People are encouraged to avoid the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Chesnaught, Great Tusk, and Iron Treads Tera Raids. Nintendo announced on Twitter that there is a bug that could cause players’ problems. Specifically, those who started taking part when the Paradox Pokemon raids appeared reported that not all rewards would appear, with one showing as “none,” and the game crashing. It also cautioned us that if we see the three Raids in the game, to not partici
Here is the official announcement:
We have identified an issue that could result in an error after facing 5 star Great Tusk and Iron Treads raids in #PokemonScarletViolet. These Raid battles will be suspended, including Chesnaught with the Mightiest Mark. https://t.co/CqJ4jBqJKg
— Play Pokémon (@playpokemon) May 19, 2023
While this does mean people can’t participate in Tera Raids to get Great Tusk and Iron Treads in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, both are rather readily available in each games. Both can be found in the Area Zero endgame location alongside other Paradox Pokemon. However, you’ll only see Great Tusk in Pokemon Scarlet, and Iron Treads is limited to Pokemon Violet.
However, it is otherwise impossible to get Chesnaught in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. It and other starters have only been available via these special Tera Raid events.
When a similar issue arose in the past, Nintendo offered a rerun of the fixed raids. This happened with the Paradox Pokemon Walking Wake and Iron Leaves.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are available for the Nintendo Switch.
