Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough and guide to your journey through Galar

Pokémon Sword and Shield arrive on the Nintendo Switch with a raft of new features, mechanics and systems - as well as, of course, new Pokémon themselves.

Here, in our Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough and guide, we'll be gathering together all of our dedicated Sword and Shield guides to specific aspects of the game, as well as a full hub for every page of our complete walkthrough to Sword and Shield, from Postwick to Wyndon.

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Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough for your adventure through Galar

Here's every page of our complete walkthrough for Pokémon Sword and Shield, which details where to find items and wild Pokémon on each route and in each town, as well as any opposing trainers' rosters of Pokémon and their levels.

Our Sword and Shield walkthrough is now complete, and includes every Pokémon and item you can find on every route! Take your time and tick everything off as you go, and you'll be well on your way to completing your Pokédex and becoming Galar Champion in no time. Let's dive in!

Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough

Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough part 1: prologue

• Pokémon Sword and Shield: Postwick and Hop's house
• Pokémon Sword and Shield: Slumbering Weald
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Route 1
• Pokémon Sword and Shield: Wedgehurst and the Pokémon Lab
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Route 2 and Professor Magnolia's house
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Wild Area explained
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Motostoke City and where to find the missing Minccino

Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough part 2: the Grass Badge

• Pokémon Sword and Shield Route 3
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Galar Mine No. 1
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Route 4
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Turffield Gym mission: how to herd Wooloo and beat Grass Gym Leader Milo

Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough part 3: the Water Badge

• Pokémon Sword and Shield Route 5 - available Pokémon, items and trainers
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Hulbury Gym mission: how to beat Water Gym Leader Nessa

Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough part 4: the Fire Badge

• Pokémon Sword and Shield Galar Mine No.2 - available Pokémon, items and trainers
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Motostoke Outskirts - available Pokémon, items and trainers
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Motostoke City revisited: Kabu's Fire-type Gym mission

Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough part 5: the Fighting or Ghost Badge

• Pokémon Sword and Shield Hammerlocke City - available Pokémon, items and trainers
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Route 6 - available Pokémon, items and trainers
• Pokémon Sword and Shield: Stowe-on-Side and how to beat Bea or Allister's Gym Mission

Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough part 6: the Fairy Badge

• Pokémon Sword and Shield Glimwood Tangle - available Pokémon, items and trainers
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Ballonlea: Gym answers and solutions to Opal's Fairy-type Gym Mission questions

Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough part 7: the Rock or Ice Badge

• Pokémon Sword and Shield Route 7 - available Pokémon, items and trainers
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Route 8 and Steamdrift Way - Pokémon, items and trainers
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Circhester Gym mission solution and how to beat Rock or Ice Leader Gordie or Melony

Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough part 8: the Dark Badge

• Pokémon Sword and Shield Route 9 and Circhester Bay - Pokémon, items and trainers
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Spikemuth - how to get past the invisible walls and beat Dark Gym Leader Piers

Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough part 9: the Dragon Badge

• Pokémon Sword and Shield Route 7 revisited - available Pokémon, items and trainers
• Hammerlocke Revisited and how to beat Raihan, the Dragon Gym Leader

Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough part 10: the Champion Cup and endgame

• Pokémon Sword and Shield Route 10 - available Pokémon, items and trainers
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Wyndon and Champion Cup Semifinals
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Macro Cosmos, Rose Tower, bad League Staff, Oleana
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Champion Cup Finals: how to beat Bede, Nessa, Bea or Allister
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Slumbering Weald revisited
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Energy Plant and Chairman Rose
Pokémon Sword and Shield: how to beat Leon in the Championship Match

Pokémon Sword and Shield guide list - all our Sword and Shield guides in one place

Just like our main walkthrough above, our list of in-depth guides to specific parts of Sword and Shield is now complete - although you can still expect more guides to pop up over time as the games continue to expand post-release! Here's everything we have:

