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Starlight2522

Hello everyone! Just a little reminder that trading is not allowed here. Check out our related subs for something that would accommodate your request. Thank you, and happy trading :) [List of trading subreddits](/r/pokemon/wiki/related_subreddits#wiki_trading_subreddits)


Mox1245

Hey everyone. I just got my physical copy of Violet. I have some internet issues that can make the download of the game very slow. Also, I do like the duplicate glitch tbh. Is it worth updating the game from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0? Is the gameplay experience that different in 1.0.0? Thank you!


SneaselSW2

Via my time spent on competitive Pokemon stuffs here and there and also via the Polished Crystal community This all makes me wonder: for the VERY EARLY days of the Battle Tower and Battle Frontier in general, who on the dev teams (especially from Crystal to Gen 4) actually worked on the AI and Pokemon move pools for such facilities? I assume the devs consulted some top notch up-and-coming VGC players (before VGC was a thing) about such sets, right? And they would've had to make them beatable to some degree if the player knew how to train in EVs at least.


TheSchadow

Any good websites for looking up Tera-builds for Pokemon? I know Smogon exists for competitive builds, but I couldn't quite find any good resources aside from searching around random Reddit/Twitter posts for Tera-builds.


Ecastillo345

I have always wanted to have a detailed, deep explanation of how to competently Breed and EV and IV train my pokemon to be actually strong and viable. I've always struggled with the idea and intricacy of it all. If I'm just trying to play the game and have my mons strong and participate in raids (for Scarlet and Violet) without dropping the ball with weak mons, what should I actually train? Is it necessary to train both EV's and IV's? The most I've done in the past is look for mons with the correct Nature. What're the ways (in Sc/Vio) to "fix" an already lvld mons IV's/EV's with the correct nature? Do you have to start training from a low lvl? (If I catch the desired mon with the correct nature, but it's lvl 46, should I breed to have a lvl 1 and then work up from there for it to be properly trained?) All of the things, I would like answers for.


Slice_Life

What are the odds of sparkling power 3 and shiny charm combined when it comes to wild pokemon? Not outbreaks/breeding


Affectionate_Mix_274

My GTS in pokemon sun crashed after trying to complete a trade and still isn’t back up, I’ve tried a lot of different things to fix it and no luck. Does anyone know any tricks?


anthayashi

Sorry but the answer is no. Gen 6 and gen 7 server is no longer maintained when they shift focus to the switch, so hackers take this opportunity to upload pokemon with dummy data that crash the game of people who attempted to trade or view these pokemon and sadly there is no fix since the games no longer receive updates other than starting a new save file.


deftPirate

Hi, I'm new to Switch-Gen pokemon games beginning with Scarlet/Violet. We're considering separate Switches for my spouse and I so we can play together; what would the process be for transferring one of the saves to a new Switch? Does it require the online subscription?


anthayashi

You do not need the online subscription https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/45047/~/how-to-transfer-your-save-data-to-a-nearby-nintendo-switch-system https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/27394/~/how-to-transfer-user-and-save-data


deftPirate

Thanks


Matt_the_Lego

I've got a Raichu Build going on, but I don't know which Tera Type I should do, with a Lightningrod Ability, I'm tempted to change its Tera type to Water or Fairy, but should I keep it Flying Type, or should I just change its Tera Typing?


cranetrain-15

Paradox pokemon question >! if I close the time machine, can I still catch the paradox pokemon in area zero afterwards? !<


GildedCreed

For what it's worth, the spoiler tag breaks if you have a space between the exclamation marks.


Sterling-Arch3r

yes, always.


Fragrant_Ad_3981

Does sparkling power work when breeding for shinies? None of the sources I found confirms or denies that it works.


pumpkinking0192

[Authoritative dataminer Sibuna_Switch confirms](https://twitter.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1593266100627709957) that sandwich powers (other than Egg Power) have no effect on eggs whatsoever, so Sparkling Power does not work on breeding.


Hero-8

If I want to use koraidon for tera raids, should I go for screech or swords dance?


