Pokemon Sword and Shield How To Change Nature Guide

This Pokemon SW&SH Nature guide will explain how to change it. In SH&SH Nature is a Pokemon’s unique personality. Each Pokemon you catch or receive will have one of 25 random Nature, which in older games you could not change, but in SW&SH, you can change your Pokemon’s Nature. Depending on what Nature your Pokemon has will determine what two base stats will be affected. One stat will have a 10% boost, and the other stat will be 10% lower. Nature also impacts what flavor of the food they like.

How to Change Nature in Pokemon Sword and Shield

Pokemon SW&SH introduce new items called mints that will change the Nature of your Pokemon. You cannot buy the mints until you have beaten Leon in the Pokemon League after you have done that you can access the Battle Tower in Wyndon. The cashier on the left side of the lobby sells mints for 50 battle points each. After you get the mint, give it to the Pokemon, and it will change the Nature plan ahead for what mint you want because battle points are not easy to get.

Other Ways to Get Specific Natures

• When breeding give a Everstone to the Pokemon with the Nature stat that you want to pass down to the egg, this will guarantee that the egg will inherit the Nature of the parent with the Everstone.
• Any Pokemon with the ability Synchronize put them as the party leader, and any Pokemon you encounter will share the same Nature as well.

Below is the list of 25 Nature mints and the base stats they effect and flavor of food

Nature Mint	+10%	-10%	Favorite Flavor	Hated Flavor
Bashful	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Docile	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hardy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Quirky	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Serious	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Adamant	Attack	Special Attack	Spicy	Dry
Brave	Attack	Speed	Spicy	Sweet
Lonely	Attack	Defense	Spicy	Sour
Naughty	Attack	Special Defense	Spicy	Bitter
Bold	Defense	Attack	Sour	Spicy
Impish	Defense	Special Attack	Sour	Dry
Lax	Defense	Special Defense	Sour	Bitter
Relaxed	Defense	Speed	Sour	Sweet
Modest	Special Attack	Attack	Dry	Spicy
Mild	Special Attack	Defense	Dry	Sour
Quiet	Special Attack	Speed	Dry	Sweet
Rash	Special Attack	Special Defense	Dry	Bitter
Calm	Special Defense	Attack	Bitter	Spicy
Careful	Special Defense	Special Attack	Bitter	Dry
Gentle	Special Defense	Defense	Bitter	Sour
Sassy	Special Defense	Speed	Bitter	Sweet
Hasty	Speed	Defense	Sweet	Sour
Jolly	Speed	Special Attack	Sweet	Dry
Naive	Speed	Special Defense	Sweet	Bitter
Timid	Speed	Attack	Sweet	Spicy

Things That Also Affect Your Pokemon Stats

• Individual Values
• Effort Values