Wild Area News

Wild Area News (Japanese: ワイルドエリアニュース Wild Area News) is a feature in Pokémon Sword and Shield that expands on the available Max Raid Battles in the Wild Area, making certain Pokémon more common for a limited time. It can be accessed via Mystery Gift or updated automatically by connecting to the internet in game. Wild Area News typically spawns different Max Raid Battles depending on the game version. Certain species of Gigantamax Pokémon, which are usually very rare, are often made more common through Wild Area News events. Additionally, during the Wild Area News events, certain Pokémon such as Mewtwo and Zeraora sometimes cannot be captured.

Any Pokémon Den can spawn a Max Raid Battle from Wild Area News. Pokémon Dens that do so will always emit a red beam, indicating the "common" pool. In contrast to normal Max Raid Battles (which either only allow Pokémon in 4★ and 5★ raids to have their Hidden Abilities, or guarantee Pokémon in the Pokémon Den will always have their Hidden Abilities), all Pokémon that spawn from Wild Area News have a chance of having their Hidden Abilities. Wild Area News Raids battled after Version 1.2.0 and 1.3.0 can drop Armorite Ore and Dynite Ore, respectively, regardless of whether or not the player has purchased the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass.

On October 13, 2022, the Pokémon HOME news section announced that the final update for Wild Area News would be on November 1, 2022.

Prior to the final update on November 1, 2022, when no other Wild Area News event was active, any Pokémon Den that would normally contain an event raid would default to the April 5, 2021 event data:

Main article: Wild Area News/2021 → April 5, 2021 to November 1, 2022

List of Max Raid Battles

The following lists, in reverse chronological order, the encounter rates for Max Raid Battles from different Wild Area News events.

November 1, 2022, to End-of-life

This Wild Area News focuses on Gigantamax Pokémon, several of which are not typically available in the wild, as well as Ditto, Wooloo, and Dubwool.

The Pokémon HOME news section described these event raids as "featuring Pokémon that did not previously appear during normal play, such as Gigantamax Snorlax", and announced that Wild Area News would receive no further updates following this final update.

It is assumed this event will be available via Wild Area News until the Nintendo Switch eventually reaches End-of-life, at which point Wild Area News will become inaccessible, as servers will have shutdown.

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
★
Blipbug	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	17	50%
Sizzlipede	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	17	50%
★★
Wooloo	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	30	50%
Chewtle	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	30	50%
★★★
Orbeetle	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	40	50%
Dubwool	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	40	50%
★★★★
Ditto	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	50	50%
Corviknight	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	50	50%
★★★★★
Kingler Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	4%
Appletun Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	4%
Centiskorch Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	5%
Orbeetle Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	5%
Flapple Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	4%
Sandaconda Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	5%
Corviknight Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	5%
Grimmsnarl Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	10%
Garbodor Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	4%
Drednaw Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	5%
Hatterene Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	5%
Butterfree Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	4%
Lapras Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	4%
Toxtricity Gigantamax Amped	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	4%
Gengar Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	4%
Duraludon Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	5%
Toxtricity Gigantamax Low Key	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	4%
Coalossal Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	5%
Machamp Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	4%
Copperajah Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	5%
Snorlax Gigantamax	Sw	Sh	Max Raid Battle	60	5%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

2022

Main article: Wild Area News/2022

2021

Main article: Wild Area News/2021

2020

Main article: Wild Area News/2020

2019

Main article: Wild Area News/2019

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 曠野地帶新聞 Mandarin 曠野地帶新聞 / 旷野地带新闻 French Bulletin des Terres Sauvages German Neuigkeiten Aus Italian Bollettino delle Terre Selvagge Korean 와일드에리어 뉴스를 Spanish Noticias del Área Silvestre

See also

• Poké Portal News
• Event Pokémon
• Max Raid Battle
• Mystery Gift

Pokémon Dens

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