Appendix:Sword and Shield walkthrough/Section 9

North Wild Area

Now that you have three Gym Badges, you are ready to cross the bridge at the northern end of North Lake Miloch and venture through the North Wild Area to get to Hammerlocke.

In the North Wild Area, there are more things that can be done that are not available in the South Wild Area, beyond the additional Max Raid Dens and Watt Traders you can find there.

There is a Nursery in Bridge Field to raise and breed your Pokémon, just like the one on Route 5.

Once per day, you can find the Digging Duo in Bridge Field and pay 500 Watts to have one of them dig up items for you. You can have them stop digging at any point after any item is successfully dug up, though they will eventually become tired at a certain point. You can do this for one of them, or both of them. Each Digging Duo brother has a strength; the brother to the left focuses on skill, being able to find rarer items, but tiring out faster. The brother to the right focuses on stamina, finding less rare items, but also having a higher chance for a longer digging streak. If you're lucky and had a good digging streak going with the last brother you spoke to, he might start digging again free of charge if you talk to him again.

In the Dusty Bowl, there is a stone arch. You can evolve Galarian Yamask into Runerigus by walking under this arch after it has taken at least 49 HP damage without fainting.

The following sub-areas of the North Wild Area will be filled with different Pokémon depending on the weather: (Note: This will only cover Pokémon who can be captured at this point. Any Pokémon above level 35 cannot be caught yet, so if you see one of these, run immediately).

Motostoke Riverbank

Random encounters

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Onix Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% Rhyhorn Sw Sh Grass 26-28 35% 35% Noctowl Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% 20% 10% 10% 20% 10% Sneasel Sw Sh Grass 26-28 35% 30% Shellos East Sea Sw Sh Grass 26-28 35% Skorupi Sw Sh Grass 26-28 35% Sigilyph Sw Sh Grass 26-28 5% Vanillite Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% Karrablast Sw Sh Grass 26-28 35% Karrablast Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Ferroseed Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Elgyem Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% Litwick Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% Shelmet Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Shelmet Sw Sh Grass 26-28 35% Pawniard Sw Sh Grass 26-28 35% Espurr Sw Sh Grass 26-28 35% Binacle Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% Wimpod Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% Corvisquire Sw Sh Grass 26-28 35% 30% 20% 10% 20% 20% 20% 10% 20% Eldegoss Sw Sh Grass 26-28 20% Dubwool Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% 10% Boltund Sw Sh Grass 26-28 20% Berry trees Cherubi Sw Sh Berry tree 26-28 15% Skwovet Sw Sh Berry tree 26-28 35% Greedent Sw Sh Berry tree 26-28 50% Fishing Basculin Red-Striped Form Sw Sh Fishing 26-28 35% Basculin Blue-Striped Form Sw Sh Fishing 26-28 35% Mareanie Sw Sh Fishing 26-28 5% Arrokuda Sw Sh Fishing 26-28 50% Barraskewda Sw Sh Fishing 26-28 10% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Visible encounters

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Clefairy Sw Sh Grass 26-28 40% Clefairy Sw Sh Grass 28-30 40% Koffing Sw Sh Grass 26-28 40% Koffing Sw Sh Grass 28-30 40% Rhyhorn Sw Sh Grass 26-28 40% 25% Rhyhorn Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% 25% Sudowoodo Sw Sh Grass 26-28 25% Sudowoodo Sw Sh Grass 28-30 25% Wobbuffet Sw Sh Grass 26-28 25% Wobbuffet Sw Sh Grass 28-30 25% Sneasel Sw Sh Grass 26-28 40% 40% Sneasel Sw Sh Grass 28-30 40% 40% Torkoal Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Torkoal Sw Sh Grass 28-30 20% Duskull Sw Sh Grass 26-28 5% Duskull Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Munchlax Sw Sh Grass 26-28 5% Munchlax Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Skorupi Sw Sh Grass 26-28 40% 40% 10% 25% 20% Skorupi Sw Sh Grass 28-30 40% 40% 25% 30% 20% Purrloin Sw Sh Grass 26-28 20% Purrloin Sw Sh Grass 28-30 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 10% 20% 20% Throh Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Sawk Sw Sh Grass 26-28 5% Vanillite Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% 25% Vanillite Sw Sh Grass 28-30 10% 25% Pawniard Sw Sh Grass 26-28 5% Pawniard Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Cutiefly Sw Sh Grass 26-28 25% 25% 10% 10% Cutiefly Sw Sh Grass 28-30 25% 25% 10% 10% Mareanie Sw Sh Grass 26-28 25% Dewpider Sw Sh Grass 26-28 5% Dewpider Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Salandit Sw Sh Grass 28-30 25% Wimpod Sw Sh Grass 26-28 25% Wimpod Sw Sh Grass 28-30 25% Rookidee Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Rookidee Sw Sh Grass 28-30 10% Gossifleur Sw Sh Grass 26-28 25% Gossifleur Sw Sh Grass 28-30 25% Wooloo Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% 5% Wooloo Sw Sh Grass 28-30 10% 5% Chewtle Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Chewtle Sw Sh Grass 28-30 10% 10% Yamper Sw Sh Grass 26-28 40% Yamper Sw Sh Grass 28-30 40% Rolycoly Sw Sh Grass 26-28 5% 10% Rolycoly Sw Sh Grass 28-30 10% 10% Toxel Sw Sh Grass 26-28 5% Toxel Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Bridge Field

