Vivillon Patterns & Regions: Complete Map and Guide

Catching all Vivillon patterns in Pokémon is a highly cherished goal for countless Trainers all around the world! While chasing this crowning glory sounds like a tedious task, it is quite achievable if you know how to go about it, be it catching Scatterbug after dealing with postcards, evolving them, and perhaps most importantly, being well-acquainted with the various patterns and their corresponding locations on the globe.

So, we will break down all the details, and by the end of it, rest assured that you’ll be completely prepared to take on this amazing journey to catch ’em all, Vivillon edition!

Vivillon Patterns and Regions Map

There are 20 Vivillon patterns in total, but two of them are reserved for special event distribution, or at least that’s what was the case in the main series games. These two are Fancy and Pokéball patterns and they are not available in the game right now. Now, here is where to get all the Vivillon patterns in Pokémon GO:

Pattern	Regions
Archipelago	Caribbean South Africa Southern Florida	Vivillon Archipelago Pattern
Continental	Argentina Germany Poland Denmark Central Asia	Vivillon Continental Pattern
Elegant	Japan	Vivillon Elegant Pattern
Garden	UK Ireland New Zealand	Vivillon Garden Pattern
High Plains	Western United States Eastern Europe	Vivillon High Plains Pattern
Icy Snow	Greenland Northern Canada Norway Finland Sweden	Vivillon Icy Snow Pattern
Jungle	Colombia Northern South America Central Africa Indonesia	Vivillon Jungle Pattern
Marine	Chile Greece Hungary Romania Bulgaria Spain	Vivillon Marine Pattern
Meadow	France Italy	Vivillon Meadow Pattern
Modern	Eastern United States	Vivillon Modern Pattern
Monsoon	Southeast Asia	Vivillon Monsoon Pattern
Ocean	Hawaii Galapagos Islands Madagascar	Vivillon Ocean Pattern
Polar	Alaska Eastern Canada Western Canada Southern Argentina and Chile Norway Sweden Finland	Vivillon Polar Pattern
River	Egypt South Africa South Australia	Vivillon River Pattern
Sandstorm	Middle East	Vivillon Sandstorm Pattern
Savanna	Brazil North Australia	Vivillon Savanna Pattern
Sun	Mexico Madagascar	Vivillon Sun Pattern
Tundra	Iceland Southern Norway Sweden North Japan	Vivillon Tundra Pattern

How to find friends for each Vivillon pattern

This is the tiring part. You’ll need friends situated in each Vivillon region to grab all the patterns. It’s challenging for sure, but quite possible, so here’s how you can take a crack at this:

• Maximize your friends list (450 friends) to increase your odds.
• Rename friends to pattern names based on their region. For instance, if a friend sends a Postcard from Egypt, give them the ‘River’ nickname. You can nickname up to 20 friends per day.
• Take a picture of the table containing the Vivillon patterns and their regions with you for reference. This can be a printout, on your laptop screen, or on another mobile.
• The /r/VivillonCollectors subreddit has tons of like-minded Trainers with the same goal: catching all Vivillon patterns! Hop in there and add friends from all around the world! The Sun (Mexico, Madagascar) and Tundra (Iceland, Southern Norway, Sweden, North Japan) patterns are the rarest, so be sure to add multiple friends from those regions.
• You can search those pattern names to filter out the friends from those regions.

Vivillon evolution requirements

Here are the requirements for evolving Scatterbug into Spewpa, and then into Vivillon:

Pokémon	Requirement	Evolution
Scatterbug	25 Candy	Spewpa
Spewpa	100 Candy	Vivillon

• You can use 25 Scatterbug Candy to evolve Scatterbug into Spewpa.
• You can use 100 Scatterbug Candy to evolve Spewpa into Vivillon.

