20 X20 YUpdated NOV 5, 2026

Pokémon X & Y Version Exclusives

X and Y each lock 20 Pokémon to one version, and 15 on each side can be caught or evolved before the League. The rest wait for the post-game: two fossil lines per version from Glittering Cave, plus Slurpuff in X or Aromatisse in Y, which only evolve by trade. The Mega Stones split too, and four of them turn up only in the version that lacks their Pokémon.

WHICH VERSION ARE YOU PLAYING?
Pick the version you’re playing and the other side’s exclusives get a Trade marker.Saved on this device: X. Anything only Y has is marked Trade.Saved on this device: Y. Anything only X has is marked Trade.
Side by side

Every exclusive and where to catch it

Each row sets an X exclusive beside its usual Y counterpart. Every stage lists where you get it, marks the Terminus Cave hordes, and shows the first badge the game needs before you can.

11 of 11 rows
X20 PokémonYour version
Total stats
Y20 PokémonYour version
Before the LeagueLines that start before the League. The sea lines wait for the Good Rod in Coumarine City, past the third badge, and Aron and Larvitar only show up in Terminus Cave hordes once Team Flare is beaten.9 X9 Y
StarmieWaterPsychicTrade
StaryuRoute 8 (Good Rod)CatchBadge 3
StarmieStaryu + Water Stone (Route 12, by Surf)StoneBadge 3
CloysterWaterIceTrade
ShellderRoute 8 (Good Rod)CatchBadge 3
CloysterShellder + Water Stone (Route 12, by Surf)StoneBadge 3
PinsirBugTrade
PinsirRoute 12CatchBadge 3
HeracrossBugFightingTrade
HeracrossRoute 12CatchBadge 3
HoundoomDarkFireTrade
HoundourRoute 10 (Walking, Horde)CatchBadge 1
HoundoomHoundour Lv 24EvolveBadge 1
ManectricElectricTrade
ElectrikeRoute 10 (Walking, Horde)CatchBadge 1
ManectricElectrike Lv 26EvolveBadge 1
MightyenaDarkTrade
PoochyenaBreed a Mightyena from Route 15 at the Route 7 Day CareBreedBadge 6
MightyenaRoute 15CatchBadge 6
LiepardDarkTrade
PurrloinBreed a Liepard from Route 15 at the Route 7 Day CareBreedBadge 6
LiepardRoute 15CatchBadge 6
AggronSteelRockTrade
AronOnly in hordes of fiveTerminus Cave (Horde)CatchHordeBadge 7
LaironAron Lv 32Route 18Terminus CaveEvolveBadge 7
AggronLairon Lv 42EvolveBadge 7
TyranitarRockDarkTrade
LarvitarOnly in hordes of fiveTerminus Cave (Horde)CatchHordeBadge 7
PupitarLarvitar Lv 30Route 18Terminus CaveEvolveBadge 7
TyranitarPupitar Lv 55EvolveBadge 7
SawkFightingTrade
SawkRoute 11CatchBadge 2
ThrohFightingTrade
ThrohRoute 11CatchBadge 2
SlurpuffFairyTrade
SwirlixRoute 7CatchBadge 1
SlurpuffTrade Swirlix holding a Whipped Dream (Cyllage City gift or Route 12)Link tradePost-game
AromatisseFairyTrade
SpritzeeRoute 7CatchBadge 1
AromatisseTrade Spritzee holding a Sachet (Cyllage City gift or Route 12)Link tradePost-game
ClawitzerWaterTrade
ClauncherRoute 8 (Good Rod)Ambrette Town (Good Rod)Cyllage City (Good Rod)CatchBadge 3
ClawitzerClauncher Lv 37After the Fairy Badge: Route 8 (Super Rod)Ambrette Town (Super Rod)Cyllage City (Super Rod)EvolveBadge 3
DragalgePoisonDragonTrade
SkrelpRoute 8 (Good Rod)Ambrette Town (Good Rod)Cyllage City (Good Rod)CatchBadge 3
DragalgeSkrelp Lv 48After the Fairy Badge: Route 8 (Super Rod)Ambrette Town (Super Rod)Cyllage City (Super Rod)EvolveBadge 3
XerneasFairyTrade
XerneasStory battle (Lv 50); the story goes on once it is caughtTeam Flare HQ (Static encounter)CatchBadge 7
YveltalDarkFlyingTrade
YveltalStory battle (Lv 50); the story goes on once it is caughtTeam Flare HQ (Static encounter)CatchBadge 7
After the LeagueThese open after you beat Diantha. The Glittering Cave rocks start dropping Root and Claw Fossils in X, or Helix and Dome Fossils in Y, and the Fossil Lab in Ambrette Town revives them. Slurpuff and Aromatisse sit here because they need a trade: a Swirlix holding a Whipped Dream or a Spritzee holding a Sachet evolves when it is traded.2 X2 Y
CradilyRockGrassTrade
LileepRoot Fossil from the Glittering Cave rocks after the League, revived at the Ambrette Town Fossil LabAmbrette Town (Gift)FossilPost-game
CradilyLileep Lv 40EvolvePost-game
OmastarRockWaterTrade
OmanyteHelix Fossil from the Glittering Cave rocks after the League, revived at the Ambrette Town Fossil LabAmbrette Town (Gift)FossilPost-game
OmastarOmanyte Lv 40EvolvePost-game
ArmaldoRockBugTrade
AnorithClaw Fossil from the Glittering Cave rocks after the League, revived at the Ambrette Town Fossil LabAmbrette Town (Gift)FossilPost-game
ArmaldoAnorith Lv 40EvolvePost-game
KabutopsRockWaterTrade
KabutoDome Fossil from the Glittering Cave rocks after the League, revived at the Ambrette Town Fossil LabAmbrette Town (Gift)FossilPost-game
KabutopsKabuto Lv 40EvolvePost-game
Timeline

