Potbottom Desert

Potbottom Desert 鍋底砂漠 Potbottom Desert "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	Isle of Armor
Region:	Galar
Generations:	VIII
Location of Potbottom Desert in Galar.
Pokémon world locations

The Potbottom Desert (Japanese: 鍋底砂漠 Potbottom Desert) is a part of the Isle of Armor in the Galar region. It connects to Warm-Up Tunnel to its south.

Geography

The Potbottom Desert is an enclosed desert area covered in sand and frequently covered by a sandstorm. Several dried-up up trees also stand around the desert.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Rocky Helmet	By a rock north of the entrance, northeast of a small tree	Sw  Sh
	Smooth Rock	East of the entrance, by a rock	Sw  Sh
	Flame Orb	At the base of a pair of trees northeast of the entrance, past a hill	Sw  Sh
	Fire Stone	By a tree along the north wall, north of the den northeast of the entrance	Sw  Sh
	TR21 (Reversal)	By a pair of rocks in the northeast corner of the wall	Sw  Sh
	Protector	By a rock near the wall north of the east den	Sw  Sh
	TR87 (Drill Run)	Near the east den	Sw  Sh
	Klara's rare League Card	From Klara after defeating Mustard at the Battle Court	Sw
	Avery's rare League Card	From Avery after defeating Mustard at the Battle Court	Sh

Hidden items

Item		Location	Games
	Wishing Piece	Just northeast of the den by the entrance	Sw  Sh
	Wishing Piece	By a tree north of the entrance; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/25%/15%/34%/20%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Soft Sand
	Rare Bone
	Nugget
	Wishing Piece	North of the entrance, roughly on a line between the eastern lip of the entrance and the rock on the west side of the hill; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/32%/42%/15%/5%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Soft Sand
	Rare Bone
	Rare Candy
	Wishing Piece	On the southwest side of the hill northeast of the entrance, roughly on a line between the rock on the west side of the hill and the rock east of the entrance; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/41%/10%/23%/20%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Soft Sand
	Quick Ball
	Revive
	Wishing Piece	Along a stretch of the west wall between a rock and a tree, shortly away from the wall; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/25%/25%/41%/3%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Soft Sand
	Quick Ball
	Bottle Cap
	Wishing Piece	Shortly east-northeast of the rock north of the entrance; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/50%/18%/21%/5%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Soft Sand
	Max Ether
	Rare Candy
	Wishing Piece	Past the crown of the small hill northeast of the entrance, towards the den; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/34%/15%/42%/3%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Thick Club
	Rare Bone
	Bottle Cap
	Wishing Piece	Past the crown of the small hill northeast of the entrance, towards the pair of trees; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/52%/19%/20%/3%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Star Piece
	Soft Sand
	Thick Club
	Bottle Cap
	Wishing Piece	Northwest of the den northeast of the entrance, towards a tree; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/25%/42%/24%/3%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Soft Sand
	Revive
	Bottle Cap
	Wishing Piece	Behind a tree along the north wall, north of the den northeast of the entrance; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/35%/29%/15%/15%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Shiny Stone
	Luxury Ball
	Comet Shard
	Wishing Piece	Around the crown of the small hill by the northeast corner, towards the southwest side; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/29%/20%/35%/10%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Ultra Ball
	Shiny Stone
	Revive
	Rare Candy
	Wishing Piece	Around the crown of the small hill by the northeast corner, towards the northeast side; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/35%/10%/36%/13%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Miracle Seed
	Rare Bone
	Iron Ball
	Wishing Piece	Near the northeast corner of the wall, on a line between the tree and the small hill nearby; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/30%/20%/39%/5%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Shiny Stone
	Max Repel
	Rare Candy
	Wishing Piece	One of a pair of items roughly west of a tree along the wall north of the east den, closer to the tree; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/32%/44%/13%/5%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Ultra Ball
	Miracle Seed
	Rare Candy
	Wishing Piece	One of a pair of items roughly west of a tree along the wall north of the east den, farther from the tree; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/29%/27%/35%/3%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Soft Sand
	Max Ether
	Bottle Cap
	Wishing Piece	Near the wall north of the rock by the wall north of the east den; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/25%/20%/46%/3%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Soft Sand
	Max Ether
	Bottle Cap
	Wishing Piece	One of a pair of items roughly south-southwest of a rock by the wall north of the east den, closer to the rock; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/20%/20%/51%/3%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Miracle Seed
	Soft Sand
	Revive
	Bottle Cap
	Wishing Piece	One of a pair of items roughly south-southwest of a rock by the wall north of the east den, farther from the rock; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/34%/25%/25%/10%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Poké Doll
	Thick Club
	Rare Candy
	Wishing Piece	At the top of the tallest hill; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/18%/35%/38%/3%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Miracle Seed
	Soft Sand
	Rare Bone
	Bottle Cap
	Wishing Piece	Near the top of the tallest hill, on a line to the east den; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/15%/5%/54%/20%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Star Piece
	Soft Sand
	Max Repel
	Iron Ball
	Wishing Piece	By the rock north of the east den; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/15%/15%/39%/25%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Miracle Seed
	Max Ether
	Sun Stone
	Wishing Piece	East of the east den; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/21%/30%/40%/3%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Soft Sand
	Rare Bone
	Bottle Cap
	Wishing Piece	On the south side of the tallest hill, roughly on a line between the east den and the den by the entrance; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/20%/31%/38%/5%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Soft Sand
	Revive
	Rare Candy
	Wishing Piece	One of a pair of items roughly between the top of the tallest hill and a rock and tree to the southwest, closer to the hill; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/25%/30%/7%/32%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Soft Sand
	Big Nugget
	Nugget
	Wishing Piece	One of a pair of items roughly between the top of the tallest hill and a rock and tree to the southwest, closer to the wall; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/25%/25%/41%/3%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Stardust
	Thick Club
	Hyper Potion
	Bottle Cap
	Wishing Piece	Shortly northwest of a rock near the wall east of the entrance; reappears at a 70% chance daily (4%/2%/32%/25%/32%/5%)	Sw  Sh
	Armorite Ore
	Poké Ball
	Thick Club
	Rare Bone
	Rare Candy

