Welcome to the walkthrough for The Crown Tundra. The latest expansion for Pokémon Sword and Shield! The Crown Tundra opens up a new snowy area of the Galar region. There are new Pokémon to catch, trainers to meet and battle and places to explore. Over 100 Pokémon will be added to Sword and Shield along side this expansion. This expansion is basically broken up into three parts. You’ll be given three clues that you need to solve that will lead you to different legendary Pokémon. You can complete them in any order, but for this walkthrough, we’ll be going in chronological order.
Getting Started
To begin the new expansion, you’ll need to travel to Wedgehurst Station. Speak to the attendant by the gates and select Crown Tundra as the destination. When you arrive, you’ll meet a new character. When you first arrive your Pokédex will be updated to the Crown Tundra Pokédex. Upon exiting the Tundra train station you’ll be introduced to Peony. Here you’ll have to battle him.
Peony’s Team:
- Copperajah – Lv. 70 – Steel
- Aggron – Lv. 70 – Steel/Rock
After you defeat Peony, follow him into the Max Lair where you’ll be introduced to the Dynamax Adventures.
Dynamax Adventures
Enter the Max lair and speak with the researcher to learn about the new adventures.
Players can explore new Dens that will have you facing off against a series of Dynamax battles in teams of four. In these Raids, players will have to battle three Dynamax Pokémon in a row. After each battle, you’ll choose a route to take that will lead to a different Pokémon to battle. Any lost HP or PP you sustain in a battle will also be carried forward to the next battle. You can only select one Pokémon to bring with you on the adventures. Luckily, there are ways of healing your Pokémon by finding berries or interacting with characters found along the different paths. You can also switch out the Pokémon you took with one that you catch here. Battling and catching all three of these Pokémon will award the opportunity to battle and catch a legendary Pokémon from past generations. Fortunately, the catch rate for these is 100%.
The first Dynamax Adventure will end with a battle against Suicune. So, you’re going to want to bring either an electric or grass type with you, or something that has those attack types. The Pokémon leading up to Suicune will be random. If you lose the battle, don’t worry. You can speak with the researcher to try again.
After the battle against Suicune, you’ll speak with Peonia. She’ll task you with taking her place to help her dad Peony. Speak with him to get his League card. Afterwards, you can now leave the Lair and head to Freezington.
Freezington
When you arrive, you’ll speak with the Mayor briefly. After that, head to the Freeze Inn to speak with Peony. Here, he’ll fill you in on what you’ll be helping him with. He will also give you an Expedition Suit, Legendary Clues 1, 2 and 3 and a Master Ball. These Clues can be completed in any order.
After that lengthy bit of dialogue, walk over to Peony’s table and take the big light brown object. It’s actually a Wooden Crown. Take it outside and place it on the statue that the Mayor told you about.
After placing the Crown, you’ll see Calyrex. Follow it and battle it. You can’t catch it during this battle, so just defeat it for now.
Speak to the villagers of Freezington (Freezingtoners? Freezingtonites?). Speak to everyone outside and then report back to Calyrex.
Now, go to the man standing by the crops and talk to him about Carrot Seeds. You’ll need to trade him eight pieces of Dynite Ore for Carrot Seeds. The ore was given to you earlier when you completed the Suicune Max Lair. This is an *important* step that will come into play later.
Head up the hill toward the Mayor’s house. A villager will tell you he’s not home and to go find him in Giant’s Bed just southeast of Freezington. He can be found near some ruins and a garden on the left side of the area. Speak with him once you find him. When you’re done, head back to his house in Freezington.
Once inside the Mayor’s house, read all the books on his bookshelf.
After reading the books, Calyrex will appear once again as you exit the Mayor’s house. Go speak to it. When given the dialogue choices, select “Carrots.”
You’ll now be tasked with planting the carrot seeds. You’ll have two fields to choose from and yes, it matters what field you choose.
*Time to Choose!* If you plant the seeds in the Old Cemetery, you’ll get the Shadow-rider Calyrex form. If you plant the seeds in Snowslide Slope, you’ll get the Ice-rider Calyrex form.
Plant the seeds in your field of choice and then pull the carrot out. Head back to Freezington and battle Spectrier or Glastrier. You can’t catch them yet so just win the battle.
After the battle and conversations, head over and speak with Calyrex to receive a Radiant Petal.
Head over to the Mayor’s house and speak to him about making a set of Reins of Unity.