When each version’s exclusives show up

The first badge each Pokémon needs: the badge that opens the road, or the one before the rod or the place that holds it. Exclusive lines before the League: X: 9, Y: 9.

StartNew gameBadge 1ViolaBadge 2GrantBadge 3KorrinaBadge 4RamosBadge 5ClemontBadge 6ValerieBadge 7OlympiaBadge 8WulfricPost-gameAfter DianthaX12 on the timelineYour gameHoundourSwirlixSawkStaryuStarmiePinsirClauncherPoochyenaAronXerneasLileepAnorithY12 on the timelineYour gameElectrikeSpritzeeThrohShellderCloysterHeracrossSkrelpPurrloinLarvitarYveltalOmanyteKabuto
What it changes in your run

Exclusives against every boss

For each battle, these are the exclusives you can have by then that hit at least half the boss’s team super effectively with one of their own types. Level and stone evolutions count up to the boss’s highest level, trade evolutions don’t, and Levitate is factored in.

10of 13 battlesXOnly X has an answer for Wikstrom.
11of 13 battlesYOnly Y has an answer for Valerie and Siebold.
BATTLEX exclusives that helpY exclusives that help
GYM 1 · BUGViolaNeither helps
No exclusive helps here
GYM 2 · ROCKGrantBoth help
SwirlixFairy hits 1 of 21 of 2
SpritzeeFairy hits 1 of 21 of 2
GYM 3 · FIGHTINGKorrinaBoth help
SwirlixFairy hits 3 of 33 of 3
SpritzeeFairy hits 3 of 33 of 3
GYM 4 · GRASSRamosBoth help
HoundoomFire hits 3 of 33 of 3
CloysterIce hits 3 of 33 of 3SkrelpPoison hits 2 of 32 of 3
GYM 5 · ELECTRICClemontBoth help
SawkFighting hits 2 of 32 of 3
HeracrossFighting hits 2 of 32 of 3ThrohFighting hits 2 of 32 of 3
GYM 6 · FAIRYValerieEdge: Y
No exclusive helps here
SkrelpPoison hits 2 of 32 of 3
GYM 7 · PSYCHICOlympiaBoth help
HoundoomDark hits 3 of 33 of 3MightyenaDark hits 3 of 33 of 3PinsirBug hits 2 of 32 of 3
LiepardDark hits 3 of 33 of 3ManectricElectric hits 2 of 32 of 3HeracrossBug hits 2 of 32 of 3
GYM 8 · ICEWulfricBoth help
AggronSteel hits 3 of 33 of 3HoundoomFire hits 3 of 33 of 3SawkFighting hits 3 of 33 of 3
TyranitarRock hits 3 of 33 of 3HeracrossFighting hits 3 of 33 of 3ThrohFighting hits 3 of 33 of 3
ELITE FOUR · FIREMalvaBoth help
AggronRock hits 4 of 44 of 4StarmieWater hits 4 of 44 of 4ClawitzerWater hits 4 of 44 of 4
TyranitarRock hits 4 of 44 of 4CloysterWater hits 4 of 44 of 4
ELITE FOUR · STEELWikstromEdge: X
HoundoomFire hits 3 of 43 of 4
No exclusive helps here
ELITE FOUR · DRAGONDrasnaBoth help
XerneasFairy hits 3 of 43 of 4SwirlixFairy hits 3 of 43 of 4AggronRock hits 2 of 42 of 4
CloysterIce hits 4 of 44 of 4DragalgeDragon hits 4 of 44 of 4SpritzeeFairy hits 3 of 43 of 4
