How to track the legendary birds, articuno, zapdos, or moltres?

Question

I am trying to track moltres because I started with froakie, but when I look at my town map to see where it is, he doesnt show up and its impossible to track. Ive already found it once by luck

Answer 1

The first encounter can't be tracked and must happen by chance.

When you've encountered it once, you can track him by viewing the location on it's pokédex page, figure out a pattern, and try to get on the same route he is.

You'll need to encounter him 12 times before he dissapears from the map. After that, he'll be at the Sea Spirit's Den where you can catch him.

Comments

thanks i thought u tracked him by the map. but i was wrong. thanks!

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So you just run around hoping to find it for the first encounter?

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yup thats how i found zapdos. simple as that