Legendary Pokémon in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Dialga, Palkia and Giratina are three of the 17 legendaries in HeartGold & SoulSilver, but an event Arceus in your party earns just one pick of them at Sinjoh Ruins. The post-game holds the biggest share, including your version’s missing Lugia or Ho-Oh, reached with a Pewter City wing.
- In game 2
- Roams 4
- Post-game 10
- Event item 5
HeartGold & SoulSilver legendary list: all 17 legendaries
HeartGold & SoulSilver reach past Johto, with guests from Kanto, Hoenn and Sinnoh. Zapdos, Moltres and Mewtwo wait for all sixteen badges, but Articuno needs no Kanto badges, only a trip to the Seafoam Islands.
Gen 1 legendaries (Kanto)
4Articuno waits on B4F of the Seafoam Islands, Zapdos outside the Power Plant door and Moltres in the Mt. Silver cave, all at Lv. 50, while Mewtwo is Lv. 70.
Gen 2 legendaries (Johto)
5Raikou and Entei roam at Lv. 40 and flee on turn one: a Lv. 39 lead plus a Repel leaves them as your only grass encounter.
- #0243
Raikou
Electric typeRoams Johto, after the Burned Tower - #0244
Entei
Fire typeRoams Johto, after the Burned Tower - #0245
Suicune
Water typePost-game: Route 25 - #0249
Lugia
Psychic/Flying typeWhirl Islands, SoulSilver only / Post-game: Whirl Islands (Silver Wing from Pewter City), HeartGold only - #0250
Ho-Oh
Fire/Flying typeBell Tower, HeartGold only / Post-game: Bell Tower (Rainbow Wing from Pewter City), SoulSilver only
Gen 3 legendaries (Hoenn)
5Latias roams Kanto in HeartGold, Latios in SoulSilver, once Steven finds you leaving Vermilion’s Pokémon Fan Club. The other waits in Pewter City for the event-only Enigma Stone.
- #0380
Latias
Dragon/Psychic typeRoams Kanto, HeartGold only / Pewter City (Enigma Stone), SoulSilver only - #0381
Latios
Dragon/Psychic typeRoams Kanto, SoulSilver only / Pewter City (Enigma Stone), HeartGold only - #0382
Kyogre
Water typePost-game: Embedded Tower (Blue Orb from Mr. Pokémon), HeartGold only - #0383
Groudon
Ground typePost-game: Embedded Tower (Red Orb from Mr. Pokémon), SoulSilver only - #0384
Rayquaza
Dragon/Flying typePost-game: Embedded Tower (Jade Orb from Prof. Oak once you show him Kyogre and Groudon)
Walk into the Ruins of Alph with an event Arceus following you, then pick one at the Sinjoh Ruins. It arrives at Lv. 1 holding its orb.
| Caught | Type | Details | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #0144 |  Articuno | Ice/Flying type | 90 | 85 | 100 | 95 | 125 | 85 | 580 | ||
| #0145 |  Zapdos | Electric/Flying type | 90 | 90 | 85 | 125 | 90 | 100 | 580 | ||
| #0146 |  Moltres | Fire/Flying type | 90 | 100 | 90 | 125 | 85 | 90 | 580 | ||
| #0150 |  Mewtwo | Psychic type | 106 | 110 | 90 | 154 | 90 | 130 | 680 | ||
| #0243 |  Raikou | Electric type | 90 | 85 | 75 | 115 | 100 | 115 | 580 | ||
| #0244 |  Entei | Fire type | 115 | 115 | 85 | 90 | 75 | 100 | 580 | ||
| #0245 |  Suicune | Water type | 100 | 75 | 115 | 90 | 115 | 85 | 580 | ||
| #0249 |  Lugia | Psychic/Flying type | 106 | 90 | 130 | 90 | 154 | 110 | 680 | ||
| #0250 |  Ho-Oh | Fire/Flying type | 106 | 130 | 90 | 110 | 154 | 90 | 680 | ||
| #0380 |  Latias | Dragon/Psychic type | 80 | 80 | 90 | 110 | 130 | 110 | 600 | ||
| #0381 |  Latios | Dragon/Psychic type | 80 | 90 | 80 | 130 | 110 | 110 | 600 | ||
| #0382 |  Kyogre | Water type | 100 | 100 | 90 | 150 | 140 | 90 | 670 | ||
| #0383 |  Groudon | Ground type | 100 | 150 | 140 | 100 | 90 | 90 | 670 | ||
| #0384 |  Rayquaza | Dragon/Flying type | 105 | 150 | 90 | 150 | 90 | 95 | 680 | ||
| #0483 |  Dialga | Steel/Dragon type | 100 | 120 | 120 | 150 | 100 | 90 | 680 | ||
| #0484 |  Palkia | Water/Dragon type | 90 | 120 | 100 | 150 | 120 | 100 | 680 | ||
| #0487 |  Giratina | Ghost/Dragon type | 150 | 100 | 120 | 100 | 120 | 90 | 680 | ||
