Poké Portal News (Japanese: ポケポータルニュースPoké Portal News) is a feature in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet that expands on the available Tera Raid Battles in the Paldea region, making certain Pokémon more common for a limited time. It can be accessed via Mystery Gift or updated automatically by connecting to the internet in game. Certain species of Terastal Pokémon, some of which are rare, or otherwise unobtainable except via transfer, are made more common through Poké Portal News events.
Beginning in v2.0.1 of Scarlet and Violet, it became possible for event mass outbreaks to occur via Poké Portal News as well, causing certain species of Pokémon to appear more commonly in mass outbreaks, which may have unique traits, such as a higher chance of having a specific mark.
Tera crystals and mass outbreaks associated with a Poké Portal News event will have a thicker, circular, glowing border compared to their typical icons on the map and minimap. Event Tera crystals will additionally be surrounded by several ring-shaped auras when approached.
List of Mass Outbreak events
The following lists, in reverse chronological order, different Mass Outbreak events. The event periods for the given dates typically last between 00:00 UTC on the initial date, to 23:59 UTC on the end date, unless otherwise stated. However, if an event is active in the player's savefile, it will continue to be active until the player connects online, or updates their Poké Portal News after the event period ends.
2025
September 1 to 14, 2025
Fire-type Pokémon Mass Outbreak banner
In honor of ShinyChi-Yu's appearance in Tera Raid Battles, the thirty-fifth Mass Outbreak event featured several species of Fire-type Pokémon. The event caused Charcadet to appear in Mass Outbreaks across Paldea, Vulpix to appear in Mass Outbreaks in Kitakami, and Numel to appear in Mass Outbreaks in the Terarium.
Additionally, the Pokémon that appeared have a flat 0.5% bonus chance to be Shiny. This 0.5% bonus is applied separately, before conditions that affect Shiny chance, such as Sparkling Power from Sandwiches or the Shiny Charm.
August 18 to 31, 2025
Ground-type Pokémon Mass Outbreak banner
In honor of ShinyTing-Lu's appearance in Tera Raid Battles, the thirty-fourth Mass Outbreak event featured several species of Ground-type Pokémon. The event caused PaldeanWooper to appear in Mass Outbreaks across Paldea, Mudbray to appear in Mass Outbreaks in Kitakami, and Drilbur to appear in Mass Outbreaks in the Terarium.
Additionally, the Pokémon that appeared have a flat 0.5% bonus chance to be Shiny. This 0.5% bonus is applied separately, before conditions that affect Shiny chance, such as Sparkling Power from Sandwiches or the Shiny Charm.
August 4 to 17, 2025
Ice-type Pokémon Mass Outbreak banner
In honor of ShinyChien-Pao's appearance in Tera Raid Battles, the thirty-third Mass Outbreak event featured several species of Ice-type Pokémon. The event caused Frigibax to appear in Mass Outbreaks across Paldea, Snorunt to appear in Mass Outbreaks in Kitakami, and Cubchoo to appear in Mass Outbreaks in the Terarium.
Additionally, the Pokémon that appeared have a flat 0.5% bonus chance to be Shiny. This 0.5% bonus is applied separately, before conditions that affect Shiny chance, such as Sparkling Power from Sandwiches or the Shiny Charm.
July 23 to August 3, 2025
Grass-type Pokémon Mass Outbreak banner
In honor of ShinyWo-Chien's appearance in Tera Raid Battles, the thirty-second Mass Outbreak event featured several species of Grass-type Pokémon. The event caused Capsakid to appear in Mass Outbreaks across Paldea, Petilil to appear in Mass Outbreaks in Kitakami, and Oddish to appear in Mass Outbreaks in the Terarium.
Additionally, the Pokémon that appeared have a flat 0.5% bonus chance to be Shiny. This 0.5% bonus is applied separately, before conditions that affect Shiny chance, such as Sparkling Power from Sandwiches or the Shiny Charm.
Typically, Morpeko only natively appear in Pokémon Violet.
