Umbreon (Japanese: ブラッキー Bracky) is a Dark-type Pokémon introduced in Generation II.

It evolves from Eevee when leveled up with high friendship during the night or with a Moon Shard in the player's Bag.

(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Evolution data for these details.)

It is one of Eevee's final forms, the others being Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Leafeon, Glaceon, and Sylveon.

Umbreon is one of Wes's first Pokémon in Pokémon Colosseum, alongside Espeon.

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Biology

Umbreon's rings glow when it sleeps in the moonlight

Umbreon is a mammalian Pokémon which has a sleek, black body with four slender legs and crimson eyes. It has two pairs of pointed teeth (one pair in each jaw) which are visible when its mouth is open. It has long, pointed ears and a bushy tail, each with a yellow band around them. Its forehead and legs have yellow rings on them.

Umbreon's evolution is the result of Eevee being exposed to the moonlight, which altered its genetic structure. Umbreon's yellow rings glow when it is excited, such as when it leaps to attack; or when exposed to the moon's aura, which fills it with a mysterious energy. Umbreon hunts at night and, as such, has well-developed eyes that can spot a prey even in darkness. Its black fur helps it blend into the night while waiting for the right moment to pounce. When it does, its rings emit a dim yet ominous glow, and it lunges for the prey's throat before eating it. Whenever angered or agitated, Umbreon sprays poisonous sweat secreted from its pores into the offender's eyes to protect itself. Umbreon primarily specializes in defensive prowess. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, Umbreon is known to be difficult to find while it sleeps during the night.[1] The main reason is due to Umbreon being a nocturnal Pokémon.

This Pokémon is rare in the wild, instead being more commonly found in urban areas, under the ownership of other Trainers.

Evolution

Umbreon evolves from Eevee.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Generation II Johto#185
Gold When agitated, this Pokémon protects itself by spraying poisonous sweat from its pores.
Silver When darkness falls, the rings on the body begin to glow, striking fear in the hearts of anyone nearby.
Crystal On the night of a full moon, or when it gets excited, the ring patterns on its body glow yellow.
Stadium 2 When agitated, this Pokémon protects itself by spraying poisonous sweat from its pores.
Generation III Hoenn#— Kanto#—
Ruby Umbreon evolved as a result of exposure to the moon's waves. It hides silently in darkness and waits for its foes to make a move. The rings on its body glow when it leaps to attack.
Sapphire
Emerald Umbreon evolved from exposure to the moon's energy pulses. It lurks in darkness and waits for its foes to move. The rings on its body glow when it leaps to attack.
FireRed When darkness falls, the rings on the body begin to glow, striking fear in the hearts of anyone nearby.
LeafGreen When agitated, this Pokémon protects itself by spraying poisonous sweat from its pores.
Generation IV Sinnoh Pt : #168 Johto#189
Diamond The light of the moon changed Eevee's genetic structure. It lurks in darkness for prey.
Pearl
Platinum When exposed to the moon's aura, the rings on its body glow faintly and it gains a mysterious power.
HeartGold When agitated, this Pokémon protects itself by spraying poisonous sweat from its pores.
SoulSilver When darkness falls, the rings on the body begin to glow, striking fear in the hearts of anyone nearby.
Generation V Unova B2  W2 : #096
Black When exposed to the moon's aura, the rings on its body glow faintly and it gains a mysterious power.
White
Black 2 When exposed to the moon's aura, the rings on its body glow faintly and it's filled with a mysterious power.
White 2
Generation VI KalosCoastal #082 Hoenn#—
X The light of the moon changed Eevee's genetic structure. It lurks in darkness for prey.
Y When exposed to the moon's aura, the rings on its body glow faintly and it's filled with a mysterious power.
Omega Ruby Umbreon evolved as a result of exposure to the moon's waves. It hides silently in darkness and waits for its foes to make a move. The rings on its body glow when it leaps to attack.
Alpha Sapphire
Generation VII Alola S  M : #128 Alola US  UM : #158 Kanto#—
This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
Sun When this Pokémon becomes angry, its pores secrete a poisonous sweat, which it sprays at its opponent's eyes.
Moon With its black fur, it blends into the darkness. It bides its time, and when prey appears, this Pokémon goes for its throat, and then eats it.
Ultra Sun This Pokémon is nocturnal. Even in total darkness, its large eyes can spot its prey clearly!
Ultra Moon It lurks in the dark of night looking for prey. At the moment it pounces, the rings on its body glow dimly but ominously.
Generation VIII Galar#201 GalarCrown Tundra #078 Sinnoh#— Hisui#030
Sword When this Pokémon becomes angry, its pores secrete a poisonous sweat, which it sprays at its opponent's eyes.
Shield On the night of a full moon, or when it gets excited, the ring patterns on its body glow yellow.
Brilliant Diamond The light of the moon changed Eevee's genetic structure. It lurks in the darkness, waiting for prey.
Shining Pearl
Legends: Arceus It is most active in the wee hours of the night, when moonlight bathes the land. Its large eyes can pierce the darkness and perceive prey with absolute clarity.
Generation IX Paldea#184 Kitakami#— Blueberry#—
Scarlet When exposed to the moon’s aura, the rings on its body glow faintly and it gains a mysterious power.
Violet When darkness falls, the rings on the body begin to glow, striking fear in the hearts of anyone nearby.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Generation II
Generation III
Generation IV
Generation V
Generation VI
Generation VII
Generation VIII
Generation IX

