How to get the full Pokédex in Pokémon Let's Go

As much as it is not a requirement to close the game, players accept as a challenge to have the Pokédex Assessment from Kanto in Pokémon Let’s Go: Eevee and Pokémon Let's Go: Pikachu to find peace in their hearts. But, in both titles, it is necessary to resort to friends or play a little Pokémon Go to get all the little monsters.

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Why can't you complete the Pokédex with just Pokémon Let's Go?

The two versions of Pokémon Let's Go had, in addition to the initial change, some exclusive Pokémon in each game. With this, it is impossible to find all species in both, check out the exclusives of each one:

Pokémon Let’s Go: Pikachu:

• Sandshrew;
• Sandslash;
• Oddish;
• Gloom;
• Vileplume;
• Mankey;
• Primeape;
• Growlithe;
• Grimer;
• Muk;
• Scyther.

Pokémon Let’s Go: Eevee

• Ekans;
• Arbok;
• Vulpix;
• Ninetales;
• Meowth;
• Bellsprout;
• Weepinbell;
• Victreebel;
• Koffing;
• Weezing;
• Pinsir.

Another difficulty concerns the Pokemon that only evolve by trade (trade). It is necessary to find someone who also has a Nintendo Switch and one of the games in order to evolve the little monsters. In Pokémon Let's Go, there are four species that evolve by trade:

• Kadabra> Alakazam;
• Machoke> Machamp;
• Graveler > Golem;
• Haunter > Gengar.

Exclusivity is also Mew, which can only be obtained through the Poké Ball Plus, a type of Joy-Con in the shape of a Poké Ball, which is sold by Nintendo for 50 dollars.

However, in both Let's Go: Pikachu and Let's Go: Eevee, it is not necessary to have Mew for the game to consider your Pokédex complete.

So, how to have the full Pokédex in Pokémon Let's Go?

Starting with the obvious, common Pokémon are easy to find on the Kanto map, if you already have them in your Pokédex (just needing to capture), you can use the "Check habitat" option to see in which routes they can spawn (appear).

In the example, Pinsir's location is on routes 14 and 15.

Some Pokemon are harder to find, like the hitmonlee and the hitmonchan. In the Fighting Dojo, in the city of Saffron, you can choose between one or the other and the Pokédex informs that the location of both is unknown, but the two can be captured later in the Victory Road, however they are rare to appear.

Hitmonlee na Victory Road

Hitmonchan na Victory Road

Many of these you would have to find out with the force of hate, as Vivi would say, but the internet is there to facilitate the work of others. See below where to find these Pokémon that location is unknown in the Pokédex (oh, always use Lure):

• Bulbasaur: Viridian Forest;
• Charmander: Route 3 and 4 or Rock Tunnel;
• Squirtle: Route 24 and 25 or Seafoam Islands;
• Hitmonlee: Victory Road;
• Hitmonchan: Victory Road;
• Chansey: Rota 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, Diglett’s Cave, Mt. Moon, Pokémon Tower, Power Plant, Pokémon Mansion, Victory Road;
• Lapras: Route 19 and 20;
• Porygon: Rota 7;
• Dratini: Route 10 (in the water).
• Dragonair: Route 10 (in the water).

In some cases, like Jigglypuff and Eevee evolutions, it will be necessary to use the evolution stones. As for other Pokémon, it is necessary level up of them for natural evolution, as in the case of Paras (Parasect) or Cubone (Marowak).

What about exclusive Pokémon and those that evolve by trade?

Here are two alternatives. A first is to trade with another person who also plays Pokémon Let's Go, but a different version of yours. For example, if you have Let's Go: Eevee, you'll want to find someone who has Let's Go: Pikachu.

So you can cover all the exclusives of each version and those that evolve only during the exchange. However, if you are not together in person, you will need to have a Nintendo Switch Online membership to enable the online multiplayer feature.

Another method is to transfer Pokémon from Pokémon GO.

In Pokémon Let's Go, there is a feature that allows the player to transfer their Pokémon from GO to Let's Go and capture them on Nintendo Switch. This method does not require a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.

So, if you have Pokémon GO that aren't in your version, you can transfer them there. If you have a friend who also plays Pokémon GO, you can connect your Nintendo Switch to their cell phone and ask them to send you some species as well.

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Important: once the Pokémon is transferred from GO to Let's Go, there is no way to return it to the mobile game.