Arceus Desert (Dahara) City 2015

These Arceus were distributed to players who inserted a serial code that was found on preordered tickets for the 18th Pokémon movie in Japan. Non-Shiny Arceus is holding either a Silk Scarf or a random Plate, while the Shiny Arceus will always be holding a Silk Scarf. 

All 19 variations of Arceus had an even chance of appearing. The tickets containing the serial codes could be preordered from March 7 to July 17, 2015 and the serial codes could be used to obtain Arceus from March 7 to August 31, 2015. Unlike most events, players are able to redeem multiple serial codes on the same game. It was distributed to promote its appearance in the 18th Pokémon movie, and its original Trainer Dahara City is the primary setting of the movie.

In Taiwan, Arceus was also available to players who inserted a serial code that could be obtained by exchanging a movie ticket to see M18 for a serial code card at participating Funbox stores from November 20 to December 15, 2015. The serial codes could be used to obtain Arceus from November 20 to December 17, 2015 on a Japanese or Taiwanese region system. However, unlike the original Japanese distribution this Arceus cannot be Shiny and will only be holding a Silk Scarf.