Generally speaking, Pokemon Go evolutions are pretty straightforward. More often than not, once you accrue a certain amount of a Pokemon’s candies, you’ll be able to evolve them to their next form. However, Woobat is definitely an outlier in this trend. The Psychic- and Flying-type Pokemon is one of a few creatures whose evolution patterns are slightly more complicated. We’ve got all the details you’ll need on how to evolve Wooba into Swoobat.
Pokemon Go: How to evolve Woobat
To evolve Woobat in Pokemon Go, you need to do the following steps:
- Collect 50 Woobat Candy
- Walk 1km with Woobat as your Buddy Pokemon
- Select the option to evolve Woobat to Swoobat
As you can see, the key to evolve Woobat is walking for 1km with it as your Buddy. If you don’t do this, the option to evolve will never appear. While the requirement isn’t necessarily challenging—especially if you play a lot of Pokemon Go—it’s important to take note of, if you want a Swoobat.
Of course, Woobat is far from the first Pokemon with slightly more advanced evolution requirements. To evolve Yamask, you have to collect 50 Candy, and win 10 Raids with Yamask as your Buddy Pokemon. These requirements help add a new layer of depth to game, where you have to try something new to get the next evolution.
Sadly, Swoobat has no further evolutions, meaning once you’ve evolved Woobat, you’ve done it all for that bloodline. However, it’s a good example of developer Niantic trying to shake up the Pokemon Go formula. New additions to the game have included ominous gold rings in the sky, and the rare Pokemon, Hoopa. Both of these changes signal a new special event to start soon.
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