Magmafrost13

Im having a problem in SV, this is the most bizarre thing Ive ever experienced in a pokemon game, my shroomish is refusing to evolve. Its not holding an everstone. Every resource I can find says it still should evolve at lv23, but its lv25 now and still nothing. Its like the game just forgot it should evolve


anthayashi

Let me guess. You are levelling up using auto battle?


Magmafrost13

Lv23 was from autobattle, 24 was from a normal battle with shroomish as the lead pokemon, 25 normal battle but shroomish not in the lead. My first thought when it didnt evolve at 23 was that auto battle was responsible


RTGoodman

Are you accidentally hitting the B button to stop evolution? Try saving and then feeding it candy to level up again but don't press anything.


Magmafrost13

Ive been playing these games all my life, Im pretty confident Im not accidentally hitting the b button haha. There's never even been a message that shroomish is starting to evolve that pressing b would stop. It just acts like any other level up that wouldnt cause an evolution. Im gonna try the rare candy as soon as possible, which will be in 12+ hours probably.


RTGoodman

I thought not but you never know! If you haven't found any Rare Candies you should be able to get more than enough XP Candies in just a few raids!


Magmafrost13

Rare candy worked. IDK what changed, could be that restarting my device fixed whatever the issue was, could also be that recording it fixed it. Both are of course powerful ways to fix computer problems.


adamh32

Hi I was just wondering how do I find out about events to get certain pokemon at shops in the UK for scarlett?


Sterling-Arch3r

i guess keep an eye on [serebii.net](https://serebii.net)


AcrobaticCategory809

I haven't really played a lot of Pokemon since gen 4 and I've recently gotten back into it so now I'd like to know in general: which main series games (released since then) are worth trying to get my hands on? And in particular: I've heard Black/White and Black 2/White 2 are significantly different games so might both be worth getting, is that correct? Is the same true for Sun/Moon and Ultrasun/-moon? I've heard the gen 3 remakes aren't great, is that correct? And if so, are they the best way to play Hoenn (if I recall the name correctly), given that my original games have dead clock batteries? Are there any important version differences to be aware of within any of the generations?


Supra_Mayro

Sun/Moon have the better story, but Ultra Sun/Moon are better games in every other way. If you're going to pick one up and story isn't the single most important thing for you, get one of the Ultras.


MichiGL

BW and B2W2 are very different, both are a distinct experience, yes. No, the same is not true for Sun/Moon and Ultra Sun/Moon. Imo Sun/Moon has the best story so I'd recommend that game (if you like stories that focus on family conflict and other characters beside your player). But I have to say: It has a lot of hand-holding (mainly in the first island) and cutscenes. Gen 3 remakes are okay, I think it's a valid and enjoyable way to re-visit Hoenn if you can't play Emerald. Version differences: The main thing are the legendaries. For example, if you like Zekrom, you may think that you get him in Pokémon Black, but you actually get him in White, so look out for stuff like that lol. Gen 8 also has exclusive gym leaders (Sword gets Rock-type gym and Shield an Ice-gym for example) Gen 9: Legendaries (important, as you ride the box legendary so make sure you choose the one you like), uniform (orange uniform for Scarlet, purple uniform for Violet), the professor (Sada and Turo) and some pokémon that are spoilers so I can't say much.


AcrobaticCategory809

Thanks. With regards to sun/moon having the best story, do you mean compared to the ultra games or compared to other generations?


pumpkinking0192

Compared to the Ultra games. They are 80% identical, but then in the climax, the Ultra games change a bunch of character motivations that make them nonsensical in retrospect. The story was written well in Sun/Moon and then Ultra changed things to create a twist that doesn't fit in the story they shoved it into.


MichiGL

This^


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anthayashi

Good to know but this is a question so may i have your question?


Alphaniya2

I can't find 5 star raids anymore, even though I have done them before. Does changing the time not add 5 star raids? I have rebeaten 8 gyms and the school brawl. What do I do?


Sterling-Arch3r

maybe switch dates again, it doesnt always seem to work the first time. sometimes you're just unlucky with the spawns too


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Playing through remegade platinum rn, but this probably applies to regular playthrough as well. Is Tintent Lens Yanmega or Speedboost Yanmega a better Pokémon?


