Celebrate Japan's Golden Week in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet with more Mass Outbreaks, and the return of Walking Wake and Iron Leaves to Tera Raids

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are celebrating Japan's Golden Week of holidays with a selection of Mass Outbreaks and Tera Raids running from this Friday April 26th at Midnight (UTC), through until Monday May 6th at 11:59pm (UTC).

Golden Week is the name given in Japan to the week from April 29th to May 6th, where four different public holidays, Shōwa Day (昭和の日, Shōwa no Hi), Constitution Memorial Day (憲法記念日, Kenpō Kinenbi), Greenery Day (みどりの日, Midori no Hi), and Children's Day (子供の日, Kodomo no Hi), occur in rapid succession.

Golden Week Mass Outbreaks!
In celebration of Golden Week, mass outbreaks of Pokémon with Golden shiny variants will be appearing across Paldea, Kitakami, and at Blueberry Academy's Terarium. Magikarp and Varoom will be breaking out across Paldea, Shinx will be appearing throughout Kitakami, and Rellor will be appearing in numbers in Blueberry Academy's Terarium. Players without the DLC will only be able to participate in the Mass Outbreaks of Magikarp and Varoom appearing in Paldea.

To participate in these mass outbreak events, players will need to download and install the latest update data; and to download the latest Poké Portal News. If players have connected their Nintendo Switch system to the internet while playing Pokémon Scarlet or Violet, this should happen automatically. Players can also manually download the Poké Portal News by selecting Poké Portal from the X menu, and then selecting Mystery Gift, and then Check Poké Portal News. A paid Nintendo Switch Online membership is not required.

Walking Wake and Iron Leaves return to Tera Raids!
Walking Wake and Iron Leaves will once again be appearing in 5-star Tera Raid Battles as part of these Golden Week celebrations. Walking Wake will appear exclusively for players with Pokémon Scarlet, while Iron Leaves will be appearing exclusively in Pokémon Violet. All Walking Wake and Iron Leaves encountered during this debut event for the Pokémon will have the Water and Psychic Tera Types respectively.

Similar to the Pokémon from the 7-star Mightiest Mark Tera Raids, the Paradox Pokémon from these special raids can only be caught once per save data. Players who already caught them back in their past appearances, or who catch them during this latest appearance, may still participate in additional Tera Raid Battles against them together with other players in order to earn additional battle rewards. These two Paradox Pokémon may appear again in other events, or be encounterable in different ways in the future.

To encounter these Pokémon in Tera Raid Battles, players will need to download the latest Poké Portal News. If players have connected their Nintendo Switch system to the internet while playing Pokémon Scarlet or Violet, this will happen automatically. Players can also manually download the Poké Portal News by selecting Poké Portal from the X menu, and then selecting Mystery Gift, and then Check Poké Portal News. After that, players will be able to start a Tera Raid Battle simply by walking up to and interacting with an appropriate Tera Crystal in-game. In the overworld, the Tera Crystals associated with these raids can be differentiated from other Tera Raid crystals by their aura, which is mostly clearly visible when looking at crystals on the map. While players can freely engage in local Tera Raid Battles with other players, a paid Nintendo Switch Online membership is required to join up with other trainers online for Tera Raid Battles.