Can Piloswine Learn Ancient Power

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Ancient Power
げんしのちから Primeval Power

Battles

Type	Rock
Category	Special
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	60
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Non affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Movement Not afflicted by Rex's Stone

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Marry
May affect anyone next to the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation 2
Move Tutor in Pokémon Platinum Movement Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests

Condition	Tough
Appeal	one ♥
Jam	0
Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests

Status	Tough
Appeal	two ♥♥
Earn +two if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Tough
Appeal	1 ♥
Jamming	0
Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps foreclose nervousness, too.

On Smogon'due south Movedex:
- Generation II
- Generation 3
- Generation Four
- Generation V
- Generation Half-dozen
- Generation Vii
- Generation 8

Ancient Power (Japanese: げんしのちから Primeval Ability), formatted as AncientPower prior to Pokémon Ten and Y, is a damage-dealing Rock-type movement introduced in Generation Two.

Event

In battle

Ancient Power inflicts impairment and has a 10% risk of raising the user's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed by ane stage each.

Generation 3

This move makes contact.

Generation 4 onward

This motility does not brand contact.

Generation Eight

Aboriginal Ability PP is now increased from 5 to xv. May raise the user'southward offensive and defensive stats.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

		Agile	Stiff
Category	Special
PP	15

Power	60	45	75
Accuracy	100%	100%	100%
Action speed modifier
Self	0	0	+five
Target	0	+3	0
Additional result
Gamble	xx%	0%	xl%
Turns	3	2	iv
		?	?
May heighten the user's offensive and defensive stats

Other effects

From Generation Iv onward, three Pokémon can evolve when they level upward knowing Ancient Power: Tangela into Tangrowth, Piloswine into Mamoswine, and Yanma into Yanmega.

Clarification

Games	Description
Stad2	A Stone-type attack. This prehistoric movement may boost all of the user's stats.
G Southward C R Due south E Colo. XD	An attack that may raise all stats.
FR LG	An ancient power is used to attack. Information technology may also heighten all the user's stats.
D P Pt HG SS P B R B W B2 W2 X Y OR AS S G US UM	The user attacks with a prehistoric power. Information technology may besides raise all the user'south stats at once.
Sw Sh BD SP	The user attacks with a prehistoric power. This may also raise all the user's stats at once.
LA	The user attacks with a earliest power. This may also raise the user'south offensive and defensive stats.