Random encounters

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Rhyhorn Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% Togepi Sw Sh Grass 26-28 2% 2% 5% Sudowoodo Sw Sh Grass 26-28 20% Wobbuffet Sw Sh Grass 26-28 25% Sneasel Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% 30% Mawile Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Shellos East Sea Sw Sh Grass 26-28 25% 20% Liepard Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Palpitoad Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% 10% 20% 20% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% Vanillite Sw Sh Grass 26-28 20% Vanillite Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Karrablast Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% Ferroseed Sw Sh Grass 26-28 5% Elgyem Sw Sh Grass 26-28 20% Litwick Sw Sh Grass 26-28 25% 25% Cubchoo Sw Sh Grass 26-28 25% Cubchoo Sw Sh Grass 26-28 20% 25% Shelmet Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Rufflet Sw Sh Grass 26-28 25% Vullaby Sw Sh Grass 26-28 25% Diggersby Sw Sh Grass 26-28 20% Inkay Sw Sh Grass 26-28 20% 10% 10% 10% 20% 30% 10% Binacle Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% 25% Noibat Sw Sh Grass 26-28 20% Wimpod Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Thievul Sw Sh Grass 26-28 28% 23% 25% 20% 5% Carkol Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Milcery Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% Berry trees Cherubi Sw Sh Berry tree 26-28 25% Greedent Sw Sh Berry tree 26-28 75% Fishing Magikarp Sw Sh Fishing 26-28 30% Gyarados Sw Sh Fishing 26-28 5% Lanturn Sw Sh Fishing 26-28 25% Qwilfish Sw Sh Fishing 26-28 10% Drednaw Sw Sh Fishing 26-28 30% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Visible encounters

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Wobbuffet Sw Sh Grass 27-29 10% 15% Sneasel Sw Sh Grass 27-29 10% 40% Zigzagoon Galarian Form Sw Sh Grass 27-29 34% 35% 33% 30% 35% 10% 5% 25% 10% Baltoy Sw Sh Grass 27-29 10% 10% Bronzor Sw Sh Grass 27-29 10% 10% Bonsly Sw Sh Grass 27-29 40% Croagunk Sw Sh Grass 27-29 10% 5% Munna Sw Sh Grass 27-29 25% Throh Sw Sh Grass 27-29 5% Sawk Sw Sh Grass 27-29 5% Maractus Sw Sh Grass 27-29 35% Scraggy Sw Sh Grass 27-29 10% 5% Frillish Sw Sh Grass 27-29 10% Elgyem Sw Sh Grass 27-29 10% 10% 20% Cubchoo Sw Sh Grass 27-29 40% 35% Noibat Sw Sh Grass 27-29 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 5% 10% 10% 10% Cutiefly Sw Sh Grass 27-29 30% 25% 20% 30% Stufful Sw Sh Grass 27-29 30% 35% 5% 10% 5% Cramorant Sw Sh Grass 27-29 2% Toxel Sw Sh Grass 27-29 5% 15% 5% Cufant Sw Sh Grass 27-29 1% 5% 10% 5% Flying Tranquill Sw Sh Flying 27-29 5% 15% 35% 5% 15% 35% 50% 55% 10% Woobat Sw Sh Flying 27-29 35% 35% 20% 25% 30% 5% 15% 35% 65% Vanillite Sw Sh Flying 27-29 50% 50% Noibat Sw Sh Flying 27-29 60% 50% 45% 70% 5% 10% 35% 10% 25% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Stony Wilderness

