Pokémon Scarlet and Violet patch due tomorrow fixing raid egg glitch

Don't count your Paradox Pokémon before they hatch

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are set to receive an update tomorrow which should fix a rare but debilitating glitch. Shortly after the patch is released, The Pokémon Company will also run a redo event for the Walking Wake and Iron Leaves raid event, which was the main cause of the glitch.

The Pokémon Scarlet and Violet glitch in question is known among the community as the egg glitch, and affected players who attempted to fight and capture Walking Wake and Iron Leaves shortly after their arrival in the game. Players who were connected to the internet when the patch dropped were able to partake in raids involving the two new Paradox Pokémon, despite the data for said Pokémon not being in the game yet.

Since there was no data for the Pokémon, the opponent presented as a Pokémon egg, and once defeated and caught it would turn into a completely unhatchable egg in the party. It also had the frustrating side effect of locking players out from catching Iron Leaves and Walking Wake, as the Pokémon were only catchable once, and the game thought they’d already caught them.

Despite the month-long wait, the patch fixing the bug will be arriving tomorrow, and affected players will get a second chance to catch the newest Pokémon. The redo Walking Wake and Iron Leaves Tera Raid event will start on May 1, 2023, and run for two weeks.

It’s not known if the patch will fix other bugs or add new content, but it’s expected to be fairly minimal. One potential candidate for another fix is a bug that made players lose their entire save data for the game, which Nintendo has been fixing for some players remotely, and others have used a workaround to restore their data.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet got off to a rocky start when they were released in November last year, as they were plagued with bugs, glitches, and all manner of performance issues. Multiple patches have been released for the game, but there are still outstanding issues that have yet to be fixed.

Will this new patch fix them? Probably not. But there’s always a chance, however small.