How to find Wiglett in Pokémon Go
Those looking to find Wiglett in Pokémon Go will need to look around beach biomes, though lakes seem to count, too. Here’s how Wiglett spawns work.
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As part of the biome update for Pokémon Go, Wiglett has made its debut. For those wanting this special Pokémon — who is not a regional form of Diglett, but rather its own thing — we have you covered.
How to find Wiglett in Pokémon Go
Wiglett spawns in beach biomes, but understanding what qualifies as a beach biome is where things get a little murky. Players on Reddit have reported Wiglett to also spawn around lakes, but it’s possible that these lakes were just tagged with the beach biome.
It appears that Pokémon Go’s map likely pulls from OpenStreetMap, which does track biomes using surveys, aerial images, and other sources. Some rivers and bodies of water do have the beach tag. You can see what has the beach tag by going on the overpass turbo website and clicking “run” at the top with the beach filter code filled in. (The link we provided should give that to you.) Some players have also noted that Wiglett will show up in a pretty far (300 meter) radius around the beach biome.
Either way, it’s best to check your radar as you approach bodies of water to see if Wiglett is around. Its long silhouette is unmistakable, so it should be easy to find among any other unseen Pokémon. You’ll also definitely want to keep an eye out if the area you’re in around water has a beachy biome aesthetic, but it also appears you don’t strictly need sand for the beach biome to count, as players on X (formerly Twitter) are discovering:
Wiglett originally made its debut in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, as what people thought was a Diglett regional variant, but it was quickly made clear that Wiglett is its own thing, not an evolutionary wonder.