Galar's winters are harsh seasons, and in the age before massive international trade, many farmers wondered if they'd live through the winter – and berries, in particular, tended to spoil. Greedent do not share this problem, for they have learned how to approximate refrigeration by burying them in snow – and, in the case of those berries more likely to grow stale from the cold, their thick tails provide an excellent insulator. Humans became aware of this fact not long after arriving in Galar, and, long after trading their spears in for plows, resorted to the Greedent Hunt every year, towards the end of winter.
The first Greedent Hunts were clearly born of desperation, for monks have long protected Skwovet, and they took place on monastic land in a year when volcanic ash made the winter longer than it had been in over a thousand years. They were from the beginning group efforts, although they bore little resemblance to the modern festival. As any trainer can tell you, Greedent are notoriously difficult pokemon to take down, and "difficult" became "impossible" for lone men armed with only a spear or club; large groups were required to prevent them from running away.
Greedent, however, are intelligent pokemon, and Darwinian selection leaves them never quite so smart as when their lives were in danger. Many Greedent bought their lives by digging up their berry stash, and a few surrendered and offered up their tails – a berry-filled delicacy which is the primary edible part of this pokemon. Greedent tails remain a delicacy in Galar, much as Slowpoke tails are in neighboring Kalos, and the modern Greedent Hunt is celebrated through a mixture of Greedent (or occasionally, Skwovet, Pachirisu, or Emolga) decorations and a feast of Greedent tails for a family dinner.
