Poké Portal News

Poké Portal News (Japanese: ポケポータルニュース Poké Portal News) is a feature in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet that expands on the available Tera Raid Battles in the Paldea region, making certain Pokémon more common for a limited time. It can be accessed via Mystery Gift or updated automatically by connecting to the internet in game. Certain species of Terastal Pokémon, which are usually very rare, are often made more common through Poké Portal News events. These event Tera Raids will appear on the map and mini-map with a unique icon.

List of Tera Raid Battles

The following lists, in reverse chronological order, different Tera Raid Battle events. The event periods for the given dates typically last between 00:00 UTC on the initial date, to 23:59 UTC on the end date.

2022

December 30 to January 1 & 13 to 15, 2022

The 4th Tera Raid Battle event was Cinderace with the Mightiest Mark, with the title Cinderace the Unrivaled (Japanese: 最強のエースバーン The Strongest Aceburn), appeared at 7★ black Tera Raid crystals during two time periods: from December 30 to January 1, 2022, then again from January 13 to 15, 2022 UTC. Cinderace cannot normally be encountered in Paldea, and the Cinderace appearing during this event has Fighting as its Tera Type. This Cinderace could only be caught once per save file, although the Tera Raid Battle could be attended repeatedly for additional item rewards. If players captured Cinderace during the December 30 to January 1 period, they were ineligible to capture a second Cinderace during the January 13 to 15 period.[1]

December 9 to 11, 2022

The 3rd Tera Raid Battle event will be the Tyranitar and Salemence Spotlight (Japanese: ピックアップ! バンギラス & ボーマンダ Pickup! Bangiras & Bowmanda). Tyranitar and Salamence with random Tera Types will be appearing more frequently in 4★ and 5★ Tera Raid Battles from December 9 to 11, 2022, with Tyranitar being found in Pokémon Scarlet, and Salamence being found in Pokémon Violet respectively.[2]

In addition to the random spawn, 1 daily den is guaranteed to be 5★ with a fixed tera type. Scarlet players have access to a 5★ Tyranitar den with a Ghost tera type, while Violet players have access to a 5★ Salamence den with a Steel tera type.

This is scheduled to occur between the two Charizard the Unrivaled 7★ raid event periods, with Charizard raids resuming starting December 16 and ending December 18, 2022.

December 2 to 4 & 16 to 18, 2022

The 2nd Tera Raid Battle event was Charizard with the Mightiest Mark, with the title Charizard the Unrivaled (Japanese: 最強のリザードン The Strongest Lizardon), appeared at 7★ black Tera Raid crystals during two time periods: from December 2 to 4, 2022, then again from December 16 to 18, 2022 UTC. Charizard cannot normally be encountered in Paldea, and the Charizard appearing during this event has Dragon as its Tera Type. This Charizard could only be caught once per save file, although the Tera Raid Battle could be attended repeatedly for additional item rewards.[3][4] If players captured Charizard during the December 2 to 4 period, they were ineligible to capture a second Charizard during the December 16 to 18 period.[5]

The Charizard was always level 100, had a Modest Nature, all six IVs set to 31, its Hidden Ability of Solar Power, and the moveset Dragon Pulse, Fire Blast, Hurricane, and Focus Blast. During battle, it also had access to the moves Overheat, Tera Blast, Sunny Day, and Inferno, although these moves are not present after being caught. It is also coded never to appear as Shiny.

Item rewards included guaranteed 6 Exp. Candy L, and 4 Exp. Candy XL, 5 Calcium, 15 Dragon Tera Shards, 1 TM157 (Overheat), and 1 Ability Patch, with a chance for additional miscellaneous rewards.

The event additionally contained special 4★ and 5★ raids for Florges and Mimikyu, which unlike Charizard had standard odds of appearing as Shiny.

November 25 to 27, 2022

The 1st Tera Raid Battle event was Eevee Spotlight (Japanese: イーブイピックアップ Eievui Pickup). Eevee with various Tera Types appeared more frequently in Tera Raid Battles from November 25 to 27, 2022.[6][7]

Eevee found in 3★, 4★, and 5★ raids had the chance to have their Hidden Ability of Anticipation.

Item rewards included a chance to obtain certain items, such as Soothe Bells, Bottle Caps, Ability Capsules, PP Up, as well as Water, Fire, Thunder, Leaf, and Ice Stones.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 寶可入口站新聞
Mandarin 寶可入口站新聞 / 宝可入口站新闻
  French Actus Poké Portail
  German PokéPortal-News
  Italian News dal Poképortale
  Korean 포켓포털 뉴스
  Spanish Noticias del Poképortal

References

See also


Event distributions
Generation I: JapaneseEuropean language
Generation II: JapaneseEuropean language
Generation III: JapaneseEnglishGermanSpanishFrenchItalian
Generation IV: Japanese (local | Wi-Fi) • English (local | Wi-Fi) • German (local | Wi-Fi)
Spanish (local | Wi-Fi) • French (local | Wi-Fi) • Italian (local | Wi-Fi) • Korean (local | Wi-Fi)
Trading (GTS)
Generation V: Japanese (local | Wi-Fi) • English (local | Wi-Fi) • German (local | Wi-Fi)
Spanish (local | Wi-Fi) • French (local | Wi-Fi) • Italian (local | Wi-Fi) • Korean (local | Wi-Fi)
Global Link promotions
Generation VI: Japanese region (Nintendo Network | serial code) • American region (Nintendo Network | serial code)
PAL region (Nintendo Network | serial code) • Korean region (Nintendo Network | serial code)
Taiwanese region (Nintendo Network | serial code)
LocalTrading
Generation VII: 3DS: Japanese region (Nintendo Network | serial code) • American region (Nintendo Network | serial code)
PAL region (Nintendo Network | serial code) • Korean region (Nintendo Network | serial code)
Taiwanese region (Nintendo Network | serial code)
Local
Switch: PE
Generation VIII: SwShBDSPLA
Trading
Generation IX: SV
Specific events: Gather More Pokémon! Campaign
PCNY (Gen II | Gen III) • Trade and Battle DayJourney Across AmericaParty of the Decade
Other groupings: Movie events10th AnniversaryTanabataUndistributed
Special Pokémon from games
In-game: Gen IGen II • Gen III (RSFRLGEOrre) • Gen IV (DP ​• Pt ​• HGSS) • Gen V (BWB2W2)
Gen VI (XYORAS) • Gen VII (SMUSUMPE) • Gen VIII (SwShBDSPLA) • Gen IX (SV)
Gift Pokémon (Eggs) • Wild Pokémon (Roaming Pokémon) • In-game trades (Hayley's trades)
Game-based: Gen IGen IIGen IIIGen IVGen VIGen VII
Gen VIII (Wild Area News) • Gen IX (Poké Portal News)
Other: Undistributed
Non-Pokémon event distributions
Gen IIIGen IVGen VGen VIGen VII (Game-based) • Gen VIIIGen IX (Game-based)
Global Link
Other lists
Notable ID numbers (Gens I-IIIII onward) • Wonder Cards (Gen VGen VIGen VII) • Serial code prefixes