Edition differences: original GBA and Nintendo Switch (2026)
Battle data describes Generation III rules. Availability notes distinguish native catches, evolution and breeding from original GBA imports. GBA games can trade with compatible Generation III games after the network quest; Switch supports local FireRed/LeafGreen trading and cannot import Pokémon from other games. Transfers to Pokémon HOME are one way.
GBA: AuroraTicket and MysticTicket required historical event distributions. Switch: both tickets are added after entering the Hall of Fame, providing access to Deoxys on Birth Island and Lugia/Ho-Oh on Navel Rock. Other event Pokémon and GBA imports are not made available by these tickets.
Original GBA: a roaming Entei or Raikou that successfully ends an encounter with Roar disappears permanently because of a game bug. The Switch editions fix this Roar disappearance bug.
Xatu
#178 in the National Pokédex • Mystic Pokémon
Pokédex entries
FireRed
In South America, it is said that its right eye sees the future and its left eye views the past.
LeafGreen
They say that it stays still and quiet because it is seeing both the past and future at the same time.
Details
Types
Category
Abilities
Height
Weight
National Pokédex
Stats
Min
Max
HP
65
240
334
Attack
75
139
273
Defense
70
130
262
Sp. Atk
95
175
317
Sp. Def
70
130
262
Speed
95
175
317
Total
470
Ranges are for Level 100. Max assumes a beneficial nature, 252 EVs, and 31 IVs; min assumes a hindering nature, 0 EVs, and 0 IVs.
Game availability
Available within the FireRed/LeafGreen pair. Depending on the species, acquisition can require the other version, the postgame, evolution, breeding, or an event ticket. Original GBA event tickets required historical distributions; Switch ticket access differs.
Growth
| EV yield | 1 SpA, 1 Spe |
|---|---|
| Catch rate | 75 |
| Base Exp. | 171 |
Eggs
| Egg groups | |
|---|---|
| Gender | 50% male 50% female |
| Egg cycles | 20 (5,375 steps) |
Moves
| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Leer |  |  Status | - | 100 | 30 | The foe is given an intimidating look that lowers its DEFENSE stat. |
| Start | Peck | |  Physical | 35 | 100 | 35 | The foe is jabbed with a sharply pointed beak or horn. |
| 10 | Night Shade |  | Physical | - | 100 | 15 | An attack with a mirage that inflicts damage matching the user’s level. |
| 20 | Teleport | | Status | - | - | 20 | Use it to flee from any wild Pokémon. Also warps to the last Pokémon Center. |
| 35 | Future Sight | |  Special | 80 | 90 | 15 | Two turns after this move is used, the foe is attacked psychically. |
| 35 | Wish | | Status | - | - | 10 | A self-healing move that restores half the full HP on the next turn. |
| 50 | Confuse Ray | | Status | - | 100 | 10 | The foe is exposed to a sinister ray that triggers confusion. |
| 65 | Psychic | | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | A strong telekinetic attack. It may also lower the foe’s SP. DEF stat. |
| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM04 | Calm Mind | | Status | - | - | 20 | The user focuses its mind to raise the SP. ATK and SP. DEF stats. |
| TM06 | Toxic |  | Status | - | 85 | 10 | A move that badly poisons the foe. Its poison damage worsens every turn. |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | | Physical | - | 100 | 15 | An attack that varies in type and intensity depending on the user. |
| TM11 | Sunny Day |  | Status | - | - | 5 | The sun blazes for five turns, powering up FIRE-type moves. |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam | | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 | A severely damaging attack that makes the user rest on the next turn. |
| TM16 | Light Screen | | Status | - | - | 30 | A wall of light cuts damage from SP. ATK attacks for five turns. |
| TM17 | Protect | | Status | - | - | 10 | Enables the user to evade all attacks. It may fail if used in succession. |
| TM18 | Rain Dance |  | Status | - | - | 5 | A heavy rain falls for five turns, powering up WATER-type moves. |
| TM19 | Giga Drain |  | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 | A harsh attack that absorbs half the damage it inflicted to restore HP. |
| TM21 | Frustration | | Physical | - | 100 | 20 | This attack move grows more powerful the less the user likes its TRAINER. |
| TM22 | Solar Beam | | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 | A 2-turn move that blasts the foe with absorbed energy in the 2nd turn. |
| TM27 | Return | | Physical | - | 100 | 20 | This attack move grows more powerful the more the user likes its TRAINER. |
| TM29 | Psychic | | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | A strong telekinetic attack. It may also lower the foe’s SP. DEF stat. |
| TM30 | Shadow Ball | | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | A shadowy blob is hurled at the foe. May also lower the foe’s SP. DEF. |
| TM32 | Double Team | | Status | - | - | 15 | The user creates illusory copies of itself to raise its evasiveness. |
| TM33 | Reflect | | Status | - | - | 20 | A wall of light cuts damage from physical attacks for five turns. |
| TM40 | Aerial Ace | | Physical | 60 | - | 20 | An extremely fast attack against one target. It can’t be evaded. |
| TM42 | Facade | | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | An attack that is boosted if user is burned, poisoned, or paralyzed. |
| TM43 | Secret Power | | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | An attack that may have an additional effect that varies with the terrain. |
| TM44 | Rest | | Status | - | - | 10 | The user sleeps for two turns to fully restore HP and heal any status problem. |
| TM45 | Attract | | Status | - | 100 | 15 | If it is the other gender, the foe is made infatuated and unlikely to attack. |
| TM46 | Thief |  | Special | 40 | 100 | 10 | An attack that may take the foe’s held item if the user isn’t holding one. |
| TM47 | Steel Wing |  | Physical | 70 | 90 | 25 | The foe is hit with wings of steel. It may also raise the user’s DEFENSE. |
| TM48 | Skill Swap | | Status | - | - | 10 | The user employs its psychic power to swap abilities with the foe. |
| HM02 | Fly | | Physical | 70 | 95 | 15 | A 2-turn move that hits on the 2nd turn. Use it to fly to any known town. |
| HM05 | Flash | | Status | - | 70 | 20 | A blast of light that cuts the foe’s accuracy. It also illuminates caves. |
Tutors
| Class | Description | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double-Edge | | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 | A reckless, life-risking tackle that also hurts the user a little. |
| Dream Eater | | Special | 100 | 100 | 15 | Absorbs half the damage it inflicted on a sleeping foe to restore HP. |
| Mimic | | Status | - | - | 10 | The user copies the move last used by the foe for the rest of the battle. |
| Substitute | | Status | - | - | 10 | The user creates a decoy using one-quarter of its full HP. |
| Thunder Wave |  | Status | - | 100 | 20 | A weak electric shock that is sure to cause paralysis if it hits. |
Traits
Synchronize
Passes on status problems.
Copies burns, paralysis, and poison received onto the Pokémon that inflicted them.
Early Bird
Awakens quickly from sleep.
Makes sleep pass twice as quickly.
