One of the new features in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet is that there are certain Pokémon who will only level up once you've walked 1,000 steps with them. That doesn't sound too bad, does it? Unfortunately, it's worse than it seems, because it requires having that Pokémon out of its ball, and walking around with it... and our Pokémon have a tendency to either stop moving completely, or jumping back into their ball whenever they feel like it. It's a nightmare.
But smart Pokémon players are here to save the day, because it turns out that all you need to do is just hop on top of a Pokémon Center's roof, and your Pokémon will run around like headless Torchics trying to catch up to you.
We tried it out on top of the Los Platos Poké Center, and it worked just fine, but you may have to experiment to find one that you can reach. However, we weren't able to confirm how long it took, because we just let Pawmo run around for a while as we worked. It's longer than 10 minutes... we think.
Here's proof:
Other, more involved tricks include running around the circumference of a tower, or just the old-fashioned method of running up and down a long stretch of road, but there's no guarantee with those methods that your Pokémon won't get stuck somewhere stupid and give up.
Is it a little cruel? No more cruel than making Pokémon fight, right? Not for some players:
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Personally I just ran around a tree over and over while reading a book to get my 1,000 steps
Well, as someone who's taking their time and still has Pawmi, I'll keep this tip in mind once it evolves.
Nice, I wonder how much time it takes for them to reach 1000 steps
I just walked around in a small circle for a minute or two done, it was pretty easy and painless.
I mean running in a circle for a bit works as well but sure
Some of these new evolution methods are genuinely dumb. And not "cute dumb", just "dumb for the sake of being quirky".
I swear I showed my Pawmo the world and they still wouldn't evolve. Eventually managed it while in the desert looking for Great Tusk but geez louise this evolution method is rough.
That being said however, whilst I was doing the same to evolve my Bramblin, I found 2 full odds shinies in Drifloon and Mudbray within 4 minutes of each other so maybe it's not all bad.
@Fizza how do you get that lucky?!
@Greatluigi
Craziest thing was only a few hours earlier, I found a full odds shiny Paldean Wooper as well!
Running in circles for 3 minutes worked for me, it’s actually one of the easiest evolution methods imo lol.
This is a clear sign that the mechanic of having to "walk" a pokemon to evolve it is a bad one, it only works with the one or two people that discover it by accident and then that's it, it's become a chore for everyone else because the "surprise" (of being friendly to your pokemon ending in it evolving, just cause you spent time with it expecting nothing in return) is ruined.
Mine evolved with no problem? Like maybe a level or two after it evolved into Pawmo. Didn't realise this was an issue for most people.
It was actually very useful to have a fully evolved Pokemon so early in the game.
I stopped using Pawmo due to this evolution technique, wish there was another option for those that quickly get bored or have short attention problems, like use a Thunderstone for example.
The issue as others have mentioned, is that it relies on you using the "Let's Go!" feature with that individual Pokémon, but it Pawmo walks far too slowly and will return to your Poké Ball too easily.
What's worse is that if a Pokémon gains a level via a Let's Go battle, it won't trigger the evolution even if it's met the 1000 steps requirement.
It feels like they designed this evolution method to be sold as information in a guide book, but the series has been no stranger to obscure evolution methods for that very reason.
Making you walk 1000 steps to evolve a pokemon sounds horrible.
I could understand with eggs to an extent but this is one of the evolution mechanics that just waste your time.
@FishyS Multi-tasking lol
It would be kinda nice if devs stopped putting things like this in games ffs
Damn, just as I FINALLY evolve Pawmo, this little nugget comes out 🤦♂️ will give it a try with Rellor tomorrow. Been bumbling around for days
@RupeeClock Thank you! I put this explanation in the article and everything! I know it's easy to walk for three minutes, I'm not a total idiot 😅
who trough putting this kinda of evolution method is a idiot and need to be fired immideately.
@Fizza funnily enough, I had a similar experience. Me and some buddies got together to play on launch day and I was just wandering around and accidentally ran into a full-odds Bramblin, note this was before I even knew this Pokémon existed. Let’s just say there was a lot of screaming haha. And while trying to evolve it I ran into a shiny Cetottle. I don’t know if I’m either very lucky or that stupid tumbleweed was a good luck charm.
Just FYI, if the Pokemon gets sent back into their ball, you lose the progress made. It has to be a constant 1000 steps.
.... Took me forever to evolve my tumbleweed Pokemon because I didn't know this 😒
@Giancarlothomaz You okay there champ? Looks like you just walked on your keyboard!
@SonOfDracula i worried with the future of my country, we are living under a exception regime, the judiciary system here, is censhoring everyone who disagree with them, beside this i ok.
@Giancarlothomaz That makes sense.
I didn't realise it meant 1000 steps in one outing at first and couldn't work out why it wouldn't evolve despite it being the only pokemon I would send out.
@Preposterous you had to turn your 3ds upside down to evolve one at some point…
@LillianC14 And that one was dumb as well. Nonsensical evolution methods started with gen 4 and since gen 6 they've gotten even worse.
Is it walk around after pressing R or ZR?
Do you NEED to walk w/ it, or can you let it run in circles on its own? Been trying the latter & leveling up using XP candies; last one was for @25 min & no dice. What am I missing here??
@RupeeClock Anyone remember the new Yamask in SwSh?
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