The Isle of Armor DLC Walkthrough & Guide

This page contains Game8's complete guide to the DLC expansion released in June 2020 for the game Pokemon Sword and Shield, The Isle of Armor. Read on to learn about new Pokemon, locations, and more.

Isle of Armor Strategy Guides

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Digging Pa	Digging Ma

Isle of Armor Story Walkthrough

Story Guide

Story	Walkthrough Info
Story Walkthrough	We're live updating our Isle of Armor story walkthrough, so keep checking for updates! ▶ The Isle of Armor Story Walkthrough

Post-Game Content

If you're done with the story, why not challenge the post-game content?

All Post-Game Content	The Isle of Armor still have many other things to offer. ▶ Isle of Armor Post-Game Content
Completing the Pokedex	A total of 210 Pokemon are waiting for you to catch 'em all! ▶ Isle of Armor Pokedex Completion Guide

Rival Trainer Guides

Isle of Armor Trainers
Klara	Avery	Mustard

Isle of Armor Maps

Isle of Armor Wild Area Maps
Fields of Honor	Soothing Wetlands	Forest of Focus
Challenge Beach	Brawlers' Cave	Loop Lagoon
Stepping-Stone Sea	Insular Sea	Honeycalm Island
Honeycalm Sea	Potbottom Desert	Warm-Up Tunnel
Training Lowlands	Challenge Road	Courageous Cavern
	Workout Sea

The Isle of Armor Wild Area Maps and Pokemon Locations

Isle of Armor Pokemon

Getting Pokemon without DLC

All Pokemon without DLC	Not buy the DLC doesn't have to mean not getting new Pokemon. ▶︎ See how to get New Pokemon without DLC

New Legendary Pokemon - Kubfu

Kubfu Guides
How to Get Kubfu	Best Nature for Kubfu
Best Style for Urshifu	Towers of Two Fists

Choose Between Bulbasaur or Squirtle

	You get to choose between a Squirtle and a Bulbasaur that can Gigantamax. ▶︎ Should you Choose Bulbasaur or Squirtle?

All New Pokemon

New DLC Pokemon	List of all old Pokemon added with the DLC. ▶︎ See All DLC Pokemon
New Pokemon	New Pokemon added in Isle of Armor. ▶︎ List of New Pokemon

The Isle of Armor Pokedex

All Pokemon Types

List of Pokemon Types
Fire	Water	Grass
Electric	Ice	Fighting
Poison	Ground	Flying
Psychic	Bug	Rock
Ghost	Dragon	Dark
Steel	Fairy	Normal

Full Pokedex | List of All Galar Pokemon

All Pokemon Generations

List of Generations
1st Gen	2nd Gen	3rd Gen	4th Gen
5th Gen	6th Gen	7th Gen	8th Gen

Pokemon Guides

Related Pokemon Articles
All Starters	Legendary Pokemon	Gigantamax Pokemon	Galarian Pokemon
Evolving Pokemon	Hatching Pokemon	Hidden Abilities	-

Isle of Armor Tips & Tricks

Isle of Armor New Features

Isle of Armor Features
Cram-o-Matic	Max Soup
New Rotom Bikes	Restricted Sparring

New Features in The Isle of Armor

New Isle of Armor Content

Beginner's Guides
Version Differences	Useful Locations & Characters	List of Characters

Isle of Armor Items

New DLC Items	Here you can find all new items added with Isle of Armor. ▶︎ See all New Items
Max Mushrooms	For your Pokemon to Gigantamax, you need these new shrooms! ▶︎ See how to find Max Mushrooms
Armorite Ore	New moves, loads of Watts, Armorite Ore is your key to all of them. ▶︎ See how to get Armorite Ore
Apricorns	Apricorns can be used to get rare Poke Balls, see our list of both here. ▶︎ See all Apricorns

All Item Types

List of All Items and Effects

Types of Items
Poke Balls	TRs	TMs
Berries	Evolutionary Stones	Ingredients
Recovery Items	Power Items

Isle of Armor Moves

List of New Moves	Here you can see all new moves in Isle of Armor. ▶︎ All New Moves
List of New Tutor	Find all new moves available through Move Tutors in Isle of Armor here. ▶︎ All New Tutor Moves

All Move Types

List of Moves

List of Move Types
Fire	Water	Grass
Electric	Ice	Fighting
Poison	Ground	Flying
Psychic	Bug	Rock
Ghost	Dragon	Dark
Steel	Fairy	Normal

Isle of Armor Message Boards

Message Boards

Isle of Armor Overview

More than 100 Old Pokemon Added

With the launch of "Isle of Armor", 100 Pokemon from the previous games will be re-joining us on our adventure.

The entirely new Galarian Slowpoke is available through a small preview event at Wedgehurst Station, so it's possible to get your hands on it even if you haven't purchased the Expansion Pass!

List of Pokemon Appearing in Expansion Pass DLC

New Story

The Isle of Armor is a giant island far-off Galar region, where you can find beaches, forests, caves, dunes, and more. This island is also inhabited by Pokemon never seen before!

We're sure you'll meet plenty of friends and Pokemon along this new adventure.

Become the student of a Master

Mustard, who was also previously a Champion, now runs the Pokemon Dojo. He was also the mentor of Champion Leon.

New Rivals

Pokemon Sword	Pokemon Shield
Enlarge Klara Klara, the Poison-type user, is available in the Pokemon Sword Expansion Pass.	Enlarge Avery Avery, the Psychic-type user, is available in the Pokemon Shield Expansion Pass.

These new characters also appear at the Pokemon Dojo, training hard with the hopes of having their own Gym and Stadium. The Rival that appears depends on your game version.

Isle of Armor Product Information

Release Date	June 17, 2020
Pre-order	From January 10
Price	$30 USD

To access Isle of Armor, you need to buy the Expansion Pass for Pokemon Sword and/or Shield, depending on which version you're playing.

How to Buy and Download

There are 3 ways to get the DLC

Nintendo Switch	Click the in-game Expansion Pass banner and buy from Nintendo eShop
Computer, Smartphone	Buy from the Official Website ▶︎ Official Pokemon Expansion Pass Website
Stores	Buy download codes for the Expansion Pass directly at physical stores. ▶︎ Buy the download code from official retailers

How to Download the Isle of Armor DLC

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