| Average · 17 | 100 | 105 | 99 | 120 | 111 | 99 | 634 | ||||
| Base statunder 6060 to 8990 to 119120+ | |||||||||||
Blue
RedIn game2
- LugiaWhirl IslandsOnly in SoulSilver
- Ho-OhBell TowerOnly in HeartGold
Roams4
- RaikouJohto, after the Burned Tower
- Level
- 40
- Where
- Johto, after the Burned Tower
- Visit the basement of the Burned Tower in Ecruteak City: Raikou and Entei run off and start roaming Johto
- EnteiJohto, after the Burned Tower
- Level
- 40
- Where
- Johto, after the Burned Tower
- LatiasKantoOnly in HeartGold
- LatiosKantoOnly in SoulSilver
Post-game10
- ArticunoSeafoam Islands
- ZapdosRoute 10, by the Power Plant
- MoltresMt. Silver
- MewtwoCerulean Cave
- SuicuneRoute 25
- LugiaWhirl Islands (Silver Wing from Pewter City)Only in HeartGold
- Ho-OhBell Tower (Rainbow Wing from Pewter City)Only in SoulSilver
- KyogreEmbedded Tower (Blue Orb from Mr. Pokémon)Only in HeartGold
- GroudonEmbedded Tower (Red Orb from Mr. Pokémon)Only in SoulSilver
- RayquazaEmbedded Tower (Jade Orb from Prof. Oak once you show him Kyogre and Groudon)
Silver
Rainbow
JadeEvent item5
- LatiasPewter City (Enigma Stone)Only in SoulSilver
- LatiosPewter City (Enigma Stone)Only in HeartGold
- Sinjoh Ruins (event Arceus in your party)
- Level
- 1
- GiratinaSinjoh Ruins (event Arceus in your party)
- Level
- 1
Origin FormeArrives holding the Griseous Orb, which keeps it in Origin Forme
Enigma
GriseousVersion exclusives
Kyogre is HeartGold’s and Groudon is SoulSilver’s, both in the Embedded Tower on Route 47 once Red falls on Mt. Silver. The missing one only comes by trade.
Only in HeartGold 1
Only in SoulSilver 1
HeartGold & SoulSilver legendary catch guide
Ho-Oh, Lugia, Mewtwo, the Kanto birds and the Embedded Tower legendaries return after your next Hall of Fame entry if you knock them out. A fainted Suicune comes back at the Burned Tower.
Before you battle
- A legendary that stands in one spot and gets knocked out comes back after you enter the Hall of Fame again
Roaming legendaries4
- Each one tries to run on its first turn in battle
- Lead with a Pokémon one level below the roamer and use a Repel, so the roamer is the only Pokémon you meet in the grass
The Sinjoh Ruins3
- Needs
- Event Arceus
- It needs an Arceus from an event, which this game cannot catch
- Walk into the Ruins of Alph with an event Arceus as the Pokémon following you, and you are taken to the Sinjoh Ruins
- Cynthia meets you there and talks about what Arceus can create
- Pick one of Dialga, Palkia or Giratina: it joins you at Lv. 1, holding its orb
- Lugia
- Level
- 45 in SoulSilver, 70 in HeartGold
- Where
- Whirl Islands
- Needs
- Silver WingSurf
- SoulSilver: beat Team Rocket at the Goldenrod Radio Tower to receive the Silver Wing
- SoulSilver: beat the Kimono Girls at the Ecruteak Dance Theater for the Tidal Bell
- HeartGold: get the Silver Wing from a man in Pewter City
- Surf to the Whirl Islands off Route 41 and go down to the bottom of the cave, where Lugia waits
- Ho-Oh
- Level
- 45 in HeartGold, 70 in SoulSilver
- Where
- Bell Tower
- Needs
- Rainbow Wing
- HeartGold: beat Team Rocket at the Goldenrod Radio Tower to receive the Rainbow Wing
- HeartGold: beat the Kimono Girls at the Ecruteak Dance Theater for the Clear Bell
- SoulSilver: get the Rainbow Wing from a man in Pewter City
- Climb the Bell Tower in Ecruteak City to the roof, where Ho-Oh lands
- Latias
- Level
- 35 in HeartGold, 40 in SoulSilver
- Where
- Kanto (HeartGold) / Pewter City with the Enigma Stone (SoulSilver)
- HeartGold: leave the Pokémon Fan Club in Vermilion City and Steven tells you Latias is now roaming Kanto
- SoulSilver: take the Enigma Stone to the Pewter Museum of Science, then battle Latias in Pewter City as you leave
- The Enigma Stone came only from a Mystery Gift event
- Latios
