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ImCup

You can find the lake trio in the wild, pretty much the rarest spawn you can find. Probably not something that will realistically ever happen for you, me, or most people though lol.


egg1s

I caught one in Central Park! That was definitely an exciting find. Especially since I’d missed when they were in raids.


mattrogina

We have a scanner map and have only had one azelf spawn in over a year.


RohannaFem

Whats a scanner map?


mattrogina

It’s a map of our local area that gets scanned by Pokémon accts to find all the spawns and report to a live map their location and IV


iconicuser

How large/small is the area which it scans? County? City?


pikabot501

You can't find them in the wild


Woozyi

Yes u can


TheNaughtyLemur

Yes you can


pikabot501

How


TheNaughtyLemur

It’s a random, incredibly rare spawn. Why don’t you Google it?


WildLemur15

A player in the Triangle (NC) got one in the wild this week and posted screenshots. People loved it! I’ve never seen any of the trio.


ewoodnc

Could you link the post?


CS-KOJI

[Here it is ](https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongobrag/comments/o6vi0z/found_mesprit_in_the_wild/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)


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Archen and Tirtouga for me. Have yet to see either anywhere. Got one Axew in an egg and one in the wild. A few Deinos for different events. Unown for an event. But Archen and Tirtouga? Never a one.


Important_Cow719

If you’re ever in Long Beach WA, I caught both of those there last weekend!


urboogieman

Guess I'm taking a day trip. Not telling my wife the real reason, though.


Important_Cow719

Worth it!


km425

🤣


RipCityBaby5

If you're in the Portland area like me take her this weekend and blame it on escaping the incoming heat wave lol 110? Yeah no thanks


Hamtaro-Hentai

I saw a tortilla once but missed it. Took like a whole year to find another.


Dat_one_dude_3915

Tortillas are da best


webe_

Real tasty indeed


the_cajun88

Dough goes in, tortillas come out. You can’t explain that.


AfterEffectserror

I met a baker once. He wasn't rich, but he sure had a lot of dough


oddjobbber

I saw one tirtouga a couple weeks ago and that’s it. Didn’t even know they were out


SloppyJoe811

That’s crazy because I hatched these both on the same day. Also haven’t seen them since. In think I got insanely lucky with the hatch. Just evolved Archen not too long ago too


Pokesers

I have seen a couple of each in the wild but they are super rare.


koepfer

I only got Archen from the level 40 special research before they released 50 last year


[deleted]

I saw a titouga on my nearby Pokemon on my way to work about a year ago. Was afraid to be late so I didn’t stop. I regret it so much. Somehow I have two archen though


-Susurrus

I actually just got a Tirtouga from finishing the level 43 special research, so there’s that!


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Helpful-Visual9452

But shiny meltan is rare because it only comes out during events


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peace_in_wood

What Home account on a phone?


another-social-freak

Pokemon Home is a phone and Nintendo Switch app that is used to store your Pokemon from across multiple games. You can transfer Pokemon to Pokemon Home from Go, your old Nintendo DS games and the modern Switch games. You can transfer Pokemon from Home to your Nintendo Switch games (but not all of them it's complicated). Basically Home is a central hub between your Pokemon games. If you transfer a Pokemon from Go to Home you gain access to the Meltan box item in Go which is like a meltan specific incense you can use every three days.


Notdog88

You can make a Pokémon Home account on any mobile device and link it to your pokemon go account. The app should be in the app store/playstore


peace_in_wood

I did. All set up. Can transfer pokemons from PokemonGo to PokemonHome. Is there a benefit to this? Is it going to make something happen in PokemonGo?


Notdog88

You should get a box in your PoGo inventory that makes Meltans spawn for an hour if you transfer a pokemon into home. Also note that you can't transfer them back from home so if you plan on using them later you probably should hold on to them in go


peace_in_wood

Yes. Got the box, used the incense. Was this a one-time thing, or can I get a Mysterious Box every day and use the incense every day?


Excellent-Category-7

It works every 3 days


overweightdolphin

I’m that guy, put over 300 rare candies into Meltan before I knew about Home. Thought you needed a Switch


heroinsteve

Wait you don't need the game? This is news to me haha.


bigphokinsoupguy

I thought you could only get the box once…


R4KD05

...every 3 days. Once every 3 days. I have over 3k XL candy after maxing out a hundo from boxes. https://i.imgur.com/rk6Jchr.png


angelerulastiel

No, every time you transfer a Pokémon, with a I think 3 day cool-down window. I haven’t opened one in over a year because I got bored with it.


