Wild Area

The South Wild Area consists of 10 subareas with a mix of environments. The 2 largest lakes in the Wild Area, Lake Axewell and Lake Miloch, are in this southern half. Prior to becoming Champion, the Pokémon in the South Wild Area are encountered at a lower level than those in the North Wild Area.

These 10 subareas are in the South Wild area, listed in roughly clockwise order from the south.

The North Wild Area consists of 8 subareas with a mix of environments. Bridges run from west to east across the North Wild Area and allow the railroad, Route 3, and Route 5 to cross it. While this part of the Wild Area has only one lake, the Lake of Outrage, many of its subareas have significant ponds. Prior to becoming Champion, the Pokémon in the North Wild Area are encountered at a higher level than those in the North Wild Area.

These 8 subareas are in the North Wild area, listed in order first from south to north, then from west to east.

Some weather conditions will only begin to appear in the Wild Area after players have reached certain milestones in the game. Before players have unlocked these weather conditions, subareas that would have had them instead have a specific replacement weather condition. These replacement conditions are changed to the original condition immediately after players reach the appropriate milestone, even if the weather would not yet have reset otherwise.

• Sandstorm: Unlocks after visiting Hammerlocke and is replaced by Harsh sunlight
• Blizzard: Unlocks after visiting Hammerlocke and is replaced by Snow
• Fog: Unlocks after becoming Champion and is replaced by Clear

The restrictions for Fog are not present in the Isle of Armor or the Crown Tundra.

There are a large number of hidden items throughout the Wild Area. These hidden items regenerate each day, even if the player has not obtained them.

Each spot has one or more possible items that it can yield, with the possible items depending on the spot. Every item that regenerates daily can also rarely regenerate as a Wishing Piece (at approximately a 1% chance) instead of the items in its standard pool.

Hikers and Fishers may appear in different parts of the Wild Area to offer the player an unspecified item for 100 Watts. The player does not know what the item is until they agree to purchase it.

A Hiker's possible items depend on the player's progress, changing when the player gains their second Badge and when they become Champion.

Item	Rate
	0-1 Badge	2-8 Badges	Champion
Exp. Candy XS	Common
Exp. Candy XS ×2	Common
Exp. Candy XS ×3	Common
Exp. Candy XS ×4	Average
Exp. Candy XS ×5		Common
Exp. Candy S	Rare	Common	Common
Exp. Candy S ×2		Common	Common
Exp. Candy S ×3		Rare
Exp. Candy M		Rare	Common
Exp. Candy M ×2			Uncommon
Exp. Candy L			Rare
Rare Candy	Rare	Rare	Rare
Wishing Piece	Very Rare	Very Rare	Very Rare

The Wild Area first appeared in Mind-Boggling Dynamax!, where Ash and Goh explored it after their arrival in Galar. They witnessed a Snorlax Gigantamaxing, but it blocked a railway line in the process, threatening to cause an accident. However, Ash and Goh were able to make Snorlax move off the tracks, saving the train. Afterwards, in the same area, Goh caught the Scorbunny that had followed him from Wyndon.

In A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That!, Ash and Goh revisited the Wild Area, this time accompanied by Chloe, to dig up Fossils that could be found there. They met two bumbling Fossil diggers named Cara Liss and Bray Zenn, whom they helped dig up Fossils they intended to restore into an Arctovish and a Dracozolt. However, their Fossil pieces got mixed up as they started the restoration process, resulting in them being restored as Dracovish and Arctozolt instead. After some interactions with the Fossil Pokémon, Cara Liss and Bray Zenn were satisfied with the data they had gotten and let Ash and Goh take care of them. As such, Ash then proceeded to catch Dracovish, while Goh caught Arctozolt.

The Wild Area in Pokémon: Twilight Wings

The Wild Area first appeared during a montage at the end of Letter, where Bea was shown confronting a wild Rhydon. Bea's visit to the Wild Area was shown in full in Training, where she took a Flying Taxi there to train with her Machop, Machoke, and Machamp following her loss against Leon in a battle.

The Wild Area first appeared in Zap!! A Rising Beam of Light, where Henry, Casey, Professor Magnolia, and Marvin went there to investigate the Pokémon Dens in the Rolling Fields, encountering Team Yell in the process.

In PASS12, the group traveled through the Wild Area again in order to reach Hammerlocke.