Paradox Pokemon are a big deal in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. The archaic forerunners and advanced future generation of Pokemon are akin to modern Ultra Beasts. Though they aren’t actually legendaries and can be caught multiple times, they have stats on par with the likes of Zapdos and Suicune.
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What makes them even more similar to the Ultra Beasts is that they all share the same abilities. Booster Energy ties into those abilities and makes Paradox Pokemon even more powerful in battle.
What is Booster Energy Used For in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
Booster Energy is a new held item in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet that Paradox Pokemon can use. The item activates the Quark Drive and Protosynthesis abilities used by all Paradox Pokemon except Koraidon and Miraidon. The only drawback is that Booster Energy is useless for non-Paradox Pokemon and has no effect if a regular Pokemon use it.
Quark Drive is used by the futuristic Pokemon Violet Pokemon, boosting their best attack or defense stat by 30% or boosting their speed by 50% when Electric Terrain is active. The primitive Paradox Pokemon of Pokemon Scarlet have Protosynthesis, which does the same if Sunny Day is active.
A free stat boost is helpful, but the requirement of Electric Terrain or Sunny Day makes it unreliable. Booster Energy guarantees that the ability stays active even if the weather or terrain changes. For the time being, it’s almost unanimously the best item to give to Paradox Pokemon in Tera Raids. That will likely also be the case in ranked battles once Paradox Pokemon are legalized.
How to Get Booster Energy in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet
Booster Energy is found in Lab Zero at the very end of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s story. The item is easy to spot and is found on the ground after coming face-to-face with the professor.
Alongside this, Paradox Pokemon caught in the wild have a 5% chance of holding one. Players can farm more Booster Energy by either capturing wild Paradox Pokemon or using the move Thief. The only Pokemon that learns this move normally is Bombirdier, but the move can also be taught via TM to dozens of different Pokemon, including Tinkaton, Revavroom, and Meowscarada.
Players can also use Pokemon with the ability Frisk to find out if a wild Pokemon has the item. Gothitelle, Grimmsnarl, Noivern, and Espathra all have Frisk as a regular ability. That said, it’s easy to spot whether a Paradox Pokemon has Booster Energy, as the item will activate at the start of the battle with the player being notified with a pop-up message.
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet are available now on Nintendo Switch.
