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aquasuicune

Well-Known Member
Why is it that whatever pokemon you are looking for never shows up? I go through the entire waterfall cave 3 times, and never see a single feebas, and only one magikarp, which my partner kills. And why is it that whenever you find that pokemon, it never recruits, but the pokemon you hate always wants to join? (Corphish is EVIL!)
 

darksuicune75

Water Pokemon Master
I know what you mean every time I go to Mt. steel I can never recruit a Tyrogue until today on the last floor I walk around 5 times until I saw one and recruited it harshly!! (Geodude is EVIL!)
 

Kyaku

. . .
Gahh. Tell me about it. Seedot ALWAYS want to join my team, but I already have Nuzleaf. -.-

Also, Feebas is only in Red, iirc.
 

ShadowflareNova

Well-Known Member
Feebas, Magikarp, Pidgeys, things like that are rare...And so aggravating to find, let alone recruit. I suggest being at level ninety or above and having the friend bow so you don't fight more than you have to.
 

aquasuicune

Well-Known Member
I am playing red, and I got magikarp to appear. Also, I am lv. 53, with the friend bow, so if I somehow managed to find a magikarp or feebas, I would have a 29.2% recruiting chance. Of course, it doesn't matter how great the percentage is if you can't find the stupid pokemon in the first place!
 

Inazuma

Kyokudo <33
well Im level 100 w/ friend bow and stupid magikarps and snorlaxes wont join!
Im really mad I was hoping to use snorlax on my team
 

aquasuicune

Well-Known Member
Snorlax
You at lv. 90+ and friend bow = 36% chance.
 

Inazuma

Kyokudo <33
thanks for that aquasuicune,I was about to give up when I was in Howling Forest and snolax comes so Im happy
 

Charziken

< That's me! Hello!
Why is it that whatever pokemon you are looking for never shows up? I go through the entire waterfall cave 3 times, and never see a single feebas, and only one magikarp, which my partner kills. And why is it that whenever you find that pokemon, it never recruits, but the pokemon you hate always wants to join? (Corphish is EVIL!)

Feebas and Magikarp, among others, rarely appear do to their dreadfully low level (the lowest level I had was a level 1 Pidgey >.< Feebas and Magikarp are level 5) It all depends on luck.
 

Vaporeon

Coral Eye Trainer
I've encountered a few Magikarps, but they never joined.
Snorlax & Exeggcute on the other hand.. I've never seen a live one. (Except an Exeggcute in Tiny Woods which you can't recruit ... grr).

But wouldn't you expect Feebas to be rare? I mean, where was it found on Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald again? hah. :p
 

Zaraze

Drifblim landing!
You can't find Magikarp and Feebas? Well of course not! Magikarp are only found in Blue and Feebas are only found in Red! Check the main site. Only way to get both is Wondermail. On Red I have a Milotic :)
 

Souku

Well-Known Member
Ah, I know how irritating and frustrating it is to not find the pokemon you're looking for.. Those pidgeys... -shakes fist- I actually encountered more Snorlaxes than pidgeys, though the snorlaxes never joined either.. :'C
 

Zaraze

Drifblim landing!
Read the topic. He already said he used wondermail

Why that little... how dare anybody but myself use Wondermail! How am I supposed to cover up creating billions of Joy Seed missions if other people use Wondermail!? *Momentary madness and wierd insanity ends* *Remembers that people have been using it for ages*

Anyways I befriended Feebas on Red on my 3rd try. Still haven't tried for a Magikarp on Blue. Throughout both games though I've only seen 1 Snorlax. Seen loads of Pidgeys but most in Tiny Woods and Purity Forest.
 
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