In Scarlet & Violet, the key to improving the shiny spawn rates is to make special sandwiches. However, their main ingredient is the valuable and scarce Herba Mystica, which can only be found in particular Tera Raid battles. Here’s how you can farm this elusive item fast.
Tera Raids are the only way players can acquire Herba Mystica, a mysterious plant that can significantly increase the odds of finding a Shiny Pokemon.
However, Herba Mystica is hard to come by as its drop rate is seemingly low. Despite every five-star raid and above having the chance to drop an herb, players can spend hours completing raids and never finding one.
That being said, specific Tera Raid Pokemon players can target to farm Herba Mystica much more reliably.
How to farm Herba Mystica from Tera Raids
While players can refresh the available Tera Raids in the Poke Portal every few minutes or use online forums to join via codes, we’ve found the quickest method for farming all five Herba Mystica types is by resetting the Tera Raids on your own map.
This method requires players to have beaten the post-game story and unlock Six-Star Tera Raids. While players can refresh their maps and check every Raid Crystal for Five-Star Raids, the Six-Star raids are highlighted and can easily be located without roaming Paldea blindly.
Below is a step-by-step guide for the best method of Farming Herba Mystica in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet:
- Launch Pokemon Scarlet & Violet
- Open the map and locate the Six-Star Tera Raid
- Defeat the Tera Raid Pokemon online or solo
- Open the in-game map again
- Press the HOME button on the Switch
- Navigate to Settings
- Scroll down to System and select Date and Time
- Open Date and Time and select OK (Turn off Synchronize Clock if necessary)
- Press HOME button and return to Pokemon Scarlet & Violet
- Locate the new Six-Star Tera Raid
- Repeat steps 3-10
Continuously defeating Six-Star Tera Raids is the best way to Farm Herba Mystica, even if they aren’t Pokemon listed below. Players can even make Raid Power sandwiches to increase the number of rewards they earn from a single raid to further improve their odds of obtaining Herba Mystica.
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Tera Raid Pokemon that drop more Herba Mystica
Certain Tera Raid Pokemon have a higher chance of dropping Herba Mystica once defeated. Not because the odds themselves are higher but because they can drop more than one type of Herba Mystica. In some cases, a Tera Raid Pokemon can drop every kind of Herba Mystica, making them the best Pokemon to target for farming sandwich ingredients.
Below is a list of some of the Tera Raid Pokemon that players can target to farm Herba Mystica:
Five-star Tera Raids
| Image | Pokemon | Herba Mystica |
|---|---|---|
| Abomasnow | Spicy | |
| Altaria | Sour | |
| Amoonguss | Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy, Sweet | |
| Annihilape | Spicy | |
| Appletun | Bitter | |
| Arcanine | Spicy | |
| Arboliva | Bitter | |
| Armarouge | Bitter | |
| Avalugg | Salty | |
| Blissey | Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy, Sweet | |
| Baxcalibur | Spicy | |
| Bombirdier | Spicy | |
| Brambleghast | Spicy | |
| Braviary | Spicy | |
| Breloom | Spicy | |
| Bronzong | Salty | |
| Camerupt | Bitter | |
| Ceruledge | Spicy | |
| Cetitan | Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy, Sweet | |
| Clawitzer | Bitter | |
| Cloyster | Salty | |
| Coalossal | Salty | |
| Copperajah | Salty | |
| Corviknight | Salty | |
| Delibird | Sweet | |
| Ditto | Sweet | |
| Dondozo | Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy, Sweet | |
| Dragonite | Spicy | |
| Dragapult | Sweet | |
| Dragalge | Sour | |
| Drifblim | Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy, Sweet | |
| Eelektross | Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy, Sweet | |
| Eevee | Bitter | |
| Falinks | Spicy | |
| Flapple | Spicy | |
| Froslass | Sweet | |
| Gallade | Spicy | |
