Pokémon Ability
Purifying Salt
The Pokémon's pure salt protects it from status conditions and halves the damage taken from Ghost-type moves.
Pokémon with Purifying Salt
3 Pokémon known to have Purifying Salt (Gen 9 dataset)
About the Purifying Salt ability
Purifying Salt is one of 112+ abilities in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Each Pokémon has one active ability at a time, drawn from a list of 1-3 possible abilities per species (the third slot, when present, is the Hidden Ability — only accessible via Tera raids, Mass Outbreaks, or Ability Patch).
Official game text: The Pokémon's pure salt protects it from status conditions and halves the damage taken from Ghost-type moves.
How to get a Pokémon with Purifying Salt
If Purifying Salt is a regular ability (not Hidden Ability), simply catch the Pokémon and it has a 50% chance per slot of having Purifying Salt. You can use an Ability Capsule (50 BP at Chansey Supply) to swap between regular ability slots. If Purifying Salt is the Hidden Ability of one of the 3 Pokémon listed above, you'll need either:
- To catch the Pokémon from a 5-star or 6-star Tera raid
- To use an Ability Patch (consumable from picnic crafting / raid rewards) on a Pokémon that already has Purifying Salt as a regular ability
- To transfer a Pokémon with Hidden Ability via Pokémon HOME from older games
Related
For the full list of abilities and their competitive impact, see our abilities reference. To check how an ability affects damage calculations, use our damage calculator.