Pokémon Sword and Shield Route 1 - available Pokémon, items and trainers
Our complete walkthrough for Pokémon Sword and Shield.
Route 1 is a short and simple route, and follows on from your first visit to the Slumbering Weald in your quest through Pokémon Sword and Shield's main story.
On each page of our walkthrough like this, we'll cover any and all of the obtainable Pokémon, item locations, trainers and their teams that you might come across here, as well as walking you through any key steps of the story, puzzles or challenges along the way.
Where applicable, note that our walkthrough pages will be down into separate sections referring to each of your visits to a given location, seeing as you often backtrack or revisit various places in your quest to become Galar League Champion. And of course if there are any, we'll clearly mark any spoilers, too!
For more explainers, meanwhile, or walkthrough pages on more locations in Sword and Shield, head back to our main Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough and guide hub.
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Pokémon Sword and Shield Route 1: available Pokémon, items and trainers
Route 1 is nice and simple! The only thing of note here is its shape: the little path that loops round to the right is now open, so you can have a rustle in the long grass and collect a few new Pokémon and items, if you wish.
Available Pokémon
| Pokémon | Notes |
|---|---|
| Rookidee | Overworld |
| Skwovet | Overworld |
| Wooloo | Overworld |
| Nickit | Overworld |
| Blipbug | Random |
| Grubbin | Random |
| Hoothoot | Random |
Available Items
| Item | Location |
|---|---|
| Potion | Between first two patches of grass |
| Paralyze Heal x2 | In third patch of grass |
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That's everything here for now, on this nice and simple little route, so continue on to Wedgehurst and the Pokémon Lab for the next steps in your quest, or cycle back to our main Pokémon Sword and Shield walkthrough and guide hub for all the other pages we have like this.