Learnset

Past leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	3	4	V	Half-dozen	Seven	VIII
114		Tangela		Grass		Grass			33	36 ^{B W} xl ^{B2 W2}	38	38 ^{S M US UM}	24 ^{Sw Sh} ^{BD SP} 34 ^LA
138		Omanyte		Water i	Water 3	49	49	37	37	37	37 ^{Due south M United states UM}	30
139		Omastar		Water 1	H2o iii	54	55	37	37	37	37 ^{S 1000 United states of america UM}	xxx
140		Kabuto		Water 1	Water 3	55	55	46	46	46	46 ^{Due south 1000 Usa UM}	30
141		Kabutops		Water 1	Water 3	65	65	54	54	54	54 ^{Due south M US UM}	thirty
142		Aerodactyl		Flying		Flying	29	29	25	25	25	25 ^{Due south K The states UM}	1
144		Articuno		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			29	29	29	29 ^{South Grand US UM}	25
144		Articuno Galarian Course		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							25 ^{Sw Sh}
145		Zapdos		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			29	29	29	29 ^{S M Usa UM}	25
145		Zapdos Galarian Form		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							25 ^{Sw Sh}
146		Moltres		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			29	29	29	29 ^{S Thousand US UM}	25
146		Moltres Galarian Form		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							25 ^{Sw Sh}
150		Mewtwo		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							eight
151		Mew		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	50	l	50	fifty	50	fifty ^{Due south Grand U.s.a. UM}	30
175		Togepi		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		21 ^{FR LG}	33	33	33	33	16 ^{Sw Sh} ^{BD SP}
176		Togetic		Flying	Fairy		21 ^{FR LG}	33	33	33	33	xvi ^{Sw Sh} ^{BD SP}
193		Yanma		Bug		Bug			33	33	33	33	33 ^{BD SP} 34 ^LA
206		Dunsparce		Field		Field			41	48 ^{B W} 19 ^{B2 W2}	19	sixteen ^{S Chiliad} 18 ^{US UM}	20
218		Slugma		Baggy		Amorphous			26	28	28 ^{10 Y} 22 ^{OR Equally}	22	22 ^{BD SP}
219		Magcargo		Baggy		Amorphous			26	28	28 ^{X Y} 22 ^{OR AS}	22	22 ^{BD SP}
220		Swinub		Field		Field							34 ^LA
221		Piloswine		Field		Field			1	1	1	ane	1 ^{Sw Sh} ^{BD SP} 34 ^LA
222		Corsola		Water i	Water 3	43	45	32	32 ^{B W} 20 ^{B2 W2}	20 ^{X Y} 17 ^{OR Equally}	17	20
222		Corsola Galarian Class		H2o ane	Water three							xx ^{Sw Sh}
249		Lugia		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	88	88	57	57	57	57	1
250		Ho-Oh		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	88	88	57	57	57	57	1
251		Celebi		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	20	twenty	28	28	28	28	30
343		Baltoy		Mineral		Mineral		25	25	26 ^{B West} 21 ^{B2 W2}	21 ^{X Y} nineteen ^{OR AS}	19	18
344		Claydol		Mineral		Mineral		25	25	26 ^{B W} 21 ^{B2 W2}	21 ^{X Y} 19 ^{OR AS}	xix	18
345		Lileep		Water 3		Water 3		43	43	43	43 ^{X Y} 17 ^{OR Equally}	17	16
346		Cradily		H2o 3		Water 3		48	36	36	36 ^{10 Y} 17 ^{OR As}	17	16
347		Anorith		Water 3		Water 3		37	31	31	31 ^{Ten Y} 21 ^{OR AS}	21	16
348		Armaldo		H2o 3		Water 3		37	31	31	31 ^{10 Y} 21 ^{OR AS}	21	16
352		Kecleon		Field		Field		49	64 ^{D P} 55 ^{Pt HG SS}	55	1, 55 ^{10 Y} 21 ^{OR As}	21	21 ^{BD SP}
369		Relicanth		Water 1	H2o 2		43	43	43	ane, 43 ^{X Y} 21 ^{OR AS}	21	x
377		Regirock		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		33	33	33	33 ^{X Y} 31 ^{OR Equally}	31	12
378		Regice		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		33	33	33	33 ^{X Y} 31 ^{OR Every bit}	31	12
379		Registeel		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		33	33	33	33 ^{10 Y} 31 ^{OR As}	31	12
382		Kyogre		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		15	fifteen ^{D P Pt} 45 ^{HG SS}	45	45 ^{X Y} ane ^{OR Every bit}	1	1
383		Groudon		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		xv	xv ^{D P Pt} 45 ^{HG SS}	45	45 ^{X Y} 1 ^{OR AS}	1	i
384		Rayquaza		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		15	fifteen ^{D P Pt} 45 ^{HG SS}	45	45 ^{10 Y} xv ^{OR Equally}	15	one
408		Cranidos		Monster		Monster			28	33	33	33	33 ^{BD SP} 5 ^LA
409		Rampardos		Monster		Monster			28	36	36	36	36 ^{BD SP} v ^LA
410		Shieldon		Monster		Monster			28	28	28	28	28 ^{BD SP} five ^LA
411		Bastiodon		Monster		Monster			28	28	28	28	28 ^{BD SP} v ^LA
422		Shellos		Water 1	Amorphous							twenty ^{Sw Sh} ^{BD SP} 15 ^LA
423		Gastrodon		Water 1	Amorphous							xx ^{Sw Sh} ^{BD SP} 15 ^LA
465		Tangrowth		Grass		Grass			33	36 ^{B West} 40 ^{B2 W2}	twoscore	40	24 ^{Sw Sh} ^{BD SP} 34 ^LA
468		Togekiss		Flying	Fairy							1 ^{Sw Sh} ^{BD SP}
469		Yanmega		Bug		Bug			33	33	33	33	33 ^{BD SP} 34 ^LA
473		Mamoswine		Field		Field			ane	i	1	1	1 ^{Sw Sh} ^{BD SP} 34 ^LA
483		Dialga		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			20 ^{D P Pt} 10 ^{HG SS}	10	x	10	16 ^{Sw Sh} ^{BD SP} 6 ^LA
484		Palkia		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			twenty ^{D P Pt} 10 ^{HG SS}	10	10	10	16 ^{Sw Sh} ^{BD SP} half-dozen ^LA
485		Heatran		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			1	ane	1	1	12
486		Regigigas		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							nineteen ^LA
487		Giratina		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			20 ^{D P Pt} x ^{HG SS}	10	ten	10	14 ^{Sw Sh} ^{BD SP} 6 ^LA
493		Arceus		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							12 ^LA
564		Tirtouga		Water i	Water iii				xviii	18	18	12 ^{Sw Sh}
565		Carracosta		Water 1	Water 3				18	xviii	18	12 ^{Sw Sh}
566		Archen		Flying	Water iii				18	eighteen	18	12 ^{Sw Sh}
567		Archeops		Flying	H2o three				18	xviii	eighteen	12 ^{Sw Sh}
615		Cryogonal		Mineral		Mineral						21	24 ^{Sw Sh}
643		Reshiram		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				15	15	15	1 ^{Sw Sh}
644		Zekrom		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				xv	15	15	1 ^{Sw Sh}
646		Kyurem		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				15	15	15	1 ^{Sw Sh}
646		Kyurem Black Kyurem		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				15 ^{B2 W2}	15	15	1 ^{Sw Sh}
646		Kyurem White Kyurem		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				fifteen ^{B2 W2}	15	15	one ^{Sw Sh}
688		Binacle		Water 3		Water three					28	28	20 ^{Sw Sh}
689		Barbaracle		Water three		Water 3					28	28	twenty ^{Sw Sh}
696		Tyrunt		Monster	Dragon					26	26	eight ^{Sw Sh}
697		Tyrantrum		Monster	Dragon					26	26	ane ^{Sw Sh}
698		Amaura		Monster		Monster					26	26	8 ^{Sw Sh}
699		Aurorus		Monster		Monster					26	26	i ^{Sw Sh}
703		Carbink		Fairy	Mineral					31	31	twenty ^{Sw Sh}
719		Diancie		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					31	27	28 ^{Sw Sh}
774		Minior		Mineral		Mineral						17
837		Rolycoly		Mineral		Mineral							20 ^{Sw Sh}
838		Carkol		Mineral		Mineral							20 ^{Sw Sh}
839		Coalossal		Mineral		Mineral							20 ^{Sw Sh}
864		Cursola		H2o 1	H2o three							20 ^{Sw Sh}
880		Dracozolt		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							21 ^{Sw Sh}
881		Arctozolt		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							21 ^{Sw Sh}
882		Dracovish		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							21 ^{Sw Sh}
883		Arctovish		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							21 ^{Sw Sh}
894		Regieleki		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							12 ^{Sw Sh}
895		Regidrago		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							12 ^{Sw Sh}
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this motion. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternating form receives STAB from this motion.

