Here’s how you can claim your free content in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet by using Mystery Gifts.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet follow Pokémon iterations before them and offer you free and exclusive content you can unlock in your game through Mystery Gifts.

Despite Scarlet’s and Violet’s lack of features that players expect from Pokémon, like a National Pokédex or being able to enter most buildings in towns, the return of Mystery Gifts and the extra content they offer for free is a welcome return for fans of the franchise.

But what exactly are Pokémon Scarlet’s and Violet’s Mystery Gifts, and how can you redeem Mystery Gift codes? Let’s find out.

What Are Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Mystery Gifts?

In general, Pokémon Mystery Gifts are a way for Game Freak to provide free content drops for a given game by using a redeemable unique Mystery Gift code. And all that is required for you to unlock the content within Mystery Gifts is knowledge of a specific code and an internet connection.

Traditionally, these codes are redeemed at Pokémon Centers and would provide the player with specific time-exclusive Pokémon. Because of this, it means that Mystery Gift codes themselves are only available to redeem for a certain amount of time.

However, due to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s unique game features, like sandwich making, the unlockable content Mystery Gifts provide players has expanded. For Scarlet and Violet,…