Leave the Mayor’s house and go north to Crown Shine. Check your inventory and make sure you have plenty of Balls before heading to Crown Shrine.
When you reach the Shrine, speak to Calyrex and then place the carrot. You’ll now have the opportunity to catch Clayrex. Save your game before entering the battle.
Catch Calyrex. Return to Peony in Freezington.
And with that, Legendary Clue 1 will be finished. Continue on to page 2 as we work toward completing Legendary Clue 2!
Legendary Clue 2 – The Regis
To begin work on the second clue, you’re going to want to go find and catch the Regis.
Catching the Regis
First off, don’t worry if you accidentally beat a Regi. You can just reenter the temple and try to catch them again. Be sure to be stocked up on PokéBalls!
Registeel – “Let ring the piercing note that will wake the giant of steel.” All you have to do here is go to the doors and press in the left stick to whistle. This will open the door. Enter the temple and walk across all of the spots on the ground to light them up. Then, interact with the statue to begin the battle.
Regirock – “Let the first Pokemon hold a never-changing stone.” In order to enter this temple, you will need to give the first Pokémon in your party an Everstone to hold. Give them the item and then interact with the door to open it.
Regice – “Walk together with a living crystal of snow.” For this temple, you’re going to have catch a Cryogonal. These can actually be found right near the temple door if you don’t already have one. Catch one, place it in the first slot of your party and then interact with the temple door to open it.
Choose your Regi
After you’ve caught all three of the Regis, you need to travel to the Regi temple to the east that houses Regidrago and Regieleki. The temple will be red and yellow symbolizing the two different Regis inside.
There are two inside, but you can only catch one of them.
To enter this temple, you will need to have all three Regis in your party. You can switch them back out once you get inside.
As mentioned earlier, there are two Regis, but you can only choose one. In order to pick your Regi, you will have light up the tiles on the ground to match one of these patterns
Regidrago:
Regieleki:
Who should you take? Well, outside of their types (dragon and electric), the only difference in their base stats is that Regidrago has 200 HP and 80 Speed. Regieleki has 80 HP and 200 Speed.
Choose your Regi and catch it to finish off the Legendary Clue 2 by speaking to Peony.
Let’s continue on to page 3 for Legendary Clue 3!
Legendary Clue 3 – Find the Dynamax Tree
For the first part of this clue, head south to the Dynamax Tree. To reach the tree, fly to Regirock’s temple. From the temple, head west and then south to a river. Surf down the river until you can get back on land on the left side. You should see the tree off in the distance now. Follow the trail right until it completely wraps around to the front of the tree. All you have to do is approach the tree and the birds will scatter. Don’t forget to save your game right before battling each of the birds when going after them.
Catching the Birds
Articuno – Fly to Snowslide Slope and run or bike around the area looking for Articuno flying above you.. If Articuno doesn’t appear, fly back and look again. Repeat this until you see it. Once you see it, chase it until it lands. It’ll split itself into three and you have to pick the real one. Save your game just in case you pick the wrong one. Catching Articuno can be a pain because it is hurt by the hail storm. So, you only have a few tries. Once its health is yellow, start throwing balls. Don’t attack it after that, just let the hail whittle its health down and continue to try and catch it before it faints.
Moltres – You can find Moltres flying around the Isle of Armor. Fly to the Fields of Honor to see Moltres flying above you. Follow it and it’ll get closer to the ground until a battle starts. If you fly to the train station in the Fields of Honor, Moltres will be flying out over the water to the right. Don’t chase it out that way. Instead, cut left and go across the bridge passed the guy with the Diglett quest and continue to the left of the Master Dojo. You can wait here and Moltres will come to you low enough to start the battle.
Zapdos – Fly to East Lake Axewell to see Zapdos right in front of you. Get on your bike and chase it through the Wild Area. Just keep following it and it will eventually stop and battle you.
After catching all three of the birds, head back to Peony and speak with him. In this conversation you’ll get Peony’s League card and a Gold Expedition Suit.
As the conversation wraps up, Peony will leave and with that, the three major questlines are now completed!
We’re in the Endgame Now
After Peony leaves, you’ll still be in his house. When you go to exit, you should notice a shiny object on the ground by the door. Pick it up to receive the Legendary Clue.
Travel to the Max Lair and speak to Peony. Give him back the clue to start the wave of Ultra Beasts that can now be found in the Adventures.
Get out there and complete that Pokédex!