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Pokémon: Sword & Shield

Challenge Road

By
Ben Chard
&
Vincent Lau

This is a fairly small zone, with a small number of "Diglett" IconDiglett. In theory, you shouldn’t have too many problems, but a needle in a smaller haystack is still a needle in a haystack!

(1 of 5) 1/8: Starting from the Training Lowlands, go up the first flight of stairs. It’s sitting comfortably next to the vegetation past the boulder on the left.

1/8: Starting from the Training Lowlands, go up the first flight of stairs. It’s sitting comfortably next to the vegetation past the boulder on the left.

2/8: From the lowlands entrance, go up both flights of stairs. When you reach the crossroad, go straight ahead. Walk around to the back of the tall, yellow grass. It’s by the cliff edge, facing the lowlands entrance.

3/8: Starting from the Brawlers’ Cave entrance, turn right. It’s buried next to a small rock by the cliff wall, near the cave entrance.

4/8: From Diglett 3, travel forward with the cliff wall on your right. Where the cliff wall ends, it’s hiding next to some vegetation that’s overlooking the ocean.

5/8: Head for the central crossroad, where the first oriental lantern is. Go up the slope to the next lantern. Number 5 is hiding near the boulder and vegetation to the right of the second lantern.

(1 of 3) 6/8: From the second lantern, while facing the Tower of Darkness (at the top of the stairs), turn left. It’s hiding at the edge of the path, overlooking the Training Lowlands.

6/8: From the second lantern, while facing the Tower of Darkness (at the top of the stairs), turn left. It’s hiding at the edge of the path, overlooking the Training Lowlands.

7/8: From the second lantern, while facing the tower, turn right. Go up the slope that leads to a Pokémon Den. It’s found right behind the den.

8/8: Go up to the Tower of Darkness, at the highest point of this zone. After climbing up the stairs, it’s immediately on the left, near some shrubbery.

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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Pokemon Company International
  • Platforms,
    Switch
  • Genre
    RPG
  • Guide Release
    15 November 2019
  • Last Updated
    21 March 2024
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Welcome to our comprehensive strategy guide for Pokémon: Sword and Shield, the latest entries in the Pokémon video game franchise. Our guide also incorporates all the DLC, including the Isle of Armor and brand new Crown Tundra DLC.

In Sword and Shield, you explore the Galar region, based on the United Kingdom, alongside rivals Hop, Bede and Marnie, with the aim to dethrone the Pokémon League Champion.

The games introduce several new features such as Dynamaxing and Gigantamaxing, functions that increase size and change forms of certain Pokémon; the Wild Area, a large open world with free camera movement; and raids with co-op battling. They also reintroduce features previously seen in Sun and Moon and Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee!, such as regional variants and roaming Pokémon depicted in the overworld.

Brand New October 2020:

Version 1.2

  • A Complete Walkthrough of the Isle of Armor.
  • Details of all 16 new Wild Areas, including Pokémon encounter rates.
  • All the new Max Raid Dens: Locations and Featured Pokémon.
  • Images and Locations of All 150 of the Missing Diglett.
  • The Isle of Armor Pokédex (featuring 100 Returning Pokémon).
  • Recipes for the Cram-o-matic.
  • A Full Walkthrough featuring Pokémon encounter rates.
  • All Gym Encounters and Strategies.
  • New Items: Mints & Natures Explained.
  • Post Game content including Champion Cup.
  • Dynamaxing and Gigantamaxing.
  • The Galar Region Pokédex (featuring 400 Pokemon).

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