Past breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Movement
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		II	Iii	4	V	Six	VII	VIII
004		Charmander		Monster	Dragon	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
050		Diglett		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
050		Diglett Alolan Form		Field		Field						✔	✔ ^{Sw Sh}
098		Krabby		Water 3		Water 3			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
102		Exeggcute		Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
104		Cubone		Monster		Monster	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
131		Lapras		Monster	Water 1			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
152		Chikorita		Monster	Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔ ^{BD SP}
158		Totodile		Monster	H2o 1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔ ^{BD SP}
194		Wooper		Water 1	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
206		Dunsparce		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔ ^{BD SP}
220		Swinub		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
231		Phanpy		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔ ^{BD SP}
246		Larvitar		Monster		Monster	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
258		Mudkip		Monster	H2o 1			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
303		Mawile		Field	Fairy		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
318		Carvanha		H2o ii		Water ii			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
322		Numel		Field		Field			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔ ^{BD SP}
324		Torkoal		Field		Field							✔
341		Corphish		Water 1	Water 3		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
561		Sigilyph		Flying		Flying				✔	✔	✔	✔ ^{Sw Sh}
769		Sandygast		Amorphous		Amorphous						✔	✔ ^{Sw Sh}
874		Stonjourner		Mineral		Mineral							✔ ^{Sw Sh}
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this movement.

By Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Game
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		DP	Pt	HGSS
074		Geodude		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔
075		Graveler		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔
076		Golem		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔
095		Onix		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔
098		Krabby		H2o 3		Water 3	✔	✔
099		Kingler		H2o iii		Water three	✔	✔
102		Exeggcute		Grass		Grass	✔	✔
103		Exeggutor		Grass		Grass	✔	✔
111		Rhyhorn		Monster	Field	✔	✔
112		Rhydon		Monster	Field	✔	✔
114		Tangela		Grass		Grass	✔	✔
131		Lapras		Monster	Water 1	✔	✔
138		Omanyte		Water 1	Water 3	✔	✔
139		Omastar		Water 1	Water three	✔	✔
140		Kabuto		H2o 1	Water 3	✔	✔
141		Kabutops		Water one	H2o 3	✔	✔
142		Aerodactyl		Flight		Flight	✔	✔
144		Articuno		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
145		Zapdos		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
146		Moltres		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
151		Mew		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
152		Chikorita		Monster	Grass	✔	✔
153		Bayleef		Monster	Grass	✔	✔
154		Meganium		Monster	Grass	✔	✔
158		Totodile		Monster	Water 1	✔	✔
159		Croconaw		Monster	Water 1	✔	✔
160		Feraligatr		Monster	Water ane	✔	✔
175		Togepi		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
176		Togetic		Flying	Fairy	✔	✔
193		Yanma		Bug		Bug	✔	✔
194		Wooper		H2o 1	Field	✔	✔
195		Quagsire		Water ane	Field	✔	✔
206		Dunsparce		Field		Field	✔	✔
208		Steelix		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔
213		Shuckle		Bug		Bug	✔	✔
218		Slugma		Amorphous		Amorphous	✔	✔
219		Magcargo		Baggy		Amorphous	✔	✔
220		Swinub		Field		Field	✔	✔
221		Piloswine		Field		Field	✔	✔
222		Corsola		H2o 1	Water 3	✔	✔
231		Phanpy		Field		Field	✔	✔
232		Donphan		Field		Field	✔	✔
246		Larvitar		Monster		Monster	✔	✔
247		Pupitar		Monster		Monster	✔	✔
248		Tyranitar		Monster		Monster	✔	✔
249		Lugia		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
250		Ho-Oh		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
251		Celebi		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
258		Mudkip		Monster	Water 1	✔	✔
259		Marshtomp		Monster	H2o one	✔	✔
260		Swampert		Monster	Water i	✔	✔
299		Nosepass		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔
303		Mawile		Field	Fairy	✔	✔
304		Aron		Monster		Monster	✔	✔
305		Lairon		Monster		Monster	✔	✔
306		Aggron		Monster		Monster	✔	✔
318		Carvanha		Water 2		Water 2	✔	✔
319		Sharpedo		Water 2		Water 2	✔	✔
337		Lunatone		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔
338		Solrock		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔
341		Corphish		Water 1	Water 3	✔	✔
342		Crawdaunt		H2o 1	Water 3	✔	✔
343		Baltoy		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔
344		Claydol		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔
345		Lileep		Water three		Water 3	✔	✔
346		Cradily		Water 3		Water 3	✔	✔
347		Anorith		H2o three		Water 3	✔	✔
348		Armaldo		Water 3		H2o 3	✔	✔
352		Kecleon		Field		Field	✔	✔
369		Relicanth		Water 1	H2o two	✔	✔
377		Regirock		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
378		Regice		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
379		Registeel		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
382		Kyogre		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
383		Groudon		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
384		Rayquaza		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
385		Jirachi		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
408		Cranidos		Monster		Monster	✔	✔
409		Rampardos		Monster		Monster	✔	✔
410		Shieldon		Monster		Monster	✔	✔
411		Bastiodon		Monster		Monster	✔	✔
422		Shellos		Water 1	Amorphous	✔	✔
423		Gastrodon		Water 1	Amorphous	✔	✔
436		Bronzor		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔
437		Bronzong		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔
464		Rhyperior		Monster	Field	✔	✔
465		Tangrowth		Grass		Grass	✔	✔
468		Togekiss		Flying	Fairy	✔	✔
469		Yanmega		Bug		Bug	✔	✔
473		Mamoswine		Field		Field	✔	✔
476		Probopass		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔
483		Dialga		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
484		Palkia		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
485		Heatran		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
486		Regigigas		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
487		Giratina Altered Forme		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
487		Giratina Origin Forme		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
489		Phione		Water 1	Fairy	✔	✔
490		Manaphy		Water 1	Fairy	✔	✔
493		Arceus		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternating form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation III

