DexVoyageIndependent Pokémon reference
  1. Home
  2. History
  3. Generation IX

Generation IX, what changed

Generation IX made Terastallization the battle mechanic and dropped Dynamax

In review Under fact check; out of search until accepted.

Generation IX added Terastallization, which let a Pokémon take on its Tera Type once per battle. Scarlet and Violet went on sale on 18 November 2022 for the Nintendo Switch, set in the open region of Paldea. With The Teal Mask and The Indigo Disk in 2023 and an epilogue, the generation added 120 species for a total of 1025.

Generation IX: Scarlet, Violet, The Teal Mask and The Indigo Disk. Main-series games only.

Types18, plus Stellar for Tera only
Stat formulaIVs, EVs, nature, mints
Physical and specialBy move
BreedingPicnic basket eggs
Battle mechanicTerastallization
GamesScarlet, Violet, The Teal Mask, The Indigo Disk

The defining change

Terastallization and Tera Raid Battles arrived

  • Terastallization recharged at a Pokémon Center after each use.
  • Tera Raid Battles replaced Max Raid Battles.
  • The Let's Go command sent the lead Pokémon to battle wild Pokémon automatically.
  • TMs became single-use again and were made from materials at TM Machines.

Stellar arrived as a Tera-only type

  • No new standard types arrived; the chart stayed at 18.
  • The Indigo Disk added Stellar, a type used only as a Tera Type.
  • Paldean Wooper became Poison and Ground, and the three Paldean Tauros breeds were Fighting, Fighting and Fire, and Fighting and Water.

Terastallization changed defense without changing the chart

  • A Terastallized Pokémon defended as its single Tera Type, except a Stellar Tera Type, which kept the original types.

Tera STAB reached 2 times and snow replaced hail

  • STAB rose to 2 times when a Pokémon Terastallized into one of its original types.
  • Moves of the Tera Type under 60 base power were raised to 60, apart from multi-hit and priority moves.
  • Snow replaced hail, raising Ice-type Defense by 1.5 times and dealing no damage.

Picnics replaced the Nursery

  • Picnics replaced the Nursery: eggs appeared in the picnic basket.
  • Egg moves transferred between two Pokémon of one species at a picnic.
  • Hyper Training became available from level 50.
  • Sandwiches with Sparkling Power raised shiny odds for one species.

Dynamax left after one generation

  • Dynamax and Gigantamax were dropped.
  • Mass outbreaks became visible on the map and repeatable.

Scarlet and Violet split the Paradox Pokémon by era

  • Scarlet featured Koraidon and the ancient Paradox Pokémon; Violet featured Miraidon and the future Paradox Pokémon.
  • Scarlet's school was Naranja Academy and Violet's was Uva Academy.
  • The Teal Mask added the Kitakami region, and The Indigo Disk added Blueberry Academy and the Stellar type.

3 releases, 2022 to 2023

Type chart era

18 types in the Generations VI to IX chart

Battles in these games follow that chart, shared with the rest of Generations VI to IX. Open the type chart by era

Generation IX adds Tera notes to the matchup columns

  • Learnset tabs Scarlet-Violet, The Teal Mask and The Indigo Disk carry separate lists where the expansions changed them.
  • The matchup column is the Gen VI and later chart; a Tera note shows the single-type defense after Terastallizing.
  • The forms block lists Paldean Wooper and the three Paldean Tauros breeds.
  • The breeding block shows picnic transfer of egg moves in place of the Nursery.

120 of the 1025 species this site covers arrived in Generation IX

All species

The first 24 by number.

Terms this generation shaped

Logbook

Your team

    Add from any species sheet. Six slots.

    Sheets you opened

      Your game

      Version switches remember not set.

      The logbook stays in this browser. No account, no sync, nothing sent.