Pokémon

Visible encounters

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Rhyhorn	Sw	Sh	Sand	10-15	32%
Rhyhorn	Sw	Sh	Sand	19-24	32%
Chansey	Sw	Sh	Sand	10-15	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%
Chansey	Sw	Sh	Sand	19-24	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%
Blissey	Sw	Sh	Sand	10-15									2%
Blissey	Sw	Sh	Sand	19-24									2%
Torkoal	Sw	Sh	Sand	10-15	5%
Torkoal	Sw	Sh	Sand	19-24	5%
Shinx	Sw	Sh	Sand	10-15			20%
Shinx	Sw	Sh	Sand	19-24			20%
Sandile	Sw	Sh	Sand	10-15	56%	36%	36%	56%	56%	56%	36%	36%	56%
Sandile	Sw	Sh	Sand	19-24	56%	36%	36%	56%	56%	56%	36%	36%	56%
Scraggy	Sw	Sh	Sand	19-24								10%
Pawniard	Sw	Sh	Sand	10-15		20%
Pawniard	Sw	Sh	Sand	19-24		10%
Rufflet	Sw	Sh	Sand	19-24	5%
Vullaby	Sw	Sh	Sand	10-15	5%
Fletchling	Sw	Sh	Sand	10-15							20%
Fletchling	Sw	Sh	Sand	19-24							20%
Jangmo-o	Sw	Sh	Sand	19-24		10%
Silicobra	Sw	Sh	Sand	10-15								20%
Silicobra	Sw	Sh	Sand	19-24								10%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Wanderers

These wanderers respawn daily.

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
×3 North of the entrance, east of a small tree On the east side of the hill northeast of the entrance Northeast of the den northeast of the entrance
Braviary	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42	Three
Mandibuzz	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42	Three
North of the entrance, past a small tree
Sandslash	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42								One
Marowak	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42	One				One	One			One
Torkoal	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42							One
Krokorok	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42		One	One	One
West of the den northeast of the entrance
Rhydon	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42	One				One	One	One
Rhyperior	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	50								One	One
Krookodile	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	50		One	One	One
East of the entrance, past a pair of rocks
Sandslash	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42								One
Krokorok	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42		One	One	One
Sandaconda	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42	One				One	One	One		One
Near the top of the tallest hill, northeast of the entrance
Braviary	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42	One	One	One	One	One	One		One	One
Mandibuzz	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42	One	One	One	One	One	One		One	One
Volcarona	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	50							One
North of the tallest hill
Rhyperior	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	50	One				One	One	One	One	One
Krookodile	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	50		One	One	One
West of the east den
Rhydon	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42	One				One	One		One
Torkoal	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42							One		One
Krokorok	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42		One	One	One
North of the east den
Sandslash	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42								One
Marowak	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42	One				One	One	One		One
Krokorok	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	42		One	One	One
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Pokémon Dens

Main article: Potbottom Desert/Dens

Regina's Pokémon

The player has the chance to encounter a Trainer named Regina here, who will ask for a random Pokémon native to Galar in exchange for its non-native regional form. These trades can be done multiple times, but each time it is done, Regina will relocate.

In Potbottom Desert, from the entrance, Regina can be found North Central.

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Special Pokémon
Meowth	Sw	Sh	Trade Meowth	15	Unlimited
Ponyta	Sw	Sh	Trade Ponyta	15	Unlimited
Farfetch'd	Sw	Sh	Trade Farfetch'd	15	Unlimited
Exeggutor Alolan Form	Sw	Sh	Trade Exeggutor	15	Unlimited
Marowak Alolan Form	Sw	Sh	Trade Marowak	15	Unlimited
Weezing	Sw	Sh	Trade Weezing	15	Unlimited
Mr. Mime	Sw	Sh	Trade Mr. Mime	15	Unlimited
Corsola	Sw	Sh	Trade Corsola	15	Unlimited
Zigzagoon	Sw	Sh	Trade Zigzagoon	15	Unlimited
Darumaka	Sw	Sh	Trade Darumaka	15	Unlimited
Stunfisk	Sw	Sh	Trade Stunfisk	15	Unlimited
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

In the manga

Potbottom Desert in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Sword & Shield arc

The Potbottom Desert briefly appeared in PASS36 as one of the locations Henry ventured to while training Kubfu and searching for the Rusted Sword and Shield.

Trivia

• According to Kabu, he first met his Torkoal here. He also implies that Raihan caught his Torkoal here as well.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 鍋底沙漠 Wōdái Sāmohk Mandarin 鍋底沙漠 / 锅底沙漠 guōdǐ Shāmò French Sables de Kudsac German Wüstensenke Italian Deserto Paiolo Korean 냄비바닥사막 Naembibadak Samak Spanish Cuenca Arenosa

Galar
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