pokemon — Pokémon moves and encounter locations (1996-2026)

Description

Bipartite networks of Pokémon and the moves they can learn, and of Pokémon and the in-game location areas where they can be encountered in the wild, across the main-series Pokémon video games (from Red/Blue, 1996, to the most recent games covered). The data come from PokéAPI, a community-maintained database of the games' contents, compiled by its contributors from the games themselves; this version corresponds to the CSV tables of the PokéAPI repository at commit 2bf639e. Each Pokémon form with its own entry in the database (e.g. regional variants and mega evolutions) is a separate node. Only Pokémon, moves and location areas that take part in at least one relation are included.

moves: each edge connects a Pokémon to a move it can learn, in a given version group (set of games released together) and with a given learn method. The same Pokémon and move are connected by several parallel edges if the move is learnable in several version groups, with several methods, or at several levels.
locations: each edge connects a Pokémon to a location area where it appears in the wild, for a given game version and encounter slot. Parallel edges correspond to different versions, encounter methods or slots.

The networks have the following properties:

Pokémon nodes: name, the PokéAPI identifier of the Pokémon (form); species, the English name of its species; pokemon_id, the PokéAPI id (ids larger than 10000 are alternate forms); types, its type(s), separated by "/"; height, in decimetres; weight, in hectograms; base_experience, the base experience gained by defeating it (-1 if unknown); default_form, whether it is the default form of its species.
moves: is_move, whether the node is a move (otherwise a Pokémon). Move nodes: name, the PokéAPI identifier of the move; move_id, its PokéAPI id (ids larger than 10000 are "shadow" moves); move_type, its type; damage_class (status, physical or special); generation, the generation in which it was introduced (1-9); power, pp (power points) and accuracy (in percent), with -1 when not applicable; priority. Edges: version_group, the identifier of the version group (e.g. "red-blue"); method, the learn method (e.g. "level-up", "egg", "tutor", "machine"); level, the level at which the move is learned (0 if not applicable); mastery, the level at which the move can be mastered (in Pokémon Legends: Arceus only, -1 otherwise).
locations: is_area, whether the node is a location area (otherwise a Pokémon). Area nodes: name, the PokéAPI identifier of the area, formed from the location identifier and the area identifier, or with the suffix "-area" when the location has a single unnamed area; location, the English name of the location; region, the region of the location (e.g. "kanto"; empty if unknown). Edges: version, the game version (e.g. "red"); method, the encounter method (e.g. "walk", "surf", "old-rod"); rarity, the chance of the encounter slot, in percent; min_level and max_level, the range of levels of the encountered Pokémon.

Tags

Fictional Unweighted Multigraph Metadata

Citation

P. Hallett and PokéAPI contributors, "PokéAPI: The Pokémon API." (2026) github.com

Upstream URL OK

https://pokeapi.co/

Upstream license

BSD 3-Clause, https://github.com/PokeAPI/pokeapi/blob/2bf639e5572812a67d2b94903fdcb9d095f5aeb2/LICENSE.md

Networks

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Column legend

$\left<k\right>$: Mean degree
$\sigma_k$: Standard deviation of the degrees
$\lambda_h$: Largest eigenvalue of the Hashimoto (non-backtracking) matrix
$\tau$: Random walk mixing time
$r$: Degree assortativity
$c$: Global clustering coefficient
$\oslash$: (Pseudo-) diameter
$S$: Relative size of the largest component
NPs: Node properties
EPs: Edge properties

Name	Nodes	Edges	$\left<k\right>$	$\sigma_k$	$\lambda_h$	$\tau$	$r$	$c$	$\oslash$	$S$	Kind	Mode	NPs	EPs	gt	GraphML	GML	csv
moves	2,136	638,321	597.68	1008.79	187.98	3.01	-0.26	0.00	5	1.00	Undirected	Bipartite	name species pokemon_id types height weight base_experience default_form is_move move_id move_type damage_class generation power pp accuracy priority	version_group method level mastery	349 KiB	2.4 MiB	2.3 MiB	2.3 MiB
locations	2,359	117,127	99.30	175.17	31.58	19.17	-0.11	0.00	9	0.97	Undirected	Bipartite	name species pokemon_id types height weight base_experience default_form is_area location region	version method rarity min_level max_level	160 KiB	547 KiB	535 KiB	426 KiB