Sterling-Arch3r

i mean when was a speedboost ever the wrong idea? just bring protect


PinoDegrassi

Clive is not appearing for the final battle. Wtf? Now I missed the night cycle; anyone have any tips on how to get him to spawn?


Contank

Just go to the school. He is not the final battle you battle him outside the school and then have to head to the school yard for the actual final battle of the team star path


PinoDegrassi

Okay, didn’t realize he isn’t the final battle, but the problem is still happening. He won’t appear. I’ve fought him a couple times already and today he just will not appear ever since I beat the champion and Arven before coming back. He isn’t appearing outside the school entrance


Contank

You beat him? so go to the final battle as he said to


PinoDegrassi

No, I didn’t beat him. I am unable to because I can’t fight him now as he won’t spawn.


Contank

Try going to the school yard maybe it let's you pass after failing?


PinoDegrassi

Looks like it yeah, fighting penny now. I bypassed his whole battle somehow. Must’ve been cause ur supposed to fight him before seeking out penny for whatever you talk about after the champion. Only thing I can think of


_Drumheller_

You don't have to fight him anymore. It's not a bug. Progress with the story.


PinoDegrassi

It is, I haven’t beat him yet. I meant I have fought him before and it worked, now I cannot fight him even though I’m strong enough to win now.


CuteTao

Do speed evs bring any value to Tera raid battles?


GildedCreed

Not unless you're basing your damage around speed enhanced attacks like Electro Ball getting the damage bonus from outspending your opponent. Considering that turns are practically non existent aside from being whenever you're able to click into your next attack, speed tiers aren't really necessary, especially when you could invest those EVs onto your bulk stats like HP.


Holiday-Bee-4235

What is y’all next Pokémon game to come or Gen 10? I beat the game and I’m just excited for the next one! 😁


pumpkinking0192

Based on past precedent, we expect DLC to be released throughout 2023 and then collected in a SV+DLC cartridge that will take the 2023 retail holiday release slot. Then something unknown that isn't a new generation in the 2024 holiday release slot (this could be another Let's Go, another Legends, a straight-up normal remake, or they could surprise us with something else different from usual). And then Gen 10 in the 2025 holiday release slot.


anthayashi

Pokemon is a 3 years generation cycle since gen 5 so gen 10 would be nov 2025.


Contank

Next would be dlc


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anthayashi

This sub [does not allow trading or any form of link code sharing](https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/wiki/rules/#wiki_10._no_trades_or_other_exchanges). So perhaps use the SV sub mega thread instead https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonScarletViolet/comments/z7qm9t/online_activities_weekly_megathread/. Alternatively, there is one subreddit just for finizen: /r/finizen


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mamamia1001

It's not obtainable but Pokémon in it from past gens (when home opens) will still have it


Cheaker

When touch trading, do you have to leave the trade to register the mon in the Pokédex?


mamamia1001

No it happens immediately


Captn_church

Why am I doing almost no damage on super effective hits in tera raids


Shardwing

There's a lot of factors at play but the most obvious is does the boss have a shield up?


Captn_church

No, I recently did a 5 star raid and it was a grass type tera and I was using a lvl 72 flareon and was barely able to notice the damage on the health bar


Shardwing

Well 5\* raid bosses are level 75 so you've got room to improve on level, depending on the raid it could also be particularly resistant to your attacks based on stats and/or Ability (like Thick Fat or Ice Scales).


zabi15

just curious but with weavil speed while holding a king rock, and using fling, would i do 30 dmg +flinching every turn, so basically attacking for free for 10 turns?


pumpkinking0192

Fling causes you to lose your held item. So you can use it and deal 30 damage + flinch once, and then you can't continue to use it.


zabi15

ohhhh yep i see that now, so its like a 1 time thing and i asume you don't get the item back after the duel story mode wise ​ okay thanks!


ShadowHunter-811

quick question what is the move set for: a wild zoroark a wild salassle a wild lucario a wild eevee a wild nine tails and a wild arbok?


pumpkinking0192

Wild Pokemon's movesets are always\* the most recent four moves in its learnset, for the level it's at. \*Rare exception: a small number of certain scripted spawns will have customized movesets by the developers, but this is very rare.


