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If you’re playing Pokémon Sword and Shield, you have definitely seen a big Gyarados or Jellicent around in the waters in the Wild Area. To get them, you need an upgrade for your bike.
The Rotom Bike you get on Route 5 gets an upgrade to allow it to cross water. The same man who gifts you the bike will upgrade it for you once you hit Route 9, after you visit Circhester.
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Once you get this, you’ll be able to seamlessly ride your bike into the water, free to explore the game and battle any wild Pokémon you run into.
Note that you cannot fish while on the bike and the fishing shadows will vanish if you ride too close. To fish, just get off your bike, stand on the shoreline closest to the bubbling shadow, and press the A button.
After getting your bike, you should immediately visit the Lake of Outrage zone in the Wild Area. Not only do evolution stones and wild Eeveelutions spawn there, but so does Ditto, a Pokémon pretty necessary for any Pokémon breeder.
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Just starting out
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- Scorbunny guide: Evolutions and best moves
- Sobble guide: Evolutions and best moves
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- How to breed Pokémon and hatch eggs
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Gym battles
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- Sword - Stow-on-Side gym: Guide to beating Bea
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- Ballonlea gym: Guide to beating Opal
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Where to find ...
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- Complete map and locations
- Where to find Gigantamax Pikachu and Eevee
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- Where to find Special Move Tutors
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- Where to find Galarian Ponyta and Rapidash
- Where to find Charmander
- How to solve the Turffield Stones riddle
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Evolutions
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- Where to find evolution stones
- Special evolution methods and requirements
- Where to get Galarian Farfetch’d and how to evolve to Sirfetch’d
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- How to evolve Milcery into Alcremie
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Expert Guides
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- The best Pokémon by type
- How to catch and breed Shiny Pokémon
- How to change your Pokémon’s nature
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- How to change the weather
- Where to find and buy TMs
- Where to find TRs
- How to check EVs and IVs
- How to increase your Rotom Bike’s speed
- How to EV train
- Breeding and catching high IV Pokémon
- How to raise friendship
- How to farm EXP Candy
- How to get Rotom and its forms
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