Additionally, the Pokémon that appeared have a flat 0.5% bonus chance to be Shiny. This 0.5% bonus is applied separately, before conditions that affect Shiny chance, such as Sparkling Power from Sandwiches or the Shiny Charm.
Additionally, the Pokémon that appeared have a flat 0.5% bonus chance to be Shiny. This 0.5% bonus is applied separately, before conditions that affect Shiny chance, such as Sparkling Power from sandwiches or the Shiny Charm.
Additionally, the Pokémon that appeared have a flat 0.5% bonus chance to be Shiny. This 0.5% bonus is applied separately, before conditions that affect Shiny chance, such as Sparkling Power from sandwiches or the Shiny Charm.
May 30 to June 1, 2025
Bug-type Pokémon Mass Outbreak banner
The twenty-eighth Mass Outbreak event featured several species of Bug-type Pokémon. The event caused Tarountula to appear in Mass Outbreaks across Paldea, Spinarak to appear in Mass Outbreaks in Kitakami, and Venonat to appear in Mass Outbreaks in the Terarium.
Additionally, the Pokémon that appeared have a flat 0.5% bonus chance to be Shiny. This 0.5% bonus is applied separately, before conditions that affect Shiny chance, such as Sparkling Power from Sandwiches or the Shiny Charm.
April 30 to May 8, 2025
Gold-Colored Shiny Pokémon Mass Outbreak banner
In celebration of Golden Week in Japan, the twenty-seventh Mass Outbreak event featured several species of Pokémon that have golden coloration when Shiny. The event caused Wiglett to appear in Mass Outbreaks across Paldea, Growlithe to appear in Mass Outbreaks in Kitakami, and Swablu to appear in Mass Outbreaks in the Terarium.
Additionally, the Pokémon that appeared have a flat 0.5% bonus chance to be Shiny. This 0.5% bonus is applied separately, before conditions that affect Shiny chance, such as Sparkling Power from Sandwiches or the Shiny Charm.
February 28 to March 20, 2025
Red, Green, and Blue Pokémon Mass Outbreak banner
In celebration of Pokémon Day, the twenty-sixth Mass Outbreak event featured several species of Red, Green, and Blue colored Pokémon. The event caused Charcadet, Smoliv, and Finizen to appear in Mass Outbreaks across Paldea, Applin, Sewaddle, and Poliwag to appear in Mass Outbreaks in Kitakami, and Porygon, Scyther, and Lapras to appear in Mass Outbreaks in the Terarium.
Additionally, the Pokémon that appeared have a flat 0.5% bonus chance to be Shiny. This 0.5% bonus is applied separately, before conditions that affect Shiny chance, such as Sparkling Power from sandwiches or the Shiny Charm.
February 7 to 9, 2025
Flying-type Pokémon Mass Outbreak banner
The twenty-fifth Mass Outbreak event featured several species of Flying-type Pokémon. The event caused Fletchling to appear in Mass Outbreaks across Paldea, Starly to appear in Mass Outbreaks in Kitakami, and Pikipek to appear in Mass Outbreaks in the Terarium.
Additionally, the Pokémon that appeared have a flat 0.5% bonus chance to be Shiny. This 0.5% bonus is applied separately, before conditions that affect Shiny chance, such as Sparkling Power from sandwiches or the Shiny Charm.
January 17 to 19, 2025
Flamigo Mass Outbreak banner
The twenty-fourth Mass Outbreak event featured Flamigo appearing in Mass Outbreaks across Paldea.
Additionally, the Pokémon that appeared have a flat 0.5% bonus chance to be Shiny. This 0.5% bonus is applied separately, before conditions that affect Shiny chance, such as Sparkling Power from sandwiches or the Shiny Charm.
January 10 to 12, 2025
Snakelike Pokémon Mass Outbreak banner
In celebration of the Year of the Snake, the twenty-third Mass Outbreak event featured several species of snakelike Pokémon. The event caused Silicobra to appear in Mass Outbreaks across Paldea, Ekans to appear in Mass Outbreaks in Kitakami, and Seviper to appear in Mass Outbreaks in the Terarium.
