Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Shiny Ting-Lu distribution just went live, limited time only
Heads up for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet players – Shiny Ting-Lu is now live as the next major distribution in both games. It’s being offered now via Mystery Gift.
This is the third round in the Shiny Legendary Pokemon Tera Raid Battle event. After players defeated Ting-Lu over one million times, the distribution was unlocked. The final total was 2,209,508.
You can get your hands on the Pokemon by going through the following steps:
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Shiny Ting-Lu distribution steps
- Launch Pokemon Scarlet or Pokemon Violet.
- Select Poke Portal on the X menu.
- Select Mystery Gift, then select Get via Internet to connect to the internet.
- Choose the gift you want to receive.
- Watch as the gift arrives in your game.
- Be sure to save your game.
Shiny Wo-Chien and Shiny Chien-Pao have also been offered through their own distributions (and can still be claimed) – we have those details here and here. Note that there is one final Tera Raid Battle event starting Sunday with Shiny Chi-Yu – if the goal is met, we’ll let you know when the distribution starts.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are out on Nintendo Switch with the Shiny Ting-Lu distribution happening until September 30, 2025. Also for those interested, we have a running list of Mystery Gift codes for the games here.