Pokémon Scarlet & Violet: 3 Ways to Swap to Your Pokémon's Hidden Ability

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Unlock your Pokémon's hidden potential by swapping their Ability
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All Pokémon have Abilities that give passive effects in battle, but many Pokémon have Hidden Abilities—and sometimes, these Hidden Abilities are much more powerful than their normal counterparts. But how do you get a Hidden Ability on your Pokémon? There are a couple of ways to do this, though most involve participating in high-end raids. Keep reading to learn how to get your Pokémon's Hidden Ability in Scarlet and Violet.

Things You Should Know

  • Participate in 6- and 7-Star Tera Raid Battles to get Ability Patches, which swap your Pokémon's Ability.
  • You can also get Pokémon with their Hidden Ability in 6- and 7-Star Tera Raid Battles.
  • If you've got a Pokémon with a Hidden Ability and want to get more, breed them with a Ditto.
Method 1
Method 1 of 3:

Using an Ability Patch

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    Ability Patches are items that allow you to change a Pokémon's Ability into one of its Hidden Abilities, and the only way to get them is to finish 6- or 7-Star Tera Raid Battles . These are some of the hardest fights in the game, so make sure you prepare accordingly.
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    After getting an Ability Patch, open your bag and navigate to the item.
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    While Ability Patches can be used on any Pokémon, their rarity and difficulty in obtaining means that most players save them for special Pokémon, such as shinies or legendaries.
    • Ability Patches can only be used on Pokémon that have Hidden Abilities. For example, you cannot use one on a Metapod because they can only have the ability Shed Skin. [1]
    • If a Pokémon has their Ability changed into a Hidden Ability, they will retain a Hidden Ability when evolving. For example, if you used an Ability Patch on a Lillipup to give it Run Away, that ability will change to Scrappy once it evolves into Herdier (as Scrappy is Herdier's Hidden Ability).
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Tera Raid Battles

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    Pokémon caught in 6- or 7-Star Tera Raid Battles have a higher chance of having their Hidden Ability. These are some of the hardest fights in the game, so make sure you prepare accordingly. [2]
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    Note that if you're completing a 7-Star Tera Raid Battle, the Pokémon you catch can only be caught once. 6-Star Tera Raid Battles, however, do not have this restriction, so if you get the wrong Ability, you can try again.
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Breeding

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    While this method doesn't work if you have zero Pokémon with Hidden Abilities, it works if you're trying to breed more Pokémon with a specific Hidden Ability for better IVs and you have one already.
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    Alternatively, if the Pokémon you have with the Hidden Ability is a female, you can breed her with a male of her same species.
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    You can now reliably produce multiple Pokémon with their Hidden Ability, either for getting perfect IVs or for sending to friends.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ability_Patch
      2. ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_6★_Tera_Raid_Battles_(Paldea)

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