Pokemon Scarlet & Violet DLC: What happens if you accidentally defeat a Legendary?

The Indigo Disk DLC has a long list of past games Legendaries to catch, so once you finish your adventures in the Blueberry Academy, you can start a Legends hunt. If you accidentally defeat a roaming Legendary Pokemon, here’s what will happen.

The story of Pokemon games always takes players to the fierce Legendary battles they fought in the franchise. Catching the box-art Legendary Pokemon is always one of the main objectives when tackling a new Pokemon game.

There are many strategies to catch Legendaries, including putting the Pokemon to sleep, paralyzing it, or just reducing its HP as low as possible. Moves like False Swipe have always helped when reducing a Pokemon’s HP without killing it, but what happens if you accidentally defeat it?

If you are wondering what happens if you defeat a Legendary with a static encounter, here’s all you need to know.

Pokemon S&V DLC: How to make Legendaries respawn after accidental defeat

To make a Legendary respawn after accidentally defeating it in the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet DLC, players will need to fly to the nearest fast-travel point and wait. You need almost 10 minutes of real-time and a game reset to force a respawn on Legendaries.

If you want to speed up the process, you can always close the game and move the Nintendo Switch’s console clock 24 hours into the future. This will ensure the respawn, as the game will think that 24 hours have passed in real-time.

The Indigo Disk DLC introduced many new features, including the Blueberry Quests that players can complete to earn BP. For every 10 BBQs the player completes, an NPC in the Blueberry Academy’s entrance will gift you lures to make Legendary Pokemon from past games spawn in Paldea.

Remember to pack a good amount of Ultra Balls, have Pokemon with sleep moves, False Swipe, and patience, since most of these catches are extremely difficult.

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