Pokémon Sword and Shield brings in a lot of changes to the typical Pokémon RPG experience, one of those being how you access bodies of water. Previously, you could just use a water-type Pokémon like Lapras and use Surf as a HM to navigate the water. This time out, it’s all down to your Rotom Bike.
It takes an annoyingly long time to go on water in Pokémon Sword and Shield; you will need to have travelled to Circhester before you can access Route 9. There’s a lot of work to do before you get there, which includes getting the Rotom Bike to begin with.
Go southeast out of Circhester and you will soon be travelling along Route 9. Go down the route just a bit and you will see two Team Yell members harassing the same knackered-looking doctor who gave you the Rotom Bike.
Defeat these louts in a battle and the doctor will reward you with an upgraded Rotom Bike.
Here’s a map of where you need to go to find the upgraded Rotom Bike.
To use the Rotom Bike, press the + or – buttons to jump on and off it and then A to turbo boost, though you will have had to have upgraded the Rotom Bike previously to use this function.
Simply ride onto the water and you will be able to “swim” in Pokémon Sword and Shield. Now that you’re able to travel on water, you ought to go back to a Wild Area and pick up all of those rare Pokémon, such as a Gyarados, that you missed out on.
Pokémon Sword and Shield are out now on Nintendo Switch.
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