 kg).
• Base stat total 550, ranked #129 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Attack, ranked #13 of 1,025.
• One of 2 Pokémon that are both Ground and Normal.
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 92 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Hisui).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 82 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 75: about 9.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 1 distinct Pokédex entry.

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: Ursaluna (Pokémon), Serebii: Ursaluna (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (ur-suh-LOO-nuh): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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