Shiny Darkrai

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Darkrai Pitch-Black Pokémon ?—??? Darkrai #491 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Dark	Ability Bad Dreams
Gender ratio Genderless	Catch rate 3 (0.4%)
Breeding Egg Group Undiscovered Hatch time 31097 - 31353 steps Egg not obtainable
Height 4'11" 1.5 m	Weight 111.3 lbs. 50.5 kg
Regional numbers Pokédex Not in any regional Pokédex Browser R-257 Almia
Base experience yield 210 Gen. IV 270 V+	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 2 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 1 Speed
Body style	Footprint
Pokédex color   Black	Base friendship 0
External Links Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Darkrai (Japanese: ?—??? Darkrai) is a Dark-type Mythical Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

It was officially revealed in February 2007.

It is a member of the Lunar duo with Cresselia.

Biology

 

Darkrai's legs

Darkrai is a black, shadow-like Pokémon. It has a small head with a white fog-like ghostly plume billowing from its head covering one of its bright blue eyes, with the portion on its face resembling hair. It also has a red spiky growth around its neck. It has skinny arms and long black tatters hanging from its shoulders. It also has black, claw-like hands. It has the slight appearance of an hourglass figure and appears to be wearing an old, ripped cloak. It normally does not have any sort of legs, but it is able to extend stilt-like appendages in their place. In self-defense, Darkrai can retract its head and white "plume" into the pit atop its torso fringed by the aforementioned red growth.

Darkrai is known to "inhabit" dreams and causes the target to have unending nightmares, which can be stopped if exposed to a Lunar Wing from Cresselia. However, the "unleashing of nightmares" is actually a defense mechanism, instead of an intentionally malicious act. It can become a shadow and escape danger or contact of humans. It is also capable of little human speech. In The Rise of Darkrai, it was shown its power was little of that of Dialga and Palkia. As seen in an anime episode, Darkrai does not only cause nightmares; it is also attracted to them. It can also go around objects it is attracted to several times, as seen in the mentioned episode and Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia. Darkrai possibly feeds off dreams, characterized by its association with never-ending nightmares. Darkrai is the only known Pokémon that learns Dark Void. 

In the anime

 

Darkrai in the anime

Major appearances

Darkrai (M10)

Darkrai starred in the first Diamond & Pearl series movie, The Rise of Darkrai as the hero of the movie, taking the task of holding off the fighting between Dialga and Palkia until Ash and Dawn could put the Oración disk in the Space-Time Tower music player to calm the two Legendary Pokémon down. It reappeared in a cameo in the end credits of Arceus and the Jewel of Life.

Other

Darkrai made its anime TV debut in Sleepless In Pre-Battle!. Unlike the Darkrai in the film, this Darkrai was causing nightmares, much like in the games. According to Officer Jenny, it comes at a certain time every year. In the episode, however, it came earlier due to it being lured by Team Rocket's machine that was causing nightmares. Cresselia is normally in the same place as Darkrai to stop it giving nightmares but due to Darkrai's early coming, the people in Canalave City had nightmares for several days. One night, it was concealing itself when Cresselia used its abilities to reveal it from the darkness. The two then battled and Darkrai hid itself once more in the shadows.

In League Unleashed!, a mysterious Trainer in the Lily of the Valley Conference was shown to have a Darkrai. In the following episode, Conway revealed that the Trainer, Tobias, had easily defeated eight Gym Leaders of the Sinnoh region using only Darkrai. In the Sinnoh League semi-finals, this Darkrai easily defeated Ash's Heracross, Torkoal, and Gible. However, it was defeated by Ash's Sceptile in The Semi-Final Frontier!.

A Darkrai appeared in the Pikachu short, Pikachu, What's This Key?.

A Darkrai appeared in Dream a Little Dream from Me!.

