Scour Areas
The Scour Areas allows a user to send their Pokémon on Scour Missions. It can be accessed from the Nearby Places tab on the Farm page or through a link on the NavBar.
Starting a Mission
The Scour Areas can be accessed once the basic tutorial is completed and the fashion suitcase has been bought on the scouring page.
On the main page, there are two buttons. Below them the current scour missions are seen and Pokémon can be retrieved. "Start a new Mission" is possible when a scour slot is open. Without any upgrades a user has one scour slot. "Upgrades" takes the user to the upgrade information.
When clicking on "Start a new Mission," a user is taken to their Fields. The first step for them is to select a Pokémon. Any Pokémon that isn't still an Egg, at the DayCare, training at the Dojo, or already on a mission can do a scour mission. No Pokémon has more potential at missions than another, but each individual will have a randomly assigned preferred and disliked location. Pokémon will typically perform better if they are sent to the location they prefer. In order to find a Pokémon's preferred or disliked location, users have to send them to each location until they find it. Once the preferred and disliked scour location is found, the Pokémon won't forget it and it'll show up on the pop-up menu that is seen when the user hovers over a Pokémon to select them for a mission.
The next step is to choose a location. There are six locations: Ocean, Volcano, Desert, Forest, Tundra, and City. Each Mission will last one hour. Once a Pokémon's preferred location is found it will be automatically selected; however, users have the option to still change the location before sending them.
After everything is sorted out, pressing "Send" will start the Mission. A scouring Pokémon will still appear in the Party/Fields and can be interacted with, but cannot be traded, nor be given items or have items taken from them.
During and After a Mission
On the Scour Areas' main page, all currently active missions are viewable.
While a mission is in progress, the page will display the Pokémon on the mission, the location of the mission, the Pokémon's type(s), the Pokémon's current energy level, and the amount of time left before the Pokémon returns. In addition, the Pokémon's opinion of the area may be shown under the time remaining. A message is displayed if the Pokémon prefers or dislikes the location, but not if the Pokémon has no opinion.
After a mission is done, a button to retrieve the Pokémon appears. When clicked, any items the Pokémon found on its mission (varying from regular items, to Accessories, Credits, and Boxes), are shown inside the box with the Pokémon. Afterwards, three options may be selected:
- End Mission: The Pokémon stops scouring and rests.
- New Mission: Allows one to change the location before setting off again.
- Same Mission: Repeats the finished mission.
Too many consecutive missions can result in a Pokémon becoming tired, noted by the energy meter at the bottom of the status box. Tiredness may affect how the Pokémon performs when scouring. A Pokémon's energy is gradually replenished whenever they are not actively scouring, so a tired Pokémon should be left in a Field for a time to recover.
Scour Finds
Pokémon may bring back Berries, Fossils, Evolution Items, Evolution Stones, Special Evolution Items, Boxes, Accessories, and Credits. Interestingly, the only difference between locations is which accessories your Pokemon may pick up from them. Additionally, certain items may only be found with certain Pokémon, detailed in the section below.
The probability of finding items is outlined below in this table:
| Level | Nothing | Berry | Accessory | Credits | Evolution Item | Box/Special |
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| 0 | 50% | 25% | 12% | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| 1 | 40% | 28% | 9% | 9% | 4% | 10% |
| 2 | 30% | 30% | 8% | 12% | 6% | 14% |
| 3 | 20% | 30% | 10% | 15% | 10% | 15% |
| 4 | 10% | 30% | 15% | 18% | 10% | 17% |
- Level. Each Pokémon starts at Scour Level 1 and then is influenced by the following:
- If the location is 'preferred' (+1), 'neutral' (+0), or 'disliked' (-1), and
- How many Scour Boosts you have (+1 per boost, max 2).
- Nothing is your Pokémon returning with no loot.
- Berry is any type of Berry, ranging from 1-4 of a specific type (e.g. 3 Watmel Berries).
- Accessory is what you use to dress up your Pokémon. See here for a full list.
- Credits are the standard site currency.
- Evolution Items are self-explanatory.
- Boxes/Special are either Boxes, Fossils, or any of the items listed below in the Forme Pokémon and Scouring section. If the reward is pulled from this category, it will make another check to see if you obtain a Box (90-99% chance) or a special item (1-10% chance).
