Wild Area
The Wild Area (Japanese: ワイルドエリア Wild Area) is an extensive area in the Galar region. It adjoins several towns in the region.
The Pokémon found in the Wild Area vary depending on the weather, which can vary wildly between the different subareas. Pokémon with higher levels also wander outside of the normal tall grass in many places. The areas north of the Motostoke River are home to Pokémon with higher levels overall. Once the player has started the Darkest Day or captured Eternatus, Pokémon found throughout the Wild Area will generally have higher levels.
Unlike in most other areas in the game (which use a fixed perspective), in the Wild Area the player can control the camera using the right control stick. These mechanics, as well as the weather and wild Pokémon mechanics, carry over to the Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra.
Locations
The Wild Area is composed of many subareas. The player first enters the Wild Area from the south, but the locations below are listed from north to south in accordance with the map. The Town Map's representation of the Wild Area is only a rough layout and may diverge from in-game borders.
- South Wild Area
- Watchtower Ruins lies in the northwestern corner.
- East Lake Axewell is the large area in the north in front of the gate to Motostoke and includes most of the eastern half of Lake Axewell.
- Axew's Eye is the island that lies in the middle of Lake Axewell.
- North Lake Miloch lies in the northeastern corner and includes a part of the northern end of Lake Miloch.
- West Lake Axewell is the western half of Lake Axewell (in the west). Despite the depiction on the Town Map, it also extends north of the footbridge to Motostoke's wall.
- Dappled Grove lies in the southwestern corner.
- Rolling Fields is the large central area in the south.
- Meetup Spot is the southernmost point.
- South Lake Miloch encompasses the majority of Lake Miloch (in the east).
- Giant's Seat lies along the south and east borders of the Wild Area.
- North Wild Area
- Lake of Outrage lies in the northwestern-most corner.
- Hammerlocke Hills lies along the north before the gate to Hammerlocke.
- Giant's Cap is on the west, lying along the eastern shore of the Lake of Outrage.
- Dusty Bowl is the large central area north of the Route 5 bridge.
- Giant's Mirror lies along the east, east of Dusty Bowl.
- Stony Wilderness lies just north of the Route 5 bridge.
- Bridge Field encompasses most of the area between the Motostoke Outskirts and Route 5 bridges.
- Motostoke Riverbank is the southernmost area, north of the river and slightly beyond the Motostoke Outskirts bridge.
Weather
The weather in the Wild Area determines which wild Pokémon can appear and, in some cases, which weather conditions and terrain appear in battle. The weather varies between subareas, and while neighboring subeareas can share the same weather, the weather in each is independently determined. However, since symbol encounters and wanderers spawn based on the weather currently experienced by players, it is possible for the weather of one subarea to affect these spawns in another subarea if players are near the border between them. The weather across the entire Wild Area changes each day at midnight, based on the console's clock.
Common weather conditions include Clear, Cloudy, and Rain. If any subareas on a given day have one of the rarer weather conditions (such as Thunderstorm, Blizzard, Sandstorm, or Fog), the X menu will announce that these conditions are present. On certain special dates, the whole Wild Area will have the same weather. These dates are typically the first of a month.
| Icon | Weather | Common Pokémon | Effect in battle | Prerequisite | Special dates |
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Clear (はれ) | Normal, Grass, Flying | — | — | May 1 |
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Cloudy (くもり) | Fighting, Poison, Dark | — | — | March 1 |
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Rain (あめ) | Water, Bug | Rain | — | October 1 |
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Thunderstorm (豪雨) | Water, Electric, Dragon | Rain, Electric Terrain | — | November 1 |
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Snow (ゆき) | Ice | Hail | — | December 1 December 25 |
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Blizzard (吹雪) | Ice, Steel | Hail | Visit Hammerlocke | February 1 |
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Harsh sunlight (ひでり) | Fire, Ground | Harsh sunlight | — | July 1 August 1 |
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Sandstorm (砂嵐) | Ground, Rock | Sandstorm | Visit Hammerlocke | April 1 |
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Fog (霧) | Psychic, Ghost, Fairy | Misty Terrain | Become Champion | February 29 June 1 |
Prerequisites
Some weather conditions will only begin to appear in the Wild Area after players have reached certain milestones in the game. Before players have unlocked these weather conditions, subareas that would have had them instead have a specific replacement weather condition. These replacement conditions are changed to the original condition immediately after players reach the appropriate milestone, even if the weather would not yet have reset otherwise.
- Sandstorm: Unlocks after visiting Hammerlocke and is replaced by Harsh sunlight
- Blizzard: Unlocks after visiting Hammerlocke and is replaced by Snow
- Fog: Unlocks after becoming Champion and is replaced by Clear
The restrictions for Fog are not present in the Isle of Armor or the Crown Tundra.