Additionally, the Pokémon that appeared have a flat 0.5% bonus chance to be Shiny. This 0.5% bonus is applied separately, before conditions that affect Shiny chance, such as Sparkling Power from sandwiches or the Shiny Charm.
The following lists, in reverse chronological order, different Tera Raid Battle events. The event periods for the given dates typically last between 00:00 UTC on the initial date, to 23:59 UTC on the end date, unless otherwise stated. However, if an event is active in the player's savefile, it will continue to be active until the player connects online, or updates their Poké Portal News after the event period ends.
Additionally, the typical HP modifier for 7★ events is 30×, with other difficulties using their respective standard HP modifiers, unless stated otherwise.
2025
September 1 to 14, 2025
Challenge the Shiny Beads of Ruin event banner
The 89th Tera Raid event was Challenge the Shiny Beads of Ruin. It featured a ShinyChi-Yu in 5★ Tera Raid Battles from September 1 to 14, 2025. This Pokémon is uncatchable, but if the total number of player victories against it reaches one million players before the event ended, a Shiny Chi-Yu would be distributed from September 19 to 30, 2025, and for every 100,000 victories after that up to 2 million, each player would receive a set of 40 Tera Shards (max. 10). It always has Fire as its Tera Type.
The 88th Tera Raid event was Challenge the Shiny Vessel of Ruin. It featured a ShinyTing-Lu in 5★ Tera Raid Battles from August 18 to 31, 2025. This Pokémon is uncatchable, but if the total number of player victories against it reaches one million players before the event ended, a Shiny Ting-Lu would be distributed from September 5 to 30, 2025, and for every 100,000 victories after that up to 2 million, each player would receive a set of 40 Tera Shards (max. 10). It always has Ground as its Tera Type.
The 87th Tera Raid event was Challenge the Shiny Sword of Ruin. It featured a ShinyChien-Pao in 5★ Tera Raid Battles from August 4 to 17, 2025. This Pokémon is uncatchable, but if the total number of player victories against it reaches one million players before the event ended, a Shiny Chien-Pao would be distributed from August 22 to September 30, 2025, and for every 100,000 victories after that up to 2 million, each player would receive a set of 40 Tera Shards (max. 10). It always has Ice as its Tera Type.
The 86th Tera Raid event was Challenge the Shiny Tablets of Ruin. It featured a ShinyWo-Chien in 5★ Tera Raid Battles from July 23 to August 3, 2025. This Pokémon is uncatchable, but if the total number of player victories against it reached one million before the event ended, a Shiny Wo-Chien would be distributed from August 8 to September 30, 2025, and for every 100,000 victories after that up to 2 million, each player would receive a set of 40 Tera Shards (max. 10). It always has Grass as its Tera Type.
The 85th Tera Raid Battle event was Kommo-o with the Mightiest Mark, granting the titleKommo-o the Unrivaled, which appeared at 7★ black Tera Raid crystals between July 11 to 13, 2025 & July 18 to 20. This Pokémon can only be caught once per save file, although the Tera Raid Battle can be attended repeatedly for additional item rewards. It always has Fighting as its Tera Type.
The second half of this event also included a repeat of the 5★ Blissey Spotlight.
The 84th Tera Raid Battle event was Baxcalibur with the Mightiest Mark, granting the titleBaxcalibur the Unrivaled, which appeared at 7★ black Tera Raid crystals between June 20 to 22, 2025 & June 27 to 29. This Pokémon can only be caught once per save file, although the Tera Raid Battle can be attended repeatedly for additional item rewards. It always has Ice as its Tera Type.
The second half of this event also included a repeat of the 5★ Blissey Spotlight.
Released in celebration of the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, the 84th Tera Raid Battle event was Porygon2 with the Mightiest Mark, granting the titlePorygon2 the Unrivaled, which appeared at 7★ black Tera Raid crystals between June 5 to 16, 2025. This Pokémon can only be caught once per save file, although the Tera Raid Battle can be attended repeatedly for additional item rewards. It always has Normal as its Tera Type.
