Tera Orb

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Tera Orb
テラスタルオーブ
Terastal Orb
Bag Tera Orb SV Sprite.png
Tera Orb
Artwork from Generation IX
Introduced in Generation IX
Pocket
Generation IX Bag Key items pocket icon.png Key items

A Tera Orb (Japanese: テラスタルオーブ Terastal Orb) is a Key Item introduced in Generation IX. It is a Poké Ball-shaped item that allows a Trainer's Pokémon to Terastallize.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
SV N/A N/A

Effect

Allows the player's Pokémon to Terastallize in battle. After being used, it must be recharged at a Pokémon Center or an unvisited Tera Raid crystal to be used again, except after the first portion of a Titan Pokémon battle, between Pokémon League battles, and after each battle inside Area Zero. During Tera Raid Battles, it starts uncharged regardless of its previous state and requires three damaging moves to be used in order to charge it. However, it can still only be used once per battle. Its current state is not altered after the battle. During the battle with Stellar Form Terapagos at the end of The Indigo Disk DLC, it works similarly, but it only requires two damaging moves and can be used up to four times in the battle. After that battle, the orb becomes overcharged with Terapagos's Terastal energy and no longer needs to be recharged between battles.

Description

Games Description
SV An orb that holds within it the power to crystallize. When it is charged with energy, it can be used to cause Pokémon to Terastallize.

Acquisition

Games Method
SV Mesagoza (from Nemona after defeating a Team Star Grunt harassing Penny)

Gallery

Artwork

Tera orb concept art.jpg
Concept art from Scarlet and Violet

In animation

Roy, Liko, and Dot with their Tera Orbs in Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Tera Orbs debuted in Nemona and Brassius and…, where Brassius used one to Terastallize his Sudowoodo into a Grass type during his battle against Roy.

In Fly! Wattrel!!, Friede was revealed to own a Tera Orb, which he used to Terastallize his Charizard into a Dark type so it could gain the advantage in a battle against Spinel's Beheeyem and Magneton.

In Respective Departures, Hamber was revealed to own a Tera Orb, which he used to Terastallize his Dusknoir to power up its Ghost moves during a training battle with Amethio. After their training had concluded, Hamber gave Amethio a Tera Orb of his own.

Amethio was first seen using his Tera Orb in From So Far Away, where he Terastallized his Ceruledge into a Ghost type while battling against the Black Rayquaza.

In HZ046, Liko, Roy, and Dot received a Tera Orb each from Geeta upon enrolling in Naranja Academy. Every academy student taking part in the Terastal Training course receives their own Tera Orb, which they're allowed to keep if they pass the two tests assigned for them by the academy.

Liko first used her Tera Orb in HZ047, Terastallizing her Floragato to power up her Magical Leaf during a battle with Katy, who also used her Tera Orb to Terastallize her Teddiursa into a Bug type.

Roy first used his Tera Orb in HZ048, Terastallizing his Fuecoco to power up his Fire moves during his rematch with Brassius.

Dot first used her Tera Orb in HZ050, Terastallizing her Quaxly to power up his Water moves during her battle with Iono, who also used her Tera Orb to Terastallize her Bellibolt into an Electric type.

Rika was shown using her Tera Orb in HZ056 to Terastallize her Clodsire, allowing its powered-up Earth Power to defeat Liko's Floragato.

Larry used his Tera Orb in HZ059 to Terastallize his Staraptor into a pure Normal type.

Ryme used her Tera Orb in HZ062 to Terastallize her Toxtricity into a Ghost type.

Grusha used his Tera Orb in HZ063 to Terastallize his Altaria into an Ice type.

In HZ066, Sidian used his Tera Orb for the first time, which he used to Terastallize his Garganacl to increase the power of its Rock-type moves. In the same episode, Bocco was shown to own a Tera Orb, but due to her having failed her second Terastal Training test, she was later forced to return it to Naranja Academy.

In HZ067, it was revealed that Coral kept the Tera Orb she received from Terastal Training.

Gallery

Pokémon: Paldean Winds

A Tera Orb first appeared in Breathe Out, belonging to Nemona. In the next episode, Aliquis was also revealed to own a Tera Orb, and both Trainers recurred to Terastallization during their rematch.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Scarlet & Violet arc

Tera Orbs debuted in PASV01, where Nemona used one to Terastallize her Pawmi into an Electric type, while Scarlet used her own Tera Orb to Terastallize her Pikachu into a Flying type.

In PASV05, Violet received his own Tera Orb from Clive during his raid of the Segin Squad's Base, using it to Terastallize his Nymble so that its powered-up Bug Bite could defeat the Segin Starmobile.

Similar to the games each Paldea League Gym Leader also uses a Tera Orb.

Gallery

In the TCG

Tera Orb in the TCG
Main article: Tera Orb (Surging Sparks 189)

Tera Orb is introduced as an Item card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It is first released in the Japanese Stellar Tera Type Starter Sets and the English Surging Sparks expansion, with artwork by Ayaka Yoshida. It allows the player to search their deck for a Tera Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into their hand.

Trivia

  • The crystals found within Tera Orbs bear a striking resemblance to Terapagos in its slumbering state.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 太晶珠 Taaijīng Jyū
Mandarin 太晶珠 Tàijīng Zhū
France Flag.png French Orbe Téracristal
Germany Flag.png German Terakristall-Orb
Italy Flag.png Italian Terasfera
South Korea Flag.png Korean 테라스탈오브 Terastal Orb
Poland Flag.png Polish Terakula
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Orbe Tera
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Terasfera
Spain Flag.png Spanish Orbe Teracristal

See also


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