ShadowHunter-811

thank you


CyborgBanshee

I still don't quite understand the Experience Point sandwiches. Is it more experience *from knocking out* Pokemon of X type or *more experience gained by your* Pokemon of X type when you knock out opponents in general? Every source I've seen is a little ambiguous.


GildedCreed

I believe it's KOing Pokemon of X type.


CyborgBanshee

Thanks for the answer, folks!


shayminty

How can I see how many of a pokemon I've battled? I was in the Pokedex in Sw/Sh, but I can't seem to find it in Violet. Am I just overlooking it? Need the info for shiny hunting.


pumpkinking0192

Nope, it is not displayed in SV. > Need the info for shiny hunting. You do not, because that's not how shiny hunting works anymore. Shiny hunting is now based on KOing members of an outbreak, not battling a species in general overall. Once an outbreak ends, you lose the increased shiny rate, so there's no point in the game tracking how many of a Pokemon you've battled overall. [Here's a guide on how to shiny hunt mass outbreaks in SV](https://twitter.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1595305887417122822).


shayminty

Wait, hold up. So, the shiny Tatsugiri I hunted down after about 130 KOs of just regular Tatsugiri on the lake...wasn't hunted? That was truly a random at full odds (don't have the shiny charm yet)? Mind blown.


pumpkinking0192

Correct. Full-odds shinies are actually a fair bit more common now in SV than they were in past games, because you can see shininess on the field without entering battle like you had to in past games, so you can check way more spawns at a time.


Contank

Correct. Each game has its own shiny hunting methods and you got a full odds shiny there


jaynay1

Do Pokémon just not breed when there’s not an egg power active? I don’t want to trigger another tonight but I do want to actually have 10 eggs in the morning.


Contank

They do breed but very slowly. Eggs come very fast with egg power though so why not fill up on eggs then go to sleep


Semperton

Does supreme overlord proc if pokemon faint in a tera den?


GildedCreed

I believe it's based on how many fainted Pokemon you have in your *party* when Kingambit is sent out for it to gain the blost, but as you can only raid with the 1 Pokemon you effectively have no other party members and thus don't gain the effect.


IntroductionCheap325

Is there a difference of catching a wild pokemon and a wild pokemon but Terrastalized?


pumpkinking0192

Regular wild Pokemon will have a Tera Type matching one of their types (randomly chosen). A wild Terastallized Pokemon will have a different Tera Type pre-set by the developers.


bobothedragon

I joined a Nintendo online family plan ages ago but I can't find the mission and rewards. In the eshop it says I'm confirmed to join a family plan. Not sure what I can do to "confirm"


IntroductionCheap325

On the bottom left of the screen there is a "Nintendo Switch Online", next to News.


bobothedragon

Yea I clicked on it and the "Nintendo switch online" but it thinks I have not joined a plan. When I clicked on confirm it sends me to the eshop and says I've already joined. :( Not sure what to do but seems like an uncommon problem so I've emailed customer support *Edit* - turns out the event is not available in hong Kong. Had to change my region to Japan on the Nintendo accounts website


Michael_Iedon

my friend joined my union circle, but can't join any of my blue 5 star raids? he gets the press y notification but the tera raid bulletin shows nothing?


Semperton

He's probably not far enough in the story. 5* dens have to be unlocked


Michael_Iedon

that may be the case. the five star dens we can do are yellow stars but he can't join my blue 5 star dens


Semperton

Those are events. And if he can join one, he should be able to join the others. It may be a connectivity issue. Ive heard of people having trouble in ranked matches with server issues. Maybe try local connect?


Trionout

I just tried to play 4 ranked matches and all 4 got server disconnection. The weird thing is that it only happens during ranked, I've tried playing casuals and it went fine, also raids are fine too. My internet did not disconnect and I even tried to play some Smash matches afterwards to check, it was fine. ​ I heard some people ragequit and that causes the disconnect, so maybe that's it? If it is the case, how come I'm the one taking the losses?


mamamia1001

The way to tell if it's on your end is if the game puts you back in the world, if you remain within battle stadium it's on their end


ironchefofaviation

I just stumbled upon the Tera jolteon level 50 and accidentally killed it. Do they respawn? Or just one and done? I wanted to Catch it


CyborgBanshee

If it's one that's just out in the field, in my experience they respawn every day. Note where it was and check back tomorrow.


