Friend Safari
 

This is a nifty little Postgame feature. It generates a random type and three Pokemon based off your FC. With a max of 70, your friends can go into your safari and catch the Pokemon linked to you.

For example, I just went into Cat's safari and found a Wooper. He has Ground type.

I personally think it's a bit of a gimmick to get people to have more friends on their 3DS. I've already heard about what happens (and you know very well what I'm talking about, Rotom) when certain people get rare Pokémon like the starters and Ditto. If they made it work with provisional friends too (or just enter a code in the game itself), then I'd find it a bit less gimmicky, but still a gimmick nonetheless.

However, the fact that you don't need to stay friends at least is good to know, as my own friend list contains only the people I know in person. (Hey, I didn't buy a 3DS to socialize. I bought it to play games.) Anyone else is added only temporarily and removed after playing.

Also, glad to know my own safari is crap. :P

Nice Dugtrios and Woopers. ;3

I think it's pretty cool from what I've tried so far. I already caught a few Ivysaurs and I'm trying to see if I can find any other rare ones.

Pokemandj/Kaz has a good safari. (They both go by the same mii name) Anybody know which type I am and which Pokémon are in my safari?

Probably a brain fart, but what are you talking about? I'm tired.

Also Reuniclus, you have Meinfoo and Pancham. You have to be online for the third Pokemon to appear.

I have Jigglypuff, Floette and Kirlia.

I know you've seen people going crazy over Friend Safari topics at GameFAQs. :P

Oh look, more reason to call it a gimmick.


I'll personally just wait until I can import my Pokémon than go looking for anything in particular that isn't already fairly easy to obtain. I've got a lot of monsters raring to be moved forward. *looks at his full-to-the-brim My Pokémon Ranch* Other than maybe Ditto, I don't really see the point of adding a bunch of people to my list when we'll be able to migrate en masse soon.

I added u guys, but your names dont show up. Also i noticed that i get a stat more often, maybe 1 31iv stat randomly? All i know when i catch a safari poke they always have likes to thrash about, the one for max sp.atk, alert to sounds, ect.

Found some good pokemon in Friend Safari but you need to register more people in order to get more zones, so um please remember to register me.

Best one I've had so far is Twiggy's i got a Rhydon and Nosepass

Add me, someone said im a bug type friend. He had psychic so i got Xatu with magic bounce. Oh and i googled around and they say u can breed Hidden ability if your pokemon is also a male with it.

Sure, it's a little gimmicky, but as a way to get max IVs (two per Pokémon) it seems worth it for competitive play. Or at least, it will be worth it when I find someone with a Ditto in theirs. I've got Ivysaur, Quilladin and Tangela in mine.

Wait?

So apparently starters are just catchable now!?

Well, it appears as thought both Cat and Yoshi have got Wooper and Dugtrio in their Ground-type zones. Crazy coincidence! I'm going to need some more friends, as I've only got 8 different zones to visit, and it doesn't help that I have multiple zones of the same type. If anyone could tell me what Pokemon I have got in mine that would be phenomenal!

1/3 of my friend safaris are just Panchams and Machokes.

I believe you make up part of the third that Mag is talking about...

I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU MAGMASTER YOU COOL GUY. <3 YOU HAVE CAUSED GOOD IN THIS WORLD.

Working on a table for who on this site has which Pokemon

Alazamaster
Machoke
Pancham
Reuniclus
Meinfoo
Pancham
Madny
Snorunt
Beartic
Twiggy
Nosepass
Corsola
Rhydon
Fubab107
Delbird
Sneasal
Ningamer
Tangela
Ivysaur
Quilladin
RotomGuy
Floette
Jigglypuff
Kirlia
Cat333Pokemon & Yoshi648
Digtrio
Wooper
Palpitoad
Magmaster12 & Luxray13579
Garbodor
Seviper
TurtwigX
Growlithe
Larvesta
Eagles
Crawdaunt
Paniard
Cyrus
Pyroar
Ponyta

Mag, if it helps your list. You have Garbodors and Servipers from what I've seen.

