#0217 · Johto · Generation 2

Ursaring

Hibernator Pokémon · Normal-type

Ursaring is a Normal-type Pokémon, the Hibernator Pokémon, number 217 (#0217) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 2 and comes from the Johto region. It is 1.8 m tall and weighs 125.8 kg.

Ursaring is the Hibernator Pokémon, a hefty bear that wears a hardened expression until it finds honey, when it breaks into a wide grin. It can smell food buried deep underground and marks the best fruit trees in its territory with scratches.

How to pronounce Ursaring

Ursaring is pronounced UR-suh-ring. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Ursaring said out loud:

In Japanese it is リングマ (Ringuma).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Ursaring is a broad, brown-furred bear, 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) tall and 125.8 kg (277.3 lb), with a yellow muzzle and paw pads and a large ring mark on its chest. The long, rectangular fur on its shoulders is longer on females. It walks upright but can drop to all fours, and has five claws on each long forelimb.

Behaviour

Ursaring gathers food every day and sleeps in treetops. It climbs well, yet the Pokédex says it often knocks trees down with its front legs, then eats whatever Berries fall. Bulbapedia notes it fights Primeape when they meet while foraging, and that in the anime it fiercely protects its cubs.

Habitat

It lives in mountainous forests, according to Bulbapedia. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in the North Province, Dalizapa Passage and West Province Area Three, and in 4-star Tera Raids. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

Diet

Berries and fruit, with honey as its favourite food, according to Bulbapedia.

Powers

Its Abilities are Guts and Quick Feet, with Unnerve hidden. It learns Play Rough, Thrash and Hammer Arm. With 130 base Attack it is a strong physical bruiser, but its Speed of 55 is slow.

Name origin

Ursaring may combine 'ursa', Latin for bear, with 'ring'. The Japanese name is Ringuma (リングマ), which may blend 'ring', rin ('wheel' or 'ring') and kuma ('bear').

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia reads Ursaring as a bear, perhaps a brown bear or an Asian black bear, and suggests the Ursa Major constellation. It also says the rectangular fur on its shoulders resembles buckskin fringes or epaulettes. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Ursaring evolves from Teddiursa at level 30. It becomes Ursaluna when a Peat Block is used on it under a full moon, a method that only works in Legends: Arceus.

In the games

In Legends: Arceus the Pokédex calls Ursaring a ferocious danger when the cold season sets in and it hunts for berries, and the species first appeared in Gold and Silver.

In the anime

Ursaring debuted in the episode 'Forest Grumps', where a crowd of them chased Ash and his friends through their territory during mating season. Paul caught his Ursaring in 'Different Strokes for Different Blokes'.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says Ursaring's evolution into Ursaluna is programmed into Scarlet and Violet, but it uses a placeholder method that nothing in the game can trigger.
• Ursaring is one of only five Pokémon, with Rattata, Raticate, Natu and Scizor, whose English category was changed for a reason beyond formatting.
• Its number of claws has wobbled: Gold and Silver art shows four, the Generation II sprites three, and Ruby and Sapphire to Platinum four again, before HeartGold and SoulSilver settled on five.

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

Base stats

• HP: 90
• Attack: 130
• Defense: 75
• Sp. Atk: 75
• Sp. Def: 75
• Speed: 55

Ursaring’s base stat total is 500. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Ursaring weak to?

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

It is immune to Ghost moves.

Evolution

What does Ursaring evolve from?

Ursaring evolves from Teddiursa at level 30.

How does Ursaring evolve?

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

The whole family: Teddiursa, Ursaring, Ursaluna.

Abilities

• Guts: Increases Attack to 1.5× with a major status ailment.
• Quick Feet: Increases Speed to 1.5× with a major status ailment.
• Unnerve (hidden ability): Prevents opposing Pokémon from eating held Berries.

Moves

Moves Ursaring learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (53)

Ursaring can learn 53 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, Metronome, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Taunt, Swords Dance, Gunk Shot, Substitute, Crunch, Hyper Voice, Play Rough, Helping Hand, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Close Combat, Tera Blast, Smack Down, High Horsepower, Uproar, Focus Punch, Double-Edge, Throat Chop.

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: 60 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 175.

Pokédex entries

When the cold season arrives in Hisui, this Pokémon will wander fields and mountains alike in search of its favorite berries. Ursaring's hunger during this time makes it a ferocious danger. (Legends: Arceus)

In the forests inhabited by Ursaring, it is said that there are many streams and towering trees where they gather food. This Pokémon walks through its forest gathering food every day. (Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire)

Although it has a large body, it is quite skilled at climbing trees. It eats and sleeps in the treetops. (Crystal, Y)

With its ability to distinguish any aroma, it unfailingly finds all food buried deep underground. (Silver, SoulSilver, X)

In its territory, it leaves scratches on trees that bear delicious berries or fruits. (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2)

Although it is a good climber, it prefers to snap trees with its forelegs and eat fallen Berries. (Gold, HeartGold)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Normal type in Gen 2: 125.8 kg.
• Tallest Normal type in Gen 2: 1.8 m, shared with 1 other.
• Highest Attack among Normal types in Gen 2: 130.
• Taller than 82% of all Pokémon (1.8 m).
• Heavier than 87% of all Pokémon (125.8 kg).
• Base stat total 500, ranked #278 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Attack, ranked #42 of 1,025.
• One of 131 Normal-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 66 of 100 Pokémon introduced in Generation 2 (Johto).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 72 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 60: about 7.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 9 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: Ursaring (Pokémon), Serebii: Ursaring (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (UR-suh-ring): 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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