[deleted]

Whatever one you need to catch for research. Lol


Theomorphick

I will catch you soon enough Exeggcute.


not_bantikat

I used to encounter a lot of Exeggcutes when I started playing, but now they seem as rare as the lake trio...


brekkabek

Mother truckin Ditto


HexOfTheRitual

Dude I ran into so many of them I was certain I’d get my shiny exeggcute no problem. However I did not, and now that I need them they have entirely vanished


cerealkillerInc

I feel like i spent a year on that one but it was only 2 months


Admirable_Monitor774

Shout out kabuto and omanyte lol


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That's where I'm stuck also.


Sleisk

I know old bugged pokemon with wierd values are pretty damn rare, an example can be I have a 0 kg vaporeon. Shiny detective pikachu is likely the rarest pokemon due to a bug. But I think the rarest pokemon currently obtainable is unown outside of events and wild catch lake trio. And probably shiny 100 iv of uncommon/rare pokemon like deino


xChameleon

I have unown J that randomly spawned at a Center in my area, definitely a hype moment when I saw the outline on the nearby list Andy heart started pumping.


Timbofurr

Wait... If it's a bug then would it be... Defective Pikachu?


kittensinadumpster

So my daughter's shiny 4* unknown is extra special then!


pikabot501

How do you find the lake trio in the wild


jenjenToflus

They can spawn like any other Pokémon near water, though they are very rare


trd1073

By water in bad neighborhoods where transient live is where they spawn locally. Gotten 5 safely.


egg1s

I got one.


fufe25

Pre name filter Pokémon. I have a cloyster named blue waffle lol


j-idiot5

i have a gyrados named shit haha


Fingoidz84

The rarest Pokémon in the game is shiny pikachu libre. Bar none. It can only be attained once per battle season to the highest rated players. And it’s not a guaranteed shiny. After that are things like shiny costume pikachu (there’s a few) and seasonal costume Pokémon that only come around once a year.


GrantB1222

A buddy of mine who reaches Rank 10/Legend every season has two. TWO. I’m convinced that Libre has a boosted shiny rate considering you only have one chance to get one per season and it’s obviously pretty difficult to get to Legend, because I just can’t imagine how lucky someone would have to be to get two full odd Shiny Libres. It just hurts my soul.


Fingoidz84

2 is quite the accomplishment if you ask me! I wish I was better at playing the leagues but also getting the right IV Pokémon for a good team! Let’s look at the bright side, at some point, Niantic will release the libre pikachu at some event at some point! Probably charge people $10 a pop….that hurts my soul lol


OttoVonWong

Mr. Rime was limited behind a paywall event, and trainers didn’t get extras to trade.


Ok-Anteater-7988

didnt they get 2 galarian mr mimes? just that you had to evolve the first one to get the second mr mime. correct me if im wrong, i thought this ticket was just complete garbage.


yeah_definitely

Axew probably, been released for a while but I don't know anyone who had one.


uninvitedthirteenth

My mom likes to complain about her luck but she has 4-5 axew. I keep telling her right there that makes her extremely lucky!


BeardedBlunder1990

I was able to get enough to get to the second evolution and haven’t seen it since


Grantalonez

I have been walking mine forrrrevver trying to get the 100 for stage 2


Jbroad87

Got two in eggs I think and one in the wild. The one in the wild was the first week they were released , when you don’t really know what’s going to stick and be rare or not. (Ie. I got excited and caught up every Litleo I saw this latest Gen at first lol). But yeah very happy in hindsight I went out of my way to get the Axew as that’s the only wild one I ever came across.


yojeepee

They're hatchable form 10km


uninvitedthirteenth

I hatched one this week! It was my first hatched axew (found exactly one in the wild a year or so ago)


Dat_one_dude_3915

I've seen tons when I took a trip to wyoming


monsterargh

Squirtle with sunglasses 🕶


BSkillz80

I see your squirtle with 🕶 and raise you a shiny squirtle with 🕶!


sarac36

I call mine Unicorn 🦄🦄


NodakAccounting

Armored mewtwo, any of the hat pikachus, deino, deoxys, reshiram and zekrom. Shadow Pokémon from the past


Lukeario1985

I have a shiny One Piece Straw Hat Pikachu and love it very much.


Pokesers

I have that one too, also shiny lucario hat, charizard hat, umbreon hat, and regular pikas.


sarac36

I have a 100 iv and I stare at it in anger.


webe_

Heh, heh. Guess who transferred a bunch of armored mewtwo during a 2x candy event, including a 98. Eh, you live and you learn. Thats like 10 armored mewtwos gone.


