How to get Pawniard, Bisharp and Kingambit in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

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Pawniard and Bisharp are back in the ninth generation of Pokémon, as they appear in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. They also bring with them a new evolution: Kingambit. In this Pokémon Scarlet & Violet guide, we share with you where to catch Pawniard, where to catch Bisharp, and how to evolve Bisharp into Kingambit:

Where to find Pawniard in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet: All locations

Pawniard is Pokémon #367 in the Paldea Regional PokéDex. It is found in the following locations on the map:

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Pawniard is not a Pokémon exclusive to either version, so we should have no problem running into one or more of them at the points marked on the map above.

Where to find Bisharp in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet: All locations

Bisharp is Pokémon #368 in the Paldea Regional PokéDex. It is found in the following locations on the map:

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Another way to get Bisharp is to raise a Pawniard to level 52.

Like its predecessor, Bisharp is not a Pokémon exclusive to one version or another, so we should have no problems when it comes to encountering one or more of them in the points marked on the map above. It is a fairly common Pokémon to see in the bamboo forest in Area 2 (North).

How to evolve Bisharp to Kingambit in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

Kingambit is Pokémon #369 in the Paldea Regional PokéDex. It does not appear in the wild in the games, and this is where it gets complicated. To obtain it, we must follow concrete steps to make Bisharp evolve. Let's go little by little.

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First, we prowl through the bamboo forest in Area 2 (North), where the wild Bisharp appears. We have to walk around until a leader Bisharp appears, which is the one surrounded by several Pawniard. Once this is done, we must catch him.

If we are lucky, it is possible that the Leader Bisharp is equipped with the Leader’s Crest item. If not, we have to try again until we find one of these items.

Now comes the hardest part, because Leader Bisharp are very rare. With a Bisharp with the Leader's Crest equipped, we must defeat three other Bisharp Leaders. We continue to prowl around this area to find and defeat them. To make sure we do it correctly, only our Bisharp (without changing it at any time) is the one to weaken the wild Leader Bisharp.

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If we have done everything right, the next time this particular Bisharp levels up, it will evolve to Kingambit.

As additional tips, as the Bisharp we capture wild will be at a similar level to the others we have to face and will not have proper attacks, we recommend you to raise it a few levels and use some TM with it or make it remember the Fury Cutter attack. This way it won't be so hard to defeat the other Bisharp with ours.