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Rest

ねむる Rest

Introduced:	Generation I

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	N/A
Accuracy:	N/A
PP:	10, max: 16
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	No
Detect/Protect:	No
Snatch:	Yes
Mirror Move:	No
King's Rock:	No

Contest Data

Contests (RS E)

Condition:	Cute
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Jam:	0
Can avoid being startled by others once.

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Condition:	Cute
Appeal:	0
Increased Voltage is added to the performance.

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Condition:	Cute
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	0
Prevents the user from being until the turn ends.

Rest is a Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I. It has been TM44 since Generation I. In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, it is available as TM05. In Generation VIII, it is TM21 for Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. In Generation IX, it is TM085 for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet.

Description[]

Games	Description
GS C	Sleep for 2 turns to fully recover.
RS E	The user sleeps for 2 turns, restoring HP and status.
FRLG	The user sleeps for two turns to fully restore HP and heal any status problem.
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2	The user goes to sleep for two turns. It fully restores the user's HP and heals any status problem.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP	The user goes to sleep for two turns. This fully restores the user's HP and heals any status conditions.
LA	The user restores its own HP but also becomes drowsy.
SV	The user goes to sleep for two turns. This fully restores the user's HP and cures any status conditions.

Effect[]

In Battle[]

Rest causes the user to fall asleep, fully restoring its HP and healing any status condition. The user must rest for two turns. The move will fail if the user's HP is full.

If a Pokémon affected by Toxic manages to pull off Rest, it will be cured of poison, but Toxic's counter is not reset; if it is then Burned, or afflicted by Leech Seed or Poison, the damage will be calculated with the formula for bad poison (N * x) and the N value will still increase by 1 each time. If the Pokémon is poisoned with Toxic, the N value will be reset to 1.

Starting from Generation II, the user will now awaken from Rest three turns after it is used and can attack on the third. When called up by Sleep Talk, Rest will replenish the user's HP and reset the number of turns asleep to 2(though it will not work starting from Generation III). It will also cure major status conditions the user is affected by. Safeguard will not prevent usage of Rest, and the user of Rest under the effects of Safeguard will still sleep for the full two turns.

Rest, due to its use of the Sleeping status condition, has several unique interactions with related abilities:

Pokémon with the Early Bird Ability will only spend one turn asleep instead of two (excluding the turn in which Rest is used).
- Rest will automatically fail if used by a Pokémon with a sleep prevention ability (e.g. Insomnia), as these Abilities prevent them from falling asleep.
- Rest will fail when used while Uproar is in effect, except when the user has Soundproof (though the latter effect had been removed)
- Leaf Guard will prevent the use of Rest when harsh sunlight (e.g. from the use of Sunny Day), starting from Generation V.
- Rest will fail if Electric Terrain or Misty Terrain is in effect and the user is grounded (e.g. a Flying type struck down by Smack Down, Gravity being used prior etc.)
- Rest will fail if the user is affected by Sweet Veil.

Rest can be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining two extra appeal points if Belly Drum/Charm/Yawn was used in the prior turn. It can also be used to start a combination, causing Sleep Talk/Snore's base appeal points to be doubled if the latter 2 are used next; in a Contest Spectacular combination, Rest causes these 2 moves to give an extra three appeal points if used in the next turn instead.

