How to find the Chesnaught Tera Raid in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

It’s raid time, come Hell or Hyrule

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet are committed to launching 7-Star raids every two weeks, and the launch of 7-Star Chesnaught proves nothing will stop that train. Who cares if potentially the biggest game of the year is launching on the Nintendo Switch? We got Pokemon to catch!

But hey, Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom costs $70, which is more than what trainers who own Scarlet & Violet need to spend on this event. So if you’re ready to take this Rock Tera Type monster down, here’s how to find Chesnaught in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet.

Here are when the Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Chesnaught events start

May 12 – May 13, 2023
May 19 – May 21, 2023

Chesnaught will only appear during these two weekends.

Make sure you have high-end raids unlocked

Naturally, if you’re looking to challenge a 7-Star Raid, you should be able to cleanly defeat 6-Star raids. To unlock these, make sure you’ve completed all the core story paths and watched the credits roll after The Way Home story concludes. From here, you’ll need to finish the post-game quests that immediately unlock. After fighting a handful of raids with a 4-Star difficulty minimum, 7-Star raids will be available on the overworld and via online play while they are active.

Check out our detailed guide for unlocking high-end raids.

Locate the Chesnaught raid den on the main map

With these prerequisites behind you, 7-Star Raids will finally appear on your map. Look for a dark flashing Rock-Type icon to locate Chesnaught. Chesnaught will always sport a Rock Tera Type, which should streamline both finding the encounter and preparing for it. If it does not appear, go into your main menu and press the L button to connect to the internet.

You can choose to either fight Chesnaught with a group of CPU companions or let other players enter your lobby. Joining other players is highly recommended unless you’ve discovered a solo-viable strategy for the fight. Make sure to bring a level 100 Pokemon with maxed EVs and IVs to help your allies.

Search for a Chesnaught raid if one isn’t available!

If you wish to farm this encounter for the sweet loot that it drops, you’ll want to join other rooms online. This is fortunately a simple process.

Connect to the internet, then select the Poke Portal in the main menu. Select Tera Raid Battle, then search for a silhouette of Chesnaught. The card will be yellow with seven blue stars, so you can’t miss it. Many people will be running this event while it’s live, so connecting to a room may take a minute. If your connection fails, just try again until it works.

If no Chesnaught raids show up, wait for the “check for new postings” sign to light up on the bottom right side of the screen. Press X and hopefully an Chesnaught card will appear. If not, you’ll have to wait a minute or two for the check for new postings prompt to appear again.