Tera Raid Battle

A Tera Raid Battle against a Water Tera-type Gardevoir

A Tera Raid Battle (Japanese: テラレイドバトル Tera Raid Battle) is a type of Pokémon battle featured in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet in which four Trainers battle a wild Tera Pokémon, which remains Terastallized until enough damage has been dealt to the Pokémon.

History

Tera Raid Crystals are created from energy unleashed from Great Crater of Paldea over the years. During the post-game events of Scarlet and Violet, stronger 5★ and black 6★ raid crystals begin to appear. Jacq asks the player not participate in the 6★ raids for the player's safety, due to the overwhelming energy contained within. If the player ignores his request and manages to defeat one, it's revealed from the readings that they're being caused by residual energy leaking from Area Zero into the rest of Paldea. In certain events, 7★ Raids show up with very rare Pokémon normally not found in Paldea.

In the games

A Grass Tera crystal, containing a Grass Tera-type Pokémon

The player can start a Tera Raid Battle by interacting with an active "shining crystal", indicated by a beam of light shooting up from it. The color of the crystal will also indicate the Tera Type of the Pokémon within, with the exception of black 6★ and 7★ difficulty crystals.

These black raid crystals are displayed with the correct type icon on the minimap, but are displayed with a black background and subtle purple glow. Only one 6★ crystal will appear in Paldea per real-life day, resetting at midnight.

Each Trainer uses a single Pokémon (from either their party or Box) against the Tera Pokémon. When starting a Tera Raid Battle, players can see a silhouette of the Tera Pokémon, Tera Type, and a star rating of its difficulty. The objective, "Defeat the Tera Pokémon within the time limit!", is displayed in the lower right corner. Additionally, the player can see the other three Trainers participating and the Pokémon they have selected to enter. Players have a time limit to select their Pokémon before the Tera Raid Battle automatically starts with the Pokémon they have selected by default.

Battle

The battle system differs from typical turn-based battles in that the battle is timed, and all participants are able to act at any point, regardless of whether the opponent Pokémon or allies are also performing an action at the same time. It is even possible for a Pokémon to execute multiple moves before an ally chooses to act at all.

After three offensive moves performed by the player's Pokémon, that player's Tera Orb will be charged and allow their Pokémon to Terastallize. Only direct-damaging moves targetting the Tera Raid Pokémon will count towards the Tera Orb's charge; status moves and cheering do not count.

Unlike Max Raid Battles, where only a single player can Dynamax their Pokémon, all four participants in a Tera Raid Battle are permitted to Terastallize their Pokémon, even if other participants have already Terastallized; however, each player may only Terastallize once. If a player's Pokémon faints while Terastallized, it may not Terastallize again for the duration of the battle.

A 3★ and above Tera Pokémon may use additional moves outside of their move set. They will not know these moves when caught.

A 4★ and above Tera Pokémon may also execute additional other actions:

• When its health falls below a certain threshold, it produces a shield which severely reduces the damage of attacks from non-Terastallized Pokémon and blocks the effects of status moves.
  • The shield reduces damage from incoming moves in the following ways^[1]:
    • Non-Terastallized Pokémon have all moves reduced to 20% damage.
    • Terastallized Pokémon using moves that do not match the user's Tera Type are reduced to 35% damage.
    • Terastallized Pokémon using moves that do match the user's Tera Type are reduced to 75% damage.
    • Damage is rounded to the nearest whole number, with values of 0.5 and above rounding up.
• It can remove negative effects from itself, including a non-volatile status condition and negative stat modifiers.
• It can remove the positive stat modifiers of its opponents, as well as nullify for one turn their Abilities.
• It can steal power from the player's Tera Orb, causing it to lose one charge.

If a Pokémon faints, it will be revived after five seconds initially, or after longer durations for subsequent faintings. Additionally, this also reduces the remaining time players have to defeat the Tera Pokémon. If the timer expires before players defeat the Tera Pokémon, they will be expelled from the raid. Pokémon used by NPCs do not reduce the timer if they faint.

Pokémon found in Tera Raid Battles have a higher-than-usual chance of having a Hidden Ability.

Cheers

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Mechanics behind cheers is still not entirely clear.