If powered up by a Psychium Z into Z-Rest, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Jigglypuff	normal/fairy	Fairy	29	29	29	25	29	29^XY 32^ORAS	30^SMUSUM 18^PE	20	20
	Wigglytuff	normal/fairy	Fairy								1	1
	Slowpoke	water/psychic	Monster/Water 1							30^PE
	Slowbro	water/psychic	Monster/Water 1							30^PE
	Seel	water	Water 1/Field	40	21	29	21	21	21	21^SMUSUM 20^PE	21^BDSP	21
	Dewgong	water/ice	Water 1/Field	44	21	29	21	21	21	21^SMUSUM 20^PE	21^BDSP	21
	Lickitung	normal	Monster								6^LA
	Tauros	normal	Field		34	34	19	19	19	19^SMUSUM 30^PE	40	40
	Tauros	fighting	Field									40
	Tauros	fighting/fire	Field									40
	Tauros	fighting/water	Field									40
	Snorlax	normal	Monster	1	36	28^RSE 25^FRLG	25	28	28	28^SMUSUM 32^PE	20^SwShBDSP 9^LA	20
	Sentret	normal	Field		33	40	28	28	28	28	28^BDSP	28
	Furret	normal	Field		38	48	32	32	32	32	32^BDSP	32
	Shuckle	bug/rock	Bug		37	37	35^DP 27^PtHGSS	25^BW 20^B2W2	20	20	25
	Teddiursa	normal	Field		29	31	43	43	43	43	43^BDSP	37
	Ursaring	normal	Field		29	31	47	47	47	47	47^BDSP	41
	Zigzagoon	normal	Field			37	37	41	41^XY 35^ORAS	35	21
	Zigzagoon	dark/normal	Field								25^SwSh
	Linoone	normal	Field			47	47	53	53^XY 40^ORAS	40	23
	Linoone	dark/normal	Field								23^SwSh
	Slakoth	normal	Field								14^BDSP
	Vigoroth	normal	Field								1^BDSP
	Slaking	normal	Field								1^BDSP
	Whismur	normal	Monster/Field			41	41	45	45^XY 32^ORAS	32	15
	Loudred	normal	Monster/Field			51	51	57	57^XY 36^ORAS	36	15
	Exploud	normal	Monster/Field			55	55	55	55^XY 36^ORAS	36	15
	Nosepass	rock	Mineral			37	43	43^BW 22^B2W2	22^XY 16^ORAS	16	16^BDSP	16
	Wailmer	water	Field/Water 2			37	27	27	27^XY 29^ORAS	29	39
	Wailord	water	Field/Water 2			37	27	27	27^XY 25^ORAS	29	39
	Spoink	psychic	Field			37	29	29	29	29	29^BDSP	29
	Grumpig	psychic	Field			43	29	29	29^XY 35^ORAS	35	35^BDSP	35
	Barboach	water/ground	Water 2			26	31	31	31^XY 25^ORAS	25	6^SwShBDSP 18^LA	6
	Whiscash	water/ground	Water 2			26	33	33	33^XY 25^ORAS	25	1^SwShBDSP 18^LA	1
	Spheal	ice/water	Water 1/Field			37	37	37	37^XY 31^ORAS	31	16^SwShBDSP 18^LA
	Sealeo	ice/water	Water 1/Field			39	39	39	39^XY 31^ORAS	31	16^SwShBDSP 18^LA
	Walrein	ice/water	Water 1/Field			39	39	39	39^XY 31^ORAS	31	16^SwShBDSP 18^LA
	Relicanth	water/rock	Water 1/Water 2			50	64	64	64^XY 41^ORAS	41	35
	Kyogre	water	Undiscovered			50	50^DPPt
	Groudon	ground	Undiscovered			50	50^DPPt 30^HGSS	30	30	30	54	54
	Rayquaza	dragon/flying	Undiscovered			50	50^DPPt 30^HGSS	30	30^XY 35^ORAS	35	54	54
	Jirachi	steel/psychic	Undiscovered			5, 30	5, 30	5, 30	5, 30	5, 30^SM 5^USUM	63	63
	Bidoof	normal	Water 1/Field								16^LA
	Bibarel	normal/water	Water 1/Field								16^LA
	Munchlax	normal	Undiscovered								9^LA
	Hippopotas	ground	Field								36^SwShBDSP 6^LA	36
	Hippowdon	ground	Field								38^SwShBDSP 6^LA	38
	Lickilicky	normal	Monster								6^LA
	Probopass	rock/steel	Mineral				43	43^BW 22^B2W2	22^XY 16^ORAS	16	16^BDSP	16
	Uxie	psychic	Undiscovered				1	1	1	1	1^SwShBDSP 19^LA	1
	Mesprit	psychic	Undiscovered				1	1	1	1	1^SwShBDSP 19^LA	1
	Azelf	psychic	Undiscovered				1	1	1	1	1^SwShBDSP 19^LA	1
	Cubchoo	ice	Field					41	41	41	36	36
	Beartic	ice	Field					41	41	41	36	36
	Dedenne	electric/fairy	Field/Fairy						30	30	35	35
	Yungoos	normal	Field							46		43
	Gumshoos	normal	Field							55		52
	Skwovet	normal	Field								25	25
	Greedent	normal	Field								27	27
	Obstagoon	dark/normal	Field								23
	Ursaluna	ground/normal	Field									41
	Ursaluna	ground/normal	Field									41
	Greavard	ghost	Field									24
	Houndstone	ghost	Field									24
	Cetoddle	ice	Field									15
	Cetitan	ice	Field									15
	Dondozo	water	Water 2									15
	Scream Tail	fairy/psychic	Undiscovered									35
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM[]

Every Pokémon can learn this move, even the ones that don't learn TMs normally. The following Pokémon that cannot learn this move are listed here:

By Move Tutor[]

Every Pokémon can learn this move, even the ones that don't learn TMs normally. The following Pokémon that cannot learn this move are listed here:

Special move[]

Generation IV[]

Generation VIII[]

In the Super Smash Bros. Series[]

Rest functions as Jigglypuff's Down Special Move. When used, Jigglypuff immediately falls asleep (But won't regain health) and becomes vulnerable to attack, but if an opponent is in contact with a tiny hitbox around the centre of its body, they would be sent flying and be dealt severe knockback, in addition to being set on fire (akin to getting hit by a Fire type move, in Melee only) or have a damage inflicting flower planted on their head (Brawl-present, comparable to Poison). It is often the character's go-to KO option and considered a high-risk high-reward move.

Trivia[]

Rest is one of the few moves who were given to a playble Pokémon that had its function changed. Others include Withdraw (used by Squirtle, based on the species use of Rapid Spin in the anime), Double Team used by Luacrio as a counterattack), and Substitute (used by Greninja as a counterattack).
There is a glitch in Red and Blue, as well as Yellow, that causes the stat reductions associated with paralysis and burn to remain despite the fact that the Pokémon no longer has that status after Rest was used, though it can be overcome by simply switching the user out.
- This was fixed in Pokémon Stadium.
Another quirk excluisve to Red, Blue and Yellow is how Rest will also fail if the difference between the user's maximum HP and current HP leaves a remainder of 255 when divided by 256.

Gallery[]

Main games

Main series

v · d · e List of Psychic-type moves

Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX

A	Agility Ally Switch Amnesia

B	Barrier

C	Calm Mind Confusion Cosmic Power

D	Dream Eater

E	Eerie Spell Esper Wing Expanding Force Extrasensory

F	Freezing Glare Future Sight

G	Glitzy Glow Gravity Guard Split Guard Swap

H	Heal Block Heal Pulse Healing Wish Heart Stamp Heart Swap Hyperspace Hole Hypnosis

I	Imprison Instruct

K	Kinesis

L	Light Screen Lumina Crash Lunar Blessing Lunar Dance Luster Purge

M	Magic Coat Magic Powder Magic Room Meditate Miracle Eye Mirror Coat Mist Ball Mystical Power

P	Photon Geyser Power Split Power Swap Power Trick Prismatic Laser Psybeam Psyblade Psychic Psychic Fangs Psychic Noise Psychic Terrain Psycho Boost Psycho Cut Psycho Shift Psyshield Bash Psyshock Psystrike Psywave

R	Reflect Rest Role Play

S	Skill Swap Speed Swap Stored Power Synchronoise

T	Take Heart Telekinesis Teleport Trick Trick Room Twin Beam

W	Wonder Room

Z	Zen Headbutt

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Normal-type Poison-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation I

Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type

A	Absorb Acid Acid Armor Agility Amnesia Aurora Beam

B	Barrage Barrier Bide Bind Bite Blizzard Body Slam Bone Club Bonemerang Bubble Bubble Beam

C	Clamp Comet Punch Confuse Ray Confusion Constrict Conversion Counter Crabhammer Cut

D	Defense Curl Dig Disable Dizzy Punch Double Kick Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge Dragon Rage Dream Eater Drill Peck

E	Earthquake Egg Bomb Ember Explosion

F	Fire Blast Fire Punch Fire Spin Fissure Flamethrower Flash Fly Focus Energy Fury Attack Fury Swipes

G	Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust

H	Harden Haze Headbutt High Jump Kick Horn Attack Horn Drill Hydro Pump Hyper Beam Hyper Fang Hypnosis

I	Ice Beam Ice Punch

J	Jump Kick

K	Karate Chop Kinesis

L	Leech Life Leech Seed Leer Lick Light Screen Lovely Kiss Low Kick

M	Meditate Mega Drain Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Mimic Minimize Mirror Move Mist

N	Night Shade

P	Pay Day Peck Petal Dance Pin Missile Poison Gas Poison Powder Poison Sting Pound Psybeam Psychic Psywave

Q	Quick Attack

R	Rage Razor Leaf Razor Wind Recover Reflect Rest Roar Rock Slide Rock Throw Rolling Kick

S	Sand Attack Scratch Screech Seismic Toss Self-Destruct Sharpen Sing Skull Bash Sky Attack Slam Slash Sleep Powder Sludge Smog Smokescreen Soft-Boiled Solar Beam Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Splash Spore Stomp Strength String Shot Struggle Stun Spore Submission Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Surf Swift Swords Dance

T	Tackle Tail Whip Take Down Teleport Thrash Thunder Thunder Punch Thunder Shock Thunder Wave Thunderbolt Toxic Transform Tri Attack Twineedle

V	Vine Whip ViceGrip

W	Water Gun Waterfall Whirlwind Wing Attack Withdraw Wrap

See also	Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation I