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How to Get Hidden Ability Starters in Scarlet Violet

To get hidden ability starters in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, players can obtain them through various methods, including purchasing an Ability Patch or Ability Capsule, completing 6-Star Tera Raids, or breeding a female Pokémon with a hidden ability. The hidden ability can be obtained by using an Ability Patch, which can be gained by completing 6-Star Tera Raids or purchased at Chansey Supply Shops for 100,000 dollars after completing the main narrative and post-game story.

Obtaining Hidden Ability Starters

Methods for Obtaining Hidden Ability Starters

Players can obtain hidden ability starters by using an Ability Patch, which can be purchased or obtained through 6-Star Tera Raids.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1: How Do You Get the Hidden Ability Capsule in Scarlet Violet?

You need to first fully complete the main narrative in Scarlet and Violet, including the post-game story, and then Ability Capsules can be purchased at Chansey Supply Shops for 100,000 dollars.

Q2: Is There a Way to Get the Other Starters in Scarlet and Violet?

All three starters can be obtained through trading with another player who has the desired starter Pokémon, which can be done locally or through the internet.

Q3: How Do You Get Abilities in Scarlet and Violet?

The Ability Patch can be gained by completing 6-Star Tera Raids, which has an extremely low drop rate, so it might take more than one 6-Star Raid to complete before obtaining one.

Q4: Which is Better Fuecoco or Sprigatito?

Although Fuecoco would win in a head-to-head battle, Sprigatito’s ability to act earlier in most fights without sacrificing any power gives it a distinct advantage.

Q5: Is Quaxly Better than Fuecoco?

Quaxly is the best option if you prefer to overwhelm opponents with your speed, and Fuecoco if you want to have a beefy tank with lots of HP that also hits hard.

Q6: What’s the Best Paldea Starter?

Fuecoco is considered the best Paldea starter because it’s the one the Speedrun uses, and the Fuecoco line can pretty much handle anything the game throws at it.

Q7: How Do You Get Hidden Ability Starters?

In the Max Lair, you can get an item called the Ability Patch, which allows you to change your Pokémon’s Ability to its Hidden Ability, if it has one.

Q8: How Do You Get a Pokémon’s Hidden Ability?

One surefire way to get a Hidden Ability is using an Ability Patch, which can be used to change a normal Ability to a Hidden Ability.

Q9: Can You Breed for Hidden Abilities?

Breeding is also a good method of getting Pokémon with a Hidden Ability, but your female parent Pokémon needs to already have the Hidden Ability.

Q10: How to Get All Starters in Pokémon Scarlet Without Trading?

If you transfer a Pokémon from Scarlet or Violet into the mobile version of Pokémon Home, you’ll receive all three starters from that game: Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly.

Q11: Can Squirtle be Transferred to Scarlet and Violet?

Sadly, some fan-favorite Pokémon such as Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Chimchar are not eligible to come to the Paldea region at the time of writing.

Q12: Can You Get Mudkip in Violet?

Among starters, only the sixth-, eighth-, and ninth-gen starters, the Hisuian starters, and the Charmander line are in, but datamines have indicated that all starters will most likely be added with the DLC.

Q13: How Do I Change My Annihilape Ability to Defiant?

In case it is not set to Defiant, players will need to use Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s Ability Patch items to trigger the change.

Q14: What Pokémon Drop Ability Patch?