Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Tips

• Start here

  Do Arven's Titans early

  Koraidon and Miraidon's movement upgrades from the Path of Legends make the rest of Paldea smaller. Gym order is a suggestion; the Titan legendaries are the actual sequence.

• Start here

  Picnic eggs, not the daycare

  A picnic with Egg Power from sandwiches replaces the old daycare loop. Keep a Ditto in the box and don't evolve a trade-evo or item-evo until you have the matching item in the bag.

• Advanced

  Tera raids are a support job

  Clear status, set Reflect/Light Screen, and don't spam offensive Terastallize on a raid boss that will wipe the cheer gauge. Herba Mystica sandwiches are for outbreaks and raids, not for the grocery sell price.

• Advanced

  Auto-battle is for grinding, not catching

  Let's Go will faint the shiny if you have not turned it off. Outbreaks plus Sparkling Power Level 3 sandwiches are the shiny method; don't waste Herba on a one-star picnic.

• Secrets

  The fourth path is the epilogue

  Area Zero and the Professor wait until Victory Road, Starfall Street, and Path of Legends are done. The true epilogue after the credits wants a completed Pokédex page you will not have on a rush-to-Champion save.

• Secrets

  5-star and 6-star raids after the story

  The Academy Ace Tournament and the raid-power upgrades unlock the raids worth farming for Ability Patches and Herba. Don't burn the snackworth sandwiches on 3-star raids you can already solo.

• Builds

  Tera type is a build slot

  A Tera type that covers a weakness (Water Tera on a Fire type into a rain team) is more valuable than a STAB Tera you already had. Held items: Loaded Dice on multi-hit, Booster Energy on the Paradoxes.