How to Find Lucario in Pokémon: 12 Quick & Easy Steps

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Last Updated: April 25, 2025

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This is a guide on how to get Lucario by evolving Riolu in Pokémon Pearl.

Where can you find a Lucario in Pokémon?

1. Go to Canalave City and cross the bridge. Head south to find a sailor to set sail with.
2. When you arrive, go up both flights of stairs and enter the cave.
3. Go down the rightmost set of stairs and go to the platform in the southeast of the cave.
4. Wait for the platform to sink, then take the left set of stairs.
5. Talk to your partner, ride the platform to the lower floor, and go through the door on the left.
6. Take the platform up. Your partner will now give you an egg. Walk around until it hatches.
7. Make your Riolu happier until it gains a level and evolves into a Lucario.

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   Head to Canalave City and cross the bridge.
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   Go south. You should see a sailor and a boat, which can take you to Iron Island.
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   Talk to the sailor. He should ask you if you want to set sail.
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   When you arrive, go up both flights of stairs leading to the cave, and enter.
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   Once it takes you into the cave, you will see two flights of stairs leading down. Take the right one.
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   The next part of the cave will have some obstacles blocking some paths. Maneuver your trainer to the platform on the southeast part of the cave, and wait until the platform sinks onto the lower floor.
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   You will see to flights of stairs leading down again. Take the left one.
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   Talk to your partner, then find your way down to another platform and ride it down onto the lower floor.
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   Go through the doorway on your left and take the platform there up. Your partner should give you an egg that will hatch into Riolu here. Exit the cave through the left doorway.
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    Make the egg hatch by walking around with it in your party Pokémon. When it hatches, you will have a Riolu.
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    Make your Riolu happier.
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    Have your Riolu gain a level. Your Riolu should evolve into a Lucario.
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