Arctrum are believed to have lived over 1,000 years ago without their kind fully dying out to this day. As proof of their survivability, their bodies have adapted to survive in many environments and pack enough power to fight off most foes.
Thanks to its gargantuan jaws, which could shred thick metal plates as if they were paper, it was invincible in the ancient world it once inhabited. It is described in mythology as the Pokémon that shaped the universe with its 1,000 arms.