#		Egg Groups		Obtained with
103	Exeggutor	Grass		Grass	Purified Shadow Pokémon ^XD
152	Chikorita	Monster	Grass	Mt. Boxing Chikorita ^XD
220	Swinub	Field		Field	Purified Shadow Pokémon ^XD
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this motion. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose development or alternating course receives STAB from this move.

Generation IV

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
114		Tangela^Lv. i		Grass		Grass	My Pokémon Ranch
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation V

#		Egg Groups	Obtained with
220	Swinub	Field	Field	Dream Earth - Icy Cave
299	Nosepass	Mineral	Mineral	Dream Earth - Icy Cave
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this motion. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate class receives STAB from this movement.

Generation Eight

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
103		Exeggutor Alolan Form		Grass		Grass	Regina's Exeggutor (The Isle of Armor)
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this motion. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternating form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation II

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
001		Bulbasaur		Monster	Grass	Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #3 New York Pokémon Center
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose development or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Ancientpower is a move with 12 base power, 88% accurateness, and 12 PP. The user attacks enemy in the front and might enhance user's Assault, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense force and Movement Speed by one level.

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Heaven, the move now cuts corners.

In Gates to Infinity, AncientPower hits nearby enemies in a 1 tile range around the user when used past a Gigantic Pokémon.

Pokémon Masters EX

Category	Move Judge	MP	Base of operations Power	Max Ability	Accuracy	Target	Effect Tag	Description
Special	2	—	47	56	100%	An opponent	—	Has a chance (ten%) of raising the user'due south Attack, Defense, Speed, Sp. Atk, and Sp. Def, and Speed by 1 stat rank.

Past Description

Prior to Version ii.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Has a very minor adventure of raising the user'due south Attack, Defense, Speed, Sp. Atk, and Sp. Def, and Speed.

Pokémon GO

Ancient Ability

Charged Attack

Gyms & Raids
Power	lxx
Free energy price	33
Duration	3.v seconds
Damage window	ii.85 - iii.1 seconds

Trainer Battles
Ability	45
Free energy cost	45
Secondary effect	2 Attack 2 Defense
Effect run a risk	x%

Eligible Pokémon:

Standard eligibility

By Elite Charged TM

By GO Snapshot

As Shadow Pokémon

Equally Purified Pokémon

Formerly eligible

None

Updates

Gyms & Raids

July xxx, 2016
- Power: xxx → 35
February 16, 2017
- Ability: 35 → seventy
- Energy price: 25 → 33
- Duration: 3.6 → three.5 seconds
- Damage window: 2.nine - 3.25 → 2.85 - 3.1 seconds

Trainer Battles

February 15, 2019
- Secondary effect added
April 2, 2020
- Power: seventy → 45

Description

Games	Clarification
MD R B	Inflicts damage on the target. It may also simultaneously raise by one level Assault, Special Attack, Defense, Special Defence force, and Movement Speed.
MD T D S	Inflicts impairment on the target. It may too boost the user's Attack, Special Assail, Defense, Special Defence force, and Movement Speed by 1 level.
B S 50	てきポケモンにダメージをあたえるいっていのかくりつでじぶんのこうげきぼうぎょとくこうとくぼういどうそくどがすべて１だんかいあがる
Physician GtI	It damages an enemy. Information technology could also boost your Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense force, and Travel Speed. (The stat changes return to normal when y'all go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.) It damages nearby Pokémon. Information technology could also boost the user's Attack, Defense, Special Assail, Special Defence, and Travel Speed. (The stat changes return to normal when yous go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.)*
S MD	Information technology damages an enemy. It could also boost your Assail, Defence, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Travel Speed. The stats render to normal when you become to the adjacent flooring or step on a Wonder Tile.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method