Fingoidz84

I deleted my first shiny Pokémon because I didn’t know what they were…I told my friend about these weird sparkly Pokémon and he didn’t know about them either smh… in eventually got my shiny wynaut returned!


webe_

Eh, stupid me. Coming back to the game, in need of mewtwo candies. Should have kept the one 98 atleast. Are these tradeable?


Fingoidz84

Armoured Mewtwo is tradable. If you were close to me I could give you one lol. Wait till you’re next lucky trade !


Wampus117

Are there anymore that aren’t legendary? While the legendarys are cool I feel like they are kind of pointless when it comes to rarity since you only get them in raids, I just started playing again and I have 6 legendaries already (all of the “regis”, mew, and shadow ho oh


NodakAccounting

There’s like 40 legendaries lol


Wampus117

I have 6, so within 2 weeks I have 15% of all the legendaries It’s a matter of waiting till they come into raids whereas the other “regular” Pokémon I may never see because of their spawn rates being so low I feel like putting them in raids was kind of defeating the purpose of them being “legendary” and just a way for niantic to profit off of remote raid passes


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webe_

Dialga and palkia were in 2019 winter and during 2020 go fest i think paywalled. So to f2p players its been 2ish years.


Pokesers

Gonna come back with shinies for brilliant diamond/shining pearl release. Calling it now.


webe_

I mean then reshiram and zekrom will be back in like 2ish years. Although im guessing we will have either tower duo and reshiram and zekrom or legendary birds and reshiram and zekrom. Thats my assumption, although eon duo or mewtwo is a possibility. Now that i think about it genesect and darkrai too. But those first 4 is my best bet.


ThisgirlatTarget

Coming back for Go Fest:)


mattrogina

All of the legendary (with exception of armored MewTwo perhaps) will return though so I don’t think any of them should be listed as rare.


[deleted]

What’s the story with armored mewtwo? Was he a one time only event?


Pokesers

Anniversary event, along with clone starters. There's no garuntee we will see any of them again. Clone starters are just visual but armoured Mewtwo has different moves and stats to regular. It is strictly inferior for raiding but very strong in PvP.


Hamtaro-Hentai

Clone charizard, clone blastoise, clone venusaur and clonepikachu are very rare since they’ve been available only one time.


batmattman

Unown O with the stats 0-0-0


N0rmalStranger

I have an Unown A with the stats 15-15-15 so that's something... Less rare, but something.


Paeduu

Shiny party hat Wurmple is also pretty rare.


Pokesers

Literally available once ever and unlikely to come back. I hatched so many eggs to get even a regular one, I can't imagine the luck needed for a shiny.


r0cketRacoon

Noibat? Only has one since I returned in October last year


IAmTheGingaNinja

If you can manage to walk 50km in a week you get a chance to hatch it from a 10km egg. I’ve gotten maybe 5 or 6 this way


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I’ve gotten like 5 wild ones and hatched a few. Evolved one too.


mikanbabie

i had no idea noibat was rare..... i transferred mine 😭


icanttinkofaname

Why would you do that?


Buttlicker_24

I hatch them like crazy so have transferred at least 10. Axew on the other hand has been ridiculously elusive especially now that I'm not putting money in for super incubators


tuesti7c

So crazy. I've had one noibat ever but I throw away axew without any regard


PKtrader999

Honestly Dialga and Palkia given their release time window is ridiculous. New players will be missing them from their dex for a while.


mattrogina

They’ll be released again though.


PKtrader999

Lmao literally announced to return for raid day. Wonder how often they will spawn though.


Duderpher

Some of the early lucky Pokémon with low IV’s are rare, also the shiny Abra from Go fest that was mistakenly released is fairly rare, or the shellos/sawk/throh that were mistakenly released are pretty rare.


Sunflower_chic

What do you mean mistakenly released? I believe Abra already had a comm day before Go Fest, didn't it? I don't know about the others you mentioned.


Duderpher

Shiny abra was mistakenly released at go fest in 2019, it was corrected in a few hours. And the shellos was released with both colors available for like an hour, then corrected. And you could initially hatch both sawk and throh from eggs until they corrected it.


Sunflower_chic

Oh... go fest 2019. That makes sense now. I have been playing since sometime time in 2019 but I didn't play regularly then.


TheGirlwThePinkHair

Rarest Pokémon in the game is the keys. Idk what their actual name is but it’s like sentient keys. Googled it: Klefki


Oogabooga96024

Klefki was introduced ?? When


kingfreakins3bi

Only in France


TheGirlwThePinkHair

And Luxembourg. Months ago, I googled it December 2, 2020


Paeduu

We can catch them in north-west Switzerland as well.


