Image: Game Freak/The Pokémon Company, Nintendo These are marked on the Paldean map with a little star denoting the Pokémon’s Tera Type. In the Paldean world, these are signified by big, glowing crystals that have a huge glowing tower you can see from a while away. You’ll find Pokémon with Tera Types that don’t match their actual type through Tera Raid Battles. These seem to be set encounters around the world, and you’ll definitely see them. You’ll also see Pokémon in the Paldean overworld who sparkle and glow these are basically just harder wild Pokémon fights - you’ll have to knock down these Pokémon to remove the effect before catching them.

Image: Game Freak/The Pokémon Company, Nintendo What are all the Tera Types?Īll Pokémon have a Tera Type, which means you can find Pokémon that Terastallize anywhere. In total, there are 18 different Tera Types any Pokémon can have, which makes for a huge number of potential combinations. That’s because a Pokémon’s Tera Type doesn’t have to match it’s actual type - meaning that a fire-type Pokémon can have a water Tera Type, changing up its type strengths and weaknesses when the mechanic is used. It’s a way to switch up how battles work in certain scenarios, and it’s one of the more interesting parts of battles in Scarlet and Violet. For Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, it’s Terastallizing, the equivalent of Pokémon Sword and Shield’s Dynamax and Gigantamax features. Regardless, any Pokémon achieved through successfully winning a black crystal Tera Raid Battle will be more powerful than a regular Tera Raid Pokémon and will be a significant asset to any team due to the higher stats and Tera Types that can be associated with it.Every new Pokémon game seems to introduce some new battle mechanic. Nintendo has not yet announced whether Charizard will be the only non-Paldea Pokémon accessible by black crystal Tera Raid or if this will be the system moving forward to achieve such Pokémon. Charizard may appear again in other events in the future, but at the moment, this is the only known way to achieve the original Fire Type starter. This is not a regular Charizard as it will have the Dragon Tera Type and the Mightiest Mark associated with it, making the Pokémon a powerful member of any team. There will be no difference in Charizard regardless of which run it's captured in, though it will only be catchable once per save file. The event will have two runs in December, the first from Dec.

The first black crystal Tera Battle that has been announced will be for Charizard.

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