Piloswine	Carracosta	Mamoswine	Tirtouga
The user forms a glowing ball of energy in front of its body and shoots it at foe.
User	First Used In		Notes
Yanma	Yanma'southward body glows white and information technology creates a run across-through afterimage of itself. The afterimage and so spins quickly and creates a silverish ball in forepart of Yanma's body. Yanma then launches the ball at the opponent.
Jessie'south Yanma	The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!		Debut
Yanmega	Yanmega's body glows white and it creates a silver energy ball in front of its trunk. Information technology and then launches the brawl at the opponent.
Jessie's Yanmega	The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!		None
Piloswine	Piloswine's body glows white and it creates a silver free energy ball in front of its nose. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Dawn's Piloswine	A Breed Stampede!		None
Mamoswine	Mamoswine'due south body glows white and the glow comes off its body and forms a silver ball on the terminate of its tusks. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Dawn's Mamoswine	Trials and Adulations!		None
Tirtouga	Tirtouga'due south body glows white and information technology creates a see-through afterimage of itself. The afterimage then spins quickly and creates a silver ball with a green core in front end of Tirtouga'due south body. Tirtouga then fires the brawl at the opponent.
A wild Tirtouga	A Restoration Confrontation! Function 1		None
Carracosta	Carracosta's torso glows white and it creates a see-through afterimage of itself. The afterimage then spins quickly and forms in its flipper as a silverish ball with a light-green core. Information technology then hurls the ball at the opponent.
Four wild Carracosta	A Restoration Confrontation! Part 2		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Kabutops

The user attacks with a prehistoric power.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Kabutops	Kabutops crosses its scythes across its chest and opens them chop-chop. A ring of energy then appears behind its torso and it releases a blast of energy from its torso at the opponent.
Brock'due south Kabutops	Majuscule Kabutops	Debut
Tirtouga	Tirtouga points at the opponent, sending a large cluster of rocks flying into them.
Black's Costa	The Boxing Within	None

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Run a risk!

	Dialga

The user releases a powerful blast of energy and converts them into rocks.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Dialga	Dialga releases a powerful blast of energy and converts them into rocks.
A wild Dialga	The Advent of Legendary Pokémon!!	Debut

In other generations

Cadre serial games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

Ancient Power is learned by every Fossil Pokémon and a large number of Legendary Pokémon.
Piloswine, which evolves into Mamoswine when leveled upwards knowing this move, has been able to learn it by convenance since the move'southward introduction.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	原始之力 Yùhnchí-jī Lihk
Chinese	Mandarin	原始之力 Yuánshǐ-zhī Lì
Czech		Pravěká síla
Dutch		Oeroude kracht
French		Pouvoir Antique* Pouv.Antiquarian*
High german		Antik-Kraft
Greek		Αρχαία Δύναμη Archaía Dýnami
Hebrew		כוח עתיק Kohakh Atik
Indonesian		Kekuatan Purba Tenaga Purba Kekuatan Primitif
Italian		Forzantica
Korean		원시의힘 Wonsi-yi Him
Smoothen		Starożytna Moc
Portuguese	Brazil	Poder Ancestral (games, TCG, manga) Poder Antigo (early anime)
Portuguese	Portugal	Poder Antigo
Romanian		Puterea Antică
Russian		Древняя сила Drevnyaya sila
Serbian		Drevna moć
Spanish	Latin America	Poder Antiguo Poder Pasado (DP171)
Spanish	Spain	Poder Pasado
Thai		พลังโบราณ
Turkish		Antik Güç
Vietnamese		Sức Mạnh Nguyên Thủy