Evolution guides

• Pokémon Sword and Shield Evolution List
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Evolution Stone locations list
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Farfetch'd evolution method: how to evolve Farfetch'd into Sirfetch'd
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Milcery evolution method: how to evolve Milcery into Alcremie, including Rainbow Swirl Alcremie
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Yamask evolution method: how to evolve Yamask into Runerigus
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Applin evolution method: how to use the Sweet Apple and Tart Apple to evolve into Applin into Flapple or Appletun
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Toxel evolution method: how to evolve Toxel into Toxtricity with Low Key Form and Amped Form
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Sinistea evolution method: how to evolve Sinistea into Polteageist with the Cracked Pot or Chipped Pot, including Phony Form and Antique Form

Pre-order and bonus items guides

• Pokémon Sword and Shield Let's Go reward: How to get a Pikachu or Eevee from playing Let's Go
• Pokémon Sword and Shield free gift Meowth: How to download special early-purchase bonus Meowth
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Mew explained - how to get Mew using the Poké Ball Plus
Pokémon Sword and Shield free gift Meowth: How to download special early-purchase bonus Meowth explained
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Double Pack: Larvitar, Jangmo-o and Dynamax Crystals reward
• Pokémon Sword and Shield pre-order tracksuit: How to get the bonus Tracksuit explained

Collectibles and locations guides

• Pokémon Sword and Shield TMs: locations list for finding every Technical Machine
• Pokémon Sword and Shield TR List and how to get TRs explained
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Watts, Rotom Rally, where to spend Watts and Digging Duo explained
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Turffield treasure riddle solution: how to solve the three standing stones puzzle

Systems and explainer guides

Pokémon Sword and Shield Dynamaxing - Dynamax Candy, moves and level explained
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Max Raids explained - Raid spawns, lobbies and rewards
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Gigantamax Pokémon explained - including G-Max moves and possible Gigantamax locations
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Weather types and how to change the weather
• Pokémon Sword and Shield tips, tricks and new features to know before you play
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Friendship and Happiness explained - how to raise Friendship, Soothe Bell and Friendship Checker location
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Mystery Gift explained - how to download Mystery Gifts and Wild Area News
• Pokémon Home explained: release expectations, compatible games to transfer to Pokémon Sword and Shield
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Pokémon Camp and playing with your Pokémon explained
• Pokémon Sword and Shield strong-looking Pokémon and how to get their guard down
• Pokémon Sword and Shield saving explained - how to save and turn off autosave
• Pokémon Sword and Shield ??? Pokémon explained: What is the mysterious Pokémon?

Available Pokémon and exclusive features guides

• Pokémon Sword and Shield Gigantamax Snorlax - release date, how to get Gigantamax Snorlax
Pokémon Sword and Shield Fossil Pokémon - Dracozolt, Arctozolt, Dracovish and Arctovish fossil combinations and locations
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Persian and Cofagrigus locations
• Pokémon Sword and Shield starters Sobble, Scorbunny and Grookey - evolutions, base stats and which starter is best?
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Pokédex: every Pokémon in the Galar Pokédex confirmed
• Pokémon Sword and Shield version differences, including version exclusive Pokémon
• Pokémon Sword and Shield new Pokémon list: all new Gen 8 Pokémon
• Pokémon Sword and Shield legendaries: Zacian and Zamazenta legendary wolf details
• Pokémon Sword and Shield Galarian Pokémon Form list, including Galarian Weezing, Galarian Zigzagoon and other Galar Pokémon

Sword and Shield DLC guides and explainers

• Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass guide - new features, locations and returning Pokémon
• Pokémon Sword and Shield DLC Uniform pre-order bonus: How to get the bonus Pikachu Uniform and Eevee Uniform
• Pokémon Sword and Shield's Galarian Slowpoke location explained

For now, that's all our dedicated Sword and Shield guides, but keep checking back for even more on the latest generation of Pokémon games over the coming weeks, as learn more about the new DLC and expansions coming in 2020!