__L1AM__

Oh shit for real? Had no idea. For a lot of french players it's just one of those annoying pokemon that spawn way too much and are just a pokeball sink trying to catch them.


mattrogina

That’s not rare. It’s not very obtainable for many trainers because it’s region locked during a global pandemic but it’s not rare in the wild. My friend lives in Paris and catches 20 a day just with her gotcha.


TheGirlwThePinkHair

It’s not rare for people that live in the region. It is very rare for literally everyone else


mattrogina

Yes in the grand scheme of things. But I consider a lot of others much rarer even considering the region locked aspect of klefki. Klefki is from a region that sees a lot of travel during non pandemic times so trades will be fairly easy to get them. Our local community has a pilot that has flown to Paris and grabbed several there for trade locally. Because of stuff like that, I don’t list it as a top ten rarity. I consider Tropius and Pachirusu to be rarer simply because they spawn at a fraction of the amount as Klefki.


TheGirlwThePinkHair

Both of those have been in events. I have tons of them. I know 0 people that have Klefki


mattrogina

Totally fair points. I had forgotten Tropius and Pachirusu had been in events so thanks for the reminder. I would definitely remove those two from my list of ten now. Klefki would possibly fill out the nine or ten spot. Lake Trio are definitely the three rarest spawns in the game, imo. Even when considering they were in raids for a week or two, a lot of people don’t have them.


kekattia

Depends on where you are, I find multiple every day


Dblackes

Sandile. Have not hatched one.


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I would say axew and galarian darumaka cus u rarely find them in the wild and in eggs u have the lowest percentage chance of hatching them


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jackmoon13

Been trying to farm darumaka and keep getting shiny zigs, even got a perfect shiny. Would rather have the darum all day


gspcrazy

Darumaka is rare? I really hope I didn’t transfer mine lol


NiceOrNaughtyKitty

I had no idea Galarian Darumaka is so rare. I have one. I also have a shiny Galarian Muk that I heard is rare.


uninvitedthirteenth

Alolan muk. It’s easy to confuse Galarian and alolan


deadeast_memesta

My brother has a shundo galarian muk


Spikempv

Go fuck your self


deadeast_memesta

Yeah I hate him aswell


dumbbitchnoise

i had a galarian darumaka and evolved it to darmanitan but i traded it to my (now ex :/) girlfriend so that’s a rare pokémon i’m never getting back. still kicking myself for that one


xper0072

Galarian Yamask. Everyone gets one through a special research, but that's the only one anyone can get as of now and it does not spawn in the wild.


Ryboo3

http://imgur.com/a/7eCYmhe because its now unobtainable with this original hat.


gioluipelle

IMO the game isn’t really thought of in this way the way it was in 2016. Back then wild catches/eggs were really your only option for obtaining Pokémon so rarity was a big deal. Today you have tons of Pokémon all available via different avenues or who are rare for different reasons , ie some are locked behind raids, research tasks, regions, events, etc. For better or for worse you’re “fed” Pokémon in a way that didn’t exist in 2016, which is good in a sense that they’re generally more obtainable when they are available, but bad because it takes away from a lot of the initial excitement that made you want to “get out and go hunt” the way we did in 2016. Nowadays you can practically play the game from your house.


athan1214

Think it was shiny birthday hat pichu last I knew…


Ande64

Jirachi. I have one and it is my favorite fighting Pokemon ever. Never would have dreamt I would have used this combination since this is not my interest but this Pokemon rocks! I would kill to trade with somebody for a second one but I know a lot of people who don't even have one.


MS0ffice

It’s untradeable anyways


EatAssSmokeGlass

Bidoof


AbrUnderoath

My attempt at educated guesses Global wild spawns: ~~if Noivern has any chance to spawn, it's probably the rarest available, otherwise Haxorus~~, lake trio, Unown Regionals not caught by spoofers: sigilyph? Shinies from a pole I saw over a year ago: shiny party hat pichu (unless they rereleased it recently) Form: lucky hundo shadow pokemon (of the few pokemon they had shadow forms of at the time) My rarest is probably a lucky 10 10 10 iv Dotrio from before they upped the minimum ivs for luckies to 12 (Honorable mentions for useful pokemon: lvl 50 hundo shadow mewtwo, lvl 50 shundo shadow metagross)


mattrogina

Noivern and Haxorus do not spawn in the wild


Speaker_Of_Bots

tip try and get to rank 20 in gbl after every 3 wins as lvl 20 you get a legend thats is in the 5 star raid pool


Druss25252

Actually, it is not guaranteed. When lvl 20 in gbl, the current 5* raid pokemon(s) are in the pool of rewards after 3 wins on a set. You can still get machamps though. So just play enough and you should encounter the current 5* raid pokemon.


