Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness let you recruit more than thirty legendary and mythical Pokémon, from Kanto to Sinnoh. Almost all of them wait in the postgame, at the bottom of dungeons or on specific floors. Some require a Wonder Mail or a special item. Here is the full list, with the location, level and recruitment condition.
#0483DialgaSteelDragonTemporal Pinnacle
#0484PalkiaDragonWaterSpatial Rift
#0487GiratinaDragonGhostWorld Abyss
#0491DarkraiDarkSecret Slab
#0385JirachiSteelPsychicFinal Maze
#0151MewPsychicWonder Mail
Recruitment conditions
- Wonder Mail: the dungeon only appears with a special mission received by password. See Connection and passwords.
- Secret Slab or Mystery Part: the hero must carry one of these items for the legendary to appear on the indicated floor. They are also obtained by password.
- Second visit: the legendary, defeated once already in the story, can be recruited by going back to fight it.
- Random: the Pokémon appears at random in its chamber in Aegis Cave.
The full list
| Pokémon | Location | Level | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Articuno | Mt. Avalanche Peak | 43 | Wonder Mail |
| Zapdos | Amp Plains, floor 7 | 49 | Secret Slab or Mystery Part |
| Moltres | Final Maze, floor 40 | 44 | None |
| Mewtwo | Dark Crater, floor 6, and Aegis Cave bottom, floor 5 (Darkness) | 50 | Secret Slab or Mystery Part |
| Mew | Deep Mystery Jungle | 46 | Wonder Mail |
| Raikou | Concealed Ruins, floors 20 and 29 | 46 | Secret Slab or Mystery Part |
| Entei | Deep Dark Crater, floor 10 | 47 | Secret Slab or Mystery Part |
| Suicune | Final Maze, floor 29 | 45 | None |
| Lugia | Surrounded Sea, floor 18 | 45 | Secret Slab or Mystery Part |
| Ho-Oh | Mt. Mistral, floor 19 | 43 | Secret Slab or Mystery Part |
| Celebi | Mystifying Forest, floor 10 (Time) | 44 | Secret Slab or Mystery Part |
| Regirock | Aegis Cave: Regirock’s Chamber | 49 | Random |
| Regice | Aegis Cave: Regice’s Chamber | 46 | Random |
| Registeel | Aegis Cave: Registeel’s Chamber | 46 | Random |
| Latias | Spatial Rift, floor 10, and Cape Enchant, floor 10 | 44 | Secret Slab or Mystery Part |
| Latios | Deep Dusk Forest, floor 24, and Deep Spatial Rift, floor 5 | 44 | Secret Slab or Mystery Part |
| Kyogre | Deep Bottomless Sea | 49 | Wonder Mail |
| Groudon | Shimmer Desert bottom | 49 | Wonder Mail |
| Rayquaza | Sky Stairway summit | 50 | Wonder Mail |
| Jirachi | Final Maze, floor 23 | 70 | None |
| Deoxys | Shimmer Hill, floor 17 | 45 | Secret Slab or Mystery Part |
| Uxie | Fogbound Lake | 42 | After finishing the game |
| Mesprit | Underground Lake | 42 | After finishing the game |
| Azelf | Crystal Lake | 42 | After finishing the game |
| Dialga | Temporal Pinnacle | 48 | Second visit |
| Palkia | Spatial Rift bottom | 48 | Second visit |
| Heatran | Giant Volcano Peak | 49 | Wonder Mail |
| Regigigas | Aegis Cave: Regigigas’s Chamber | 60 | Second visit |
| Giratina | World Abyss, bottom | 49 | Wonder Mail |
| Cresselia | Sharpedo Bluff | 48 | Talk to it after Darkrai’s defeat |
| Phione | Miracle Sea, bottom | 40 | Second visit |
| Manaphy | Sharpedo Bluff | 40 | Three days after Darkrai’s defeat |
| Darkrai | Mystifying Forest (fl. 13), Deep Crevice Cave (fl. 2), Miracle Sea (fl. 3), Mt. Travail (fl. 17), Spatial Rift (fl. 14) | 53 | Secret Slab or Mystery Part |
Celebi is exclusive to Explorers of Time and Mewtwo to Explorers of Darkness. See Differences between Time and Darkness.
In Explorers of Sky
Sky keeps these legendaries and adds Shaymin, at Sky Peak. See After the end of the story in Explorers of Sky.
