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Hoenn (Generation 3) Pokémon in Pokémon GO
Hoenn (Gen 3) Pokémon in Pokémon GO: starters, Legendaries, regional exclusives and quirky species such as Feebas, Castform, Slaking and Kecleon.
Generation 3 brought the Hoenn region to Pokémon GO: National Pokédex numbers #252 to #386, a run of 135 species from Treecko to Deoxys. Most of them behave like any other Pokémon, but a handful follow GO-specific evolution rules or have quirks you should know about before spending candy.
Hoenn at a glance
- Pokédex range: #252 to #386. Typing 252-386 into the search bar of your Pokémon storage filters to exactly this generation; our search strings guide has plenty more filters like it.
- Starters: Treecko (Grass), Torchic (Fire, becoming Fire/Fighting as Combusken and Blaziken) and Mudkip (Water, becoming Water/Ground as Marshtomp and Swampert).
- Pseudo-legendaries: Bagon's line ends in Salamence (Dragon/Flying) and Beldum's in Metagross (Steel/Psychic). Both lines eat a lot of candy, so treat them as long-term projects.
- Swampert's one weakness: its Water/Ground combination cancels every weakness except Grass, which then hits it as a double weakness. Our dual-type guide shows how that works.
Hoenn species with unusual rules in GO
| Pokémon | Type(s) | What's different in GO |
|---|---|---|
| Wurmple | Bug | Evolves at random into Silcoon (then Beautifly) or Cascoon (then Dustox). You can't pick which. |
| Nincada | Bug/Ground | Evolves only into Ninjask. Shedinja (Bug/Ghost) isn't created by evolving in GO at the time of writing; it has been handed out through research and events instead. |
| Slakoth → Vigoroth → Slaking | Normal | Slaking has one of the highest CP ceilings of any non-Legendary, but its only fast move at the time of writing, Yawn, does almost no damage. The big number is misleading. |
| Nosepass → Probopass | Rock, then Rock/Steel | Evolves only while you're in range of a Magnetic Lure Module. |
| Feebas → Milotic | Water | You need to walk 20 km with Feebas as your buddy before it can evolve, on top of the candy cost. |
| Kirlia → Gallade | Psychic/Fairy, then Psychic/Fighting | Male Kirlia only, with a Sinnoh Stone; any Kirlia can become Gardevoir. |
| Snorunt → Froslass | Ice, then Ice/Ghost | Female Snorunt only, with a Sinnoh Stone; any Snorunt can become Glalie. |
| Castform | Normal, Fire, Water or Ice | Its form (Normal, Sunny, Rainy or Snowy) follows the in-game weather when you encounter it, and its type follows the form. The form stays fixed once caught, so the usual way to collect all four is to catch one in each kind of weather. |
| Kecleon | Normal | Has hidden at PokéStops rather than appearing as an ordinary wild spawn. |
| Spinda | Normal | Comes in several distinct spot patterns, a small collecting project of its own. |
Legendary and Mythical Pokémon from Hoenn
- Regirock (Rock), Regice (Ice) and Registeel (Steel): the original Regi trio.
- Latias and Latios: both Dragon/Psychic.
- Kyogre (Water), Groudon (Ground) and Rayquaza (Dragon/Flying): the weather trio. Kyogre and Groudon can also undergo Primal Reversion, which works much like Mega Evolution, and both have appeared as Primal raid bosses.
- Jirachi (Steel/Psychic) and Deoxys (Psychic, with four Formes): the region's Mythicals.
As a rule of thumb the Legendaries have come through raids and the Mythicals through Special Research, with Deoxys a well-known exception thanks to its long raid history. Our Legendary and Mythical guide explains the difference; for what is raidable right now, check the in-game raid listings and the game's own announcements.
Hoenn's regional exclusives
Several Hoenn species have been tied to particular parts of the world in GO: the pairs Zangoose and Seviper, Lunatone and Solrock, and Volbeat and Illumise, plus Torkoal, Tropius and Relicanth. The game's developer sets these ranges and can change them, and events sometimes open a regional up worldwide for a while, so treat any map as a snapshot. Trading with friends in other parts of the world is the dependable route to the ones that don't appear near you.
Before you spend candy
- Open the Pokémon's evolve option before committing: extra conditions such as buddy distance, a lure or an item are listed there alongside the candy cost.
- Several Hoenn species, including all three starters' final forms, Gardevoir, Salamence and Metagross, have Mega Evolutions in the main series games, and a number of these have been added to GO. If one is in the game, a Mega Evolve option appears on that Pokémon's detail screen.
Several Hoenn lines, Kirlia's, Snorunt's and Nosepass's among them, only gained their extra evolutions in Generation 4; our Sinnoh guide covers the Sinnoh Stone and the rest of that generation. For catching, raids and everything else, head back to the Trainer Hub homepage.