Pokemon Legends: Arceus did a lot of things that reduced the need for interacting online, including the addition of a new item that lets you bypass trade evolutions and not implementing online battles. That said, there is a feature that draws on your friends list.
The Lost and Found feature of the game is both a way to track your friends' progress (or lack thereof) and earn some of the game's most valuable items. And don't worry - while it's great to use with a list of friends playing the same game, it's perfectly functional offline too.
What Is The Lost & Found?
When you pass out in Pokemon Legends Arceus as a result of fall damage or being struck one too many times by a wild Pokemon, you'll drop some items before "respawning" in safety. If you're playing online, this will show up on a friend's game as a pack that they can pick up. Similarly, you'll be able to pick up packs in your game at the locations of your friends' unlucky encounters.
You can open the Lost & Found menu in the Communications sub-menu to see a list of all the currently available packs to pick up. This will show you where they can be found, hint at the items dropped, and also how many Merit Points you'll get for picking it. The more items a person dropped, the more Merit Points you'll get for returning it.
Lost satchels will appear on the map as a satchel icon with a circle around it, so you don't have to search for them and come across them randomly.
You can use Merit Points to buy valuable items, including any evolutionary item in the game.
The game will spawn random lost satchels for you to find, so don't worry if your friends aren't unlucky enough to run into such dangers.
What Can You Buy With Merit Points?
In Jubilife Village, you can speak to Simona at the Trading Post to trade your Merit Points for items. This is also where you can trade Pokemon both locally and online.
The table below lists every item you can buy with Merit Points, how much they cost, and what they are used for.
| Item | Cost | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Poke Ball | 10 | Used to catch Pokemon |
| Rare Candy | 1,000 | Increases a Pokemon's level by one |
| Fire Stone | 1,000 | Used to evolve Vulpix, Hisuian Growlithe, and Eevee |
| Water Stone | 1,000 | Used to evolve Eevee |
| Thunder Stone | 1,000 | Used to evolve Pikachu, Nosepass, and Eevee |
| Leaf Stone | 1,000 | Used to evolve Hisuian Voltorb and Eevee |
| Ice Stone | 1,000 | Used to evolve Alolan Vulpix and Eevee |
| Moon Stone | 1,000 | Used to evolve Clefairy |
| Sun Stone | 1,000 | Used to evolve Petilil |
| Shiny Stone | 1,200 | Used to evolve Togetic and Roselia |
| Dusk Stone | 1,200 | Used to evolve Murkrow and Misdreavus |
| Dawn Stone | 1,200 | Used to evolve male Kirlia and female Snorunt |
| Oval Stone | 400 | Used to evolve Happiny |
| Razor Claw | 1,400 | Used to evolve Sneasel |
| Razor Fang | 1,400 | Used to evolve Gligar |
| Reaper Cloth | 1,400 | Used to evolve Dusclops |
| Metal Coat | 1,000 | Used to evolve Onix and Scyther |
| Protector | 1,400 | Used to evolve Rhydon |
| Electirizer | 1,400 | Used to evolve Electabuzz |
| Magmarizer | 1,400 | Used to evolve Magmar |
| Upgrade | 1,000 | Used to evolve Porygon |
| Dubious Disc | 1,400 | Used to evolve Porygon2 |
| Linking Cord | 1,000 | Used to evolve Machoke, Graveler, Kadabra, and Haunter |
These items can all be found elsewhere, such as from requests, as drops in space-time rifts, and by breaking rock formations in the field - but it's nice to know that you can always farm constantly replenishing lost satchels and buy them reliably from Simona.
