If you are still logging into Pokémon Scarlet or Violet, your August calendar just filled up. Four consecutive 7-Star Tera Raid Battle events were confirmed today, running weekly from 7 August all the way through 3 September — one rare boss per week, each with its own Mass Outbreak to farm alongside it.

The Full August–September 7-Star Raid Schedule

Here is the confirmed schedule announced by The Pokémon Company via Serebii:

• August 7–13 — Glimmora (Grass Tera Type): The crystalline poison-rock Pokémon gets a Grass Tera boost. Mass Outbreaks will bring boosted shiny rates for Glimmet and Glimmora across Paldea and Kitakami.
• August 14–20 — Annihilape (Ghost Tera Type): The Rage Fist specialist receives a Ghost Tera twist. Expect increased Angry Mark encounters for Mankey, Primeape, and Annihilape during the accompanying outbreak.
• August 21–27 — Farigiraf (Fairy Tera Type): The tall, psychic giraffe goes Fairy this time. The Mass Outbreak during this period has boosted Intellectual Mark chances for Girafarig and Farigiraf.
• August 28–September 3 — Kingambit (Dark Tera Type): The king of the Bisharp line closes out the run as a Dark Tera boss. Charismatic Mark appearances are elevated for Pawniard, Bisharp, and Kingambit throughout.

All four 7-Star Tera Raid Pokémon can be battled as many times as you like but only caught once per save file — so clear the raid before hunting the mark-boosted outbreak if you want both the Tera version and a marked specimen.

The Bonus Marks Are the Real Prize

The Mark system adds a surprise layer of value to these weeks. Angry Mark on a wild Annihilape, Intellectual Mark on a Farigiraf, Charismatic Mark on a Kingambit — these all give your Pokémon an extra title in battle and are genuinely rare under normal outbreak conditions. The boosted windows are exactly the time to stock up on your mark-hunting kit (Picnics, Sandwiches with a Catching Power boost) and grind for ribbon-worthy catches alongside the 7-Star clears.

Worth Knowing: Legends: Z-A Ranked Battles Also Start 6 August

If you have already moved on to Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Ranked Battle Season 15 kicks off on 6 August and runs through 27 August. This season is restricted to Water-type Pokémon only, with Mega Stones among the rewards for hitting certain ranks — a compact meta that rewards tight team building. Both games give you plenty to grind for heading into August.

For more Pokémon game news and event guides, keep an eye on GameTrader.SG. The Scarlet & Violet raid window opens at midnight UTC on each start date — that translates to 8:00 AM SGT for Singapore players, so set your alarm if you want to be in the first wave.

The internet’s favourite punching bag has levelled up. The Pokémon Company has announced that a Dragon-type Magikarp bearing the Mightiest Mark will be the next 7-star Tera Raid boss in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet — and yes, that is the most gloriously absurd sentence in recent Pokémon history. The event launches this Thursday and runs well into August, so Singapore trainers have plenty of time to catch (and gloat about) history’s most ironic raid trophy.

The Mighty Magikarp — Dates, Tera Type and the Mightiest Mark

The 7-star Dragon Tera Magikarp raid runs from Thursday, 17 July at 8:00 AM SGT through 6 August at 11:59 PM UTC (7 August, 7:59 AM SGT). The event was confirmed by the official @Pokemon_cojp Twitter account on 10 July.

As with all 7-star Tera Raids, this Magikarp carries the Mightiest Mark — a ribbon exclusive to event raid catches that cannot be obtained any other way. You can only catch it once per save file, so if you want one, make it count. The Dragon Tera type strips away its Water typing during the raid, opening up a different set of weaknesses than you would expect from a fish.

Water-Type Mass Outbreaks Across Every Region

The main event is not the only reason to log in this summer. Alongside the Magikarp raid, Water-type Pokémon mass outbreaks are running across all four playable areas during the same window:

• Casseroya Lake (Paldea): Dondozo, Tatsugiri, and Veluza, each carrying a special personality mark
• Paldea overworld: Psyduck and Slowpoke outbreaks
• Kitakami: Feebas and White-Striped Basculin
• Blueberry Academy Terarium: Lapras

Mark-hunting fans should prepare a sandwich with Title Power: Water before heading out — the buff raises the chances of encountering marked Water-type Pokémon during outbreaks. Feebas is particularly worth the effort, as it remains one of the harder Pokémon to find in the wild normally.

How to Beat a 7-Star Dragon-Type Magikarp

Magikarp’s natural learnset is famously limited, but The Pokémon Company does curate custom movesets for 7-star events — the full moveset will be confirmed once the raid goes live on 17 July. What we can work with going in:

• A Dragon Tera type is weak to Dragon, Ice, and Fairy moves. Sylveon, Togekiss, Gardevoir, and Iron Valiant are all solid choices from that angle.
• Ghost-type Pokémon are immune to Normal-type attacks, which covers Magikarp’s base attack pool. A Ghost/Dragon like Dragapult or a Fairy-type with decent bulk can cover both angles.
• 7-star bosses enter a shield phase mid-raid, so bring a Pokémon that can stay healthy through the break and keep up damage pressure afterwards.

Once the raid is live, the Smogon community typically has optimised builds posted within hours. For more Pokémon game news, check back here — we will update if The Pokémon Company drops any additional event details before Thursday.