Features
The Wild Area has a number of features that appear in many different areas:
- The Wild Area is populated with 99 Pokémon Dens, where the player can participate in Max Raid Battles.
- There are a large number of hidden items throughout the Wild Area. These items respawn daily, and each specific spot may yield different items on different days.
- Watt Traders allow the player to trade Watts for items, participate in the Rotom Rally, change the color of their outfit, and upgrade their Rotom Bike.
Items
Hidden items
There are a large number of hidden items throughout the Wild Area. These hidden items regenerate each day, even if the player has not obtained them.
Each spot has one or more possible items that it can yield, with the possible items depending on the spot. Every item that regenerates daily can also rarely regenerate as a Wishing Piece (at approximately a 1% chance) instead of the items in its standard pool.
100-Watt gifts
Hikers and Fishers may appear in different parts of the Wild Area to offer the player an unspecified item for 100 Watts. The player does not know what the item is until they agree to purchase it.
Fisher
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Pearl ×3 | Common | Sw Sh |
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Big Pearl | Common | Sw Sh |
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Big Pearl ×2 | Average | Sw Sh |
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Big Pearl ×3 | Average | Sw Sh |
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Pearl String | Average | Sw Sh |
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Pearl String ×2 | Rare | Sw Sh |
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Wishing Piece | Rare | Sw Sh |
Hiker
A Hiker's possible items depend on the player's progress, changing when the player gains their second Badge and when they become Champion.
| Item | Rate | ||
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 Exp. Candy XS |
Common | ||
| Exp. Candy XS ×2 |
Common | ||
| Exp. Candy XS ×3 |
Common | ||
| Exp. Candy XS ×4 |
Average | ||
| Exp. Candy XS ×5 |
Common | ||
 Exp. Candy S |
Rare | Common | Common |
| Exp. Candy S ×2 |
Common | Common | |
| Exp. Candy S ×3 |
Rare | ||
 Exp. Candy M |
Rare | Common | |
| Exp. Candy M ×2 |
Uncommon | ||
 Exp. Candy L |
Rare | ||
 Rare Candy |
Rare | Rare | Rare |
| Wishing Piece |
Very Rare | Very Rare | Very Rare |
Trainers
Pokémon Breeder Chloe can appear in many different Wild Area zones. If the player loses, their Pokémon will be fully healed. She can be challenged more than once per day, but every time she is defeated, she will relocate.
She can appear in the following Wild Area zones:
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In the anime
Main series
The Wild Area first appeared in Mind-Boggling Dynamax!, where Ash and Goh explored it after their arrival in Galar. They witnessed a Snorlax Gigantamaxing, but it blocked a railway line in the process, threatening to cause an accident. However, Ash and Goh were able to make Snorlax move off the tracks, saving the train. Afterwards, in the same area, Goh caught the Scorbunny that had followed him from Wyndon.
In A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That!, Ash and Goh revisited the Wild Area, this time accompanied by Chloe, to dig up Fossils that could be found there. They met two bumbling Fossil diggers named Cara Liss and Bray Zenn, whom they helped dig up Fossils they intended to restore into an Arctovish and a Dracozolt. However, their Fossil pieces got mixed up as they started the restoration process, resulting in them being restored as Dracovish and Arctozolt instead. After some interactions with the Fossil Pokémon, Cara Liss and Bray Zenn were satisfied with the data they had gotten and let Ash and Goh take care of them. As such, Ash then proceeded to catch Dracovish, while Goh caught Arctozolt.
Pokémon found in the Wild Area
 Braviary |
 Maractus |
 Wooloo |
 Ribombee |
 Grubbin |
 Phantump |
 Seedot |
 Goomy |
 Hippopotas |
 Tympole |
 Frillish |
 Flygon |
 Snorlax ↔ Gigantamax Snorlax |
 Rookidee |
 Budew |
 Butterfree |
 Joltik |
Ditto |
Caught Pokémon
 Scorbunny |
 Boldore |
 Dracovish |
 Arctozolt |
Pokémon: Twilight Wings
The Wild Area first appeared during a montage at the end of Letter, where Bea was shown confronting a wild Rhydon. Bea's visit to the Wild Area was shown in full in Training, where she took a Flying Taxi there to train with her Machop, Machoke, and Machamp following her loss against Leon in a battle.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Sword & Shield arc
The Wild Area first appeared in Zap!! A Rising Beam of Light, where Henry, Casey, Professor Magnolia, and Marvin went there to investigate the Pokémon Dens in the Rolling Fields, encountering Team Yell in the process.
In PASS12, the group traveled through the Wild Area again in order to reach Hammerlocke.
Trivia
- The theme used for the northern parts of the Wild Area, including Bridge Field onward, is shortened for Routes 6, 7, 8, and 9.
- The Wild Area is based on the Lake District.[1]
In other languages
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