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title: "Xurkitree (#0796): Stats, Weaknesses, Moves & Lore | pokee.si"
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#0796 · Alola · Generation 7 · ultra-beast

# Xurkitree

Glowing Pokémon · Electric-type

![Xurkitree official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/796.webp)

Xurkitree is a [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric)-type Pokémon, the Glowing Pokémon, number 796 (#0796) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 7 and comes from the [Alola](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/alola) region. It is 3.8 m tall and weighs 100 kg.

Xurkitree is the Glowing Pokémon, an Ultra Beast that looks like a tangle of live electrical cables and may stand rooted in the ground like a tree to recharge. Witnesses say shocks crackle out of its whole body.

## How to pronounce Xurkitree

Xurkitree is pronounced **ZUR-kih-tree**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Xurkitree said out loud:

[Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/796.mp3)

In Japanese it is デンジュモク (Denjyumoku).

Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce).

## Lore

### Biology

Xurkitree is 3.8 m tall and weighs 100 kg. Its head is a white, spiky bulb that glows brightly, while its torso, arms and legs are bundles of black cable held together by white bands like cable ties. Its hands are copper fingers, and its tail ends in what looks like a three-pronged plug. Bulbapedia says its body conducts electricity extremely well and can discharge up to a million volts at once.

### Behaviour

The Ultra Moon entry says some Ultra Beasts stay rooted like trees, with their limbs pushed into the ground. Bulbapedia says Xurkitree does this when its power runs low, soaking up electricity through the soil.

### Habitat

Its home world is the Ultra Plant, and the Pokédex says it arrives in ours through an Ultra Wormhole. It is not available in Scarlet, Violet or Legends: Z-A.

### Diet

The Moon entry says it raided a power plant, which has led people to guess that it feeds on electricity.

### Powers

Its Ability is Beast Boost, which raises its best stat when it knocks out a Pokémon. That stat is Special Attack: its base 173 is the highest of any Electric type, according to Bulbapedia. It learns Thunderbolt at level 55, plus Discharge and Zap Cannon. It hits hard but is not tough, with only 71 base Defense and Special Defense.

### Name origin

Xurkitree may blend a corruption of 'circuitry' with 'tree'. The Japanese name is Denjyumoku (デンジュモク), which may combine denki or denji (electricity, electromagnetism) with jumoku (trees).

### Design inspiration

Xurkitree looks like sparking cables and power lines, with a plug-shaped tail. Its head resembles a Moravian star or tree-topper, and the bands around its arms and legs might be fairy lights, though they could equally be cable ties. It may also be a visual pun on 'live wire'. These are fan readings.

### In the games

Xurkitree is an Ultra Beast found at Lush Jungle or Memorial Hill in Sun and Moon, its first games. Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon send you to its home, the Ultra Plant, and Sword and Shield's Crown Tundra later added it to the Max Lair.

### In the anime

Xurkitree debuted in 'Twirling with a Bang!', arriving through an Ultra Wormhole over Melemele Island and clashing with Blacephalon in a contest to see which could shine brightest. The Ultra Guardians weakened and caught both at once so that they could be sent home.

### Fun facts

- In Sun and Moon every other Ultra Beast has two types, while Xurkitree has only one.
- Though a pure Electric type, it learns the Grass moves Ingrain at level 15 and Power Whip at level 65, which suit its rooted, tree-like pose.
- In Pokémon GO it is a regional Ultra Beast, mostly found in the Asia-Pacific area.

Sources: [Bulbapedia: Xurkitree (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Xurkitree_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Xurkitree (Sword/Shield Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/xurkitree/)

## Base stats

- HP: **83**
- Attack: **89**
- Defense: **71**
- Sp. Atk: **173**
- Sp. Def: **71**
- Speed: **83**

Xurkitree’s base stat total is **570**. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

## Type matchups

### What is Xurkitree weak to?

Xurkitree takes extra damage from [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground) (2×) moves.

It resists [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric) (½×), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying) (½×), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel) (½×).

## Evolution

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

## Abilities

- [Beast Boost](https://pokee.si/abilities/beast-boost): Raises this Pokémon's highest stat by one stage when it faints another Pokémon.

