10 Tips Pokemon Didn't Tell You in Sword/Shield

10 tips & tricks in Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield that you didn't know! I found 10 things that most people are shocked by when I do these on my Twitch stream. These are 10 tips in the Pokemon games that are not explained to you in anyway. There is no guide or NPC who tells you these Pokemon tips while playing through the games and even the Crown Tundra and Isle of Amor DLC.
00:00:00 - Curry Hunting Pokémon
00:01:55 - Icon Moving
00:02:20 - Evolve Lv. 100 Pokémon
00:03:30 - Ball Fetch Rare Balls
00:06:35 - Increased Spawns
00:07:10 - Shake Tree's Rightly
00:09:10 - The TM Trick
00:10:00 - Mint Island
00:11:30 - Battle-Ready Mark
00:12:40 - Premier Ball Trick
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[@julielopez4962]

"You can evolve any of your level 100 pokemon to blastoise" Me looking at my lvl 100 melmetal: wanna be a turtle?

[@PKMNcast]

😂

[@dragapultvmax3594]

Laughing

[@faith5999]

lmao

[@kaydeegamergirl6356]

😂🤣😂

[@alexisstone468]

That's exactly what I looked at the comments to see.

[@SegaDisneyUniverse]

As someone who has over 3K hours of playtime in this game, I've known 99% of these tips before this video even existed. However, I definitely did not know you could get a marked Pokemon through camp! And here's another tip for those who like to do the shiny events, if you wanted to continue doing something like the Christmas event and missed an opportunity to get a shiny, as long as you stay offline and don't update the Wild Area News before the event ends, you can still hunt the shiny event pokemon long after the event ends.

[@PKMNcast]

Happy I was able to teach you at least one new thing!

[@Boampong555]

Hey, I just got Pokemon 2 weeks ago and was wondering what the even was about

[@SegaDisneyUniverse]

@@Boampong555 You mean event? And which one?

[@lonedrogo8477]

3k hours? how in the hell did you play so much? seriously asking

[@smokingsoilder]

@@lonedrogo8477 125 days of play. 180000 minutes. Not impossible but would be maybe an hour or 3 a day from launch. Mass Effect 2 was my over 5k hours of play for all achievements.

[@nunosilva4679]

"If you accidentally let your pokémon get to lvl 100" Ah yes, I grinded for 7 hours on accident.

[@ActualTrash8]

XP candies: Am I a joke to you?

[@CoolWeegee123]

Ah yes. Happens to the best of us when we accidentally grind for several hours.

[@splatthepoisondartfrog1898]

that happened to me (kind of)

[@splatthepoisondartfrog1898]

soo im goinng thru that mushroom forest thingy and now my pokemon are lvl 30 BUT ALL THE POKEMON I WANT ARE LIKE LEVEL 25 AND ALL MY MOVES ARE EFFECTIVE

[@starlight0313]

More accurately Fuck i flicked the wrong button on exp candies

[@rafaelsampaio5577]

Number 11: The berry trees can just not shake sometimes when you start shaking them.

[@kimbekaw]

I swear I've never seen that happen either! lol

[@CesspoolOfCringe]

I’m surprised people didn’t know that like wtf

[@stefuneepylant1111]

I knew that the berry trees don't shake,in fact,that's very common for me. so basically,it gets me a lot more berries when it doesn't shake,I can net like 10+ sometimes before it starts shaking,but in other places,I only get like 3-4 berries before I have to quit. I think the most berries and apricorns I've ever gotten from a berry tree is 16 total items.

[@mitchellhancock7920]

I know about this one. It's happened to me on multiple occasions.

[@ElysetheEevee]

@@stefuneepylant1111 I legit got 19 once. I feel like I've gotten more, but that's the highest number I know for a fact I've gotten at some time.

[@KingLei798]

The Premier Ball change is such an underrated improvement, any time I play a main series game from an older generation & buy Great/Ultra Balls I always miss this feature. Great video!

[@PKMNcast]

Thanks!!

