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I have had my starter Cyndaquil on my team my entire play through. Leveled him up all while handling research items along the way. However I got too eager to evolve my Cyndaquil and evolved him with a lot of missing items. I didn't realize at the time that research is on the exact pokemon only, so Quilava has it's own research items.

I want to get Cyndaquil's remaining research items but I can't if I am unable to get another one.

Is it possible to find another Cyndaquil or any of the other starters in a normal playthough?

Jeff Mercado
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It should be possible to find them in late-game in a

Space-Time Distortion

Rowlet: Coronet Highlands, after beating game (low spawn rate)

Cyndaquil: Crimson Mirelands, after beating game (low spawn rate)

Oshawott: Alabaster Icelands, after beating game (low spawn rate)

pinckerman
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    If you want more sources to back this up, Bulbapedia page for each starter also indicate these locations : Cyndaquil, Rowlet, Oshawott – Zoma Feb 04 '22 at 08:38
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    Yeah, I just came across one by chance. Managed to get my Cyndaquil. :) – Jeff Mercado Feb 04 '22 at 09:11
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    @pinckerman While I understand that preference, I would encourage links to Bulbapedia or Serebii when possible - they're much better resources, more likely to be accurate, and not full of ads. – Joe Feb 04 '22 at 19:18
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    @Joe totally agree, they are always my first source when possible. I haven't considered ads, so I updated the links. – pinckerman Feb 04 '22 at 19:31
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When you eventually beat the game, you are awarded the other starters from Prof. Laventon but not the one you started with.

Post-game, it seems like they can appear in a space-time distortion. Bumped into a Cyndaquil right in one. You could probably find the others this way too.

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