Cresselia can be found after beating the main story of Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It’s part of a longer post-game quest to collect all of the plates, so don’t worry about somehow missing the mission for it. For reference,Mission 23: The Plate of Moonview Arenais the name of Cresselia’s mission.

You’ll find Cresselia inside of theMoonview Arenain theCoronet Highlands. You may remember that as the location where you beat the lord Electrode.

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How to catch Cresselia

Cresselia will attempt to stop you from approaching it, reversing your controls at the start of the encounter. Once you’re close enough, the control reversion will stop and you’ll be able to move as you want again.

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After getting close enough, you just need to toss one of your Pokémon at Cresselia twice: once to break its forcefield and once to actually start a battle.

The flying croissant itself is alevel 70 Psychic-type Pokémon.Dark,Bug, andGhost-type moveswill be the ones to use to drop its HP quickly, but take care not to overdo it.ParalysisandDrowzinessare both great statuses to inflict if you can since they’ll make Cresselia easier to catch.

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Don’t worry if you defeat Cresselia by accident. You’ll get as many chances as you need to catch the Lunar Duo Pokémon. You’ll have to redo your initial approach on each attempt.

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