Can you breed a white-striped Basculin?

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Yes, you can breed a white-striped Basculin, but the resulting offspring will also be a white-striped Basculin, as the white stripe is not a regional variant, but rather a separate form of Basculin. This means that breeding a white-striped Basculin with another Basculin will always result in a white-striped Basculin, allowing you to create a team of these unique Pokémon.

Frequently Asked Questions

General Information

About Basculin

1. Can you get white stripe Basculin in Scarlet and Violet?: Yes, White-Striped Basculin makes a surprise reappearance in The Teal Mask, the first DLC for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, allowing players to catch and breed this unique form of Basculin.
2. Can you evolve white stripe Basculin in scarlet?: Yes, you can evolve White-Striped Basculin into Basculegion in Pokémon Scarlet, but only if the Basculin takes 294 damage in recoil damage from attacks without fainting before levelling it up.
3. Can only white-striped Basculin evolve?: Yes, only Basculin’s White-Striped form can evolve into Basculegion, which means that any blue or red Basculin you might have transferred up via Pokémon HOME won’t work.

Breeding and Evolving

Requirements for Evolution

4. Is white-striped Basculin a Hisuian form?: According to the Hisui Pokedex, Basculin White-Stripe is a regional form, but it does not share typical traits with other regional forms, such as a change in type.
5. How do you get blue-striped Basculin?: Blue-Striped Basculin can be found in Pokémon White, and can be obtained in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet through trading with someone who owns the other game.
6. What egg group is Basculin in?: Basculin is in the Water 2 Egg Group, and its egg takes approximately 10,240 Steps to hatch.

Locations and Spawns

Finding Basculin

7. Where is Morpeko teal mask?: Morpeko can be found anywhere in the western part of the map in Pokémon Violet Teal Mask, with a few locations scattered near Oni Mountain.
8. Where does Hisuian Basculin spawn?: Hisuian Basculin can be found in Alabaster Icelands, Coronet Highlands, or Colbat Coastlands.
9. Where is the white striped Basculin in arceus?: White-Striped Basculin can be found in The Timeless Woods in Kitakami.

Pokémon Information

Basculin Details

10. What are the colors of Basculin stripe?: Basculin has two different appearances: Red-Striped Form and Blue-Striped Form, with the White-Striped Form being a separate form.
11. Is a blue-striped Basculin rare?: There is no difference in type or stats between the different forms of Basculin, but the Red-Striped form is more common in Black, while the Blue-Striped form is more common in White.
12. Does Basculin have a gender difference?: Yes, Male Basculin have a base 112 attack and base 80 special attack, and Female Basculin have a base 92 attack and base 100 special attack.

Evolution and Breeding

Evolving Basculin

13. Can you evolve blue stripe Basculin?: No, only White-Striped Basculin can evolve into Basculegion, while Blue and Red stripes cannot.
14. How do you evolve Hisuian Basculin?: To evolve Hisuian Basculin into Basculegion, it will need to take 294 recoil damage through battling without fainting.
15. Can Alpha Basculin evolve?: Alpha Basculin can spawn randomly, but it isn’t a set spawn, and there’s no Alpha Basculegion spawn, unfortunately.