Pokémon: Sword & Shield
Strategy Guide

First Published: 15-11-2019 / 00:00 GMT
Last Updated: 06-07-2020 / 17:32 GMT
Version: 1.1 (????) 07-07-2020 / 03:37 GMT

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Pokémon: Sword & Shield

Clear - Land

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Tympole	Water	All grass patches (60%)
Wooper	Water/Ground	All grass patches (25%)
Krabby	Water	All grass patches (10%)
Purrloin	Dark	All grass patches (5%)

Clear/Raining - Water

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Frillish	Water/Ghost	In the lake (60%)
Goldeen	Water	In the lake (25%)
Remoraid	Water	In the lake (10%)
Magikarp	Water	In the lake (5%)

Overcast - Land

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Seedot (Sword only)	Grass	All grass patches (60%)
Lotad (Shield only)	Water/Grass	All grass patches (60%)
Tympole	Water	All grass patches (25%)
Purrloin	Dark	All grass patches (10%)
Budew	Grass/Poison	All grass patches (5%)

Overcast - Water

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Goldeen	Water	In the lake (60%)
Remoraid	Water	In the lake (25%)
Magikarp	Water	In the lake (10%)
Frillish	Water/Ghost	In the lake (5%)

Raining - Land

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Wooper	Water/Ground	All grass patches (50%)
Wingull	Water/Flying	All grass patches (35%)
Krabby	Water	All grass patches (10%)
Tympole	Water	All grass patches (5%)

Thunderstorm - Land

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Wooper	Water/Ground	All grass patches (50%)
Wingull	Water/Flying	All grass patches (35%)
Electrike	Electric	All grass patches (10%)
Tympole	Water	All grass patches (5%)

Thunderstorm - Water

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Chinchou	Water/Electric	In the lake (60%)
Magikarp	Water	In the lake (25%)
Goldeen	Water	In the lake (10%)
Remoraid	Water	In the lake (5%)

Intense Sun - Land

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Dwebble	Bug/Rock	All grass patches (40%)
Vulpix	Fire	All grass patches (35%)
Bunnelby	Normal	All grass patches (20%)
Purrloin	Dark	All grass patches (5%)

Intense Sun - Water

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Magikarp	Water	In the lake (60%)
Frillish	Water/Ghost	In the lake (25%)
Goldeen	Water	In the lake (10%)
Remoraid	Water	In the lake (5%)

Snowing - Land

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Snorunt	Ice	All grass patches (60%)
Tympole	Water	All grass patches (25%)
Vanillite	Ice	All grass patches (10%)
Purrloin	Dark	All grass patches (5%)

Snowing - Water

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Vanillite	Ice	In the lake (60%)
Shellder	Water	In the lake (25%)
Magikarp	Water	In the lake (10%)
Frillish	Water/Ghost	In the lake (5%)

Snowstorm - Land

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Vanillite	Ice	All grass patches (60%)
Klink	Steel	All grass patches (25%)
Tympole	Water	All grass patches (10%)
Krabby	Water	All grass patches (5%)

Snowstorm - Water

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Vanillite	Ice	In the lake (70%)
Magikarp	Water	In the lake (15%)
Frillish	Water/Ghost	In the lake (10%)
Goldeen	Water	In the lake (5%)

Sandstorm - Land

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Dwebble	Bug/Rock	All grass patches (60%)
Bunnelby	Normal	All grass patches (25%)
Purrloin	Dark	All grass patches (15%)

Sandstorm - Water

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Magikarp	Water	In the lake (60%)
Goldeen	Water	In the lake (25%)
Remoraid	Water	In the lake (10%)
Frillish	Water/Ghost	In the lake (5%)

Heavy Fog - Land

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Purrloin	Dark	All grass patches (60%)
Tympole	Water	All grass patches (25%)
Natu	Psychic/Flying	All grass patches (10%)
Wooper	Water/Ground	All grass patches (5%)

Heavy Fog - Water

Name	Type	Location (Encounter Rate)
Magikarp	Water	In the lake (60%)
Goldeen	Water	In the lake (25%)
Frillish	Water/Ghost	In the lake (10%)
Remoraid	Water	In the lake (5%)

Guide Information

Publisher
Pokemon Company International
Platforms
Switch
Genre
Role-playing
Guide Release
15 November 2019
Last Updated
6 July 2020
Version History
Guide Author

Welcome to our comprehensive strategy guide for Pokémon: Sword and Shield, the latest entries in the Pokémon video game franchise. Our guide also incorporates all the DLC, including the currently-released Isle of Armor (and in the future, it will cover the Crown Tundra).

In Sword and Shield, you explore the Galar region, based on the United Kingdom, alongside rivals Hop, Bede and Marnie, with the aim to dethrone the Pokémon League Champion.

The games introduce several new features such as Dynamaxing and Gigantamaxing, functions that increase size and change forms of certain Pokémon; the Wild Area, a large open world with free camera movement; and raids with co-op battling. They also reintroduce features previously seen in Sun and Moon and Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, such as regional variants and roaming Pokémon depicted in the overworld.

Version 1.2:

A Complete Walkthrough of the Isle of Armor.
Details of all 16 new Wild Areas, including Pokémon encounter rates.
All the new Max Raid Dens: Locations and Featured Pokémon.
Images and Locations of All 150 of the Missing Diglett.
The Isle of Armor Pokédex (featuring 100 Returning Pokémon) [coming soon].

Version 1.1:

A Full Walkthrough featuring Pokémon encounter rates.
All Gym Encounters and Strategies.
Screenshots with annotated captions.
New Items: Mints & Natures Explained.
Post Game content including Champion Cup.
Dynamaxing and Gigantamaxing.
Updated Pokémon Lists for all areas.
The Galar Region Pokédex (featuring 400 Pokemon).

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