How to get pink Shellos in Sword and Shield

Anyone have confirmation of where/how you get these to spawn?

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Can you get pink Shellos in Pokemon sword?
How do you get pink Gastrodon in SwSh?
Can you get West Sea Gastrodon in sword and shield?

I've seen them in the area where the Daycare is in the Wild Area while it's raining. I also found a Raid boss Gastrodon in a den in a pond near there.

I suspect, but am not sure, that the form of Shellos/Gastrodon you can encounter is based on which game you own. I have Sword version, and I've only seen West forms. If anyone has Shield version and can confirm/deny this, that would be great.

I have sword and have only found East (Blue) Shellos and Gastrodon. Could it be trainer ID/game region?

I have sword and have only found East (Blue) Shellos and Gastrodon. Could it be trainer ID/game region?

Hmm, possibly. I have an English copy, and my trainer ID is 095528. Either way, go ahead and add me and I'll trade you a West Shellos if you'd like.

EDIT: Actually I currently don't have one, and the place where I saw them is currently snowing and full of Vanilluxe and Sneasel... Next time it rains I'll catch one though and trade you one if you haven't gotten one by then.

Ok, well I also have a UK copy but my trainer ID is 377169 (an odd number to your even) so this may be something. Thanks for the help, I will continue my search haha!

I have an even Trainer ID (578586) and can only find blue shellos so sadly thats not the factor ^^;

Oh, I have Shield and only have the East Sea Shelloss. Since there are a limited number of combinations for Trainer ID numbers, I wonder if they just divided the pool in half and gave West Shellos to anyone with an ID below a certain number, and East to those above. I'll check my Trainer ID later. Or maybe they just picked 1/2 the Trainer IDs at random to give West Shellos and 1/2 for East.

I've seen them in the area where the Daycare is in the Wild Area while it's raining. I also found a Raid boss Gastrodon in a den in a pond near there.
I suspect, but am not sure, that the form of Shellos/Gastrodon you can encounter is based on which game you own. I have Sword version, and I've only seen West forms. If anyone has Shield version and can confirm/deny this, that would be great.

I don’t think that’s right. I’m also maining Sword and I’ve seen tons of East Side Shellos and Gastrodon in Galar Mine 2 and the Wild Area. I even caught a four star Dynamax Gastrodon as well as a normal one.

I don’t think that’s right. I’m also maining Sword and I’ve seen tons of East Side Shellos and Gastrodon in Galar Mine 2 and the Wild Area. I even caught a four star Dynamax Gastrodon as well as a normal one.

Yeah I must have been mistaken, because now all I'm seeing is East form Shellos...

Last edited: Nov 21, 2019

It might be a daily thing because I believe when I was making my way through Galar ?Mine 2 the first time, I saw West Shellos inside crawling around.

if anybody has a pink/west shellos or gastrodon, would you please link trade with me? i can only find green/east in my game and i'm desperate for the pink one

It might be a daily thing because I believe when I was making my way through Galar ?Mine 2 the first time, I saw West Shellos inside crawling around.

If you see them again and were down to trade a pink shellos in a luxury ball at any point Id be happy to trade pretty much anything in exchange!

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Can you get pink Shellos in Pokemon sword?

Shellos is an interesting Pokemon since it has two different forms to capture, one is pink while the other is blue. Interestingly enough, only the pink version is available in the base game of Pokemon Sword & Shield.