Minor appearances

Pokédex entries

In the manga

 

Darkrai in Pokémon Adventures

In the movie adaptations

Main article: Darkrai (M10)

Darkrai plays a major role in the first Diamond & Pearl series movie, The Rise of Darkrai. Likewise, it appears in the manga adaptation of the film by Ryo Takamisaki.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

At the end of the FireRed & LeafGreen chapter, Sird let out a beam of light from a Poké Ball upon seeing Deoxys leaving for space. Thinking that Sird was trying to retrieve Deoxys, Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, and Silver tried to stop her, and Mewtwo charged into the light of the Poké Ball. Within moments, the five Pokédex Holders were turned into stone, and a black shadow appeared in front of Sird. When Sird reappeared in front of her Team Galactic colleagues in the Diamond & Pearl chapter and explained what happened, the black shadow was revealed to be Darkrai, though Sird still did not reveal its name.

Darkrai later reappeared in the Platinum chapter, where it was revealed that Sird had released it into the Distortion World. It first faced its arch-rival Cresselia. Charon later took control of the Pokémon, and, along with Giratina and Heatran, used it in a battle against the Sinnoh Legendary Pokémon in the climax of the chapter. Darkrai was later freed from the control of Charon, and departed to parts unknown.

In the Pocket Monsters DP manga

A Darkrai appeared in The Illusory Pokémon Darkrai Appears!!. 

In the TCG

Main article: Darkrai (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Darkrai appears as a trophy.

Trophy information

A Pitch-Black Pokémon. It becomes active on nights of the new moon. This legendary Pokémon has the power to lull people to sleep and fill their heads with dreams. Proverbs say that Darkrai will make people have terrifying dreams on moonless nights. A Dark-type Pokémon, Darkrai uses the Dark Void move, along with Embargo, which stops foes from using held items.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U

Darkrai appears as a Poké Ball Pokémon. It puts fighters to sleep and damages them by using Dark Void.

Trophy information

NA: This Dark-type Pokémon can cause people and other Pokémon to experience nightmares. While it is floating in the air, it tucks its legs in so far, it looks like they vanish! In battle it will use a move called Dark Void, which sucks in surrounding opponents and puts them into a deep sleep.

PAl: A Pokémon shrouded in mystery, Darkrai has the ability to implant nightmares into the minds of both humans and Pokémon. It has legs, but seems to prefer to float in the air. Its favourite move in this game is Dark Void. When this attack hits something, it composes a vortex that sucks in fighters and puts them to sleep.

Game data

NPC appearances

	Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Darkrai is revealed to be the main antagonist of the game in the post-game story. He wants to cover the world in darkness, and was behind the collapse of the Temporal Tower in the main storyline of the game. His interference is also the reason the player was separated from Grovyle and turned into a Pokémon. In the post-game story, he turns his attention to distorting the fabric of space to cover the world in darkness.
• PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond: Darkrai is the main antagonist in the game. He resided in Wish Park and wants to merge the Wish Park with PokéPark.
• Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia: Darkrai is the final boss, summoned by Blake Hall.

	Spoilers end here.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

In-game events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		Enigma Berry (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation VII Other generations: IV - V - VI