Players can opt to cheer instead of executing a move, up to three times per Tera Raid. Cheering has increased priority over moves, and its effectiveness appears to be random. Stat-boosting effects are independent from other stat modifiers, which means that their effects can stack. The stat boosts from the same cheers do not stack with each other, but a repeated cheer may occasionally reroll a higher stat multiplier. A cheer's effect only expires after a certain number of turns have been executed by the player or their allies collectively. If the Tera Raid Pokémon nullifies stat changes, or if an ally returns to battle after being knocked out, the cheer's effect will still persist.^[2]

The three cheer options are:

• Go all out! — Multiplies the user's and their allies' Attack and Sp. Atk by ×1.5 or ×2.
• Hang tough! — Multiplies the user's and their allies' Defense and Sp. Def by ×1.5 or ×2.
• Heal up! — Removes non-volatile status conditions and confusion from the user and their allies, and restores 20% to 100% of their total HP.

If there is at least one NPC Trainer in a Tera Raid Battle, one of them will always cheer "Hang tough!" on the first turn.

Capture

Defeating the Tera Pokémon within the time limit will cause the Pokémon to cease being Terastallized, at which point the player is given the chance to select a Poké Ball from their bag to catch the Pokémon. This capture cannot fail, regardless of the type of ball used, or whether the player is the host or participant of the battle.

Difficulty

Tera Raid Pokémon have their HP increased for the duration of the battle, as well as having one or more of their IVs guaranteed to be set to 31. Additionally, 6★ raid Pokémon are temporarily set to level 90 for the duration of the battle, but are reduced to level 75 when captured.

Encounters

The Pokémon available to fight in Tera Raid Battles changes with the ★ value of the raid, as well as which version of the game the player is playing. The raid boss's Tera Type is chosen independently of the Pokémon itself, and has no influence over which Pokémon the raid boss will be.

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Missing a list of Tera Raid Bosses

1★ Raids

2★ Raids

3★ Raids

4★ Raids

5★ Raids

6★ Raids

NPC Trainers

If there are less than four players in a Tera Raid Battle, NPC Trainers will fill in. The Pokémon used by these Trainers get stronger as the player unlocks more difficult Tera Raids.

All Pokémon listed below have the following properties:

• Nature: Hardy nature
• EVs: 252 HP; 128 Defense; 128 Sp. Defense
• IVs: 10 for Attack and Sp. Attack; 31 for all other stats

1★

NPC Trainers use the following Pokémon after 1★ Tera Raids are unlocked:

Austin Type: Fire Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Growlithe Lv.16 Ember Fire Special   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Ava Type: Water Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Buizel Lv.16 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Water Gun Water Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Logan Type: Grass Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Sap Sipper Held item: None Skiddo Lv.16 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Vine Whip Grass Physical   --       Growth Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Hailey Types: Electric Steel Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Magnet Pull Held item: None Magnemite Lv.16 Thunder Shock Electric Special   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Swift Normal Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --
Evan Type: Normal Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Cheek Pouch Held item: None Skwovet Lv.16 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Defense Curl Normal Status   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Charlotte Types: Normal Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staravia Lv.16 Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Kylie Type: Fighting Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Hyper Cutter Held item: None Crabrawler Lv.16 Rock Smash Fighting Physical   --       Bubble Beam Water Special   --       Work Up Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Hunter Types: Ghost Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Aftermath Held item: None Drifloon Lv.16 Gust Flying Special   --       Hex Ghost Special   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --
Gianna Types: Poison Dark Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Stench Held item: None Stunky Lv.16 Bite Dark Physical   --       Acid Spray Poison Special   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Eli Types: Psychic Fairy Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Kirlia Lv.16 Confusion Psychic Special   --       Calm Mind Psychic Status   --       Disarming Voice Fairy Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Henry Types: Dark Steel Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Defiant Held item: None Pawniard Lv.16 Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       Scratch Normal Physical   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Chase Types: Electric Fairy Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Cheek Pouch Held item: None Dedenne Lv.16 Draining Kiss Fairy Special   --       Parabolic Charge Electric Special   --       Charm Fairy Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --
Claire Type: Bug Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Swarm Held item: None Kricketune Lv.16 Bug Bite Bug Physical   --       Sing Normal Status   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Brooklyn Type: Rock Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Rockruff Lv.16 Rock Throw Rock Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Zoe Types: Ground Dark Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Sandile Lv.16 Sand Tomb Ground Physical   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Samantha Type: Ice Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Snorunt Lv.16 Powder Snow Ice Special   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

3★

NPC Trainers use the following Pokémon after 3★ Tera Raids are unlocked:

Austin Types: Fire Ground Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Magma Armor Held item: None Camerupt Lv.40 Flame Wheel Fire Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Yawn Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Ava Type: Water Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Floatzel Lv.40 Water Pulse Water Special   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Logan Type: Grass Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Sap Sipper Held item: None Gogoat Lv.40 Horn Leech Grass Physical   --       Facade Normal Physical   --       Growth Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Hailey Types: Electric Steel Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Magnet Pull Held item: None Magneton Lv.40 Metal Sound Steel Status   --       Shock Wave Electric Special   --       Tri Attack Normal Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --
Evan Type: Normal Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Cheek Pouch Held item: None Greedent Lv.40 Facade Normal Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Charlotte Types: Dragon Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria Lv.40 Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Dragon Breath Dragon Special   --       Feather Dance Flying Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Kylie Type: Fighting Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Vital Spirit Held item: None Primeape Lv.40 Low Kick Fighting Physical   --       Rage Fist Ghost Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Hunter Types: Ghost Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Aftermath Held item: None Drifblim Lv.40 Hex Ghost Special   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --
Gianna Types: Dark Ice Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Sneasel Lv.40 Thief Dark Physical   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Eli Type: Psychic Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Hypno Lv.40 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Thunder Punch Electric Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Henry Types: Steel Psychic Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzong Lv.40 Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Metal Sound Steel Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Chase Type: Fairy Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Cute Charm Held item: None Sylveon Lv.40 Fairy Wind Fairy Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Charm Fairy Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --
Claire Types: Bug Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Swarm Held item: None Scyther Lv.40 Fury Cutter Bug Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Brooklyn Type: Rock Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Lycanroc Lv.40 Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Accelerock Rock Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Zoe Type: Ground Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Sand Spit Held item: None Sandaconda Lv.40 Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Sand Attack Ground Status   --       Poison Tail Poison Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Samantha Type: Ice Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Glalie Lv.40 Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --
Dylan Type: Dragon Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Dragonair Lv.40 Dragon Breath Dragon Special   --       Safeguard Normal Status   --       Slam Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Luke Types: Poison Fighting Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Anticipation Held item: None Toxicroak Lv.40 Venoshock Poison Special   --       Low Kick Fighting Physical   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

5★

NPC Trainers use the following Pokémon after 5★ Tera Raids are unlocked:

Austin Type: Fire Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Arcanine Lv.80 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Ava Types: Poison Water Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Merciless Held item: None Toxapex Lv.80 Surf Water Special   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Chilling Water Water Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Logan Types: Grass Normal Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Seed Sower Held item: None Arboliva Lv.80 Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Safeguard Normal Status   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Hailey Type: Electric Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Electromorphosis Held item: None Bellibolt Lv.80 Discharge Electric Special   --       Mud Shot Ground Special   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --
Evan Type: Normal Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Serene Grace Held item: None Dudunsparce Lv.80 Hyper Drill Normal Physical   --       Glare Normal Status   --       Drill Run Ground Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Charlotte Types: Normal Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staraptor Lv.80 Brave Bird Flying Physical   --       Facade Normal Physical   --       Feather Dance Flying Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Kylie Type: Fighting Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Tauros Lv.80 Raging Bull Normal Physical   --       Work Up Normal Status   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Hunter Types: Ghost Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Aftermath Held item: None Drifblim Lv.80 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --
Gianna Type: Dark Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Umbreon Lv.80 Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Eli Types: Psychic Fairy Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Gardevoir Lv.80 Psyshock Psychic Special   --       Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Life Dew Water Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Henry Types: Flying Steel Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None Corviknight Lv.80 Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Drill Peck Flying Physical   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Chase Type: Fairy Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Pixilate Held item: None Sylveon Lv.80 Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Charm Fairy Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --
Claire Types: Bug Fighting Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Swarm Held item: None Heracross Lv.80 Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Bulk Up Fighting Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Brooklyn Type: Rock Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Purifying Salt Held item: None Garganacl Lv.80 Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Heavy Slam Steel Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Zoe Type: Ground Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Own Tempo Held item: None Mudsdale Lv.80 High Horsepower Ground Physical   --       Rock Smash Fighting Physical   --       Low Kick Fighting Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Samantha Types: Dark Ice Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None Weavile Lv.80 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --
Dylan Type: Dragon Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Rivalry Held item: None Haxorus Lv.80 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Facade Normal Physical   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --	Luke Types: Poison Ground Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Clodsire Lv.80 Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --