I spent most of my day off playing some more Pokemon Scarlet, pretty much just working through the Outbreaks and leveling up and evolving a bunch of random Pokemon. For those who don't know what Outbreaks are, they're basically when a bunch of Pokemon from a particular species appear altogether and, well, that's basically it. Outbreaks first appeared in Pokemon Legends: Arceus and they continued to be used in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. I must say, I much prefer the Legends: Arceus form, for reasons that will become apparent through the captions of the following pictures.
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I appear to have exhausted my Deerling...
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How come no one told me Pikachu and Raichu could swim?!
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As you can see in my little map, I have arrived at the place where with Basculin Outbreak was occurring. No Basculin here.
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Second spot, still no Basculin.
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Third spot, still no Basculin.
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The biggest "lake" here... Still. No. Basculin. WTF.
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| This is much later, as you can see from the lighting. NOW there are Basculin. |
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I spent several hours running around this area to reset the spawns. HOURS. This was easily the most frustrating Outbreak since my first Flamigo one where they spawned one at a time. Seriously, HOURS went by and I STILL didn't finish the Outbreak. Didn't even get a notification telling me the numbers were going down. I was pissed off.
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Drowned myself twice on top of this waterfall, too.
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At least in Pokemon Legends: Arceus, the Outbreaks would happen in a contained bit of space with IMMEDIATE respawns, so you could just sit there and either catch or fight to your hearts content. Most of the Outbreaks in Pokemon Scarlet are like this, but I've had enough that refuse to respawn unless you've left or are running around an area. This Basculin one was THE WORST.
