How to Get Shiny Rayquaza FREE — Tera Raid Guide
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is finally giving players some new Tera Raid content, providing everyone a chance to get a free Shiny Rayquaza.
To promote the ongoing Pokémon Horizons, Shiny Rayquaza will now appear in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Tera Raids for a limited time. This will be your only chance to encounter a guaranteed Shiny Rayquaza in Raids, at least until The Pokémon Company does a potential re-run, and here is everything you need to know about it.
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: How to Get Shiny Rayquaza Tera Raids
The Shiny Rayquaza Raid event in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will run for a limited time from Dec. 20 to Jan. 5.
During that period, Shiny Rayquaza will appear in Five-star Tera Raids across Paldea for all players. In these Tera Raids, you will have the opportunity to capture a Shiny Rayquaza if you successfully clear them, making it the first time a guaranteed Shiny has been offered as a Raid reward.
Because this is a Five-star Tera Raid, you likely won’t struggle much with beating the Shiny Rayquaza. It is a Dragon Tera Type, which means you can fight it with its usual Dragon, Ice, and Fairy-type weaknesses while taking into account its list of available moves when picking which Pokémon to bring.
Rayquaza Set Moves | Rayquaza Additional Moves |
|---|---|
Dragon Pulse | Dragon Ascent |
If you need to solo-counter a Shiny Rayquaza Tera Raid, bringing a strong Fairy-type is your best bet since Rayquaza’s moveset is mostly built out of Dragon and Flying-type moves. Pokémon like Azumarill and Corvinight are great options, with Azumarill doing plenty of damage using its standard Belly Drum/Play Rough build and Corvinight being immune or resistant to everything Rayquaza can do.
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Once you clear the Tera Raid, you can catch a Shiny Rayquaza for yourself—though you can only have one per save file from these Raids. Along with that, you will get a number of item drop rewards like Protein, Dragon Tera Shards, and an Ability Patch.