Updated.

TurtwigX has Larvesta and Growlithe.

And I haven't gotten to this part yet, so I haven't a clue what that means! :P Sounds fun.

Eagles has Crawdaunt and Pawniard.
Luxray13579 has Seviper and Garbador.
Yoshi648 has Wooper, Dugtrio, and Palpitoad.
My third Pokémon is Palpitoad (same safari as Yoshi).

Not sure what pokemon i give.

Apparently, Shinies are more common in the Friend Safari.

Cyrus has Pyroar and Ponyta.

I think it's the third Pokémon that's most important, but that one only appears once you have seen them online at least once in-game.

Oh, what might also be helpful is to bold and/or color the third Pokémon. That's the one that requires seeing the person online (in-game on the PSS) to unlock.

Mine/Yoshi's third Pokémon is Palpitoad.
Ningamer's is Quilladin.

.... :-x figures.

Also, how does one access this friend safari? I've beaten the Champion but dunno how this stuff works.

Back at Lumiose City. In the Northern Blvd. Sycamore asked for you to meet him at a station... or someone... Sycamore meets you there, gives you a pass to ride a bullet train. Board the train. Once in the New Town, head to the NorthEast corner, and the safari building should be there. Boom Access...

... Figures I get Ice types...

Oh, duh. I totally forgot about that whole Sycamore-wanting-to-see-you part. After I beat the Champion I just immediately began to explore caves again.

Okay, I've made it to the Friend Safari and have explored it a bit as well; JDxImpetus has Ponyta and Pyroar (The same as Cy) as well as Fletchinder. Riodude92 (whom is a fairly inactive user here) has Dedenne and Jigglypuff.

Does anyone know if the friend safari is based off of the game or the 3DS itself? I have both X and Y, and thought I am nowhere close to beating Y it would be nice to know whether or not I am stuck with Machokes and Panchams for both games in my safari.

Considering I have a lot of friends that don't own Pokemon but show up in my Safari, I'm pretty sure it's by 3DS FC. The third Pokemon is a bonus you get if that particular friend plays Pokemon, so your fate is probably sealed.

It is a hash of the 3DS Friend Code, nothing else.

Hahaha, found this online (drawn by someone by the name of Tyler). I think it pretty much sums up why I feel this thing is a gimmick.

I agree with this completely. But I'm not a w- erm, I'm not bad enough a person to go through with something like this. I'm glad that the Friend Safari even works in such a way that you almost always get results of your choosing. Even though you need the right friends.

I pity the man who maxed out his "Friends" List simply because his FC brings a Ditto.

I can't wait to get to post-game only for this. The kids at my college told me mine's is a Poison type... I'm just sitting here trying to think of anything good to come out of that except awesome future Crobats. <w> And then as Rotom mentioned earlier, I believe shinies are even MORE common here now (even thought the overall encounter rate was increased dramatically this game) since it seems way too many people have been mentioning they caught shinies in the Friend Safari. I need more 3DS friends so I can hopefully get all the types. :I

Cyrus's third Pokémon is Ninetales.
LugiaDialga has Venomoth and Kakuna.

Oh yaaaay Venemoth~ <3 At least there is ONE good pokemon there. ;w; And wow Ninetails, see Cy your's isn't that bad! :DD

TurtwigX's third Pokémon is also Ninetales.

Edit: *steals a Drought Ninetales* Thank you very much. :P

Edit 2: PERFECT SPECIAL DEFENSE AND SPEED?!

:I You're welcome... I suppose...

Your Gastrodon gives me nostalgia, I guess, but your FC in general doesn't generate that much win.

From what I've been told I have Teddiursa and Loudred in mine. Normal-type safari.

DROUGHT NINTAILS!!!!

THAT'S IT TURTWIGX PLEASE MARRY ME!!!

Joking aside thank you I was planning on applying for gym leader again but this clinches it.

Yus, all Friend Safari Pokemon have at least 2 perfect IV's. Dem Ditto's.

Wait can someone please trade me a Ninetails so I can get my own in the friend safari?

