Relicanth is a Pokemon introduced in Ruby & Sapphire and is based on the coelacanth. Trainers looking to catch this elusive Water/Rock-type in Pokemon Go can find all they need to know in this guide.
The Hoenn region’s vast oceans are populated withstrong Water-type Pokemon, like the sturdy Relicanth. However, it can be quite tricky to find in Pokemon Go.
Of course, actually nabbing one would make for quite the trophy inPokemon Go. Those looking to catching Relicanth and find out whether or not it can be found as a Shiny should keep reading below.
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How to get Relicanth in Pokemon Go
Normally, Relicanth isonly available in New Zealand and its surrounding islandsthrough Pokemon Go. As such, it can be considereda regional-exclusive Pokemonlike Tropius or Torkoal.
As such, one of the only way for trainers outside of New Zealand to get a Relicanth is to recieve one through trading by a trainer who lives in those areas or has caught a Relicanth.
Shiny Relicanth features a light blue coloration across its body instead of brown.
Just like in the mainline titles,Relicanth cannot evolve in Pokemon Go. That means that trainers only need Relicanth Candy to power up the Pokemon, not to evolve it.
AWater/Rock-type Pokemon, Relicanth has the following stats:
That’s everything you need to know to get Relicanth in Pokemon Go and if it can be Shiny. Check our guides onhow to get Best Buddy status,how IVs & CP workin the game, and some of our rankings like theBest Competitive Pokemon in Pokemon Goor theBest Mega Evolutions.
Philip Trahan was a Games Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in Pokemon, Apex Legends, Call of Duty, RPGs, JRPGs, and Nintendo franchises. He also has bylines at NintendoEverything and GameRant.