How to get more Vivillon Candy quickly

Here are some tried-and-tested ways that you can use to get more Candies for multiple Vivillon evolutions:

• The traditional catch (preferably with Pinap Berries) and transfer method. Easy 7 Candies.
• Keep a Bug-type Mega Evolution (at Mega level 3) active. This can be any Mega out of Beedrill, Pinsir, Scizor, Heracross, or even Primal Kyogre. Expect 1-2 Candies depending on the Mega level, and even higher with Pinap Berries.
• Trade Pokémon of more than or equal to 100km in distance. This way, you’ll earn up to 3 Candies (less for lower distances) for each trade.
• Set any Pokémon from the Scatterbug line as your Buddy and start walking to earn 1 Candy for every 1km walked. With a Poffin, you can get 1 Candy for just 0.5km.
• When evolving a desired (shiny and/or preferred IV: 100 IV is 211 CP) Scatterbug to Spewpa, or Spewpa to Vivillion, you earn 1 bonus Candy every time you evolve. So evolving one Scatterbug to Vivillion all the way gives you 2 bonus Candies in all.

How to get Scatterbug in Pokémon GO

Scatterbug

You can collect patterned Vivillon from all over the world by pinning Postcards received from Gifts sent by your in-game friends from different parts of the world. You’ll need:

• 3 Postcards for your first Scatterbug encounter.
• 9 Postcards for your second Scatterbug encounter.
• 15 Postcards for all future Scatterbug encounters.

Pinning Postcards from eligible regions unlocks the Vivillon Collector medal and adds progress to sub-medals associated with the Postcard’s region of origin.

Progressing on sub-medals leads to encounters with Scatterbug. Scatterbug from different regions evolve into Vivillon with different patterns!

Saving Scatterbug encounters

Just like Field Research task encounters, you can run away from a Scatterbug encounter and ‘save’ it to catch at a later time. However, once an encounter is triggered, any additional Postcard pins from that region won’t count towards the next encounter until that saved Scatterbug is caught.

Managing Postcards

Handling so many Postcards and keeping a tab on them is daunting but we’ve got you covered with these handy tips:

• Postcards may be deleted and unpinned, so you don’t have to spend PokéCoins to buy extra storage.
• You can pin as many Postcards as you want. That said, once a Postcard has been pinned, it’s permanently pinned. In other words, the same postcard cannot be counted for further progress.
• You can pin a Postcard and then unpin it, and you’ll still be able to open the gift. In case you’ve already opened the maximum number of Gifts of the day, just pin it to know that it’s not unique anymore. The next day, unpin it before opening the associated Gift.
• Keep in mind that you can pin/unpin your own Postcards (a maximum of 3 per day) when you send Gifts. This way, you are 3 steps closer to unlocking the Scatterbug of your specific region.

For Pokémon Scarlet and Violet players

If you own Pokémon Scarlet or Violet, you can send Postcards to Switch. By doing this, you can encounter Vivillon of the specific region in Scarlet/Violet.

Is Shiny Scatterbug available in Pokémon GO?

Yes, Shiny Scatterbug is there in Pokémon GO, and this gives you another remarkable pursuit to chase down!

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Scatterbug	Scatterbug

Vivillon Collector Medal

Vivillon Collector medal is a new medal that helps Trainers keep track of their pattern collection. When a Trainer pins a Postcard, they will unlock this new medal and see a short explanation of how to encounter Scatterbug.

Trainers will also be able to collect sub-medals within the Vivillon Collector medal by pinning Postcards. Trainers can pin both their own Postcards and Postcards they receive from friends. These sub-medals are associated with the different Vivillon pattern regions. Collect different sub-medals to encounter Scatterbug from around the world.

Vivillon Medal count explained

Parting words

Trainers, start stacking those Postcards right away for your very own Vivillon bonanza, and may you get the shiny version and collect all the patterns soon!

Pursuing all Vivillon patterns has always been one of the most thrilling quests for Pokémon GO players, and the shiny version is the icing on the cake!

All the best, Trainers!