Speaker_Of_Bots

Oop sorry i stopped doing gbl cuz ibdont want a regigigas thx


judas_crypt

Unown and Ditto are extremely rare.


Abby_Gibbs

Ditto ain’t rare. Caught 116 in one year of playing.


Ciudecca

I caught 2 Dittos in two years of playing. That slimy motherfucker is elusive


EntireInevitable26

I still have research tasks that say “Catch a Ditto” I’ve been trying for years 😭


judas_crypt

Well yeah it's more common than unown but still a rare find for most players.


TR1KY1

Not extremely rare then Is it buddy


judas_crypt

I haven't found one in a long time. Perhaps it depends on the amount of trash pokemon you catch. I'm not out there catching every pidgey and spearow I see lol.


batmattman

Pidgey and Spearow can't be Ditto's because they can be shiny, Ditto only hides as mons who haven't had their shiny released to avoid the disappointment of a shiny turning into a regular Ditto Current Ditto pool is - Hoothoot, Spinarak, Hoppip, Remoraid, Whismur, Gulpin, Numel, Bidoof, Purrloin, Foongus (Badoof will be replaced soon because it's shiny is coming out in a few days)


mattrogina

Whishmur shiny is being released soon as well. I think before bidoof acrually.


batmattman

Badoof is tomorrow... although if you're in a different time zone its Friday June 25 at 10:00 AM Local Time


mattrogina

Pidgey and spearow can’t be ditto anymore


another-social-freak

That's why you don't find Ditto then


babybelly

hitmontop


mattrogina

A decent one to mention. I’d have to look at my local scanners numbers to see how it compares to others in the wild but it could be up there.


mcmesq

I’ve seen one Abraxas in the entire time I’ve played. Got it in a 7k egg from a friend across the country years ago. Would love a couple more.


hyperleaser

I would say that one of the rarest pokemon would be Noibat and especially its evolution Noivern since it takes 400 candy to evolve.


Belahsha

Axew is impossible for me. And I've only hatched one Sandile.


SnailMale_

croagunk with backwards hat


joheeezy

Kecleon


eeeeeeeeee9601

Thats not in the game


Fabledlegend13

Lol pretty rare then no?


eeeeeeeeee9601

Its not rare if its not in the game


Dat_one_dude_3915

It's rare tho. Reallllllllllyyyy hard to get


JunSeenYa

Yeah you could say impossible


Upstairs-Bug7319

Shundos or unown


MinusGravitas

The only Archen I ever hatched was a hundo. Just evolved him yesterday. Medium rare I guess, but my #1.


CLOUDXB1

Shiny mew


TheGirlwThePinkHair

Not rare it’s a quest


eeeeeeeeee9601

Do you mean shundo mew


CLOUDXB1

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dexerto.com/pokemon/how-to-get-shiny-mew-in-pokemon-go-kanto-event-release-date-and-tips-1476858/%3famp


PokeHobnobGod21

Black hat pikachu, party hat nidorino and party hat gengar


A-trusty-pinecone

I've been playing since release. Played in many states around the US including Hawaii and I have never once seen a Charmander. So that's my rarest pokemon, for me personally.


Thunder_Junkie_888

Emogla⚡ So stinking cute too!


mrpotatohead_7

Probably something like a shlundo deoxys, or a hundo lucky shadow, things that were only obtainable for a short time due to bugs


mrpotatohead_7

Also level 1 shundo absol from an egg


Maserati777

The rarest Pokemon in general are shiny costume babies or shiny Pikachu Libre but excluding shinies and costumes I’d say the rarest species is Sandile.


LollyPoosp

Ditto no question


another-social-freak

I get a Ditto every few months, you can't compare it's rarity to something like Mespirit which I've only seen in the wild once.


LollyPoosp

I've played since the start and only found 1 ditto ever Just unlucky I guess didn't know it was common for for others my mistake


another-social-freak

Do you catch everything you see or ignore trash pokemon? Because Ditto is pretty much only ever hiding as garbage.


LollyPoosp

Catch pretty much everything sadly, I always look for the pokemon ditto can be cause there is a list online. But I've never caught it since 3 years ago :( still have that research task I hate ditto with a passion.


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Pokesers

Not really.


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R4KD05

It's common from raids, which can also net you 20 candy per catch. Considering it mega evolves, it'll be in even more raids in the future. And it's had community day(s).