## Moves

### Moves Xurkitree learns by level up in Sword / Shield

| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Wrap](https://pokee.si/moves/wrap) | Normal | Physical | 15 |
| 1 | [Thunder Shock](https://pokee.si/moves/thunder-shock) | Electric | Special | 40 |
| 5 | [Charge](https://pokee.si/moves/charge) | Electric | Status | — |
| 10 | [Thunder Wave](https://pokee.si/moves/thunder-wave) | Electric | Status | — |
| 15 | [Ingrain](https://pokee.si/moves/ingrain) | Grass | Status | — |
| 20 | [Spark](https://pokee.si/moves/spark) | Electric | Physical | 65 |
| 25 | [Shock Wave](https://pokee.si/moves/shock-wave) | Electric | Special | 60 |
| 30 | [Hypnosis](https://pokee.si/moves/hypnosis) | Psychic | Status | — |
| 35 | [Eerie Impulse](https://pokee.si/moves/eerie-impulse) | Electric | Status | — |
| 40 | [Thunder Punch](https://pokee.si/moves/thunder-punch) | Electric | Physical | 75 |
| 45 | [Discharge](https://pokee.si/moves/discharge) | Electric | Special | 80 |
| 50 | [Magnet Rise](https://pokee.si/moves/magnet-rise) | Electric | Status | — |
| 55 | [Thunderbolt](https://pokee.si/moves/thunderbolt) | Electric | Special | 90 |
| 60 | [Electric Terrain](https://pokee.si/moves/electric-terrain) | Electric | Status | — |
| 65 | [Power Whip](https://pokee.si/moves/power-whip) | Grass | Physical | 120 |
| 70 | [Zap Cannon](https://pokee.si/moves/zap-cannon) | Electric | Special | 120 |

### TM moves (32)

Xurkitree can learn 32 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: [Thunder Punch](https://pokee.si/moves/thunder-punch), [Hyper Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/hyper-beam), [Giga Impact](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-impact), [Solar Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/solar-beam), [Thunder Wave](https://pokee.si/moves/thunder-wave), [Light Screen](https://pokee.si/moves/light-screen), [Reflect](https://pokee.si/moves/reflect), [Rest](https://pokee.si/moves/rest), [Snore](https://pokee.si/moves/snore), [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect), [Rain Dance](https://pokee.si/moves/rain-dance), [Sunny Day](https://pokee.si/moves/sunny-day), [Facade](https://pokee.si/moves/facade), [Fling](https://pokee.si/moves/fling), [Round](https://pokee.si/moves/round), [Volt Switch](https://pokee.si/moves/volt-switch), [Electroweb](https://pokee.si/moves/electroweb), [Electric Terrain](https://pokee.si/moves/electric-terrain), [Eerie Impulse](https://pokee.si/moves/eerie-impulse), [Brutal Swing](https://pokee.si/moves/brutal-swing), [Thunderbolt](https://pokee.si/moves/thunderbolt), [Thunder](https://pokee.si/moves/thunder), [Substitute](https://pokee.si/moves/substitute), [Endure](https://pokee.si/moves/endure), [Sleep Talk](https://pokee.si/moves/sleep-talk), [Calm Mind](https://pokee.si/moves/calm-mind), [Energy Ball](https://pokee.si/moves/energy-ball), [Power Whip](https://pokee.si/moves/power-whip), [Grass Knot](https://pokee.si/moves/grass-knot), [Electro Ball](https://pokee.si/moves/electro-ball), [Wild Charge](https://pokee.si/moves/wild-charge), [Dazzling Gleam](https://pokee.si/moves/dazzling-gleam).

Move tutor moves (1): [Rising Voltage](https://pokee.si/moves/rising-voltage).

## Breeding & training

- Gender: genderless.
- Egg groups: Undiscovered.
- Egg cycles: 120 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 15,360).
- Catch rate: 45 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 Sp. Atk effort values.
- Base experience yield: 257.

## Pokédex entries

They've been dubbed Ultra Beasts. Some of them stand unmoving, like trees, with their arms and legs stuck into the ground. *(Ultra Moon)*

Although it's alien to this world and a danger here, it's apparently a common organism in the world where it normally lives. *(Ultra Sun)*

It appeared from the Ultra Wormhole. It raided a power plant, so people think it energizes itself with electricity. *(Moon)*

One of the mysterious life-forms known as Ultra Beasts. Astonishing electric shocks emanate from its entire body, according to witnesses. *(Sun)*

## Names around the world

- **Japanese**: デンジュモク
- **Romaji**: Denjyumoku
- **French**: Câblifère
- **German**: Voltriant
- **Spanish**: Xurkitree
- **Italian**: Xurkitree
- **Korean**: 전수목
- **Chinese (Simplified)**: 电束木
- **Chinese (Traditional)**: 電束木

## Trivia

- Highest Sp. Atk of all Pokémon: 173.
- Highest Sp. Atk among Electric types: 173.
- Highest Sp. Atk among Gen 7 Pokémon: 173.
- Heaviest Electric type in Gen 7: 100 kg.
- Tallest Electric type in Gen 7: 3.8 m.
- Highest Sp. Atk among Electric types in Gen 7: 173.
- Taller than 97% of all Pokémon (3.8 m).
- Heavier than 83% of all Pokémon (100 kg).
- Base stat total 570, ranked #93 of 1,025.
- Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #1 of 1,025.
- Highest base Sp. Atk of any Pokémon.
- One of 69 Electric-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 51 black Pokémon.
- Number 75 of 88 Pokémon introduced in Generation 7 (Alola).
- Can learn 43 different moves in Sword / Shield.
- Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 4 distinct Pokédex entries.

## Sources and fact-checking

- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: [PokéAPI](https://pokeapi.co) open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Xurkitree (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Xurkitree_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Xurkitree (Sword/Shield Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/xurkitree/).
- Pronunciation (ZUR-kih-tree): 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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