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Watchtower Ruins

70 wild Pokémon recorded here across 2 games. Choose your game to see its map, encounter methods, levels and known chances.

70Unique Pokémon2Games3Sub-areas
Appears in:SwordShield
How you find them:In the grassSpecial encounters
Explore this locationSword & Shield · Area map
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Watchtower Ruins area maps

Choose a game and map. Open the encounter panel for this image or browse the named areas and their rates below.

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Watchtower Ruins — in-game area map from Pokémon Sword & Shield
Explore encounter areas 3
Watchtower Ruins30 Pokémon · 5 methods
Watchtower Ruins (Max Den A)21 Pokémon · 1 methods
Watchtower Ruins (Max Den C)19 Pokémon · 1 methods

Floor and section maps are linked where the game image matches the encounter area. A map without a highlighted patch does not imply patch-specific odds.

No encounter patches are mapped for this edition. Use the area list and tables below.

Drag or swipe to pan. Scroll to move; Ctrl/Cmd + scroll or pinch to zoom. Double-click to zoom into a point. Keyboard: arrows to pan, +/− to zoom, 0 to fit.In-game area map · Sword & Shield · Map source: Bulbapedia ↗Game imagery © Pokémon / Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.

Wild Pokémon encounters

Choose your game and conditions. Each method has its own encounter table.

Watchtower Ruins

Overworld

3 Pokémon

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Berry Trees

2 Pokémon

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Walking in grass

4 Pokémon

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Wanderer

2 Pokémon

Availability is recorded; this table does not establish comparable encounter odds.

Overworld Flying

2 Pokémon

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Watchtower Ruins (Max Den A)

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Rare · Max Den Rating 1 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

5 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Common · Max Den Rating 1 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Common · Max Den Rating 2 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Common · Max Den Rating 3 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Rare · Max Den Rating 3 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Rare · Max Den Rating 4 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

5 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Rare · Max Den Rating 5 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Common · Max Den Rating 5 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Common · Max Den Rating 4 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Rare · Max Den Rating 2 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Watchtower Ruins (Max Den C)

Max Raid

5 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Common · Max Den Rating 1 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Common · Max Den Rating 3 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Common · Max Den Rating 4 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

5 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Common · Max Den Rating 5 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Rare · Max Den Rating 1 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Common · Max Den Rating 2 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Rare · Max Den Rating 2 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Rare · Max Den Rating 3 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Rare · Max Den Rating 4 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Max Raid

4 Pokémon

Requires: Max Den Rarity Rare · Max Den Rating 5 Star

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Encounter slots: PokéAPI. Modifiers such as Repel and lead Pokémon abilities are not applied.

Watchtower Ruins across the games

Watchtower Ruins shows up in 2 games, and the wild lineup shifts each time. Here's who you can meet in every version it appears in — tap a Pokémon for its full entry.

Sword62 Pokémon
VulpixOddishMachopGastlyHaunterMr. MimeShuckleDelibirdWingullRaltsKirliaGardevoirElectrikeSolrock+48
Shield65 Pokémon
OddishGrowlitheMachopGastlyHaunterMr. MimeShuckleCorsolaDelibirdWingullRaltsKirliaGardevoirSableye+51

All Pokémon found at Watchtower Ruins

These 70 Pokémon have wild encounters recorded at Watchtower Ruins in Galar across every game in which the area appears. Tap any Pokémon for its full Pokédex entry, stats, evolutions and every other place it can be found.

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