Shadow Lugia
Shadow Lugia is a level 50 Pixelmon given to Ultra members: who gets it, how it is delivered, and why it can never be traded.
Updated 2026-10-28ultrapixelmonlegendaryrewards
Shadow Lugia is a special Pixelmon that only Ultra members receive: a Lugia in its dark shadow form. It is listed under YOURS FOREVER in the Ultra perk window, and it is the one Ultra reward that lives in your Pixelmon collection instead of your bag.
Added in B105 (October 19, 2026). Since B122 (October 28, 2026) each of your Ultra reward characters gets its own.
What you get
| Species | Lugia, shadow form |
| Name | Shadow Lugia |
| Level when received | 50 |
| Tradeable | No |
| Kept when Ultra ends | Yes |
It is a real party member, not a decoration. You can put it in your party, send it out to follow you, use it in battles and level it up like any other Pixelmon. It arrives at level 50, far above anything a new trainer can catch, so it carries a young party through its first battles.
How to get it
Shadow Lugia is delivered by itself. There is nothing to claim and no button to press.
- Have an active Ultra membership.
- Have Pixelmon turned on for the character. See Pixelmon.
- Choose your starter in the CHOOSE YOUR FIRST PARTNER window.
Shadow Lugia joins your collection as soon as the character has its first Pixelmon. If you already had a starter when your membership began, it arrives at your next login, or within about a minute if you are playing.
If you have no starter yet
Shadow Lugia cannot be your first Pixelmon. The starter choice comes first. Until you have made it, a chat line reminds you once each login:
"Shadow Lugia joins your collection as soon as you choose your first mon."
Pick your starter and it follows right away.
How many you get
- One per character, on up to 4 characters per account. These are the same four Ultra reward characters that receive the gold suits and vouchers. See FusionFall Ultra.
- A fifth character or later on the account does not receive one.
- Each character is given Shadow Lugia only once. Leaving and rejoining Ultra does not produce a second one.
When Ultra first launched, Shadow Lugia was given once per account, to a single character. B122 changed that: characters two to four received theirs at their next login, and characters made later get one too, up to the limit of four.
It cannot be traded
Shadow Lugia is the only Ultra reward tied to its character for good.
- It cannot be offered in a Pixelmon trade, and nobody can ask for it in one. The trade is refused.
- There is no other way to hand it to someone else, and each of your reward characters has its own.
- The other Ultra items changed in B108, when suits and vouchers became tradeable. Shadow Lugia was left out on purpose, together with the Ultra Reward C.R.A.T.E.
Because it cannot leave, there is no market for it and no way to buy one from another player. A Shadow Lugia you see following someone was earned by that character.
When Ultra ends
You keep it. Shadow Lugia stays in your collection with its level, moves and experience, and it keeps working in battles. A character that had not received one yet (for example because it never chose a starter) gets it only after you are a member again.
Using it
- Following you. Send it out from the Pixelmon party HUD and it follows you in the world. It is a large Pixelmon; since B132 your own Pixelmon load first, so sending out a big one works every time, on phones too.
- Battles. It fights like any party member in wild encounters and in duels against other trainers.
- Storage. You can move it between your party and PC STORAGE like any other Pixelmon.
- Peach Creek Showdown. No Pixelmon are allowed in the Showdown arena, so it stays out of matches. See Peach Creek Showdown.
How catching, battling and storage work is covered on Pixelmon: Catching and Battles.
Tips
- Choose your starter on each of your four reward characters, even ones you rarely play. That is all it takes for each of them to receive its own Shadow Lugia.
- Do not lean on it alone. One strong Pixelmon can still be worn down; raise the rest of your party next to it.
- The Rare Radar, another Ultra perk, points you toward wild legendaries and shinies. A level 50 partner makes those encounters much easier to survive.
- The membership card in the ULTRA tab shows a tick on the Shadow Lugia tile once your account has received it.