Random encounters

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Pikachu Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Rhyhorn Sw Sh Grass 26-28 40% Rhyhorn Sw Sh Grass 26-28 20% Togetic Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Shuckle Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Sneasel Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% 40% Barboach Sw Sh Grass 26-28 40% Shellos East Sea Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% Boldore Sw Sh Grass 26-28 20% Boldore Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% 10% 30% 40% Boldore Sw Sh Grass 27-29 40% Drilbur Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% 30% Gurdurr Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% 10% 30% Gurdurr Sw Sh Grass 27-29 40% Cottonee Sw Sh Grass 27-29 40% Cubchoo Sw Sh Grass 26-28 40% 20% Pawniard Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% Spritzee Sw Sh Grass 27-29 30% Swirlix Sw Sh Grass 27-29 30% Ribombee Sw Sh Grass 27-29 30% 20% Dottler Sw Sh Grass 26-28 30% Thievul Sw Sh Grass 26-28 40% Eldegoss Sw Sh Grass 27-29 10% Carkol Sw Sh Grass 26-28 40% Applin Sw Sh Grass 26-28 10% Toxel Sw Sh Grass 26-28 40% Impidimp Sw Sh Grass 26-28 20% 20% 20% 10% 20% 20% Impidimp Sw Sh Grass 27-29 20% 10% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Visible encounters

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Two northwestern-most fields of grass Pikachu Sw Sh Grass 28-30 10% Pikachu Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Machop Sw Sh Grass 28-30 35% 35% Sneasel Sw Sh Grass 28-30 15% 50% Tyrogue Sw Sh Grass 28-30 15% Bonsly Sw Sh Grass 28-30 50% Croagunk Sw Sh Grass 28-30 15% Munna Sw Sh Grass 28-30 10% Maractus Sw Sh Grass 28-30 50% Dwebble Sw Sh Grass 28-30 15% Scraggy Sw Sh Grass 28-30 15% Ferroseed Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Cubchoo Sw Sh Grass 28-30 50% 10% Dewpider Sw Sh Grass 28-30 35% 45% Dewpider Sw Sh Grass 28-30 35% 50% Salandit Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Salandit Sw Sh Grass 28-30 15% Bounsweet Sw Sh Grass 28-30 50% 50% 60% 35% 35% 35% 45% 35% 35% Bounsweet Sw Sh Grass 28-30 50% 50% 60% 35% 35% 35% 35% 35% 35% Nickit Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Cramorant Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Toxel Sw Sh Grass 28-30 10% Hatenna Sw Sh Grass 28-30 50% Most fields of grass Pikachu Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Machoke Sw Sh Grass 28-30 35% Sneasel Sw Sh Grass 28-30 15% 35% Tyrogue Sw Sh Grass 28-30 15% Zigzagoon Galarian Form Sw Sh Grass 28-30 35% 15% 10% 30% 10% 30% 30% 10% Ninjask Sw Sh Grass 28-30 30% 35% Baltoy Sw Sh Grass 28-30 10% Baltoy Sw Sh Grass 28-30 10% 10% 10% 10% Bronzor Sw Sh Grass 28-30 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% Bonsly Sw Sh Grass 28-30 35% Croagunk Sw Sh Grass 28-30 30% Munna Sw Sh Grass 28-30 30% Maractus Sw Sh Grass 28-30 35% Dwebble Sw Sh Grass 28-30 15% Scraggy Sw Sh Grass 28-30 30% Ferroseed Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Cubchoo Sw Sh Grass 28-30 35% 30% Golett Sw Sh Grass 28-30 10% Dewpider Sw Sh Grass 28-30 30% 30% Salandit Sw Sh Grass 28-30 15% Nickit Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Yamper Sw Sh Grass 28-30 35% Cramorant Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Toxel Sw Sh Grass 28-30 10% Hatenna Sw Sh Grass 28-30 35% Field of brown grass Pikachu Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Machoke Sw Sh Grass 28-30 45% Sneasel Sw Sh Grass 28-30 15% 45% Tyrogue Sw Sh Grass 28-30 15% Ninjask Sw Sh Grass 28-30 35% 15% Bonsly Sw Sh Grass 28-30 45% Toxicroak Sw Sh Grass 28-30 35% Munna Sw Sh Grass 28-30 35% Roggenrola Sw Sh Grass 28-30 15% 15% Roggenrola Sw Sh Grass 28-30 15% Maractus Sw Sh Grass 28-30 45% Dwebble Sw Sh Grass 28-30 45% 15% 35% 35% 10% 35% 35% 10% Scraggy Sw Sh Grass 28-30 35% Ferroseed Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Cubchoo Sw Sh Grass 28-30 45% 35% Rufflet Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Vullaby Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Dewpider Sw Sh Grass 28-30 45% 35% Salandit Sw Sh Grass 28-30 15% Nickit Sw Sh Grass 28-30 5% Yamper Sw Sh Grass 28-30 45% Toxel Sw Sh Grass 28-30 10% Hatenna Sw Sh Grass 28-30 45% Flying Tranquill Sw Sh Flying 28-30 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 60% 40% 40% 40% Sigilyph Sw Sh Flying 28-30 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 40% 60% 60% 60% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.