Pokemon Legends: Arceus is set in the old times in the Pokemon world at a time when it was rare to find harmony between people and Pokemon. Set in the land of the Hisui region, known as modern-day Sinnoh, you will join the Galaxy Expedition Team (Galaxy Team for short) as a member of the Survey Corps stationed in Jubilife Village. You will be tasked to meet every species of Pokémon from the Hisui region to complete the region’s first-ever Pokédex.
The Galaxy Team will task the player to do missions in the game. Additionally, various people will also ask for help from the player requests. One of these requests is Request 35, titled ‘Battling with Pachirisu.’ This guide will teach you how to complete the ‘Battling with Pachirisu’ request.
Battling with Pachirisu
To unlock this request, the player must first have Ursaluna unlocked as a rideable Pokemon which is part of the “Arezu’s Predicament” mission (the eighth mission of the game). Additionally, the player must also have caught a Pachirisu.
Pachirisu can be found near Gapejaw Bog and Cottonsedge Prairie in the Crimson Mirelands at all times and in every weather condition. It is also worth mentioning that there is an Alpha Pachirisu southwest of Gapejaw Bog.
After doing the requirements mentioned, you can now start this request! To do just that, head on to the Galaxy Hall and proceed to Professor Laventon’s room on the left side of Captain Cyllene’s office. In Professor Laventon’s room, you will find a blackboard just behind Professor Laventon himself. There are a few requests on this blackboard that the player can take on. Read what is on the blackboard and the prompt, and select the ‘Battling with Pachirisu’ request. And, just like that, the request has started!
According to the request description, Ren, a member of the Security Corps, has concerns about how to command a Pachirisu in battle. To complete this request, this is what the player must do:
- First, head out of Professor Laventon’s office and head to the Mirelands Camp in the Crimson Mirelands, and there, just ahead of Professor Laventon, you will find Ren of the Survey Corps with a Pachirisu. Talk to Ren, and he will tell the player that even with all his training with Captain Zisu, he does not feel like he is improving, so he is in the Crimson Mirelands to train with his Pachirisu. He will then ask the player if you could show him how to battle with a Pachirisu, only a Pachirisu, and no other Pokemon. However, he still can not figure out a winning strategy to use with his Pachirisu.
- Next, the player has to remove all the other Pokemon in their party and replace it with a Pachirisu. Even though Ren said that you should only have a Pachirisu in your party, the player can catch as much Pachirisu as the player wants and fill their party with as much Pachirisu as the player wants.
- After that, talk to Ren again, and he will let you battle with a level 30 Ursaring. Now the player must defeat the Ursaring. The Alpha Pachirisu would be perfect for this as the Alpha Pachirisu will certainly be higher than the Ursaring. It is worth mentioning that Ursaring is a Normal-type Pokemon. Hence, most attacks deal neutral damage to Ursaring (except for Ghost-type attacks that Normal-type Pokemon like Ursaring are immune to). Multiple Pachirisu’s can help so that the player will not immediately be defeated after the player’s Pachirisu is defeated.
- After defeating the Ursaring, Ren will be amazed by the player’s battling. He will say that all the work the Survey Corps members put into learning about Pokemon does pay off and that they will also work as hard as they to reach that same level of understanding. Finally, Ren will reward the player with three Sitrus Berries and one Grit Gravel for your efforts.
Now that you have completed the ‘Battling with Pachirisu’ request, you can now try to complete other requests, complete missions, or complete Arceus’ task for you, which is to catch them all!
