How to Get Your Hands on the Alolan Pokémon in Pokémon Go

Alolan Pokémon have arrived in Pokémon Go, and we’ve got the details on how you can catch them for yourself. The addition of Alolan Pokémon is something of a departure from the standard schedule, with developer Niantic slowly working their way through the generations as they add new Pokémon to catch. Right now we’re still in generation 3, though the newest Pokémon from the Alola region were introduced to the franchise in generation 7. Regardless, we’re just happy to be able to get our hands on the variant Pokémon that are now popping up across the globe.

Much like shiny Pokémon, Alolan Pokémon won’t have their own slot in the Pokédex, rather they get their own field in the regular Pokédex section. They appear on the radar as silhouettes much like the generation 3 Pokémon Castform, so if you know what you’re looking for it shouldn’t be too hard to find. Right now there are 18 Alolan Pokémon in the database that we know of, though not all of them are available right now for capture. Here’s the Alolan Pokémon and the ways you can get your hands on them:

• Alolan Exeggutor: Can be caught in the wild as a rare encounter
• Alolan Rattata and Raticate: Can be caught in the wild as a rare encounter, and Raticate can be evolved from the Alolan Rattata
• Alolan Grimer, Meowth, Sandshrew, and Vulpix: Available in 7km eggs as part of the gifts feature
• Alolan Muk, Persian, Sandslash, and Ninetails: Can be evolved after hatching their base forms from the 7km eggs

Additionally, the Alolan forms of Diglett, Dugtrio, Geodude, Graveler, Golem, Raichu, and Marowak are yet to be released to the public. We’ll update this guide when we have more information about these unreleased Alolan Pokémon.