Pokemon Sword and Shield’s The Crown Tundra DLC is now available, giving players of the most recent Pokemon games a new adventure to enjoy and a collection of new Pokemon to add to their Pokedex.
Similar to the previous main games, there are several Pokemon in the Crown Tundra DLC that are exclusive to one version over the other, with Sword and Shield receiving exclusive access to five Pokemon each.
Pokemon Sword players have special access to Gen 1 Pokemon Omanyte and its evolved form Omastar, as well as Bagon and its evolve forms Shelgon and Salamence. Meanwhile, Pokemon Shield can catch Gen 1 fossil Pokemon Kabuto and its evolved form Kabutops, as well as Gible and its, evolve forms Gabite and Garchamp.
Bundle up, Trainers—the Crown Tundra is yours to explore!
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Pokemon Sword and Shield trainers that want to complete their collection will have to trade Pokemon with someone else who has the alternate version of the game that they do.
In general, there are not so many version exclusive Pokemon in the Crown Tundra expansion, so it should be easy for trainers to add the specific Pokemon they’re missing to their collection and complete their Pokemon Sword and Shield Pokedex.
Last August, a Crown Tundra exclusive list was leaked and revealed considerably more version exclusives, but it looks like the leak was inaccurate or those plans were canceled.
One of the major advantages of playing The Crown Tundra expansion is the ability to capture all of the legendary Pokemon from past games in the franchise. However, several of the legendary Pokemon may only be encountered through Max Raid Battles.
Otherwise, trainers should be able to capture all of the legendary and mythical Pokemon for their Pokedex, regardless of the version they are playing. It will certainly be a difficult challenge to complete, but at least this way, trainers don’t have to depend on trading to get their hands on all of the rare Pokemon in Pokemon Sword and Shield.
For the most part, the legendary and mythical Pokemon in The Crown Tundra expansion will be as avid fans remember them from past games in the franchise. However, the three legendary birds from Gen 1, namely Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno, will have their Galarian forms introduced which will make them look a little different than their Kanto counterparts. With this said, the shiny forms of the Galarian legendary birds will do give them the same colors as the original ones.
In the meantime, the Crown Tundra expansion may very well the final major content update that Game Freak and Nintendo have in store for Pokemon Sword and Shield, so players should not anticipate any new Pokemon to come to the titles.
