Pokémon Sword And Shield Weather Types, How To Change The ...

Locked weather days in Pokémon Sword and Shield explained

Locked weather days refer to the first day of every month when the Wild Area will be covered in only one type of weather effect.

The only expectation is January 1st, which starts the new year off as usual with a variety of different weather types.

The locked weather days and their associated weather are:

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If you want to take advantage of these days, for either catching a specific Pokémon or simply aesthetics, then all you have to do is change the date on your Nintendo Switch.

To do this enter the System Settings for your Nintendo Switch. From there scroll down to the System option and select the Date and Time option.

Next you'll want to turn off Synchronise Clock via Internet. This will allow you to manually change the date or time to whatever you want, effectively making you the weather god of the Galar region.

Finally, all you have to do is change the date to whichever locked weather day you want, leave the System Settings and start playing either Pokémon Sword or Shield.

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