A Complete Guide To Completing The Pokedex In Pokemon Scarlet And Violet

We all can agree that the best part of Pokemon games is meeting and battling new Pokemon to complete your Pokedex. Working on your incomplete Pokedex not only helps you to get the completion rewards, but also makes you explore every nook and cranny of the world. 

There are around 400 Pokemon in Scarlet and Violet, including the exclusives. Scarlet and Violet’s roster might be smaller than the earlier games, but it’s still a daunting number.

The best way to catch every Pokemon in Scarlet and Violet’s Pokedex is by walking through the wild grass and checking the trees. Exploring the world of other players who might own a different copy of the game will also help you to tick missing Pokemon off your Pokedex. 

Here are some tips you can follow to catch all kinds of common and rare Pokemon in Scarlet and Violet.

5 Tips for completing Pokedex in Scarlet and Violet

In any Pokemon game, there are certain ground rules that you need to follow to complete Pokedex quickly and efficiently.

1. Walk through wild grass

While walking through the beaten path might be more tempting, it’s advisable to walk through the wild grass if you wish to encounter new Pokemon.

Wild grass is teeming with all sorts of Pokemon, and sometimes you might even come across a TM or item which might make the constant battles with wild Pokemon worth it.

2. Look up evolutions of Pokemon you have already seen

There will be some entries in Pokedex that you might not be able to hunt down, despite combing through the entire Paldea region many times. However, those entries might simply be evolutions of the existing Pokemon, so do check-up the evolution chart of all Pokemon on websites such as the Pokemon Database or Serebii.

3. Use the ‘lock-on’ function

Some Pokemon are difficult to reach since they might be on top of the trees, underwater, or under the ground. In a sticky situation like this, use the lock-on option by pressing ZL and ZR to throw a Pokemon from distance.

Pokemon such as Wiglett and Gyarados can be caught easily with this method.

4. Trade Pokemon with other players

If you are too bored with exploration, you can simply trade Pokemon with your friends and obtain Pokemon that you haven’t encountered in the wild yet. Click on the ‘Link Trade’ option in the main menu after connecting your switch to the internet.

5. Go back to basics

Even though Scarlet and Violet is a little different from any regular Pokemon game, any old tricks for capturing Pokemon still work wonders in the game. 

Avoid one-shotting the enemy by matching up effective types, lower your opponents’ HP till the HP bar becomes yellow or red, and use status effects such as asleep, confusion, frozen, or paralyzed to increase your chances of catching the Pokemon.

How to capture Paradox Pokemon?

Scarlet and Violet introduced a new type of Pokemon called Paradox Pokemon. These Pokemon belong to a different time period and were brought to the Paldea region with a time machine.

However, these Pokemon are just future or past forms of current Pokemon. They can be caught only after finishing the main game. I have made a list of all the Paradox Pokemon and their locations, so you can catch them easily.

1. Past Paradox Pokemon

Name	Type	Locations/How to Obtain
Great Tusk	Ground/Fighting	Area Zero, Trade from Scarlet
Brute Bonnet	Grass/Dark	Area Zero, Trade from Scarlet
Sandy Shocks	Electric/Ground	Area Zero, Trade from Scarlet
Scream Tail	Fairy/Psychic	Area Zero, Trade from Scarlet
Flutter Mane	Ghost/Fairy	Area Zero, Trade from Scarlet
Slither Wing	Bug/Fighting	Area Zero, Trade from Scarlet
Roaring Moon	Dragon/Dark	Area Zero, Trade from Scarlet
Koraidon	Fighting/Dragon	Area Zero, Trade from Scarlet

2. Future Paradox Pokemon

Name	Type	Locations/How to Obtain
Iron Treads	Ground/Steel	Area Zero, Trade from Violet
Iron Moth	Fire/Poison	Area Zero, Trade from Violet
Iron Hands	Fighting/Electric	Area Zero, Trade from Violet
Iron Jugulis	Dark/Flying	Area Zero, Trade from Violet
Iron Thorns	Rock/Electric	Area Zero, Trade from Violet
Iron Bundle	Ice/Water	Area Zero, Trade from Violet
Iron Valiant	Fairy/Fighting	Area Zero, Trade from Violet
Miraidon	Electric/Dragon	Area Zero, Trade from Violet

Pokedex completion rewards

In Scarlet and Violet, not only can you get rewards by completing your Pokedex but you will also get other rewards for reaching certain goals set by your homeroom teacher, Jacq.

1. Milestone rewards of Pokedex

Pokemon Caught	Reward	Quantity
10 Pokemon	Stardust	3
20 Pokemon	Great Ball	10
30 Pokemon	Thunder Stone	1
40 Pokemon	Ultra Ball	10
50 Pokemon	EXP. Candy S	5
60 Pokemon	Fire Stone	1
70 Pokemon	Net Ball	10
80 Pokemon	Water Stone	1
90 Pokemon	Nest Ball	10
100 Pokemon	Stardust	5
110 Pokemon	EXP. Candy M	3
120 Pokemon	Quick Ball	10
130 Pokemon	Dusk Stone	1
140 Pokemon	Dusk Ball	10
150 Pokemon	Shiny Stone	1
160 Pokemon	EXP. Candy M	3
170 Pokemon	Dive Ball	10
180 Pokemon	Stardust	10
190 Pokemon	Luxury Ball	10
200 Pokemon	EXP. Candy M	5
210 Pokemon	Moon Stone	1
220 Pokemon	Timer Ball	10
230 Pokemon	Star Piece	3
240 Pokemon	Fast Ball	1
250 Pokemon	Star Piece	3
260 Pokemon	Friend Ball	1
270 Pokemon	Dawn Stone	1
280 Pokemon	Level Ball	1
290 Pokemon	EXP. Candy L	3
300 Pokemon	Lure Ball	1
310 Pokemon	Comet Shard	3
320 Pokemon	Heavy Ball	1
330 Pokemon	EXP. Candy L	3
340 Pokemon	Moon Ball	1
350 Pokemon	EXP. Candy L	5
360 Pokemon	Dream Ball	1
370 Pokemon	Nugget	1
380 Pokemon	Nugget	2
390 Pokemon	Big Nugget	3
400 Pokemon	Beast Ball	1

2. Rewards from Jacq

Pokemon Caught	Reward	Quantity
30 Pokemon	TM057	5
100 Pokemon	Ultra Ball	20
200 Pokemon	Quick Ball	20
400 Pokemon	Shiny Charm	1

About Pokémon

Pokémon was first released in 1996 and is set up in a world where humans catch monsters and store them in pocket-sized poke-balls.

They are creatures with an affinity to certain elements and some superhuman abilities related to that element.

Revolving around a teenage boy Ash Ketchum, Pokémon takes us through his journey to becoming the most accomplished Pokémon trainer the world has ever seen.