Please note: Totem Stickers and Zygarde Cells are checked first; if the roll is unsuccessful, then this table is used. More information can be found on these in the following section.
Upgrades
Two types of Account Upgrades for Scour Missions can be obtained.
Scour Boosts are a permanent item that increases the chance of finding rarer items on missions. Two total can be used. Each Scour Boost costs 
200 Gold Poké.
Scour Slots are a permanent item that allows another scour mission to be performed alongside the starting one. Again, two can be used, granting a total of three slots. Each Scour Slot costs 200.
Important to Remember
It's important to remember:
- The first scour of the day will override all finds and be replaced with your Daily Task reward.
- Boosts and energy affect what the Pokémon finds.
- Suríya's Bonus is the percentage chance of obtaining a higher-tier reward. For example, if you initially rolled nothing, you would be upgraded to a Berry.
- Being at, or entering red energy at the end of a Scour results in a shift to the left on the rewards table. For example, if you initially rolled a Berry, your reward would be downgraded to nothing.
- However, Boosts and energy do not affect finding Totem Stickers and Zygarde Cells.
- Totem Stickers and Zygarde Cells will override normal finds.
- As more Totem Stickers and Zygarde Cells are found, it becomes harder to find the remaining ones.
- E.G. When no cells have been found in an area, it's a 100% chance to find one. With nine cells found, the chance is 10% to find the last cell.
- Patience is key to finding rare items, such as Drives and Reveal Glass. It may take a long time with many times of sending out the Pokémon to find one.
Forme Pokémon and Scouring
There are some Pokémon that require usage of the Scour areas to aid in changing formes.
| Pokémon | Forme | Method |
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| Burmy | Plant Cloak | Send a Burmy on a Scour Mission to the Forest area. |
| Burmy | Sandy Cloak | Send a Burmy on a Scour Mission to the Desert area. |
| Burmy | Trash Cloak | Send a Burmy on a Scour Mission to the City area. |
| Cramorant | Gulping | Send a Cramorant on a Scour Mission to the Ocean area. |
| Cramorant | Gorging | Send a Cramorant on a Scour Mission to the Ocean area with low energy. |
| Eiscue | Ice Face | Send an Eiscue on a Scour Mission to the Tundra area. |
| Eiscue | Noice Face | Send an Ice Face Eiscue on a Scour Mission to the Volcano area. |
| Genesect | Burn Drive | A  Burn Drive is required, which can be acquired by sending any member of the Porygon Line on a Scour Mission to the Volcano area.
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| Genesect | Douse Drive | A  Douse Drive is required, which can be acquired by sending any member of the Porygon Line on a Scour Mission to the Ocean area.
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| Genesect | Shock Drive | A  Shock Drive is required, which can be acquired by sending any member of the Porygon Line on a Scour Mission to the City area.
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| Genesect | Chill Drive | A  Chill Drive is required, which can be acquired by sending any member of the Porygon Line on a Scour Mission to Tundra area.
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| Enamorus | Therian | A  Reveal Glass is required to change to Therian Forme, which can be acquired by sending Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus to the same Scour Area at the same time.
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| Tornadus | Therian | A Reveal Glass is required to change to Therian Forme, which can be acquired by sending Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus to the same Scour Area at the same time.
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| Thundurus | Therian | A Reveal Glass is required to change to Therian Forme, which can be acquired by sending Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus to the same Scour Area at the same time.
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| Landorus | Therian | A Reveal Glass is required to change to Therian Forme, which can be acquired by sending Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus to the same Scour Area at the same time.
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| Zygarde | 10% | Retrieve 10  cells from a single Scour Area.
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| Zygarde | 50% | Retrieve 10 cells from three different Scour Areas.
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| Zygarde | Complete | Retrieve all 10 cells from each of the six Scour Areas.
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| Alolan Marowak | Totem | Retrieve 5  Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Alolan Raticate | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Araquanid | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Braviary | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Donphan | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Gumshoos | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Kanto Sandslash | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Kommo-o | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Leavanny | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Lurantis | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Mandibuzz | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Maractus | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Mimikyu | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Rimbombee | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Salazzle | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Skuntank | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Salazzle | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Snow Vespiquen | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Talonflame | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Togedemaru | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Trevenant | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Vikavolt | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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| Whishcash | Totem | Retrieve 5 Totem Stickers with it from each Scour Area.
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