[@korok_.forest]

@@PKMNcast what do premier balls do? cause ive used them in pokemon lets go eevee and when i do the circle is red ( red means its hard to catch with that pokeball)

[@demonicfiendjr7279]

@@korok_.forest its the same catch rate as the normal pokeball

[@korok_.forest]

@@demonicfiendjr7279 W H A T

[@demonicfiendjr7279]

@@korok_.forest some people say the catch rate is actually worse

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Ok, did not know the TM one. That's rad!!

[@PKMNcast]

Heck ya! Happy to help!

[@akularia]

The Red moves that a pokemon can learn by checking on Bulbagarden means it Knows the move.

[@PokekaiPJArchives]

Hi Absol!

[@fortymcmeme3846]

Pls crown tundra movie or else I will assert my dominance

[@milosolos7411]

There is another way. You can go to your Pokemon's summary and go to their moves. You press X and you can check your TMs that way.

[@bederbiggs3353]

“The big bad ugly tree” 😂😂😂

[@EnorIII]

3:01 I know that's not what you meant, but being able to evolve any pokemon into Blastoise sounds pretty interesting 🤔

[@PKMNcast]

It’s the dream really

[@just_elijah8474]

im like "how did he get the salamence and porygon?" *sudden realization* "ohhhhhh pokemon home"

[@marinamarklund7468]

No, you can catch Bagon in a cave on one of the DLC extensions, and I have seen the final Ev. of Bagon = Salamance, in that same cave. It's just random how they appear.

[@just_elijah8474]

@@marinamarklund7468 thanks i forfot about this comment

[@taffles7498]

haha very funny

[@Ledragonboi27]

@@marinamarklund7468 if you go into the Crown Tundra Or Isle Of Amor,Either or Forgot Which one But In one Od the Caves you can Find a Salamence to.

[@JCbklyn707]

I imagine the Pokédex spotlight is a modernized version of the Pokegear with the hiker calling you about all the Dunsparce.

[@PKMNcast]

➡ Join us over on Twitch! twitch.tv/pkmncast 🤔 Was there any tip here that you didn't know? Hopefully you learned one thing new!

[@AdeptCharon]

that tip with the TMs seems super useful :^)

[@Ooby-Ooby]

The tree shake one was the only new one, but still thanks!

[@jonathanchen4987]

I learned how to attract Pokemon with Curry and the recommended Pokemon in the Pokedex appear more frequently.

[@krimorant]

Finally, no more being given a level 100 magikarp that I cant evolve

[@Skelebro_VA]

The trees sometimes don’t shake, meaning you could get more berries

[@dorothyofDA]

I was SURE this was going to be clickbait with the LV 100 and rare candy thumbnail but you really proved me wrong and actually gave me some of the most helpful advice I’ve gotten for this game, you’re a cut above the rest

[@PKMNcast]

I try never to clickbait or use an OMG face in my thumbs! YT is a hard game to play, but I am glad I am able to help other Trainers!

[@otterpxpalt5591]

"or any other pokemon that evolves into Blastoise" that one kid who's pretty sure only Wartortle evolves into Blastoise: *_confused screaming_* edit: DANG you have a LOT of rare candies

[@PKMNcast]

I expect to see a lot of Blastoise on the battlefield soon

[@fannfann1515]

I put in over 1200 hours and you still managed to show me new things! Thank you Steve, awesome video once again!!

[@PKMNcast]

Happy to hear!! :D

[@ahuman9940]

How do you spend 1200 hours in swsh?

[@kallanbrooks]

@@ahuman9940 probably shiny hunting

[@calebklauzer3171]

Legit did not know why I wasn't getting any curry encounters. I kept forgetting to look up what the trick was. Increased encounter and TM viewing was also new. I only knew about trees and mint island from your past videos. 😁 Oh yeah, and knew about battle ready from the podcast. Oh, and I had oatmeal for breakfast.

[@PKMNcast]

We putting cinnamon on that oatmeal? 😂

[@calebklauzer3171]

@@PKMNcast sadly out of cinnamon. 😥 Today was maple and brown sugar. 😋

[@Tony_AM009]

I was not aware of the Berry Tree shaking speed information. I thought that it was random. Also, I didn't know that the chance of Pokémon appearing & joining you while camping only occurred on routes and not in the Wild Area, towns, cities, Isle of Armor, or Crown Tundra.

