After KO-ing a wild Pumpkaboo, will the next one that spawns in always be the same size?

Question

I didn't really know how to word the title any better...

In Sword/Shield, there's a mechanic where if you knock out a wild Pokemon in the overworld and stand still for a bit, there's a chance the next Pokemon that spawned in will be the same species as the one you knocked out. How does this work with Pumpkaboo? Will the next Pumpkaboo that spawns in with this mechanic always be the same size as the one you knocked out, or will it have a chance to be any of the four sizes?

I recognize this might be hard to test. If Pumpkaboo spawns by size and not by species (I'm not sure which it spawns by, I think size but I'm not sure please tell me), then there's a chance that the next Pumpkaboo that spawns in isn't from the mechanic but just another random Pumpkaboo (this goes double for me since I have a Harvest lead). Regardless, I appreciate any answer I can get!

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Asking the hard-hitting questions

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To clarify, I don't know if Pumpkaboo spawns by size, as in each size spawns individually, or it's by species, where there's a singular Pumpkaboo spawn that chooses between one of the sizes. Looking at the spawns on the Database and considering my spawns when I have a Harvest lead, it seems like each size spawns individually, so I'm inclined to think the next Pumpkaboo should always be the same size, but at the same time, the Pokedex treats them by species when it comes to the total battled.

These are likely different and for wild encounters the game spawns them by size, but I'm not 100% sure.

I hope this makes sense in relation to my question, even though I'm coming off as an idiot trying to be knowledgeable about something they know nothing about.

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I wrote the best answer of my life for this for ZA and I saw sword/shield...
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Oof            .

Answer 1

I decided to go ahead and test this and after killing the second pumpkaboo the 3rd one was noticeably larger than the second one. This has lead me to conclude that Pumkaboo spawn by species and not by size

The following is a list 13 pumkaboo I fought to test this. The number indicates how into a chain the Pokemon is (if it’s part of a chain) and the size of the pumkaboo.

Size/Position in chain
Medium 1
Super 2
Large
Medium 1
Medium 2
Medium 1
Large 2
Small 1
Medium 2
Large 3
Medium
Large 1
Small 2
Medium
Medium

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I hope the answer makes sense. if anyone has a better way to word this please let me know I’ll change it.

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Did you test this with or without Harvest?

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I did not test this with Harvest. if you want I can test with harvest but I don’t think that it will affect the answer as harvest just affects the chances of finding the Pokemon not the form of the Pokemon.

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Perfect! Could I ask you to test this one or two more times, also without Harvest? I want to know if after you KO a pumpkaboo, another similar size spawns in, a different size spawns in, or if no pumpkaboo spawns in.

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Sure ill go kill like 20 pumkaboo and then list what all their sizes are and which came from chains

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I ended up only going to 13 Bc my switch was low on battery. Also is this what you wanted?

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That's perfect, thanks! The results of this are actually super interesting. I guess I was just getting lucky with my Harvest spawns. I really thought they spawned by size but I guess not. Thanks!

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Your welcome. Also whats the highest chain that you’ve gotten via harvester?

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I don't keep count.