Ability profile
Vital Spirit Pokemon Ability
Generation
Generation III
Pokémon with ability
16
Effect
This Pokémon cannot be asleep. This causes Rest to fail altogether. If a Pokémon is asleep and acquires this ability, it will immediately wake up; this includes when regaining a lost ability upon leaving battle. This ability functions identically to Insomnia in battle. Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, higher-levelled Pokémon have their encounter rate increased.
Flavor text
Prevents sleep.
Quick summary
Vital Spirit is a main-series ability from Generation III. Open species profiles below to see typings, moves, and community fan rank where available.
Battle context
Generation debut
Generation III
Vital Spirit first appeared in Generation III. Compare how newer releases reuse or power up the effect when building themed teams.
Main series
Yes
Vital Spirit is used in main-series battles and links to 16 species profiles below.
16 Pokémon can have Vital Spirit in the official dataset.
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