[@fubukifangirl]

If the tree starts shaking fast immediately after you shake it once, there is a chance that a Pokemon will attack on the next shake.

[@Tony_AM009]

@@fubukifangirl I hate when that happens.

[@Slenderquil]

That level 100 thing is really cool. I have a level 100 magneton from missingno in blue vc, so that'll finally be able to evolve.

[@PKMNcast]

It's my favorite trick from the video!

[@AdamDawson3]

Magneton evolves with a Thunderstone in Sword & Shield

[@12jswilson]

More information on Mint island: each one of the spots corresponds to the boosting stat of the mint. Starting at the wishing spot and going clockwise around the island is Speed (near the wishing spot, Timid, Jolly, Hasty, Naive), SpDef (roughly quarter way clockwise), SpAtk (not quite halfway), Atk (inland side of tall tree), and Defense (next to the wishing spot but counter clockwise. All of the spots also have serious mints. It doesn't really take much more time to check the other spots, but if you're looking for a specific mint, they'll only appear in spot I described.

[@Sievers808]

You don't even need to do the convoluted held item thing for seeing what TMs a Pokémon can learn, just go to check summary and then to the move tab and then if you go into the move details you can press X to go to your TMs from there directly and it'll show the same list. This is more convenient for me since I like to see the moves I already have and I can also quickly move up and down through my team and check all of their moves.

[@raymondveritas5255]

7:50, if a tree is not shaking it is same as a slow shake. Basically shake again

[@mxdungeon7312]

Hey thanks! I didn't know half of these facts! I am, however, going to have to unsubscribe because you said ball fetch works with all Pokeballs, and it didn't work with a master ball for me.

[@Cymbacoil]

It actually took me a minute to get this 😂

[@PKMNcast]

I understand, my mistake 😂

[@calebklauzer3171]

@@Cymbacoil lol same!

[@kianamoore3879]

@@PKMNcast i already knew the rare candy one XD

[@TealEyesPersonal]

Hol’ up

[@mystickitsune4537]

3:30 when all your yampers are hidden ability

[@PKMNcast]

:(

[@turkoositerapsidi]

So hidden can not be changed?

[@mmrios9]

@@turkoositerapsidi there's a lady in the DLC that can, I believe

[@turkoositerapsidi]

@@mmrios9 Ok, i may have to see.

[@epic_bee1gaming528]

when all your yampers are 🅱urger

[@dren106]

I like the battle ready mark! I didn’t know that!

[@landynandauggie]

Heres a tip!!!! To evolve milcery, get a strawberry sweet and put the milcery on your team. Then, take the strawberry sweet and have the milcery hold it. As fast as you can, get out of the menu and start to spin, until you strike the pose. Your milcery should evolve into an alcremie!!! If it didn't work, you did it wrong!!!

[@PKMNcast]

That’s not tip, that’s just 1 out of 40+ ways to evolve that Pokémon

[@seranrevere865]

Wait, there’s more than one way to evolve that thing??

[@tendresseak27]

Near 700 hours of playtime into these games, glad to see there's still stuff I didn't know. The curry encounters is pretty cool.

[@PKMNcast]

It's a cool mechanic, still trying to figure out if there is an optimal way to force spawns.

[@tendresseak27]

@@PKMNcast ive never seen one spawn but to be fair I haven't cooked much curry. I only do this for the best friend ribbon.

[@selfenemy96]

That TM trick was really helpful! Will definitely save me some time in the future.

[@scottmadjeski7358]

The tree tip is the greatest thing. I never shook the trees until you mentioned it on your stream.

[@LetustheDragon]

Glad I wasn't the only one confused about the tree not shaking; had it happen a couple times. So I guess that means there is actually three stages.

[@kathyb395]

Thanks for the great video as always. I missed this tip in the stream but I never knew about the free shake after the tree does the fast shake. If you want to know I had waffles and a cup of tea for breakfast. Looking forward to the stream!

[@cremeriie]

the tree trick and the TM trick are soooo helpful dude! TMs especially since i spend way too long trying to see what moves me pkm can learn.

[@PKMNcast]

Happy to help Maddy!

[@OrcanicalK]

The tree shaking tip is immensely helpful. I’ve been meaning to look it up.

