Poliwag

Sky light: 8–15

Needs base blocks

Natural

Needs nearby blocks

Water

CommonLevel 5-30Open sky

Biomes

CommonLevel 5-30

Biomes

Lush

Sky light: 0–7

Needs base blocks

Natural

CommonLevel 5-30

Biomes

Lush

Sky light: 0–7

CommonLevel 5-30Open sky

Biomes

CommonLevel 5-30

Biomes

Lush

Sky light: 0–7

Weight multipliers

0.6x when lure level 0-1

CommonLevel 5-30Underground

Biomes

Swamp

Sky light: 8–15

Needs nearby blocks

Lily Pad

CommonLevel 5-30Underground

Biomes

Sky light: 8–15

CommonLevel 5-30Underground

Biomes

Sky light: 8–15

CommonLevel 5-30

Biomes

Overworld

Y: -41 – 9

Sky light: 0–7

Structures

Lush Shipwreck Cove

Needs base blocks

Natural

CommonLevel 5-30

Biomes

Overworld

Y: -41 – 9

Sky light: 0–7

Structures

Lush Shipwreck Cove

CommonLevel 5-30

Biomes

Overworld

Y: -41 – 9

Sky light: 0–7

Structures

Lush Shipwreck Cove

Weight multipliers

0.6x when lure level 0-1

How to find Poliwag faster

Cook a Pokésnack

Craft a Pokésnack in a campfire pot using milk, honey bottle, vivichoke, and hearty grains. Add up to 3 seasoning items to customise which Pokémon appear.

Items that attract Poliwag

Passho Berry

Type: water

Aspear Berry

Egg group: water 1 · Egg group: water 2

Regular catching

Best biomes and snacks for making Poliwag appear.

BestMagicalCommonLv. 5-30

Base chance: 30.43%With snack: 39.27%

Recommended seasoning combo

3× Passho Berry

Also attracted (10 competitors)

Psyduck(common) golduck

Golduck(common)

LushCommonLv. 5-30

Base chance: 27.28%With snack: 36.18%

Recommended seasoning combo

3× Passho Berry

Also attracted (14 competitors)

Poliwrath(common) omanyte

Omanyte(ultra-rare) omastar

Omastar(ultra-rare)

HillsCommonLv. 5-30

Base chance: 17.34%With snack: 33.00%

Recommended seasoning combo

3× Passho Berry

Also attracted (16 competitors)

MushroomCommonLv. 5-30

Base chance: 19.43%With snack: 28.31%

Recommended seasoning combo

3× Passho Berry

Also attracted (10 competitors)

Politoed(common) wooper

Wooper(common)

TemperateCommonLv. 5-30

Base chance: 15.58%With snack: 27.44%

Recommended seasoning combo

3× Passho Berry

Also attracted (17 competitors)

Shiny hunting

Best biomes and snacks for getting shiny Poliwag, using Cobblemon's 1/8192 base shiny rate.

Best shinyMagicalCommonLv. 5-30

Base shiny chance: 0.0037%With shiny snack: 0.0420%Shiny rerolls: +8

Snack spawn chance: 38.19%

Shiny hunting combo

Passho Berry+2× Starf Berry

Also attracted (10 competitors)

Psyduck(common) golduck

Golduck(common)

LushCommonLv. 5-30

Base shiny chance: 0.0033%With shiny snack: 0.0385%Shiny rerolls: +8

Snack spawn chance: 35.09%

Shiny hunting combo

Passho Berry+2× Starf Berry

Also attracted (14 competitors)

Poliwrath(common) omanyte

Omanyte(ultra-rare) omastar

Omastar(ultra-rare)

HillsCommonLv. 5-30

Base shiny chance: 0.0021%With shiny snack: 0.0337%Shiny rerolls: +8

Snack spawn chance: 30.71%

Shiny hunting combo

Passho Berry+2× Starf Berry

Also attracted (16 competitors)

MushroomCommonLv. 5-30

Base shiny chance: 0.0024%With shiny snack: 0.0299%Shiny rerolls: +8

Snack spawn chance: 27.20%

Shiny hunting combo

Passho Berry+2× Starf Berry

Also attracted (10 competitors)

Politoed(common) wooper

Wooper(common)

TemperateCommonLv. 5-30

Base shiny chance: 0.0019%With shiny snack: 0.0283%Shiny rerolls: +8

Snack spawn chance: 25.79%

Shiny hunting combo

Aspear Berry+2× Starf Berry

Also attracted (16 competitors)