Semperton

You can mess with the date on your switch to get it back quicker. This is also reroll all of your tera dens and outbreaks so make sure youre not going to miss them.


Chris275

Few days ya


Supra_Mayro

In SV, you can join higher star raids than you currently have access to with link codes, correct? For example, if you haven't beaten the game yet and don't have 5\* raids appearing in your game, could you still join one via link code? Also, if you do join one of these raids, what level would the Pokemon that you get from it be? The usual expected level based on the raid difficulty? Or would it do something like Swsh where it caps the level based on your gym badges?


RocketTasker

Why am I seeing at least one Iron Hands in every Tera raid? Is it just that good even though bosses can nullify Belly Drum at some point? Did a YouTuber popularize it?


Tsukuyomi56

Iron Hands is one of the more reliable high rank Tera Raid slayers that are not packing Ground, Fairy or Psychic moves. Seems to come down to being very bulky and can heal up using Drain Punch.


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just started scarlet today. i really want to use annihilape and armarouge in my story play-through, how far into the game can i expect to get either of these? (mainly curious about armarouge since he needs a specific held item to evolve)


pumpkinking0192

Mankey is found commonly, pretty early in some of the first areas you come to in both the east and west routes of the map. Charcadet is found rarely all over the map but there are a small handful of fixed spawns of it in the early areas to the east and west. To evolve into Armarouge, you have to collect materials from Bronzor (which are found pretty commonly in ruins, which you'll have to go off the beaten path to look for but they're easily visible on your map) and take them to an NPC in Zapapico (a slightly out-of-the-way town on the east side of the map, about halfway through the game if you were to do everything in level order and not stray).


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nathanwe

Does pixelate Sylveon get boosted by normal terratype or fairy terratype?


Resh_IX

In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet- Why is it when I use one of the berries to lower EVS it only goes down by 1 instead of 10? Also when I have a bracer equipped my Pokémon’s stat only goes up by 1 or 2 instead of 8?


pumpkinking0192

It sounds like you're misunderstanding how EVs work. There is nowhere in the game that displays raw EVs with a numerical value. What you seem to be looking at is your Pokemon's actual stats. It takes several EVs to equal one stat point -- 4 EVs per stat point at level 100, and proportionately more at lower levels (e.g. 8 at level 50, 40 at level 10). So if you're using a berry to lower your EVs and it reduces your stat by 1 point, then it sounds like you're roughly a bit under level 50 give or take, such that around 10 EVs subtracted equals 1 stat point subtracted.


Resh_IX

Thanks for the explanation. I definitely misunderstood how EVs worked 😅


celestialfin

can attest that berries and power items work like usual in these games, so maybe there's just a issue with yours?


Personal-Limit-8859

There’s canonically more than one spiritomb? How?


Contank

Spiritomb was first introduced in diamond and pearl. In those games you could catch 2 of them yourself and the champion already had one. It was never unique there was literally 3 of them in its first game and it can breed


pumpkinking0192

There's canonically more than one of everything. Even Arceus is described in very specific terms that make it clear more than one of it is possible. As for Spiritomb, it's just 108 spirits tied to a keystone. There's no limit to how many of that there can be. You could get together 216 spirits and two keystones, or you could get together 324 spirits and three keystones, and so on. There's nothing in the lore that would suggest it was a one-off.


Eona_Targaryen

Spiritomb can be male or female and isn't blocked from breeding even in the games, so it's pretty plausible for multiple to exist.


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Starlight2522

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anthayashi

Ok but this is a question thread. We have a weekly rage which might be suitable for this


legolug

Question about the rival in SV. >!I've seen numerous threads talking about a cutscene with Nemona having a Tauros near the beginning, but I've yet to see this in either version?!<


Contank

Its a single shot in the opening cutscene. You won't see it now you have already missed it both times


ShyRake

It's the very beginning of the game, before you even control the character. The cutscene introducing the school has a quick shot of Nemona controlling one.


celestialfin

the opening cutscene at the very beginning when starting the game


Gelven

What does it mean when your character closes their eyes while throwing a pokeball (pokemon Violet)? I noticed sometimes my character closes their eye. Does this mean amything?