[@Chihuatlan]

Been wondering about that tree shaking thing: it took this video for me to finally get how that works. Thank you so much!

[@PKMNcast]

You're welcome!!

[@phybie5439]

9:33 I dont know if this has been shared already but another way is to check your pokemon's summary, get to the page showing its moves, press X and it'll bring up the TM's the same way it was shown here.

[@Ftwiiner]

i learned 2 things, thanks SBJ. I ate a nutrigrain bar for breakfast you are a SwSh expert

[@Leto85]

And here I came thinking I'd knew all these tips already. And then you came with the Ball Fetch ability! Man, that is really helpfull stuff.

[@PKMNcast]

Woooo! Happy to help! I was really hoping 1-2 tips would surprise most people!

[@CrystalGreymon]

I knew most of this but the free first shake is VERY appreciated info.

[@loganeats3668]

"tell me what you had for breakfast" me: you don't want to know

[@PKMNcast]

Pixel pizza?

[@loganeats3668]

@@PKMNcast I had some cheese and oats for breakfast, i know sounds gross but it was good to me lol

[@loganeats3668]

@@PKMNcast also btw great tips you got me to play Pokémon again

[@kevintan6618]

For the TMs thing there is another way that I find to be more intuitive. Check Pokemon summary then go to moves. On the bottom right, it says to press X for TMs. It then brings up the list in the bag showing the compatible TMs in the same way as you showed.

[@PKMNcast]

Oh! That is a good tip!!

[@z0nra]

So THAT'S what that exploding symbol means! I learned something new lol. I had been trying to find out for a while what that mark meant, so thank you for the info!!

[@Waltimate]

I'm happy I found this in my recommended section. It gives me a new channel to check out. I knew most of these tips and tricks already but a few were new to me like the curry pokemon and the battle tower marker guy. Also I had chicken lo mein for breakfast

[@PKMNcast]

Thank you so much and what a breakfast!

[@cubonegoodingjr.2004]

The tm/tr thing is cool. Weird that you have to access it that way but still cool

[@sadandtired685]

Video: Where's my Salamence? CC on Video: Where's my Salem Pants? (This is basically the most likes i've ever gotten so thx-)

[@PKMNcast]

I see no issues 😂

[@IrlKamishiroRui]

@@PKMNcast people using the captions because they are deaf must be so confused-

[@NoodlePancakeSupreme]

The next thing you now your salamence is wearing pants!

[@NoodlePancakeSupreme]

@@IrlKamishiroRui u use subtitles when I don’t understand what there saying or if they say to fast and I’m don’t def... OR AM I?! Nah I’m not

[@sadandtired685]

lol

[@lordfeebasyt5571]

i didnt know about the camping pokemon find. epiccccc. btw the yamper ability is goated

[@Duelingk]

Did not know about the tm trick or the mint island. Great video.

[@judsoncrowe4885]

Dude, I thought I knew it all, but the Yamper ability is an epic find. Got you the follow. Thanks and keep it up

[@PKMNcast]

Thank you so much!!! Glad I could show you at least one new thing

[@russ_dylan]

Did not know about the premier ball thing!! I love catching my Pokémon in them I have wasted so much time

[@PKMNcast]

Happy to help

[@BLZRDD]

I didn’t know the open bag on a Pokémon to see what it can use/learn/hold. Pretty neat video, thanks! :)

[@PKMNcast]

Glad I could help!

[@Mixraker45]

3:39 lmao the way you said that and cramorant just holding that pose like it’s all that

[@TheKilaby]

Already knew the tree shaking patterns and the icon swaping things in the first few hours of the game, also the mint island was also quite easy to understand, the TM trick already worked in earlier games so nothing new there, i think the premier thing also work in the last game too. the other things were knew to me though.

[@hikermichael9443]

It would be funny if Yamper could learn fling. WAIT CAN IT!?

[@vivimannequin]

I'm sure fling doesn't work with pokeballs

[@hikermichael9443]

@vivi mannequin well it would just do damage and not catch. It would be funny 😆

[@SilverBell1999]

I didn't know there was a pattern for the shaking trees! :D Thanks a lot, now I'll know when I can stop shaking the trees! It really helped nwn

[@PKMNcast]

Happy to help!!