ELITE FOUR · WATERSieboldEdge: Y
No exclusive helps here
ManectricElectric hits 4 of 44 of 4
CHAMPIONDianthaBoth help
XerneasFairy hits 3 of 63 of 6AggronSteel hits 3 of 63 of 6SwirlixFairy hits 3 of 63 of 6
CloysterIce hits 4 of 64 of 6SpritzeeFairy hits 3 of 63 of 6

Counts use each exclusive’s own types, not its full moveset. The battle pages have the movesets.

Complete your Pokédex

How to Trade Between X and Y

Pick your version to see only the Pokémon you need to trade for. Until then, both lists show.

How to get Y exclusives in X

How to get X exclusives in Y

  • Both players need: a Nintendo 3DS each, with wireless communication turned on
  • Where: the PSS (Player Search System) on the touch screen: tap the other player, then pick Trade
  • Connect with: local wireless only. Online PSS trades, the GTS and Wonder Trade ended with the Nintendo 3DS online services on April 8, 2024

No one to trade with? After the League, the Friend Safari in Kiloude City holds Pinsir, Heracross, Throh, Sawk and several other exclusives in both versions, but it needs other people registered on your 3DS friend list before it has anything to offer.

Your trade list

X exclusives to trade into Y

Trades 0 of 11Pokédex 0 of 20

Grouped by the point in a run of X where your friend can first get each one. Ticks are saved on this device.

Available after Badge 1 (Viola)

HoundourRoute 10
HoundoomHoundour Lv 24

Trade for one Houndour and evolve the rest yourself.

SwirlixRoute 7
SlurpuffTrade Swirlix holding a Whipped Dream (Cyllage City gift or Route 12)

Available after Badge 2 (Grant)

SawkRoute 11

Available after Badge 3 (Korrina)

StaryuRoute 8
StarmieStaryu + Water Stone (Route 12, by Surf)

Trade for one Staryu and evolve the rest yourself.

PinsirRoute 12
ClauncherRoute 8, Ambrette Town, Cyllage City
ClawitzerClauncher Lv 37

Trade for one Clauncher and evolve the rest yourself.

Available after Badge 6 (Valerie)

PoochyenaBreed a Mightyena from Route 15 at the Route 7 Day Care
MightyenaRoute 15

Available after Badge 7 (Olympia)

AronTerminus Cave
LaironAron Lv 32
AggronLairon Lv 42

Trade for one Aron and evolve the rest yourself.

XerneasTeam Flare HQ

Available after you beat Diantha

LileepRoot Fossil from the Glittering Cave rocks after the League, revived at the Ambrette Town Fossil Lab
CradilyLileep Lv 40

Trade for one Lileep and evolve the rest yourself.

AnorithClaw Fossil from the Glittering Cave rocks after the League, revived at the Ambrette Town Fossil Lab
ArmaldoAnorith Lv 40

Trade for one Anorith and evolve the rest yourself.