I can get Xatu's with magic bounce if anyone wants some. Also any of you guys have/know that has friend safari dittos or feebas? (mostly feebas)

Just found out that I have a Flying type safari with Farfetch'd, Swanna, and Hawlucha.

I haven't made that many friends since X and Y came out. I've just accumulated them over time since I've had the 3DS since launch day.

This feature might be gimmicky, but Pokemon has always been about meeting and connecting with people, right? In this case it's just selective and cheap.

To bad none of you here have ditto and Golurk in your parks would love to work up on of those which I didn't get a chance back in Black 2. This makes breeding and building a team a little easier.

Your best at getting one the GTS like i did. I got 3 different ones with stats i need them in, plus one is japanese so i can get shinys easier.

A correction: my Friend Safari has Gastrodon, Wooper, and...Palpitoad? I can't remember the third.

Technically speaking, Gastrodon is your third. Wooper and Dugtrio are what's in your Safari. (I like Dugtrio, at least it's useful for something.)

You mind telling me who so I can see if I can add them too? Really want to work up a good Golurk. He's awesome.

I pretty much just got him randomly while looking for i needed, they asked for someone i had so in got. But if u want i could trade u the i have. (its bold nature with NoGuard)

Yeah kinda need to do breeding but I could probably go for that if I knew what his stats were.

I'll check its IVs with the IV man. What stats/ability/nature do u need? I could breed him for ya if u want. I got a safari ditto with max speed and attack IVs.

Nice, I would be looking for 31's in HP, Attack, Defense, and Special Attack. He's to slow for me to worry about speed and he's an attacker so no need to worry about Sp Attack. If you could do that I'd greatly appreciate it.

I can see what i can do. If i xant get 31ivs in sp.atk and defense, would just 31ivs in hp and attack be good enough?

..... no Sp Attack I should have said Special defense I'm such a smart person.

Like i said i'll see if i can get them stats. Oh and u forgot to tell me what nature and ability u want on him.

Iron fist and prefer Adamant but anything that raises either defense at the cost of special attack or speed works for me.

K i'll be working on him. I should have something by wensday or thursday depending on fast i get the IVs. I also be working other pokemon to after im done with him. (unless i can find a safari with golurk in it)

Alright sounds good, not a huge rush since I'm working on other, unsuccessful projects, if anyone wants an Bulbasaur/Ivysaur with 3-4 perfect stats I will be able to kick those out pretty soon. Keep getting clunkers tossed in so that doesn't help on that front -_-

I keep getting 31ivs in atk,sp.atk, and speed. With adamant nature and its No guard ability. If u want u can take one and breed it, or just use it.

Well with a 31 in sp attack and Speed two stats I'm not going to use breeding is going to be as frustrating as ever because of a lack of a good ditto to breed with. If you can't get it to happen that's fine, I don't have a real use for no gaurd though there is a set for it. The defenses are more important since Golurk is so slow.

Well i found a way to get someone with ditto safari, i just he adds me back soon, Then i'll be good. I can then share some dittos with everyone here.

I finally beat the Elite 4 yesterday... For those of you on my friend list, this means my 3rd Pokémon has become available (and I'd appreciate knowing what it is)! Now, before X and Y I added like 40 people to my friend list from a thread online, and I now get to see what their Friend Safaris contain! Keep in mind, we all added each other even before we could have possibly known what we had in our own safaris. Turns out I really lucked out!
Here are just a few of cool the Pokémon I have access to in Friend Safaris:
Loudred, Marowak, Gabite, Druddigon, Noibat, Shellgon, Mawile, Floette, Whirlipede, Cloyster and Ditto. And I still have 21 Friend Safaris that I haven't had the time to check yet!

If anybody wants to "order" a Ditto from me, I'll get on that for ya... eventually. :P

Still annoys me how gimmicky it is to get Ditto. >_> I seriously hope they don't pull this crap in the next version (Z or whatever).