[@ianizewayTV]

Thanks for the Yamper Trick :) I'll go SEARCH one now :)

[@jenniferparke7699]

PKMN Cast: Yamper Subtitles: Emperor

[@PKMNcast]

🤣😂🤣

[@yamlanki825]

Nani! Za Emperor!!

[@truegaylancer7474]

Need more likes underrated

[@maxrbmc]

I can evolve ANY lv 100 Pokémon into Blastoise? 😱 hahaha jk

[@xetrovii625]

Congratulations! Your Cinderace evolved into Blastoise!

[@MorganOgerpon_Fan]

Congratulations! Your literally zygarde evolved into Blastoise!

[@victoriavvc]

Legit didn't know most of these, so thank you :D

[@Triforce_1981]

Great video!! I got a few mints from that island. Thanks for posting

[@imntngr]

See your curry was mediocre cause you tried to sift with a cheese grater lol

[@curiouscreator8806]

Did you know that with Mew knowing every TM, mew can also learn attract despite having no gender

[@yanethzeugirdor3321]

I thought it would just fail

[@tyler7402]

Dunno if it’s a tem but imagine if it could learn self destruct

[@RevaSharkbait]

Well damn, a tips video that actually told me stuff I didn't know 😂💜

[@PKMNcast]

🙌

[@maubeerbluffin4552]

there are actually three tree shake levels :D 1: not shaking at all, but that's pretty rare, 2: shaking slowly and 3 the fast shaking

[@carlosm2979]

I forgot to save after I caught a shiny dratini, next I evolved accidentally leveled it too 100 didn’t know you could evolve it at level 100 so I reset and it was gone

[@user-ih8wp6zi6t]

Lol big L

[@Ari_178]

Nooooooo

[@stephanieescamilla509]

Pikachu to you too ^.^

[@SephtisSizent]

I didn't realize the recommendations are actually useful!

[@PKMNcast]

Happy to help

[@thetizic]

For 6, I didn't realize what you meant by not shaking. I get that half the time I just assumed meant I'm clear to keep shaking. Like with Honey trees in gen 4 that it usually meant you hadn't attracted a Pokemon yet with Honey.

[@maxrbmc]

For breakfast I had a fried egg and coffee and tea and soy sausage

[@starchildluke]

Me: "Ah, so he went for that title" lol

[@PKMNcast]

The real stream was the titles along the way

[@TheKatsClaws1]

Very helpful video thank youz!

[@PKMNcast]

Happy to help!!

[@girdotheweirdo1836]

3:02 Holy crap I had no idea! Thx for letting me know I could in fact take my level 100 magikarp and make him into a blastoise with a rare candy 🤣

[@thetizic]

Did you report that Pikachu for harrassment?

[@Cryscorde]

7:41 Someone should’ve told this guy the tip that sometimes the tree doesn’t shake. Fr I’m surprised he’s never seen it before.

[@lavuntecolquitt]

This was EPIC! Glad to see some useful surprises I hadn't discovered yet. Great work and SUBBED! LOL

[@PKMNcast]

Thank you so much!

[@lavuntecolquitt]

@@PKMNcast welcomed! Keep up the great work

[@garyoak317]

Thanks for this!

[@PKMNcast]

Sure thing!

[@inferno2354]

And #5 will shock you haha I actually didn't know that it increased spawns so thanks for the tip

[@PKMNcast]

It's not the most useful since it's only 4, but it's awesome for days you might want to try to hunt like a Dhelmise or something rare.

[@inferno2354]

Right in your video you had Sudowoodo and he has a really good shiny and I still don't have him at all tried to get him in Pogo with no luck but this is one ill definitely use

[@madjik1979]

@7:10 I'm surprised people didn't know this; it's a great tip for those who don't know it. Get them berries!

[@MMX17]

For tip #6, there are 3 levels of shaking. We have no shaking, slow shaking, and fast shaking. If you get the fast shake right off the bat you don't get a free shake.

[@VegardMyklebust]

for tip #4 the ball fetch. this is something that the pokémon game actually do tell us. it's in the pokédex description, if you bother to read it. EDIT: sorry my fault, it's not in the pokédex, it might have said so in the trailer it was revealed in, or in the description when you look at it's ability.

