Berries are a useful item that you can use with your Pokémon during battle or toss them into your curry, which is new for Pokémon Sword and Shield. You can find them everywhere, but you come across them frequently in the bays. These tall trees have a variety of colorful orbs attached to their branches. As you approach them, you can start shaking the tree to acquire them and add more to your collection.
You have a few methods of growing these berries. The easiest technique is to use the Motisma bike, which you naturally receive as you progress through the game's story. When you get it, use it in the wild area just outside of Hammerlocke and Motostroke to find several of these berries. Walk up to them, shake them, grab the respective berries, then move on to the next one.
Using the Motisma bike you can zip around the area to grab them all. Berries do not reappear when walking from region to region. So you want to cycle around the entire wilderness area, then come back to your starting point.
You receive rarer berries in harder to reach locations in the wilderness, such as Azew's Eye and Lake of Outrage. You can only access these locations by acquiring the Motisma Bicycle upgrade to cross the water. When you have access, you should frequent these two locations during your rotation and have access to a wider variety of top-quality berries. You will know that you have the rarest of them by reading The information contained in the bay description, which you can read at any time from the "berries" section located in your bag.
You will not receive the same amount of berries from each tree. When you approach the tree and start shaking it, a handful of berries fall. If you keep shaking the tree, you increase the chances of a Pokémon falling from it. They land on your head and you fight for them. When it's over, a good majority of The berries are picked by other Pokémon while you were distracted.
To prevent Pokémon from falling, you need to watch how the tree is shaking before attempting it again. If the branches of the tree are shaking violently at a rapid rate, there is a good chance that one of them will fall. If it's distinct enough, like every two or three seconds, you should keep shaking the tree and try to get more berries.
Another alternative to catching berries is to complete Max Raids and fight Dynamex Pokémon in their dens. However, this is not always guaranteed, and sometimes you have two or three to finish a battle. These engagements can take a long time and are much longer than simply navigating from tree to tree. But if you're working in The Dens, it's good to note that Dynamax's tougher battles give you access to better bays.
Be sure to visit the merchants in the wilderness who wear green and red with a large backpack. Talk to them and they have a whole range of curry items that you want to throw out before you toss your fruit into your meals. Creating the best curry takes a reasonable amount of time, and there are several techniques to approach the highest rank. The use of rare berries is also essential.