| Garchomp | Spicy | |
| Gardevoir | Bitter | |
| Garganacl | Salty | |
| Gengar | Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy, Sweet | |
| Glalie | Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy, Sweet | |
| Glimmora | Bitter | |
| Goodra | Sour | |
| Gothitelle | Sour | |
| Greedent | Salty | |
| Grimmsnarl | Spicy | |
| Gyarados | Spicy | |
| Hatterene | Sour | |
| Hariyama | Spicy | |
| Haxorus | Spicy | |
| Hippowdon | Salty | |
| Honchkrow | Spicy | |
| Houndoom | Bitter | |
| Hydreigon | Bitter | |
| Indeedee | Spicy | |
| Kingambit | Spicy | |
| Krookodile | Spicy | |
| Luxray | Spicy | |
| Mabosstiff | Spicy | |
| Magnezone | Bitter | |
| Mimikyu | Sour | |
| Mismagius | Sour | |
| Mudsdale | Spicy | |
| Noivern | Sweet | |
| Oranguru | Bitter | |
| Orthworm | Salty | |
| Palafin | Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy, Sweet | |
| Passimian | Spicy | |
| Pawmot | Sweet | |
| Pincurchin | Bitter | |
| Polteageist | Bitter | |
| Raichu | Sweet | |
| Revavroom | Spicy | |
| Rotom | Bitter | |
| Sableye | Sweet | |
| Salamence | Spicy | |
| Scizor | Spicy | |
| Scyther | Spicy | |
| Slaking | Spicy | |
| Slowbro | Sour, Salty | |
| Slowking | Sour | |
| Staraptor | Spicy | |
| Talonflame | Sweet | |
| Tatsugiri | Bitter | |
| Tauros | Spicy | |
| Tinkaton | Sour | |
| Tsareena | Spicy | |
| Toxtricity | Bitter | |
| Tyranitar | Spicy | |
| Volcarona | Bitter | |
| Weavile | Sweet | |
| Zoroark | Bitter |
Six-star Tera Raids
| Image | Pokemon | Herba Mystica |
|---|---|---|
| Amoonguss | Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy, Sweet | |
| Annihilape | Spicy | |
| Armarouge | Bitter | |
| Avalugg | Salty | |
| Baxcalibur | Spicy | |
| Blissey | Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy, Sweet | |
| Bombirdier | Spicy | |
| Breloom | Spicy | |
| Ceruledge | Spicy | |
| Cetitan | Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy, Sweet | |
| Clawitzer | Bitter | |
| Clodsire | Sour | |
| Corviknight | Salty | |
| Cyclizar | Sweet | |
| Dachsbun | Salty | |
| Ditto | Sweet | |
| Dondozo | Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy, Sweet | |
| Dragalge | Bitter, Sweet | |
| Dragapult | Sweet | |
| Dragonite | Spicy | |
| Espeon | Bitter | |
| Farigiraf | Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy, Sweet | |
| Flareon | Spicy | |
| Frosmoth | Sour | |
| Gallade | Spicy | |
| Garchomp | Spicy | |
| Gardevoir | Bitter | |
| Garganacl | Salty | |
| Gengar | Bitter | |
| Glaceon | Bitter | |
| Glimmora | Bitter | |
| Goodra | Sour | |
| Grafaiai | Sweet | |
| Gyarados | Spicy | |
| Haxorus | Spicy | |
| Heracross | Spicy | |
| Hippowdon | Salty | |
| Hydreigon | Bitter | |
| Jolteon | Sweet | |
| Kilowattrel | Sweet | |
| Kingambit | Spicy | |
| Klawf | Salty | |
| Leafeon | Spicy | |
| Lycanroc | Spicy | |
| Mabosstiff | Spicy | |
| Magnezone | Bitter | |
| Maushold | Sweet | |
| Mimikyu | Sour | |
| Orthworm | Salty | |
| Pawmot | Spicy | |
| Pelipper | Salty | |
| Pincurchin | Spicy | |
| Revavroom | Spicy | |
| Salamence | Spicy | |
| Scizor | Spicy | |
| Slowking | Sour | |
| Staraptor | Spicy | |
| Sylveon | Bitter | |
| Talonflame | Sweet | |
| Tauros | Spicy | |
| Tinkaton | Sour | |
| Toedscruel | Sour | |
| Torkoal | Salty | |
| Toxapex | Salty | |
| Tyranitar | Spicy | |
| Umbreon | Sour | |
| Vaporeon | Bitter, Sour, Salty, Spicy, Sweet | |
| Volcarona | Bitter |
Despite these Pokemon having the best odds of dropping Herba Mystica, it still isn’t guaranteed each Tera Raid. But to further increase these odds, players can use the Raid Power sandwich recipe to boost the number of rare items that drop per battle.
Once you get that Herba Mystica, you can check our Best shiny sandwich recipes in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet guide to begin your shiny hunting.
And to make conquering Tera Raids even easier, check out some of our best build guides:
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