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM04 Calm Mind Psychic Status — —% 20 TM06 Toxic Poison Status — 90% 10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 60 100% 15 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status — —% 5 TM12 Taunt Dark Status — 100% 20 TM13 Ice Beam Ice Special 90 100% 10 TM14 Blizzard Ice Special 110 70% 5 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90% 5 TM17 Protect Normal Status — —% 10 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status — —% 5 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical — 100% 20 TM24 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100% 15 TM25 Thunder Electric Special 110 70% 10 TM27 Return Normal Physical — 100% 20 TM29 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100% 10 TM30 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100% 15 TM31 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100% 15 TM32 Double Team Normal Status — —% 15 TM36 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 90 100% 10 TM39 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 60 95% 15 TM40 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 —% 20 TM41 Torment Dark Status — 100% 15 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 70 100% 20 TM44 Rest Psychic Status — —% 10 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 60 100% 25 TM48 Round Normal Special 60 100% 15 TM52 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70% 5 TM56 Fling Dark Physical — 100% 10 TM57 Charge Beam Electric Special 50 90% 10 TM61 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status — 85% 15 TM63 Embargo Dark Status — 100% 15 TM65 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 70 100% 15 TM66 Payback Dark Physical 50 100% 10 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90% 5 TM73 Thunder Wave Electric Status — 90% 20 TM75 Swords Dance Normal Status — —% 20 TM77 Psych Up Normal Status — —% 10 TM80 Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90% 10 TM81 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100% 15 TM84 Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100% 20 TM85 Dream Eater Psychic Special 100 100% 15 TM87 Swagger Normal Status — 85% 15 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status — —% 10 TM90 Substitute Normal Status — —% 10 TM95 Snarl Dark Special 55 95% 15 TM97 Dark Pulse Dark Special 80 100% 15 TM100 Confide Normal Status — —% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Darkrai Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Darkrai Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -22% IQ group: I
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Dark Poké Assist: Dark Field move: (Dark Power ×-) Browser entry It sends gusts of dark wind and lets loose dark pulses to attack.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ????? Defense ???? Speed ?????			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ????? Defense ???? Speed ?????
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Darkrai came to the PokéPark in search of a comfortable place to stay. He's second to none when playing Dusknoir's Speed Slam.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond PokéPark Pad entry: He tried to ease his loneliness by inviting everyone to one world, but the incident with the Dark Vortex made him realize that he was not alone.
Pokémon Battle Trozei Dark Attack Power: ????? Power of Five Increases the damage dealt by matching five Pokémon.			Pokémon Shuffle Dark Attack Power: 80 - 100  0 #303 Sleep Charm Leaves the foe asleep.

Evolution

Unevolved Darkrai  Dark

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV   Diamond Pearl   Platinum   HeartGold SoulSilver         Front Back   Front Back   Front Back
Generation V   Black White   Black 2 White 2     Front Back   Front Back
Generation VI   X Y   Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire     Front Back   Front Back

 For other sprites and images, please see Darkrai images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Darkrai's effort value yield of 2 Special Attack and 1 Speed is unique.
• Darkrai has two different portrait pictures in both Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky.
• Sailor Eldritch's son says "Dar... Dark... Is watching me..." in his sleep before the player cures his nightmare. It is assumed that he is talking about Darkrai, as it is known to give its victims horrific nightmares.
  • If Darkrai was the cause of the sailor's son's nightmares, it can be assumed Darkrai is aware that the player cured the boy using Cresselia's Lunar Wing. When the player takes the Member Card to the Harbor Inn, the innkeeper (presumably an illusion composed by Darkrai) states that he has been waiting for the player's arrival.
• In the early Japanese versions of Diamond and Pearl, Darkrai can be caught with the Surf glitch. However, this glitch was fixed in other language versions. Another glitchhas been discovered that allows players of other language releases to reach Darkrai without the Member Card.
  • This has been remedied in Pokémon Platinum, however, as Darkrai itself will not appear on the island without the event ticket.

Origin

Darkrai's appearance and abilities suggest it is based on the concept of nightmares. Resembling a shadow, it may also have been inspired by the bogeyman, genies (or jinn).

Name origin

Darkrai is a combination of dark, and ?? kurai (dark) or "rai" (Hindi for king).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning  Japanese ?—??? Darkrai From dark and ?? kurai (dark)  French Darkrai Same as Japanese name  Spanish Darkrai Same as Japanese name  German Darkrai Same as Japanese name  Italian Darkrai Same as Japanese name  Korean ???? Darkrai Transliteration of Japanese name  Cantonese Chinese ???? Daat Haak Loi Yi Transliteration of Japanese name  Mandarin Chinese ???? Dá Kè Lái Yi Transliteration of Japanese name

More languages  Russian ??????? Darkray Transcription of English name

Related articles

• Lunar duo
• Darkrai (M10)
• Darkrai (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)