- Level
- 35 in SoulSilver, 40 in HeartGold
- Where
- Pewter City with the Enigma Stone (HeartGold) / Kanto (SoulSilver)
- SoulSilver: leave the Pokémon Fan Club in Vermilion City and Steven tells you Latios is now roaming Kanto
- HeartGold: take the Enigma Stone to the Pewter Museum of Science, then battle Latios in Pewter City as you leave
- The Enigma Stone came only from a Mystery Gift event
- Articuno
- Level
- 50
- Where
- Seafoam Islands
- Needs
- SurfStrength
- When
- Post-game, as soon as you reach the Seafoam Islands in Kanto
- Go deep into the Seafoam Islands, down to B4F, where Articuno waits
- Zapdos
- Level
- 50
- Where
- Route 10, by the Power Plant
- Needs
- 16 Badges
- When
- After all 16 badges
- Zapdos stands on Route 10, right outside the Power Plant door
- Moltres
- Level
- 50
- Where
- Mt. Silver
- Needs
- 16 Badges
- When
- After all 16 badges
- Moltres waits inside the cave on Mt. Silver
- Mewtwo
- Level
- 70
- Where
- Cerulean Cave
- Needs
- 16 Badges
- When
- After all 16 badges
- Go deep into Cerulean Cave, down to B1F, where Mewtwo waits
- Suicune
- Level
- 40
- Where
- Route 25
- When
- In Kanto, after you see Suicune on Route 14 and beat Misty for the Cascade Badge (in either order)
- Visit the basement of the Burned Tower in Ecruteak City, where Suicune runs off with Raikou and Entei
- Follow its trail: Cianwood City, then Route 42 by Mt. Mortar, then Vermilion City and Route 14 in Kanto
- Eusine is on its trail too and turns up along the way
- Suicune finally stops on Route 25 and battles you there
TipKnock it out by mistake and it waits at the Burned Tower once you enter the Hall of Fame again
Only in HeartGoldKyogre- Level
- 50
- Where
- Embedded Tower (Blue Orb from Mr. Pokémon)
- Needs
- Blue Orb
- When
- After you beat Red at the top of Mt. Silver
- Pick a Kanto starter from Professor Oak in Pallet Town
- Visit Mr. Pokémon in his house north of Cherrygrove City for the Blue Orb
- Go to the Embedded Tower, a cave on Route 47, and find Kyogre inside
TipOnly your version's one is here: trade for the other
Only in SoulSilverGroudon- Level
- 50
- Where
- Embedded Tower (Red Orb from Mr. Pokémon)
- Needs
- Red Orb
- When
- After you beat Red at the top of Mt. Silver
- Pick a Kanto starter from Professor Oak in Pallet Town
- Visit Mr. Pokémon in his house north of Cherrygrove City for the Red Orb
- Go to the Embedded Tower, a cave on Route 47, and find Groudon inside
TipOnly your version's one is here: trade for the other
- Rayquaza
- Level
- 50
- Where
- Embedded Tower (Jade Orb from Prof. Oak)
- When
- After you beat Red at the top of Mt. Silver
- Catch your version's Kyogre or Groudon and trade for the other one
- Show both Kyogre and Groudon to Professor Oak in Pallet Town for the Jade Orb
- Take the Jade Orb back to the Embedded Tower, where Rayquaza appears
Tidal
Clear
Mythicals in HeartGold & SoulSilver
An event Celebi carried to the Ilex Forest shrine starts a side story in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Legendary sets in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Finish the Lugia and Ho-Oh set in either version: HeartGold meets Ho-Oh at Lv. 45 and Lugia at Lv. 70, and SoulSilver swaps them. Dialga, Palkia and Giratina take trades beyond your Sinjoh pick.
Legendary birds
Gen 1 · Kanto0/3 caughtLegendary beasts
Gen 2 · Johto0/3 caughtLugia and Ho-Oh
Box artGen 2 · Johto0/2 caughtEon duo
Gen 3 · Hoenn0/2 caughtKyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza
Gen 3 · Hoenn0/3 caughtDialga, Palkia and Giratina
Gen 4 · Sinnoh0/3 caughtStandalone legendaries
Gen 1 · Kanto0/1 caught
More Pokémon lists for HeartGold & SoulSilver
Rampardos and Bastiodon appear on the HeartGold & SoulSilver Fossil Pokémon list, and Baby Pokémon includes Riolu and Munchlax.