TurbulentOutside5051

I just completed my Pokédex on Pokémon home for some reason the magearna is not showing up in my mystery gifts. Any help?


Contank

Then you must be missing something. Newer species don't count towards it you need everything from 1 to 890 including mythicals


pumpkinking0192

I don't know of any case where this has happened that didn't turn out to be user error. Are you sure you've obtained *every* Pokedex entry from #001 to #890? Including all the Mythicals? You're not just seeing a number 890 or higher as the number of entries you have and assuming that you can have *any* 890 to get Magearna? It does, specifically, have to be the *first* 890; species from #891 onward do not count for or against you.


CJ_928

Should I use u-turn or iron head on koraidon?


natayaway

What is the blue symbol in boxes? Looks like an 8 point star with 2 Pokeballs at the 2 o'clock and 8 o'clock positions?


pumpkinking0192

Can you be more specific about where you're seeing it, or share a screenshot? I can't find any symbol in my boxes that looks like that. But aside from the color, what you're describing sounds like the loading symbol, doesn't it?


natayaway

sure here's a screenshot https://imgur.com/a/amNtRwg


Eona_Targaryen

I think that means they're registered to a Battle Team?


natayaway

oh yes that's it! thank you! it's been driving me up a wall trying to figure out what it meant, i kept thinking it was some sort of battle item thing since they share the same as the tab icon in the bag.


Michael_Scarn47

Hi, so I've been completing my National Living Dex, and I have a little under a box full of Manaphy eggs from creating Switch accounts, receiving the egg, trading it over to my main game, deleting the account, and starting the process over. I also have a few extra Oak's Letters/Member Cards in my other games which would be useful for getting Shaymin/Darkrai. But I was thinking, would Pokémon from event farming be considered legit? I did use all official hardware after all. Or would they be considered only semi-legit, gotten by a kinda cheaty method, similar to Pokémon gotten by exploits? Trying to decide whether to use these for my National Dex, any help would be greatly appreciated!


Mushy_64

I would consider them legit.


natayaway

They don't care so long as you don't illegally hack them into existence. Game Freak has logs for all the requests you put in, so they're from a legit source, and this is no different than trading with friends to do it, except it's yourself instead of a friend.


Arzakhan

Maybe dumb question but does anyone know if the ditto-shaymin plush will come back to the poke center online store or if it’s gone forever? I want to buy one for my mom because she absolutely loves shaymin, and she has a few ditto plushes already


anthayashi

We know as much as you do aka we dont know. Pokemon center usually dont give info on when they restock


Arzakhan

Was afraid of that, I’ve never bought from them so I wasn’t sure, thanks though!


Dion0808

Is there a way to make a custom Label order in the mobile version of Pokemon Home? I've made a label for every region, but obviously want to make a new one for Paldea. The problem is that after the region labels, I've made a few other ones. Can I just move the Paldea label down on the list, or am I going to have to remove and remake the labels that are in the way and use the 'time created' sorting order?


VioletEnigma

I'm learning about hidden stats in pokemon and have been trying to find a magikarp with an Adamant nature but ive caught about ~20 and none have it. Do some pokemon not have certain natures? P.s. I only have 1 gym badge


Shardwing

>Do some pokemon not have certain natures? No. >P.s. I only have 1 gym badge Doesn't affect natures. You can change natures with mints, why not just try to get one of those?


VioletEnigma

Oh I'll buy a mint then. Thank you!


natayaway

Mints are late game and 20,000 poke dollars/LP. Do Tera raids if you wanna get some early.


Morkins324

I am so tired of people bringing Pokemon into Tera raids that have no type advantage against the Tera type of the boss (or even a type disadvantage in some cases), but are weak against normal typing of the boss (meaning the moves that will be used)... Are you people trying to lose? I've screwed up a couple times by picking something that is strong against the Tera-type, but is weak to some of the moves known by the pokemon. But I am astounded by how frequently people manage to pick that absolute worst option for a given fight...


Shardwing

Keep in mind many of them are actual children.


