Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Barboach location guide

Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet have brought back Barboach, and we now have information about the location of this surprisingly elusive Pokemon.

What is Barboach?

Barboach is a Water/Ground type Whiskers Pokemon. It was first introduced in Generation III, and evolves into Whiscash.

Here’s the official blurb from the Pokedex: “It probes muddy riverbeds with its two long whiskers. A slimy film protects its body.”

Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet Barboach location

You can find Barboach in East Province Area Three, West Province Area Two, South Province Area Two, South Province Area Four, South Province Area Five, and Tagtree Thicket. Specifically, you can find it in any of the ponds contained in these areas, although it is quite a rare spawn. Due to the larger number of ponds, it is best to search South Province location areas for Barboach in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, so you will have more opportunities to encounter it. 

To increase your chances, you will want to prepare a sandwich that gives you Encounter Power: Ground. Prepare either a Jambon-Beurre, which requires only Ham and Butter as ingredients and will give you Encounter Power: Ground Lv. 1, or a Great Herbed-Sausage Sandwich, which requires Herbed Sausage, Ketchup, and Mustard, and will give you Encounter Power: Ground Lv. 2. This will also increase the spawn rate of Paldean Wooper and Clodsire, but it will also make Barboach more likely to appear.

There’s another location for Barboach in Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet as you may also be lucky enough to encounter the creature in a Tera Raid Battle, which will be marked on your map. New ones will appear as you clear them, and they will also change daily, so it is worth checking each one on your map to see if any of them contain Barboach. Barboach appears in 1 star Tera Raid battles only, so you may encounter it much earlier in the game.

Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet are available on Switch. You can access the official website here for more information about the games.