The 83rd Tera Raid Battle event was Garchomp with the Mightiest Mark, granting the titleGarchomp the Unrivaled, which appeared at 7★ black Tera Raid crystals between May 23 to 25, 2025 & May 30 to June 1. This Pokémon can only be caught once per save file, although the Tera Raid Battle can be attended repeatedly for additional item rewards. It always has Ground as its Tera Type.
The second half of this event also included a repeat of the 5★ Blissey Spotlight.
The 82nd Tera Raid Battle event was Metagross with the Mightiest Mark, granting the titleMetagross the Unrivaled, which appeared at 7★ black Tera Raid crystals between May 9 to 11, 2025 & May 16 to 18. This Pokémon can only be caught once per save file, although the Tera Raid Battle can be attended repeatedly for additional item rewards. It always has Steel as its Tera Type.
The second half of this event also included a repeat of the 5★ Blissey Spotlight.
The 81st Tera Raid Battle event was a repeat of the Gimmighoul event.
April 18 to 20, 2025 & April 25 to 27
Salamence the Unrivaled event banner
The 80th Tera Raid Battle event was Salamence with the Mightiest Mark, granting the titleSalamence the Unrivaled, which appeared at 7★ black Tera Raid crystals between
April 18 to 20, 2025 & April 25 to 27. This Pokémon can only be caught once per save file, although the Tera Raid Battle can be attended repeatedly for additional item rewards. It always has Flying as its Tera Type.
The second half of this event also included a repeat of the 5★ Blissey Spotlight.
The 79th Tera Raid Battle event was Tyranitar with the Mightiest Mark, granting the titleTyranitar the Unrivaled, which appeared at 7★ black Tera Raid crystals between March 28 to 30, 2025 & April 4 to 6. This Pokémon can only be caught once per save file, although the Tera Raid Battle can be attended repeatedly for additional item rewards. It always has Ghost as its Tera Type.
The second half of this event also included a repeat of the 5★ Blissey Spotlight.
The 78th Tera Raid Battle event was Quaquaval with the Mightiest Mark, granting the titleQuaquaval the Unrivaled, which appeared at 7★ black Tera Raid crystals between March 14 to 20, 2025. This Pokémon can only be caught once per save file, although the Tera Raid Battle can be attended repeatedly for additional item rewards. It always has Water as its Tera Type.
The 77th Tera Raid Battle event was Skeledirge with the Mightiest Mark, granting the titleSkeledirge the Unrivaled, which appeared at 7★ black Tera Raid crystals between March 7 to 13, 2025. This Pokémon can only be caught once per save file, although the Tera Raid Battle can be attended repeatedly for additional item rewards. It always has Fire as its Tera Type.
The 76th Tera Raid Battle event was Meowscarada with the Mightiest Mark, granting the titleMeowscarada the Unrivaled, which appeared at 7★ black Tera Raid crystals between February 28 to March 6, 2025. This Pokémon can only be caught once per save file, although the Tera Raid Battle can be attended repeatedly for additional item rewards. It always has Grass as its Tera Type.
The 75th Tera Raid Battle event was a repeat of the Walking Wake and Iron Leaves event, which appeared in 5★ Tera Raid crystals from February 21 to 27, 2025. Players that captured a Walking Wake or Iron Leaves in one of the previous events are ineligible to catch another during the February 21 to 27, 2025 period, but the raids can be attended repeatedly for additional item rewards.
February 14 to 16, 2025
Valentine's Day Milcery event banner
Released in celebration of Valentine's Day, the 74th Tera Raid Battle event featured Milcery with various Tera Types appearing more frequently in 5★ Tera Raid Battles from February 14 to 16, 2025.[1].
The 73rd Tera Raid Battle event featured "Version ExclusiveParadox Pokémon", with Scream Tail appearing in Pokémon Scarlet, and Iron Bundle appearing in Pokémon Violet. Both species appeared in 5★ Tera Raid crystals between January 24 to 26, 2025.
The 72nd Tera Raid Battle event featured AlolanExeggutor with the DragonTera Type. It appeared more frequently in 5★ Tera Raid Battles between January 17 to 19, 2025.