[@PKMNcast]

Yeah, game is a bit vague at times!

[@ladysilverwynde]

Didn't know about the Battle Ready mark. Gonna have to get that one for my Golurk Riser. Just because. Also, I had no breakfast but a late lunch of pasta alfredo.

[@PKMNcast]

Sounds like a killer lunch

[@Victis_Rage]

For breakfast I had a poke bowl. Pretty fitting.

[@luckydice3048]

Dude I hate the trees now that I know when and when to not shake em dude. TYSM

[@mini_taine]

you sir have earned a new sub for actually be enjoying to watch and learn tips from

[@PKMNcast]

Thank you so much!! :D

[@mini_taine]

@@PKMNcast omg i didnt expect you to read this but i do enjoy your content

[@shotmasta]

Many things I did not know...thanks have my subscribe m8

[@veryprofessionalpokemontrainer]

very professional!

[@alfredv1800]

I'm completely blown away by that Yamper.. So Cool

[@PKMNcast]

Happy to help!!

[@mothys.]

One thing I love about my main Pokémon I use, sylveon can do love charm. I like it because when it does, the opponent Pokémon has a chance to not be able to attack sylveon. Especially when the pokemon has low hp. But I also like when there’s a strong attack Pokémon use but it fails IF it’s an opponent. If urs fails. It’s pretty annoying :/ but when you do an attack that never misses/fails. It’s better that’s why those are the attacks I use the most. Also. I recommend exploring the map before completing the story as it makes it more interesting to find different types of Pokémon, I also recommend finding dynamax/g max Pokémon in the wild area.

[@1bigbirdgaming293]

Some of these things are really cool to know

[@PKMNcast]

Happy to help!!

[@dudeguy1894]

Another important thing to take into consideration is that the Battle Ready Mark can't be given to Pokemon with moves that are unavailable in Sword and Shield, like Hidden Power. You'll have to remove those moves before you can get it.

[@christianagassaway266]

I can confirm that you can mostly shake the tree 1 more time after it's fast, but occasionally I still get an encounter. I'd say it works like 95% of the time, honestly.

[@PKMNcast]

Yeah, it seems a bit wonky overall

[@Dr.Ganman]

Comgrats on hitting 1 mil!

[@jessiehogue.]

Wow. I've played literal hundreds of hours of this game and I only knew of the Premier Ball tip. I love this game.

[@Vini-BR]

About hot tip #10, getting multiple premier balls at once. This actually also works for all the Switch era Pokémon Games, namely Let's Go and BDSP. Because I never played the older games, I didn't even know of this limitation of 1 premier ball per bunch purchase that the games used to have.

[@mrtoad9588]

Thanks bro!

[@PKMNcast]

No problem!

[@shannonn2569]

My captions turned cramorant into Kramer rant and all I can think of now is when Joel accidentally put a gun shooting sound effect into the Seinfeld theme song

[@PKMNcast]

😂

[@sawyersmith2957]

Wow i was thinking about the level 100 thing nice

[@Real_Fredbear]

Omg I love the "man I wish I could evolve this pidove into unfeazant, said no one ever."

[@kyubi5458]

Great,interesting and useful.

[@PKMNcast]

Thank you so much Kyubi!

[@phadestonkaneki9861]

Yes! Movable icons! That's all I need

[@Slothfulgamer-cb6lx]

I gave you a like and now a comment not because this video was helpful it might be but I'm drunk and got distracted so I missed part of it. Lol

[@PKMNcast]

Thanks!!

[@ChrisGanson]

You should make a video on how to attract certain types of Pokémon ex: lightning rod attracting electric Pokémon

[@geraldinebs2785]

You can get a better TM/TR learning screen by going into the Pokemon's summary, checking the moves, and selecting one of them. It'll give you a prompt to open your TM/TR selection by hitting Y and it'll highlight all the moves you can learn in much the same fashion as with the held item menu, however you can teach the pokemon the moves in that screen rather than being forced to have the pokemon hold the disc instead.

[@Gadoxplayer]

Good tips!

[@PKMNcast]

Glad you like them!