Wondering how to evolve Riolu in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet to your Pokedex? Here is how you can catch and evolve it quickly!
Riolu is one of the best Pokémon and it is totally worth adding to your Pokedex in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Riolu evolves to become Lucario and boasts great attack and amazing speed. It may look very attractive to have it on your team, but it’s equally difficult to do so. Thus we have put up a guide for you to make your time worthwhile by adding this Pokémon to your list.
How to Get Riolu in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
Riolu is a very rare Pokémon to find in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. To find one you have to travel to the south Province, to are four. Here you shall find Riolu in the mountain or grass biome or in the northern province. In order to catch a Riolu it’s also important to keep in mind that you should have a decent to a high level.
So if you have not leveled up enough in the game, don’t worry as there is still a way to catch Riolu.
Now, hear out this. You can have a much more effective approach to finding a Riolu that is to make a “sandwich”. Does it sound funny to you? Well, keep reading to find out what it is actually. You have to make the right sandwich that is either a Ham Sandwich or a Greater Ham Sandwich. Now you must be wondering what are sandwiches. Here is your answer.
You can make these sandwiches through Picnic Mode or buy the pre-made ones from the store In Picnic mode in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. You can take your Pokémon to rest and give them some snacks to eat. In your exhausting journey to battles, you can stop by the Picnic modes on the way and do so.
The sandwiches increase your Pokémon HP and will also increase your friendship level with your Pokémon. You can even give them nice scrubs and pamper them to make them happy and give them a break from fighting tiring battles.
One of the other ways is to catch Riolu in a friend ball, which will make you a friend and a good trainer in the eyes of Riolu.
Now that being said you can do the same to spawn Riolu by impressing them with some sandwiches and petting them to increase your friendship level with them.
How to Evolve Riolu in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
To evolve Riolu into Lucario you don’t have to do anything fancy, all you have to do is makes sure that you and your Pokémon have a great friendship level of up to 220 and keep leveling them up during the day. It might look like a lot of work but there are friendlier ways like the above-mentioned to do so or you can even use the auto-battle feature to pave your way to the evolution of Riolu.
To evolve your Riolu you just have to pet your Pokémon, increase their level with the help of battle features, take care of them and strengthen the friendship bond with them and use some other tricks that the game has to offer where you and your Pokémon share mutual interests. Remember that to evolve Riolu you have to be at the max tier for friendship with this Pokémon.
These are all things to keep in mind to evolve your Riolu into Lucario. If you are consistent in doing this you will achieve the goal of getting a rare Pokémon. So what are you waiting for? It’s time that you go spend some time with your Riolu.
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