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How to Get Bottle Caps

Every way to get Bottle Caps in Scarlet & Violet, including the way we always tell people in chat ♡

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The short version

What do Bottle Caps do?

You trade them in for Hyper Training, which maxes out your Pokémon's IVs (the hidden values behind each of its stats). A Bottle Cap maxes out one stat, and a Gold Bottle Cap maxes out all six at once ♡

How Hyper Training works

  • Where to goMontenevera. Talk to the man with the Abomasnow, right by the Pokémon Center.
  • Who can trainAny Pokémon at Lv. 50 or higher.
  • What it costsOne Bottle Cap for each stat you want maxed, or one Gold Bottle Cap for all six.
The way we always tell people

Raid for Ability Patches, then go shopping

This is what we tell EVERYONE who asks in chat! Our Ability Patch Ditto hands over five Ability Patches every single run. Sell them, then buy your Bottle Caps at Delibird Presents.

Ability PatchBeat the Ability Patch Ditto5 Ability Patches
Sell them at any shop₽625,000
Bottle CapBuy Bottle Caps at ₽20,000 each31 Bottle Caps
Enough to fully max5 Pokémon
  • Six badges first. Delibird Presents only sells Bottle Caps once you have six Gym Badges, and any six count. You'll find them at Delibird Presents in Mesagoza, Cascarrafa and Levincia.
  • It's a one shot. Anyone can join, no build needed, and you can do it again and again ♡
  • Want more? Every run pays five more Patches, so every run is another thirty-one Bottle Caps.
On our stream

Raids that hand over Bottle Caps

Rather skip the shopping? These are the shiny raids that hand over the MOST Bottle Caps, worked out from the game's own reward tables. The rewards are locked in before anyone joins, so everyone in the lobby gets them, every run. Copy a code and paste it in our Twitch chat while we're live ♡

Shiny Tyranitar

Shiny Tyranitar

6★ · Paldea · ScarletBottle Cap×6 Bottle Caps
Shiny Torkoal

Shiny Torkoal

6★ · Paldea · VioletBottle Cap×6 Bottle Caps
Shiny Milotic

Shiny Milotic

6★ · Kitakami · Scarlet or VioletBottle Cap×6 Bottle Caps
Shiny Golurk

Shiny Golurk

6★ · Blueberry Academy · Scarlet or VioletBottle Cap×6 Bottle Caps
Shiny Ditto

Shiny Ditto

6★ · Paldea · VioletBottle Cap×5 Bottle Caps

Every shiny 5★ and 6★ raid can drop Bottle Caps as a random reward, but these are the best shiny ones we found. Regular raids never drop Gold Bottle Caps, so for those, see the Item Printer below.

The Indigo Disk

Print Gold Bottle Caps with the Item Printer

The Item Printer in The Indigo Disk picks what it prints using your Switch's clock. Set the clock to the right second and it prints Gold Bottle Caps, the same way every time. One Gold Bottle Cap maxes all six stats, so a few of them go a long way ♡

What you need

  • A Master Ball Item Printer. Talk to Reese in the League Club Room to upgrade it as you use it: Great Ball (200 BP), Ultra Ball (500 BP), then Master Ball (1,000 BP), which also needs you to have caught Terapagos. The trick only works at Master Ball.
  • BP and materials for one job of five prints. On the materials screen, press X to fill them in for you.
  • A stopwatch on your phone.
  1. 1

    Save at the printer

    Walk up to the Item Printer in the League Club Room, save your game right there, then close the game completely.

  2. 2

    Change the clock

    On your Switch, go to System Settings, System, Date and Time. Turn off Synchronize Clock via Internet, then set the date to January 24, 2018 and the time to 9:28 AM. Start your stopwatch the moment you press OK.

  3. 3

    Get to the menu

    Open the game and talk to Reese at the printer until I want to print something shows up. Don't pick it yet!

  4. 4

    Hit the exact second

    The magic second is 9:29:28 AM, so 1 minute 28 seconds on your stopwatch. Pick I want to print something so the screen fades to black right on that second. The game lags a tiny bit, so you may need to press a second or two early.

  5. 5

    Print five

    Choose to print five times, add your materials and print. You should get seven Gold Bottle Caps across the five prints, plus some Exp. Candy XS.

  6. 6

    Put the clock back

    Turn Synchronize Clock via Internet back on when you're done, so your Switch shows the real time again.

  • Got different items? You were a second off. Close the game, set the clock back to 9:28 AM and try again, pressing a little earlier or later. It takes a few tries to find your timing, and each try uses materials.
  • Flashing yellow lights? If your printer already has the double items bonus going when you do this, the same second prints fourteen Gold Bottle Caps!
  • Your time zone doesn't matter. The printer goes by the time your Switch shows, wherever you are.

This trick was figured out by the Pokémon research community, and the time comes from their published Item Printer list. Huge thanks to them ♡

Every other way

All the ways to get them

Bottle CapBottle Caps

  • Delibird Presents. ₽20,000 each, once you have six Gym Badges.
  • Tera Raids. A random reward from 5★, 6★ and 7★ raids.
  • Porto Marinada auction. Sometimes up for auction. It opens after Cascarrafa's Gym, and the items change daily.
  • Academy Ace Tournament. A random prize once you've beaten the Gym Leader rematches after the story.
  • Kitakami Pokédex. A reward for registering 100 Pokémon in The Teal Mask.
  • Pickup. A Pokémon with the Pickup Ability at Lv. 71 or higher can sometimes find one.
  • One-time finds. Mesagoza, the West Paldean Sea and North Province (Area Two), plus Torchlit Labyrinth in The Indigo Disk.
  • Item Printer. A rare random print.

Gold Bottle CapGold Bottle Caps

  • The Item Printer trick. Step by step above.
  • Porto Marinada auction. Keep checking, the items change daily.
  • Blueberry Pokédex. A reward for registering 210 Pokémon in The Indigo Disk.
  • No shop sells them, and regular raids never drop them.
Quick questions

Still wondering?

Where can I buy Bottle Caps in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet?
At Delibird Presents in Mesagoza, Cascarrafa or Levincia, once you have six Gym Badges. They cost ₽20,000 each.
What's the fastest way to get Bottle Caps?
Raid the Ability Patch Ditto with us, sell the five Ability Patches for ₽625,000 and buy Bottle Caps at Delibird Presents. That's enough for thirty-one caps from one raid! If you have The Indigo Disk, the Item Printer steps on this page print Gold Bottle Caps too.
What level does my Pokémon need to be for Hyper Training?
Level 50 or higher in Scarlet & Violet. Take it to the man with the Abomasnow, right by the Pokémon Center in Montenevera.
What's the difference between a Bottle Cap and a Gold Bottle Cap?
A Bottle Cap maxes out one stat. A Gold Bottle Cap maxes out all six at once, so one gold one does the job of six regular ones!
Can you buy Gold Bottle Caps?
Not from a shop. You can win them at the Porto Marinada auction, get one for registering enough Pokémon in the Blueberry Pokédex, or print them with the Item Printer trick.
Does Hyper Training change what my Pokémon passes down when breeding?
No. Hyper Training only boosts its stats for battles. The stats it passes down to its babies stay the same as before.
Can I Hyper Train a stat that's already maxed?
No, a stat that's already perfect can't be picked, and a Pokémon with all six already perfect can't be Hyper Trained at all.

Want Bottle Caps without the grind? Raid with us ♡Paste any code from this page in our Twitch chat, or hop in the Ability Patch Ditto and go shopping. Free, always!

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