What Pokémon can’t be found in the wild in Scarlet?
Pokémon such as Sprigatito, Fuecoco, Quaxly, and their evolutions are unobtainable in the wild in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and other Pokémon like Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium, Totodile, and Croconaw are also not available in the wild in Pokémon Scarlet. The list of unavailable Pokémon in the wild includes Absol, Cherubi, Ditto, Druddigon, Espurr, and Frillish, among others, which can only be obtained through trading or other means.
Understanding Pokémon Availability in Scarlet
Pokémon Exclusivity
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have version-exclusive Pokémon, which can only be found in one version of the game, and some Pokémon are only available through trading with other players.
FAQs
- What Pokémon are hard to find in Scarlet?: The following guide has been updated to include eight more Pokémon that can be difficult to find in Scarlet/Violet, including Trevenant, Ditto/Zorua, Paradox Forms, The Treasures Of Ruin, Tauros’ Blaze & Aqua Breeds, Palafin, Gholdengo, and Charcadet.
- Can you find all Pokémon in Scarlet?: While it’s no longer possible for players to catch all 1008 species of Pokémon, players exploring the great outdoors in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet can find an impressive 400 different Pokémon species.
- What is the rarest Pokémon in Scarlet?: The rarest Pokémon in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet include Walking Wake/Iron Leaves, Antique Sinistea/Polteageist, Family Of 3 Maushold/3 Segment Dudunsparce, Gholdengo, Roaring Moon/Iron Valiant, Sprigatito/Fuecoco/Quaxly, Blaze/Aqua Breed Tauros, and Baxcalibur.
- Can you catch all 400 Pokémon in Scarlet and Violet?: There are 400 Pokémon in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, with each one being recorded in the Paldean Pokédex, and to catch them all, you’ll have to do some trading, because a number of Pokémon are version exclusives.
- Which is the rarest Pokémon?: The rarest Pokémon of the original 150 include Mewtwo, Kabutops, Omastar, Alakazam, Dragonite, Aerodactyl, Kangaskhan, and Lapras.
- What is the hardest Pokémon to catch?: The most difficult Pokémon to catch include Mewtwo, Suicune, Tapu Bulu, Regigigas, Enamorus, Galarian Articuno, Manaphy, and Gholdengo.
- What are the 4 hidden legendary Pokémon in Scarlet?: There’s six Pokémon Scarlet and Violet legendaries: Koraidon, Miraidon, Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu, Wo-Chien, and Chi-Yu, the last four of which are hidden.
- Can you catch a Mew in the wild?: While players can’t encounter Mew in the wild normally or fight it in raids, players are still able to get the chance to capture one.
- Is there an uncatchable Pokémon?: Dialga, Palkia, and Arceus are uncatchable due to their nature as the creators of the Pokémon world.
- What is the forbidden Pokémon?: Spiritomb, the Forbidden Pokémon, is a Ghost and Dark type, and as punishment for misdeeds 500 years ago, it was imprisoned in the fissure of an Odd Keystone.
- How do you get Excalibur in Pokémon Scarlet?: Once Arctibax attains Level 54, it will finally evolve into Baxcalibur in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
- Can I get Bagon in Scarlet?: If players are playing Pokémon Scarlet, the only way they will be able to receive a Bagon is to trade for it with another player, as Bagon is exclusive to Pokémon Violet.
- Can you use Darkrai in Scarlet and Violet?: Darkrai, Shaymin, Manaphy, and Jirachi can be transferred to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
- What is the least caught Pokémon?: Armored Mewtwo is one of the rarest Pokémon in the game, because, at the time of writing, the only way to obtain it is via trading.
- What is the weakest rare Pokémon?: Cosmog isn’t just the weakest legendary Pokémon of all time; it’s the worst Pokémon in the franchise, with the same base stat total as Magikarp and only has access to Teleport and Splash.