This is a guide for obtaining the Ability Patches in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. It’s a great item for avid breeding and training players. Below we’ll navigate you through the necessary steps to obtaining them.

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Ability Patches are obtained from 6-Star Tera Raids.

What are Ability Patches¶

Ability Patches are a single-use item that’ll allow you to change your Pokemon’s current ability over to a Hidden Ability. Due to the fact that these abilities aren’t the easiest to get you’ll find that the Hidden Abilities are in high demand in the competitive breeding and training side of the game..

How to Get Ability Patches in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet¶

Currently the only way you can get your hands on Ability Patches in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is by completing 6-star Raids Tera Raid Battles. However, before you can gain access to the 6 star raids you’ll need to complete all three story paths, post-game tournaments and then fight a number of 5 star Tera Raid battles.

Additionally, 6-star Tera Raid will require you to defeat Level 90 Pokemon which as you may have guessed is very difficult with AI teammates, so you’ll want to do this online if possible, to give yourself a better chance of completing these battles. Make sure to use Battle Items, such a X-Attack, as this will improve the amount of damage you do against the Tera Pokemon.

How to Use Ability Patches¶

Once you’ve got your hands on an Ability Patch, open up your bag and navigate your way over to the “Other Items” Tab and select it. This will allow you to select a Pokemon in your Team to change its Ability to a Hidden Ability of its species. However, not every Pokemon has a Hidden Ability, but you can see which ones do or don’t as it’ll say “Can Use” or “Cant use” below its icon.