What's a Wanderer encounter?
Does anyone tell me what a “Wanderer” encounter is?
I want to capture a Pokémon in Sword and Shield, and it says “Wanderer”, but what’s that?
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All right, after doing a little digging I believe I have found the correct answer to this question.
According to Bulbapedia:
AWandereris a type of wild Pokemon encounter found in Pokemon Sword and Shield. It is a wild Pokemon that appears in a fixed location in the overworld and which may react to the player’s presence in the same manner as other symbol encounters.
Before I add anything to Bulbapedia’s definition, asymbol encounteris the type of wild Pokemon encounter that was introduced in the Let’s Go, Pikachu/Eevee! games. Instead of having to walk through a patch of tall grass or a cave to encounter a wild Pokemon, as in older games, in the Let’s Go! games all the wild polemon spawn from tall grass, in caves, etc. and walk around in the overworld. You can actually see a Rattata dart from a patch of tall grass or a Geodude appear and float around in a cave, for example.
Well, a “wanderer” encounter is a unique type of symbol encounter. Instead of spawning from tall grass or random areas in caves, bodies of water, etc., a wandering Pokemon has a specific area in which it always spawns. In the Wild Area of Sword and Shield, a wanderer spawns once a day.
For example, in the Wild Area, there is a wild Duraludon that you can always encounter at the same area of the Giant’s Seat. If you either cause the Duraludon to faint in battle, catch it, or flee from it in battle, the Duraludon will despawn. But if you return to the Giant’s Seat the next day (starting at 12:00 a.m.), you will find another Duraludon stomping around in the very same area as the previous one.
Duraludon isn’t the only example of wandering Pokemon in the Wild Area. The wild Onix in the rolling fields, the Snorlax at the Bridge Field, and the Obstagoon near the Wild Area’s Pokemon Nursery are other examples, and the same is true for them as for the Duraludon at the Giant’s Seat, as well as for all wandering Pokemon in the Wild Area.
There are also wandering Pokemon in the Isle of Armor and the Crown Tundra. All that is true for wanderers in the Wild Area is also true for wanderers in these areas.
Wandering Pokemon can also be found in other areas throughout the game. These Pokemon are:
Note that whether the listed Pokemon respawn or not and when they respawn varies. Some respawn if you exit the area and then return, some respawn daily, and some never respawn.
Sources:BulbapediaSerebii
I hope this finally answers your question!
A “Wandering” Pokemon is a Pokemon that is not in the grass, and appears in the overworld.
A wanderer (Japanese: 固定シンボルエンカウント fixed symbol encounter) is a type of wild Pokémon encounter found in the Galar region in Pokémon Sword and Shield. It is a wild Pokémon that appears in a fixed location in the overworld, and may react to the player’s presence in the same manner as other symbol encounters.
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In Pokemon Sword and Shield, I believe the Wandering Pokemon you are talking about are Galarian Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. These Pokemon’s encounters work differently than any other encounter in the game.
These legendary birds function similarly to Roaming Pokemon in previous games and generations. In older games, a Roaming Pokemon would be encounterable in the tall grass of a route, and everytime that you changed routes, the Roaming Pokemon also changed location.
In SWSH, these “Wandering” Pokemon appear in each of the three Wild Areas, (Wild Area, Isle of Armor, and Crown Tundra. They fly/run around in a specific route that eventually is looped. For some of the Birds you must chase them, and for some of the Birds you must wait for it to come to you. If you are looking at the Pokedex trying to find the location data for these Pokemon, it says Wanderer.
If you need more information, I would suggest goinghereand watch how the encounters work.
If you have any more questions, please ask!
