You can use any of the usual five methods to get Crabrawler and Shiny Crabrawler in Pokemon GO. They can be caught in the wild, hatched from Pokemon eggs, obtained through trade, and so on. While the chances of encountering a Shiny Crabrawler in the game are slim, you are more likely to encounter a normal Crabrawler. Niantic introduced the regular variant of Crabrawler as part of the Mythic Blade event on December 6, 2022.
After two years, the developer Shiny Crabrawler debuted during the Pokemon GO Fest 2024: Madrid on June 14, 2024. Since its release, many players wanted the Pocket Monster in their collection.
This guide explains all the possible ways trainers can get Crabrawler and Shiny Crabrawler in Pokemon GO.
Crabrawler in Pokemon GO: how to get, weaknesses, counters and more
To obtain Crabrawler in Pokemon GO, you can choose one of the approaches below”
- Catch Crabrawler in the wild.
- Hatch eggs
- Beat Raid Battles
- Complete research tasks
- Trade
1) Catch Crabrawler in the wild
Crabrawler is a fighting-type pocket monster, so its spawn rate is increased by cloudy weather conditions. This means that the creature can be encountered in this weather. You can activate the effect of the Lure Module by attaching it to a PokeStop and Incense using it on yourself to attract Pokémon that are present in the given weather conditions.
2) Hatch eggs
Eggs can be hatched in the mobile game to get certain Pocket Monsters. So if you also drop these items during events that indicate Crabrawler is back in it, you can obtain the creature.
Nevertheless, trainers should remember that it is not easy to find the Boxing Pokemon by relying solely on this method.
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3) Beat Raid Battles
As a Fighting-type Raid Boss, Crabrawler is 160% weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-type attacks. However, it is resistant to Bug, Dark, and Rock-type attacks. But if you want to create a good counter team against it, you need to include creatures that know psychic, flying, and fairy attacks.
Pokemon beats Crabrawler in Pokemon GOincluding a Mega Entity:
- Shadow Mewtwo with confusion and psystrike
- Mega Alakazam with Confusion and Psychic
- Shadow Raqyuaza with Air Slash and Dragon Ascent
- Shadow staraptor with wing attack and brave bird
- Azelf with extrasensory and future vision
- Tapu Lele with confusion and madness of nature
- Latios with Zen Headbutt and Luster Purge
4) Complete research tasks
Research tasks reward unique items and sometimes offer Pokemon encounters to trainers who complete them. You can do this to earn an encounter with the Boxing Pokemon.
The Pokemon GO Triumph Together event returns Crabrawler and its Shiny form via Research Task rewards. So make sure you kill them to get these creatures.
5) Trade
Using the trading feature, your Pokemon GO friends can give you their extra Crabrawler. You need Stardust in your account and you need to be within 100 meters of a friend to trade.
All the ways to get Shiny Crabrawler in Pokemon GO
The methods of obtaining Crabrawler and Shiny Crabrawler are very similar. You can try these out to encounter the latter:
- Catch Shiny Crabrawler in the wild.
- Hatch eggs
- Defeat raids
- Complete research tasks
- Trade
Also read: How do you get Mega Salamance in Pokemon GO, and can it be shiny?
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Edited by Abhishek Manikandan