Y exclusives to trade into X

Trades 0 of 11Pokédex 0 of 20

Grouped by the point in a run of Y where your friend can first get each one. Ticks are saved on this device.

Available after Badge 1 (Viola)

ElectrikeRoute 10
ManectricElectrike Lv 26

Trade for one Electrike and evolve the rest yourself.

SpritzeeRoute 7
AromatisseTrade Spritzee holding a Sachet (Cyllage City gift or Route 12)

Available after Badge 2 (Grant)

ThrohRoute 11

Available after Badge 3 (Korrina)

ShellderRoute 8
CloysterShellder + Water Stone (Route 12, by Surf)

Trade for one Shellder and evolve the rest yourself.

HeracrossRoute 12
SkrelpRoute 8, Ambrette Town, Cyllage City
DragalgeSkrelp Lv 48

Trade for one Skrelp and evolve the rest yourself.

Available after Badge 6 (Valerie)

PurrloinBreed a Liepard from Route 15 at the Route 7 Day Care
LiepardRoute 15

Available after Badge 7 (Olympia)

LarvitarTerminus Cave
PupitarLarvitar Lv 30
TyranitarPupitar Lv 55

Trade for one Larvitar and evolve the rest yourself.

YveltalTeam Flare HQ

Available after you beat Diantha

OmanyteHelix Fossil from the Glittering Cave rocks after the League, revived at the Ambrette Town Fossil Lab
OmastarOmanyte Lv 40

Trade for one Omanyte and evolve the rest yourself.

KabutoDome Fossil from the Glittering Cave rocks after the League, revived at the Ambrette Town Fossil Lab
KabutopsKabuto Lv 40

Trade for one Kabuto and evolve the rest yourself.

Beyond the Pokémon

Every Difference Between X and Y

Other ways the two versions differ, outside the wild encounters.

What changes in other games

Box legendary

XYour version
  • XerneasFairyTeam Flare Secret HQ, Lv 50, in the story after the Psychic Badge
YYour version
  • YveltalDarkFlyingTeam Flare Secret HQ, Lv 50, in the story after the Psychic Badge

Charizardite from Professor Sycamore

XYour version
YYour version

Mewtwonite

XYour version
YYour version

Version-only Mega Stones

XYour version
YYour version
Good to know

These six only appear once your Mega Ring is upgraded after the League (a Battle Maison win, a battle with your rival, then Professor Sycamore at the Anistar City sundial), and only from 8 PM to 9 PM. Tyranitarite, Aggronite, Houndoominite and Manectite sit in the version without their Pokémon, so one side has to trade the stone or the Pokémon.

Cyllage City gift

XYour version
YYour version
  • SachetFrom the man in the south-east house
Good to know

Each version’s gift is the sweet its own exclusive needs: a Swirlix traded holding a Whipped Dream becomes Slurpuff, a Spritzee traded holding a Sachet becomes Aromatisse. Route 12 has both sweets in both versions.

Glittering Cave fossils after the League

XYour version
YYour version
Good to know

Only the post-game rocks split by version. The Old Amber, the Skull, Armor, Cover and Plume Fossils, and the Jaw or Sail Fossil pick are the same in both.

Wild slots that change with the version

XYour version
YYour version
Good to know

None of these are exclusives. Clamperl is on Route 12 in both versions and both Deep Sea items are in Azure Bay, so either side can evolve Huntail or Gorebyss; Weedle and Caterpie are wild in both; and Zangoose and Seviper both show up in Route 8 hordes in both versions, only the single walking slot changes.

Same in both

  • Gym leaders Viola, Grant, Korrina, Ramos, Clemont, Valerie, Olympia and Wulfric, the Elite Four and Champion Diantha
  • The starters, from Chespin, Fennekin and Froakie to Professor Sycamore’s Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle
  • Your rival, Shauna, Tierno and Trevor
  • Team Flare and Lysandre
  • All nine in-game trades
  • The legendary bird, which follows your starter (Articuno with Chespin, Zapdos with Fennekin, Moltres with Froakie)
  • Mewtwo, Zygarde, the Route 7 Snorlax and the Lapras gift on Route 12
  • The Old Amber and the Jaw or Sail Fossil pick
  • Field moves and fishing rods
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