How to unlock 7-Star Tera Raid Battles in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet 

Steps to participate in the Cinderace 7 Star Tera Raid in Scarlet and Violet (Image via Nintendo)
Steps to participate in the Cinderace 7-Star Tera Raid in Scarlet and Violet (Image via Nintendo)

Several Pokemon can be found rampant across the open world of Scarlet and Violet. While there are numerous new Pocket Monsters from Generation IX, plenty of other popular fighters still need to be included. Subsequently, Game Freak announced the addition of other powerful monsters to their new titles through special Tera Raid battles.

The very first Tera Raid of the special 7-star difficulty featured the dual Fire and Flying-type Pokemon Charizard, which is the final evolution of the Kanto fire-type starter. The previous evolutions of Charizard, Charmander, and Charmeleon also debuted in both games during this event.

These Tera Raid Battles, especially the 7-Star ones, are a fantastic occasion for players to socialize, as they band together to form a team to bring down their powerful foes. However, you will definitely need specialized strategies and strong Pokemon on your team to defeat the foes in these 7-Star Raids. This article contains details on unlocking these very difficult raids.


How can players unlock 7-Star Tera Raid Battles in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet?

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Regular raids are activated by approaching a Tera Raid Crystal, and 7-Star Tera Raid also follows the same pattern. The main thing is that they are only available during Scarlet and Violet's special events.

7-Star Tera Raids aren’t open for everyone as there is an ordeal to complete before you can access these raids. To be able to participate, trainers must complete all three story paths in Scarlet and Violet: Victory Road, Starfall Street, Path of Legends, and finish the final quest, The Way Home. Players will only be eligible to partake after they thoroughly complete the aforementioned paths.

Once trainers finish the main story, they will finally get to the post-game content. Once there, they will need to defeat all eight Gym Leaders for the second time and complete the Academy Ace Tournament.

After finishing the Ace Tournament, trainers will have to host and win 5-Star Tera Raids. Once they have won enough, trainers will get a call from Jacq, who will notify them about the availability of 6-Star Tera Raids.

Once Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's trainers engage in 6-Star Tera Raids, they can unlock the anticipated 7-Star Tera Raids. However, they will have to wait for an exclusive 7-Star Tera Raid event to take place before they can engage in it.

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Since these 7-Star Tera Raids are subject to special events, the main thing to do is to locate them. Once the special event starts, the Black Tera Raid Crystals will shift to 7-Star Tera Raids from the 6-Star raids. Locating these crystals is fairly easy as they have a dedicated icon with a unique white glow as they appear on the map of Paldea.

To add more, the final Scarlet and Violet Tera Raid of 2022 and the first one for 2022 hax been officially launched. The developers at Game Freak are hosting an exclusive "Black Crystal Tera Raid Battle." The time for these 7-star Tera Raid Battle events are:

  • Fighting Tera-type Cinderace: Dec 29 at 4 pm to Jan 1 at 4 pm
  • Fighting Tera-type Cinderace: Jan 13 at 4 pm to Jan 15 at 4 pm

One must complete all of the aforementioned processes to partake in these Scarlet and Violet 7-Star Tera events. Additionally, the featured Cinderace can only be caught once, and trainers will earn other rewards upon repeatedly completing the raid.

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