While manyPokemon SwordandPokemon Shieldfans have focused heavily on the big changes since the last generation of games, like the absence of hundreds of past Pokemon, many of the games' small changes have gone unnoticed. Game Freak clearly spent a significant amount of time designing and optimizing certain aspects ofPokemon SwordandShield. One such fix for a pastPokemonproblem has recently come to light, dealing with locked evolution.
In pastPokemongames, it was possible to get a Pokemon into a position where they couldn’t evolve. It was a somewhat complicated process, as players would have to prevent their Pokemon from evolving early on and then level them until they hit the cap. SincePokemon evolutionscould only be triggered upon leveling, and Pokemon couldn’t level beyond the cap, those Pokemon were stuck in their unevolved form forever.
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WithPokemon SwordandShield, Game Freak recognized that while this situation may affect only a minority of a minority of players, it was still an issue. As such, Game Freak took the opportunity to add a solution inPokemon SwordandShield. While Pokemon still won’t be able to level at the cap, which is level 100, there’s a way to fake a level which will now trigger an opportunity to evolve. To do this, players just need to feed their Pokemon aRare Candy.
This way,Pokemon SwordandShieldplayers can experiment with not evolving their Pokemon while still having the opportunity to evolve them later - even if they’re leveled all the way to 100. It’s a small change that virtually allPokemonplayerswill never actually take advantage of, but it’s nice to know it’s there just in case the circumstance ever comes up. Encouraging players to experiment by removing unnecessary punishments is always optimal.
Pokemon SwordandShieldplayers may, now being aware of the way Rare Candies can help give a final chance at evolution, be pointing out how rare Rare Candies can be. Luckily Game Freak thought of that as well and put in a way for players to earn Rare Candies in a decently reliable way. To earn Rare Candies inPokemon SwordandShield’s endgame, players just need to do Max Raid Battles. Rare Candies are a rare reward from the raids, which makes them acquirable but not easy to find.
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