Summary
OnePokemon Scarlet and Violetplayer recently found a peculiar glitch that allowed them to catch Houndour earlier than they were supposed to. Their discovery adds to the ever-growinglist ofPokemon Scarlet and Violetglitchesthat the fandom has been uncovering since the games hit the market last November.
Houndour is one of the nearly 300 pocket monsters from the previousPokemongenerations that have been available inScarlet and Violetfrom day one. This Dark- and Fire-type creature can be found across several locations in the southern part of the Paldea region. And though the games themselves are conducive to roaming, accessing the first area in which Houndour tends to spawn normally necessitates talking toPokemon Scarlet and Violet’sArven.
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Alternatively, it’s possible to completely ignore Arven and still catch a Houndour by glitching through one hill found alongside the Poco Path,Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’sintroductory route that serves as the setting of the games' tutorial mission. This was recently discovered by Reddit user Uhh2009, who also shared a brief video demonstration of the technique that confirms nearby Houndours can spawn as soon as the player approaches one of the hill’s deepest nooks. The spawn will be indicated by a standard Pokemon info panel that will pop up on the screen, which is a signal to throw the Poke Ball and watch it fly through the terrain all the way to the unsuspecting Houndour.
Some of the players chiming in on this discovery claimed that there’s an even easier way to catch a Houndour before speaking with Arven, stating that they had encountered the Pokemon on the wrong side of the glitchy hill, immediately next to the tree visible in the newly shared video. But seeing how it’s unclear what causes those misaligned spawns, the method demonstrated by Uhh2009 appears to be a more reliable way of catching a Houndour and consequentlyobtaining a Houndoom inPokemon Scarlet and Violetas soon as possible.
Many otherPokemon Scarlet and Violetplayers previously found ways to glitch into buildingsand terrain, with their discoveries eventually informing a number of popular speedrunning strategies. Time will tell whether this recently emerged glitch does the same, but the fandom will likely have plenty of time to experiment with it. Namely, seeing how thePokemon Scarlet and Violetupdates that Game Freak released to date were mostly focused on performance issues, it’s unlikely that fixing harmless glitches in the games will be part of the developer’s agenda anytime soon, if ever.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violetare available for Nintendo Switch.
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