Roaring Moon location: Where to catch Roaring Moon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Roaring Moon is one of the coolest looking, and hardest to find Pokemon in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

Roaring Moon, which is a Paradox form of Salamance, is a Pokemon exclusive to Pokemon Scarlet. It’s also exclusive to the Great Crater, so you’ll have to be in the final area of the game in order to find it.

Roaring Moon location isn’t very obvious, even when you access the Great Crater, so we’ve created this handy guide.

Read on to find out Roaring Moon location in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

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Roaring Moon location: Where to catch Roaring Moon in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

• Head to the bottom of the Great Crater

Make your way all the way down to the bottom of the Great Crater, just before you enter the large cave that is directly outside the last research station you need to visit.

• Go down the path on the left

Head toward the left of the cave opening, until you’ve gone under a hanging rock formation, and look for the tree in the image above. (Girafarig optional).

• Find the above rock formation.

There’s a very different rock formation with a small opening. Head through it.

• Head through the cave

Once you’re through the rock formation, head towards the waterfall. Once you’re in the grassy area ou

• Find Roaring Moon

Roaring Moon will then begin to spawn. Thankfully, there are a few of them in here, so it’s not like you need to make sure that you nail the catch straight away. It’s one of the strongest Pokemon in the game, and if you’ve got a friend with Pokemon Violet, it’s the perfect Pokemon to trade for Iron Valiant.

Shiny Roaring Moon

Roaring Moon Shiny form can be found in the same area, however, like all shiny Pokemon, it’s very rare. There are some ways that you can increase the rate at which shiny Pokemon spawn, and thanks to Roaring Moon’s unique typing, there are ways you can manipulate the spawn rate of Roaring Moon’s shiny form.

Dark Shiny Sandwich Recipe

• Smoked Fillet
• Salty Herba Mystica
• Sweet Herba Mystica

• Smoked Filet X2
• Prosciutto
• Green Pepper
• Red Pepper
• Yellow Pepper
• Any Herba Mystica X2

Dragon Shiny Sandwich Recipe

• Avocado
• Salty Herba Mystica X2

• Avocado X2
• Prosciutto
• Green Pepper
• Red Pepper
• Yellow Pepper
• Any Herba Mystica X2

Shiny Roaring Moon: Isolated encounter Roaring Moon

One of the most effective ways to hunt shiny Roaring Moon is by using the isolated encounter method.

The isolated encounter method is a shiny hunting method that is one of the most effective in the game. By forcing the game to exclusively spawn Pokemon of a certain type, the isolated encounter method means that you can enter Roaring Moon’s cave, make a Dragon-type shiny sandwich, and the game will then exclusively spawn that type of Pokemon.

While Roaring Moon can’t be exclusively hunted using the isolated encounter method because Zwelious, another Dragon-type spawns in the same cave, this does mean you can limit the number of species that appear to just those types, making the hunt easier. Zwelious is also a very popular shiny Pokemon so it’s a solid double hunt, should you be looking for both.

You can learn more about the isolated encounter method in our guide.

Roaring Moon: Best Roaring Moon movesets

Roaring Moon is an incredibly strong new Pokemon introduced in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Only found in the wild in Pokemon Scarlet, the new Paradox Pokemon is one of the toughest attackers in the game when set up properly.

The current meta move set for Roaring Moon is all about Dragon Dance. This boosts the users attack and speed, meaning that Roaring Moon, who already has high stats in these categories, gets another significant boost.

Roaring Moon meta move set: 

• Scale Shot
• Crunch
• Dragon Dance
• Iron Head

Roaring Moon: Best Tera Type

For Roaring Moon, we reccomend the Steel tera-type, as this will make Iron Head a one-shot knockout for almost any opposing Pokemon.