Things I Wish I Knew Earlier In Pokemon Legends Arceus (Tips & Tricks)

Something worth pointing out is the level of Aggro pokemons have. Some are pretty obvious like Starlies being skiddish and Shinx being prone to fight you, but you wouldn't believe when I tell ya a Paras will spot you from very far away and immediatly become hellbent on your demise. Also, Machokes are totally chill xD

If you really want to optimize the exp gain with that alpha Blissey, throw a Pinap berry before you challenge it. Gives A LOT more exp.

13:06 you can also interact with Y! Your character does a cheer, that the Pokémon responds to with a roar or cheer of their own!

"It just doesn't make sense to have Autosave in a Pokemon game" Me, Who Lost 3 Hours of Pokedex Progress Because My Game Crashed: Imma have to disagree with you on that

Something I noticed that I haven't seen anyone else mention, is that when you throw the Pokeball, a tall hop means it may not capture, but a short hop of the ball is always a capture. Not really a useful thing I guess, since you can't do anything to change that, but it's nice to know if you caught it a second or two early so you can ready another ball quicker and chain it into oblivion

You can walk up hills fast if you hold your pokeball in your hand. Your character won’t do the slow walk.

Another thing I found out playing is if you can't find the wisps then wait until night and fly around above portions of the map and they will be visible and brighter.

THANK YOU for that tip of hiding in grass in distortion zones. The actual effort of having to battle 3 high leveled pokemon at once was a pain in the hole.

Dude gets to the point in 20 seconds. ✊🏼 You're officially a Pokemon legend just for brevity alone. Cheers mate.

one thing you missed; if you initiate combat by a critical throw(aka back stab) then other pokemon aggroing you will leave, leaving you to fight that one mon alone. Specially useful for trying to catch alphas surrounded by adds or in distortions. Also, it's not that you can switch mons for free; switching still costs action speed, it's just that it works like a quick attack with a very high speed modifier, so in most cases it'll be getting you an extra turn... but if you were already on the 2nd move in a row, the enemy is much faster than the mon you're taking out, or they just used an agile move, chances are it won't be enough and the turn will carry over, plus if you had 2 turns in a row, the swap will likely consume one of them.

For those grinding with the Blissey, it's only really efficient until about level 80. After that I personally recommend going for the Alpha Garchomp who is at the bottom left of the final area. It is level 85 and gives pretty solid exp all the way up to 100. Just bring a good ice type that can 1 shot cuz it does hit back pretty hard.

Oh my word, knowing the amount of pokemon to catch for the harvests to be done is a game changer

So I've noticed most people haven't used the ZR in battle to throw pokemon to switch them out. You can do the same if you hit X to throw items and chose a pokeball. You can use the quick menu instead of going to the items tab.

One thing I noticed was missing here but I think is very important to note is that with the satchel system if you die and drop your items if you don't have Nintendo online your satchel actually won't show up for other people and you won't get it back.

The symbols to the right of your attacks during battle also show if the move is effective or not. The dot is neutral, the dot with the circle is super effective, and the triangle is not very effective. Then there's an x which is null. So if you don't need the description of the move you don't have to press y to view effectiveness.

I'd like to mention another way to catch Alphas, since this video seems to not think it's a possibility. When I first encountered an Eevee I saw that one of its Pokédex tasks was to feed it 5 times. I had no idea how to feed wild Pokémon yet because the game hadn't said anything about it, so I googled it. Then maybe an hour later I saw my first Alpha. I pretty much always feed every wild Pokémon that I'm trying to catch, including Alphas. You absolutely CAN feed an Alpha and catch it while it's eating. You do not have to stun them or enter enter battle. Plus, feeding the alphas requires only a single food item (I generally use Oran Berries since those are so easily accessible) as opposed to 3-4 Sticky Globs just to stun the Pokémon once.

Tip for later in game once you get braviary, instead of fast travelling maps use braviary to fly low over it and you might find a shiny. I’ve gotten like 5 with that method while going to or from a mass hoard

Been playing since it came out, some things I’ve noticed as well. -The mistwalls on the edge of the map block out MOST things, but light effects go straight through. Nice for finding spirit flakes. -Pokeballs have historically, for me, had a higher catchrate when youre just throwing them at wild pokemon out of battle than great balls. -Ultra balls work on boss pokemon out of battle -Trust your instincts when throwing pokeballs at least once or twice, its a very nice skill to have when they are too far to auto target -Cherrim and cherrubi are nearly impossible to find, because they have very set spawn locations. Look them up -The starters you dont get show up in the distortions, cyndaquil in the mirelands, rowlette in the first mountainous area that I cant remember the name of, and oshawott somewhere else. Also a good thing to look up. -piplup and turtwig both spawn around their own little ponds in the mirelands

Another tip I think is REALLY good for early game is there's a quest where a guy in the village tells you about a game you can play in the practice field. If you do that game which is a target practice one depending on your score you can get really good items early on like sticky globs and great and ultra balls. Even nuggets and stardust to help with your money situation. I did that game enough times that I had over 60 great balls and around 40 ultra balls before you can even get them (depending on your rank) in game to craft. Like before you even go to the Crimson Mirelands early. You just get a wide variety of useful items and the game doesn't really tell you about it

Another small tip if you haven't seen it already, but if you put at least one pokemon in each of your pastures/boxes, it increases the number of pastures/boxes you have up until 29 from 8.