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Generation II
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation II side games.
Generation III
Generation IV
Generation V
Rumble Blast
PokéPark 2
Conquest
MD GTI
Crags of Lament*, Silent Tundra (Uncharted Road), Dreamy Island (Uncharted Road, Gilded Hall), Moonlit Forest (Gilded Hall), Rusty Mountain (Gilded Hall), Jaws of the Abyss (Uncharted Road, Gilded Hall), Smoking Mountain (Uncharted Road, Gilded Hall), Axe Rock (1F-14F)
Rumble U
Generation VI
Generation VII
Generation VIII
Generation IX
Cross-Generation

In events

Pokémon Global Link promotions

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
Damagednormally by:
Immune to:
Resistant to:

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Umbreon
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Umbreon
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM

Generation IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Umbreon
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Umbreon
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation IX
  • Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Umbreon
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Umbreon
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Umbreon
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

Generation IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Umbreon
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Umbreon
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Special moves

Generation IX
  • A superscript level indicates that Umbreon can learn this move normally in Generation IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Umbreon
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Umbreon
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Anime-only moves

Side game data

Evolution data

Umbreon evolves from Eevee when leveled up with high friendship (220 before Generation VIII or 160 since) during the night, except in areas with a Moss Rock or Ice Rock, or if the evolutionary conditions for it to evolve into Sylveon have also been met. Eevee will also never evolve into Umbreon in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, due to the absence of a day-night cycle, or in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, as Umbreon is not present in those games. In Pokémon XD only, Eevee will evolve if the player has a Moon Shard in their Bag.

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Generation II
Generation III
Generation IV
Generation V
Generation VI
Generation VII
Generation VIII
Cross-Generation

In the anime

Main series

Major appearances

Gary's Umbreon

Umbreon debuted in Power Play!, where it was revealed that Gary's Eevee had evolved into one.

Gladion's Umbreon

Gladion's Umbreon debuted in A Glaring Rivalry!, having evolved from an Eevee he had rescued as a toddler.

Other

In Trouble's Brewing and Espeon, Not Included, Tamao, one of the Kimono Sisters, owns an Umbreon. It rescued Sakura's Eevee from Team Rocket when they disrupted the Kimono Sisters' tea ceremony.

In Strategy Begins at Home!, Johanna used an Umbreon in a two-on-two Contest Battle alongside Glameow, where they went up against Dawn's Piplup and Pachirisu. In Challenging a Towering Figure!, it attended the start of the Festival Battle Challenge. In DPS01, it battled Piplup and Cyndaquil before the match was called off.

Virgil's male Umbreon debuted in Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!, along with an Eevee and her other evolutions at the time. In a flashback, it was revealed that he evolved from an Eevee when he and Virgil got lost in a forest and had to spend a night there. Umbreon reappeared in Lost at the League! and Strong Strategy Steals the Show!, and in a flashback in Curtain Up, Unova League!.

In Eevee & Friends, a mysterious Umbreon was with an Eevee and its evolved forms, including the newly introduced Sylveon. It is friends with a Weavile, Gible, Gothita, Gothorita, and Gothitelle.

In Turning Heads and Training Hard!, a Trainer's Umbreon was summoned to help Ilima's Eevee perform Extreme Evoboost. In the Poké Problem segment of the next episode, it saw Ilima and Eevee off.

An Umbreon appeared in Night and Day, You are the Ones!, under the ownership of Soleil, having evolved from her male Eevee. He reappeared in a flashback in Reuniting for the First Time!.

An Umbreon appeared in The Future I Choose, under the ownership of Spinel. Spinel's Umbreon has since made further appearances in Pokémon Horizons: The Series.

Minor appearances

In Johto Photo Finish, Gary's demonstration featured an Umbreon evolving from an Eevee.

In A Bite to Remember, Brock's demonstration featured an Umbreon evolving from an Eevee.

An Umbreon appeared in A Fan with a Plan.

Multiple Umbreon appeared in Destiny Deoxys.

In Giratina and the Sky Warrior, an Umbreon was together with an Eevee and the other six Eeveelutions at the time.

In The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!, Ash called up the Pokédex entry for Umbreon, having mistaken a blackened-up Tepig, which broke out of a warehouse, for one.

In Tag Team Battle Inspiration!, Serena's fantasy featured an Umbreon as she imagined what her Eevee could evolve into.

