Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: All 32 Ominous Stake Locations and How to Catch Each Legendary

There are 32 Ominous Stakes in Paldea: four color-coded sets of eight. Pulling all eight stakes in a set unlocks its matching shrine and a level 60 Ruinous Pokémon. Use the location lists below to find the stakes for Wo-Chien, Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu, or Chi-Yu, then save before approaching the shrine and prepare for the battle.

How the Ominous Stakes and shrines work

Each set of eight stakes opens one shrine. Find and pull every stake of the matching color; once the set is complete, the corresponding shrine can be opened for its encounter. The shrine mapping is:

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Landmarks and elevation are important: several stakes sit on cliffs, mesas, islands, or inside caves. The directions below identify the nearby area and distinguishing landmark; use the map and the named Pokémon Centers or towns as orientation points.

Wo-Chien: eight purple stakes and Grasswither Shrine

1. Artazon: Southwest of the Gym, on a red hill.
2. Los Platos: On a cliff south of the Academy and northeast of the Los Platos East Pokémon Center.
3. South Province Area One: Southeast of the Academy, near the bridge connecting South Province Areas One and Three.
4. South Province Area Three: East of the Academy, on a tall red mesa between Mesagoza and the main path.
5. South Province Area Four: Southwest of the Los Platos East Pokémon Center, on a cliff facing the lighthouse.
6. South Province Area Five: On a hill northeast of the Los Platos Pokémon Center.
7. East Province Area One: Northwest of the trail from Mesagoza to Artazon, at a grassy cliff edge.
8. South Province Area One: On a cliff in the southeastern part of the area.

Find Grasswither Shrine

The shrine is in southeastern South Province Area One, below the eighth stake. Fly down to the large purple door.

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Chien-Pao: eight yellow stakes and Icerend Shrine

1. South Province Area Six: On a hill south of six white towers near the path.
2. West Province Area One: On a cliff jutting from the mountain northwest of Cortondo.
3. West Province Area One: Atop a tall mesa northwest of the Central Pokémon Center.
4. West Province Area One: On a cliff southeast of the ruins; the North Pokémon Center is a nearby fast-travel point.
5. South Province Area Two: At the base of a cliff northwest of Pokémon League headquarters.
6. Cascarrafa: Behind a tree on the southern side of the city.
7. South Province Area Six: On a cliff overlooking the river that flows into the sea.
8. South Province Area Six: Inside a cave east of the main path between Cortondo and the sea.

Find Icerend Shrine

The yellow stakes unlock Icerend Shrine for Chien-Pao. Do not confuse it with Groundblight Shrine: the original iMore guide has a mistaken shrine label in its yellow-stake table, while its location list and the cross-checked shrine mapping identify Icerend as Chien-Pao’s shrine.

Ting-Lu: eight green stakes and Groundblight Shrine

1. West Province Area Two: North of Asado Desert, atop a rock near several stone columns.
2. West Province Area Two: In grass along the river south of Casseroya Lake.
3. West Province Area Two: On a cliff by a tree where Casseroya Lake meets the sea.
4. Casseroya Lake: Atop a tall island on the lake’s south side.
5. Casseroya Lake: On the eastern side of the largest island.
6. West Province Area Three: On a green cliff where the river meets Glaseado Mountain.
7. North Province Area Three: On a snowy slope at Glaseado Mountain’s eastern tip.
8. Casseroya Lake: On a cliff beside the northern river that drains into the sea.

Find Groundblight Shrine

Groundblight Shrine is north of Casseroya Lake, behind a large yellow door reached by a small path.

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Chi-Yu: eight blue stakes and Firescourge Shrine

1. North Province Area One: On a grassy cliff south of the river flowing east from Glaseado Mountain.
2. North Province Area One: On a cliff between Glaseado Mountain and a small lake.
3. Tagtree Thicket: Beside a tree on a cliff north of the river.
4. Glaseado Mountain: On a grassy cliff between two trees, just south of the mountain.
5. East Province Area Two: Beside a large tree on a cliff northeast of Levincia.
6. North Province Area Two: Beside ruins on the far eastern side of the map, north of the river.
7. North Province Area Two: Beside a tree on a cliff northeast of that area’s Pokémon Center.
8. Fury Falls: On a cliff leading toward a jagged black point.

Find Firescourge Shrine

Firescourge Shrine is in a cave south of the eighth stake, between the river and Team Star’s base.

Prepare for each level 60 shrine battle

All four Ruinous Pokémon are level 60. Arriving with a team around level 55 or higher is a recommendation, not a game requirement. Before interacting with the shrine, save your game so you can recover if the encounter goes badly. Bring healing items and capture supplies, including Ultra Balls, and weaken the Pokémon carefully without knocking it out.

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Each target is Dark-type plus a second type. The Ruin abilities also weaken one of your party’s stats, which can change how the encounter plays out. The following type matchups and ability effects are reported by iMore’s gameplay guide.

The 25% figures describe the reported effects of the Ruin abilities on other Pokémon in battle. Use the listed weaknesses to select attacks, but keep damage controlled: a super-effective hit can make it easier to knock out the target before catching it.

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Sources and scope

The 32-stake total and color groups are corroborated by Nintendo Life’s Ominous Stake guide. The landmark directions, matchups, and battle advice are summarized from iMore’s guide, published November 22, 2022. Shrine mapping and encounter details are cross-checked with Serebii’s Ruinous Pokémon reference. These are secondary game references; an official Nintendo list of all stake coordinates is not established here.

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