Wherever you dropped into your Pokémon journey over the next month Pokémon Scarlet And Viola were released – both sticking to the grind or protesting for a few years more flagrant bugs—you’re still in the shadow of a 24-year-old refrain: gotta catch em all. Though Scarlet And Viola marketing featured the legendary Koraidon and Miraidon more prominently (probably by virtue of both of these creatures becoming serpentine in Harley-Davidson motorcycles upon request), the games actually have six total Legendary Pokémon combined. I’ll tell you how to catch them all, every last one.
Koraidon
Scarlet players will receive Koraidon naturally as they progress through the game’s main story, and the legendary can start providing transportation at the end of the tutorial. But to unleash the full potential of Koraidon (different types of movement such as sprinting and gliding) you will need to progress Scarlet‘s Path of Legends and defeat the five Titans. Finishing the main story complete also allows you to fight against Koraidon.
But you can also collect another Koraidon after completing the game by going down to Zero Gate and entering the Great Crater of Paldea. Koraidon will be on an iridescent cliff outside of Lab Zero, waiting to be captured.
Miraidon
Everything about Koraidon applies to Miraidon, but for Viola players instead. Viola And Scarlet players can also trade exclusive legendaries if they want both in a game, which could incentivize finishing the game and grabbing that double.
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Chi Yu
The Dark/Fire-type guppy Chi-Yu is one of the “Ruinous Quartet”, a group of legendary Pokémon from Paldea that represent hatred, fear and envy. They are cute though, despite their malevolence.
Chi-Yu is floating around Northern Province (Area Two), in an enclosed cave behind a bright blue shrine, or Firescourge Shrine. Your history teacher, Mrs. Raifort, will mark this shrine and the other three on your map if you talk to her.
You can open Firescourge by tearing all eight menacing blue Stakes from the ground, which immediately crumble when you interact with them. You will hear the legendary cry once the last post is crushed, the chains of their prison are unleashed.
Once you get rid of the blue stakes and reach Chi-Yu, you can fight for it. The legendary will be at level 60, as will the rest of the Ruinous Quartet, and you should be careful his ability Beads of Ruinwhich reduces the Special Defense of your Fighting Pokémon by 25 percent.
Chienpao
The saber-toothed ruinous Chien-Pao is locked away in the yellow-lit Icerend Shrine in Western Province (Area One). You can free the frowning dark/ice guy by removing all yellow menacing stakes. Chien-Pao can use Sword of Ruinan ability that reduces Defense by 25 percent.
Ting-Lu
Red-Eyed Ting-Lu is a stony Dark/Earth-type, sealed behind the Green Shrine of the Groundblight on the Socarrat Trail. You Know the Drill: Get rid of the menacing green poles to get to this ruinous Pokémon. It can work Pot of Ruinwhich reduces the Special Attack of your Pokémon by 25%.
Wo-Chien
Closing the Quartet is Cousin Itt’s nephew, Wo-Chien, a Dark/Grass type obscured by golden leaves. He’s bolted behind the purple Grasswither shrine in Southern Province, which you can open by destroying all the purple menacing posts. He is able to use Tablets of Ruinabsorbing the Attack of your Pokémon by 25%.