Walking Wake and Iron Leaves return to 5-star Tera Raid Battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet for one week starting from this Friday, February 21st

The Paradox Pokémon, Walking Wake and Iron Leaves are once again appearing in 5-star Tera Raid Battles in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet. The Pokémon will be available in-game from February 21st, at 12:00am (UTC), until February 27th, at 11:59pm (UTC). Walking Wake will appear exclusively in Pokémon Scarlet, while Iron Leaves will be appearing exclusively in Pokémon Violet. All Walking Wake and Iron Leaves encountered during this event will have the Water and Psychic Tera Types respectively.

The Pokémon from these special raids can only be caught once per save data. Players who have already caught them from previous Tera Raid events may still participate in additional Tera Raid Battles against them together with other players in order to earn additional battle rewards. The two Paradox Pokémon may appear again in other events, or be encounterable in different ways in the future.

To encounter these Pokémon in Tera Raid Battles, players will need to first download the latest Poké Portal News. If players have connected their Nintendo Switch system to the internet while playing Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet, this will happen automatically. Players can also manually download the Poké Portal News by selecting Poké Portal from the X menu, and then selecting Mystery Gift, and then Check Poké Portal News. After that, players will be able to start a Tera Raid Battle simply by walking up to and interacting with an appropriate Tera Crystal in-game. In the overworld, the Tera Crystals associated with these raids can be differentiated from other Tera Raid crystals by their aura, which is most clearly visible when looking at crystals on the map.

A paid Nintendo Switch Online membership is required to participate in Tera Raid Battles with other Trainers online, however players will still be able to challenge these Tera Raid Battles solo (supported by AI), or with other Trainers in local play without a membership.