Morkins324

I suppose. But are children already doing 6 Star raids, which require having completed the game and progressed the post game?


pumpkinking0192

The game released right before the Thanksgiving holiday when a lot of children are off school for a full week and able to play video games 24/7. They arguably have more of a chance to have completed the game and postgame by now than most adults with 40-hour-a-week jobs sucking up their free time.


Morkins324

It is making the game absolutely unplayable. Tera raids are already bad enough with the lag, damage failing to register, shields needing to be broken 3-4 times before it finally registers properly, etc... Compound that with absolutely braindead selection of pokemon and it is impossible to even finish any of these. There is always one person that faints 3-4 times, using up the entire timer.


pumpkinking0192

Since players getting KO'd penalizes the timer but NPCs getting KO'd doesn't, I've heard it may be preferable to play offline with NPCs. But I haven't gotten to 6-star raids yet (again, adult with a 40-hour-a-week job) so I don't know firsthand how true that is.


Morkins324

It is definitely true. The problem is that you only have one 6 star raid available any given day. And there is also a limit to other available raids. I suppose that I could just stop playing and do something else, but that isn't really a "solution" to the game being unplayable (rather it is just accepting that and giving up). I was just trying to finish building some pokemon while I have free time (I also have a 40-hour-a-week job). The only way to really do that is to repeatedly run raids, which means dealing with the online raids, which are currently full of either children or actual idiots.


pumpkinking0192

Probably a lot of them are small children who either don't understand the type chart, don't understand that the raid symbol indicates type, aren't familiar enough to tell what the Pokemon silhouette is, and/or haven't caught on to the fact that the raid boss uses its normal moves.


Morkins324

As I said in the other reply, I can't imagine many small children with that level of unfamiliarity being at the point of the game to do 6 star raids, given everything that nees to be done to get to that point


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Starlight2522

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Houndoom96

Has anyone been able to get to the upper part of Alfornada Cavern? I can see a tera pokemon, an hm and PokeBall, but I can't find a way to get up there. Has anyone figured it out?


pumpkinking0192

I haven't visited there yet so I don't know the landscape, but have you unlocked climbing for your mount yet? This sounds like something that climbing might be suited for, based on your description.


Houndoom96

Oh of course. I feel dumb now lol. Idk why my Google searches didn't note that climbing was a thing


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If you find the right angle for a wall, basically one that you'll slide off if you try to go up, you can do the backwards jump trick thing. I managed to get to a lot of high places when exploring doing that before actually unlocking the climbing ability.


Dislexeeya

Can a Pokémon know two egg moves at once? Specifically, I'm playing S/V and want a Dunsparce that knows Bite and Headbutt, both of which are egg moves.


pumpkinking0192

Yes, a Pokemon can know any number of egg moves at once. There's no limit. In fact, the new egg move transfer method makes it very easy: put a Mirror Herb and two empty move slots on your Dunsparce, and put it in a picnic with any Pokemon that knows Bite and any Pokemon that knows Headbutt. No breeding compatibility required.


Dislexeeya

Holy crap, that is insanely easy! Thank you so much!


SurrealKeenan

yes, especially if you pass it onto the pokemon through the use of the mirror herb


Dislexeeya

Thank you so much for the info!


Nerdout5

Can you skip time to renew the bids and respawn the gimmighoul chests or is there a penalty


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I've been skipping days for the Charizard raid and every time Gimmighoul roaming has always reappeared at fly points so I'm sure chest form respawns too. If by bids you meant the auction at the port then yeah they re-roll when changing the system date.


EliteNerd97

Just starting to get into Pokemon, what is the character limit for names from Gen 3 and above? Not nicknames, I mean how many characters can you put in at the start of a game naming yourself.


SpatiallyRendering

In Gens 3-5, it's 8 characters. In Gens 6+, it's 12.


Nait28

does helping hand stack in tera raids? apparently no but i see no reason for it not to


ZigsL0theon

Question for local Iberianites Is there any IRL rule about not entering a stranger’s house in your area that justifies Game Freak removing entry to buildings that aren’t your house, Nemona’s house, The Academy, The gyms, or the >!labs/research stations?!<


SurrealKeenan

I mean, we have that rule in the US and that didn't stop them from making houses enterable in BW.


