Generation III Ability
Vital Spirit
Prevents sleep.
Vital Spirit 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.
“The Pokémon is full of vitality, and that prevents it from falling asleep.”
Vital Spirit Data
- Introduced
- Generation III
- Pokémon
- 14
- In short
- Prevents sleep.
Pokémon With Vital Spirit
14 Pokémon can have Vital Spirit.
Hidden Ability
Vital Spirit Questions & Answers
- What does Vital Spirit do?
- 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.
- How many Pokémon have Vital Spirit?
- 14 Pokémon can have Vital Spirit.
- What Pokémon have Vital Spirit?
- Mankey, Primeape, Electabuzz, Magmar, and Delibird, and 9 more Pokémon can have Vital Spirit — the full list is above.
- When was Vital Spirit introduced?
- Vital Spirit was introduced in Generation III.