Two Trainers' Umbreon appeared in The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!.

Three Umbreon appeared in The Power of Us, with one under the ownership of a Trainer, the second being wild, and the third appearing during a flashback.

In I Choose Paradise!, a Trainer's Umbreon was at the Pokémon Paradise Resort.

A Trainer's Umbreon appeared in We Know Where You're Going, Eevee!.

In To Train, or Not to Train!, an Umbreon was at the Eevee Evolution Lab.

An Umbreon appeared in a fantasy in On Land, In the Sea, and to the Future!.

A Trainer's Umbreon appeared in The Future is Now, Thanks to Strategy!.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry
EP171 Umbreon Ash's Pokédex Umbreon, the Moonlight Pokémon. When an Eevee has had sufficient training and is exposed to moonlight, it evolves into an Umbreon.
Episode Pokémon Source Entry
BW004 Umbreon Ash's Pokédex Umbreon, the Moonlight Pokémon, and an evolved form of Eevee. The rings of Umbreon's body glow faintly when exposed to the moon's aura, and it gains a mysterious power.
BW102 Umbreon Ash's Pokédex Umbreon, the Moonlight Pokémon. The rings in its fur glow when the moon shines on them.
Episode Pokémon Source Entry
JN079 Umbreon Chloe's Rotom Phone Umbreon, the Moonlight Pokémon. A Dark type. As a nocturnal Pokémon, Umbreon's large eyes can distinguish prey even during the darkest of nights. When its skin is able to absorb moonlight, the circles on its body faintly glow, and a strange power is awakened.

GOTCHA!

An Umbreon briefly appeared in GOTCHA!, under the ownership of Karen.

Pokémon Evolutions

An Umbreon appeared in The Show, under the ownership of Zuki. It was used in the Kimono Girls' performance of the destruction of the Brass Tower, where it represented the night that fell before the incident.

In the manga

Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure

An Umbreon appeared in JBA5, under the ownership of Karen.

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In The Last Battle VII, Karen owns an Umbreon that is the cornerstone of her team, as in the games. It apparently evolved from the Eevee she had since her childhood.

Emerald arc

Greta of the Battle Arena used an Umbreon in her battles with Guile Hideout and Emerald. It easily defeated his Dusclops before falling to his Sudowoodo, which went on to win the match, earning him the Guts Symbol. It first appeared in Swanky Showdown with Swalot.

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

An Umbreon appeared in Pleased as Punch With Parasect, under the ownership of a Kimono Girl.

X & Y arc

An Umbreon appeared in a fantasy in Sylveon Enchants.

Pokémon Colosseum Snatcher Leo

Similarly to the games, Wes owns an Umbreon, which debuted in CSL1.

Pokémon Colosseum Snatchers

An Umbreon first appeared in PCS1, under the ownership of Wes.

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

In Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys, Bill has both an Umbreon and its counterpart Espeon.

Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All

An Umbreon appeared in GDZ47, under the ownership of a thief.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

An Umbreon appeared in A Challenge to the Elite Four, under the ownership of Karen.

In the TCG

Main article: Umbreon (TCG)

Other appearances

Umbreon in Pokémon UNITE

Pokémon UNITE

Main article: Umbreon (UNITE)

Umbreon is playable through obtaining a Unite License. It is a melee defender that starts as Eevee, which evolves into Umbreon at level 4.

Trivia

Concept and development

Umbreon was designed by Atsuko Nishida.[8][9]

Origin

Umbreon could be based on a black cat, which was considered to be an omen of bad luck (in most Western countries, contrary to Japan's viewpoint in which it is considered lucky) and can be interpreted as the reasoning behind the Dark typing. Its long ears are similar to those of a hare and may originate from the East Asian legends concerning a Moon rabbit.

The rings on Umbreon's body resemble Egyptian lunar markings and jewelry that have been associated with animal sculptures, such as cat statues of the Egyptian goddess Bastet. While Bastet was originally a lioness warrior and the goddess of the sun, the Greeks occupying ancient Egypt toward the end of its civilization changed her into a cat and the goddess of the moon, possibly inspiring the Pokémon's lunar theme. Furthering the lunar theme, Metamorphoses is a narrative poem that involves the Roman Goddess of the moon, Diana, changing into the form of a cat as she flees to Egypt.

Additionally, Umbreon may be inspired by Tezcatlipoca, a central deity in Aztec religion who took the form of a black jaguar that had yellow horizontal bands, and was associated with the night sky.

Name origin

Umbreon may be a combination of umbra (darkest part of a shadow in an eclipse; Latin for shadow) and eon (an immeasurably long period of time, possibly referring to how long evolution takes naturally). Eon is a suffix all Eevee evolutions share and was Eevee's English prototype name.

Bracky may be a combination of black and lucky or 月 tsuki (moon).

In other languages

References