Pokemon Scarlet And Violet Abruptly Cancel The Latest Tera Raid Battles

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Last weekend was supposed to be a big one for Pokemon Scarlet & Violet raids. Not only the chance for players to battle and catch version exclusives Iron Treads and Great Tusk, but also a second chance to add Chesnaught to your collection. Unfortunately, all three of those raids were quickly pulled and are yet to return as players reported receiving nothing for beating them thanks to a bug.

Reported by Destructoid, a note informing players the raids had been pulled was posted to Pokemon's Japanese Twitter account mere hours after it went live. The raids were supposed to be live from Friday through Sunday, leaving those with plans on taking part in all three with an unexpected free schedule.

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The information explaining why the three raids weren't available didn't make it to other Pokemon accounts until a little while later, leaving many confused as to why none of them were waiting for them when they ventured back into Paldea. Even more confusing was the decision to pull Chesnaught's raid even though the bug only seemed to affect players after beating the five-star Great Tusk and Iron Treads raids.

A particularly annoying detail for those playing Tears of the Kingdom (so, everybody, right?) as the first chance to catch Chesnaught coincided with the Zelda game's launch weekend. With many of you exploring Hyrule the week prior, you may well have been relying on Chesnaught returning to raids last weekend. No new dates have been announced for any of the canceled raids.

As for what exactly was happening to select players who jumped into the raids early, apparently, the games were crashing and leaving players with a message that simply read “none”. No Pokemon nor