Gosh, I couldn't agree more. I'm just glad I made friends with all of these people before they all knew how precious their safaris were. I mean, you can still get a Ditto in Pokémon Village, but it's gimmicky because they don't want you to have an easy time of getting good breeding fodder without immersing yourself in a Pokémon community.

Yeah I have some good ones but there are many I'd like to get, ditto being one since I want to breed for a good Golurk and later for a Magnemit but I also would like a pokepark with Golurk and Gorgeogies and Whirlipede. So far no luck on either I admit.

Hey all,

Just wanted to let you know I updated my profile with my 3DS FC and I'm looking to add a lot of friends to my 3ds to get something out of the friend safari. My type if Fairy, and I know that I at least give togepis.

FC: 5086-1973-9038

You can add me! :) I'll add you. I got about 20 friends on my friends list for 3ds.

Thanks! Is there a general thread for adding people, or should I just stick to PMs?

Do we have an official friend code list? I need to add more friends for my safaris!

Friend codes are listed on profiles on the "About Me" tab.

I found it after posting that :bowbarf:

Update for the Safari list:

Luxray's third poke is Whirlpede :)

Thanks, Ayun! I feel pretty lucky. Not only do I have a Ditto, but I had somebody with an Eevee want to add me, so now I have them both without effort! I'm getting quite the collection now. I'm missing a lot of Rock types though.

In my Friend Safrai, there are Cascoons and Swalots.

Got a shiny modest pumpkaboo with max HP and sp.atk and its pick-up ability in a safari. After i ev'd it a friend wanted it so i traded to him. (And it was a good one too, though its ability shoulda been different)

You should hook me up with that friend of yours with the eevee if you catch my drift ;)

I would, but I don't even know them. They're just a random person on the internet who asked me to add them! :P

Actually, Modest isn't half bad considering it gets FlameThrower, Fire Flast, Sludge Bomb and other special based moves. Still a random, though. xD

Edit: Nvm, it's Sp. Atk is horrendous. xD

Now that Suicune has finally been online, I can announce that his third Pokémon is HARIYAMA!

Jeez, could you be anymore useless? At least it helps with the Pokédex.

I know my safari is useless. D;

Just checked Pure's safari. He has Cascoon and Venomoth. (<3 Venomoth)

From what I'm told, my Friend Safari is Bibarel, Floatzel, and Poliwhirl.
I wish I could add myself for the Drizzletoed, but...ew.
Also, even with all the people I've added, I have not a single Steel or Water Friend Safari. :I

Took a stroll in Vantas's Safari. There's Teddiursa (Aawwww~<3), Minccino, and CHANSEY~! INFINITE LUCKY EGGS TIME!!

Ive been getting jolly minccino's in his safari, as for chansey i got safaris with her in it.

My safari contains Electrode and Electabuzz. I haven't yet beaten the Pokémon League, though.

I know mine contains Kirlia, Floette, and I think Swirlix?

Not too shabby. Fairy is an OK type to have.

Like I need more breeding projects but the Kirlia my interest me.

I have a rock safari with PUPITAR and Boldore.

3351-4097-9787 <- if ya wanna add it, vm me

Anyone have a Friend Safari with a Magmar?

2079-6341-1421

Please tell me if you add me!

P.S. Jas you have the best Safari oh my God

You have Cascoon and Venomoth which is nice since I needed one for my Pokedex.

I can catch magmars in one the 3 safaris i have him in.

No I just want to try another method besides Masuda's.

Hey, does anyone happen to have Bergmite (trying to get a sturdy one) in their friend safari?

If so, thanks.

My FC: 4141-2399-7194

I know Pokemandj has Bergmite in his friend safari.

Finally beat the Elite 4. If anyone wants Justified Riolu, just hit me up.

If anyone wants to check out my Friend Safari, feel free to send me a VM or PM for my FC. It's Ice-type, and I have Snorunt and Beartic. I'm not sure what the third one is.

I have a friend safari that has Huge Power Diggersby. Be my friend and you may get a sliver of this power.
My friend code: 1177-8585-1224

PLEASE BE MY FRIEND