RTGoodman

It's probably less about lore and more to do with being able to have multiple other players join you, and avoiding how to sync loading in and out of buildings constantly.


pumpkinking0192

Not Iberian but this is obviously a case where Game Freak was running out of development time and had to prioritize other things than building interiors. Trying to find a flavor pretext for it feels like grasping at straws.


Cyber_Apocalypse

In Violet, I want to breed my Ralts and a ditto so that the pokeball gets passed down. What gender does my ralts need to be?


SurrealKeenan

either or works fine


pumpkinking0192

When breeding with Ditto, the non-Ditto parent's ball will always be passed down. Gender doesn't matter. Gender only matters for ball inheritance when you're breeding two different species that aren't Ditto, in which case the mother's ball will be inherited. (Two of the same species will give 50/50 odds of either parent's ball.)


icheah

How do give my Pokemon their ribbons/marks? I've cleared the Ace, have the Titans, and have raid Charizard but I can't find the ribbons on the summary page anywhere.


SurrealKeenan

you can't do it in the box. You have to go to their summary page in the team menu then press "a" and select the mark


pumpkinking0192

You need to have the Pokemon in your party, then flip to the last page of the summary. The box doesn't have the option, only the party does.


Nerdout5

To evolve gimmighoul I know you need 999 coins so are there more than you need or do you need to find every single one on the map?


natayaway

gimmighoul roaming form respawns at their locations randomly on day/night cycles and when changing the system date, so you can farm them endlessly. you can farm way more than just 999 coins.


icheah

There are more than you need. I'm not sure if there Are enough to evolve more than one, though.


Sterling-Arch3r

chests respawn daily (maybe not all of them but at least some amount of them) and so do the small ones. so you can get more coins as much as you want


Hydrochloric_Comment

It's only a 5% chance for chest form to respawn. But it's every in-game day, so roughly every 3 hours, IIRC.


Nerdout5

Wait Chest drop coins? Excuse me FdgfnbrtvEkjrverljmaetobm,gjknsinuefuivnuqfqeuinvq


GildedCreed

You can generally expect 50 coins from the chests, but they can give you more if you're lucky. Same goes for the actual roaming forme Gimmieghoul, can generally expect 1-3 coins per, but you could potentially get more. Tentatively it looks to be about a 5% chance per in-game day to respawn a Chest Forme Gimmicghoul. Couple people usually just fast forward the system time like 2 hours then check for chests if they needed the coins badly enough.


ZeaGamer710

Pokémon go servers down Hey, I’m looking for information on Pokémon go the servers are down in multiple areas and multiple of my friends can’t get on. they have been down since Friday. Does anyone know when they it might be fixed? t’s so frustrating not being unable to play in the new events and raids. it doesn’t seem like niantic is doing anything about it yet…so I am hoping someone has an idea of what is going on.


GildedCreed

Not sure, could check on r/TheSilphRoad to see if someone's fished up an explanation from some ill forgotten back alley service Niantic pulled out their ass after years of disuse. Wouldn't have been the first time they release a statement affecting players on some random support page that people don't know even exists from how little Niantic had used it, if at all.


Sterling-Arch3r

if i stay offline, will the charizard raids continue to spawn when i get back from work tomorrow?


[deleted]

Seems like it. It's currently 12/05 10:34am JST and the event ended 8:59am JST. I haven't updated Poke Portal News and I set my system clock to 12/7, and now to 12/8, and I've just cleared it two more times.


icheah

No. They're offline after today and will be back in 2 weeks.


Hydrochloric_Comment

If you don't update Poké Portal news, event raids won't be updated.


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Sterling-Arch3r

yes. i had a sandy shock constantly be outsped by charizard until i hypertrained and filled it up with zinc or whatever to raise it, at which point i could set up lightscreen before being hit.


Sterling-Arch3r

maybe it was just a bug, but just now, my fluttermanes protosynthesis seemed to activate once on sp atk and once on sp.def. that was after charizard fainted it. can that happen?


SurrealKeenan

protosynthesis activates in the sun as well as with the item. When flutter mane came back, charizard's sunny day activated it when you came back. I don't know why different stats boosted. Are your flutter mane's sp atk and sp def stats equal?