Smoothed out star ratings for mid to late game raids.

Rate Tables

Mid Game
★
Old Rate   New Rate
20%           0%

★★
Old Rate   New Rate
20%           30%

★★★
Old Rate   New Rate
30%           50%

★★★★
Old Rate   New Rate
30%           20%

Mid-Late Game
★★★
Old Rate   New Rate
40%           25%

★★★★
Old Rate   New Rate
35%           50%

★★★★★
Old Rate   New Rate
25%           25%


Late/Post Game
★★★
Old Rate   New Rate
30%           0%

★★★★
Old Rate   New Rate
40%           40%

★★★★★
Old Rate   New Rate
30%           60%


Which bracket you're in seem to be based on a number of conditions and not what level you are or how many Victory Road badges you have to determine what point in the game you are, so the table names are approximate.

This is primarily to remove the fairly pointless ★★★ raids at the end when you've received the phone call from Jacq after what likely amounts to having done a sufficient number of four star raids.

— How does this work?

The game breaks the raid ratings down into five brackets, with each bracket providing a set chance to get a specific ★ difficulty, and those chances are the values changed by this mod. The determining factors for when you are in one or another bracket is something somewhere in the game based on (currently) unknown criteria.

These criteria are not at all controlled or modified by this mod.

From what information we are able to gather, you'll progress through these brackets by completing portions of the major stories, and then some of the post game content. Your team's level, highest Pokemon level, toughest raid completed, etc., likely have no bearing on this, but the amount of raids you complete possibly does.

For instance, we believe the mid-late bracket should become available either upon completion of the Victory Road story entirely, or possibly upon completion of The Way Home story. The late bracket seems to be triggered late into post-game after completion of the Academy Ace tournament (at least once) and *possibly* after the completion of a set amount of raids, at which point you'll receive a raid-related Rotom call from Jacq.

— The debug file is giving me only X★, why?

When using the debug file, the raid ★ ratings are set to match a strict bracketing with no variation:

If you're getting only ★ raids, you're in the "early game" bracket;
If you're getting only ★★ raids, you're in the "early-mid game" bracket;
If you're getting only ★★★ raids, you're in the "mid game" bracket;
If you're getting only ★★★★ raids, you're in the "mid-late game" bracket;
If you're getting only ★★★★★ raids, you're in the "late/post game" bracket.

Neither the debug file nor the mod itself touch the 6★ raids, so if you're in late game, it is possible to still have the one 6★ on the map even when using the debug version.

If you believe that you are in "late game" (for example) but are still getting only 4★ raids when using the debug version, that means that certain objectives have not been completed, and the game itself has not moved you into the "late game" bracket, but we're currently unsure of what those requirements specifically are.

If you believe the mod is not functioning correctly, install the debug version only and verify that the raids are spawning with only a set ★ rating with no deviation, e.g. only ★★ or only ★★★★.

If you believe you are in "Late/Post Game" and not getting only ★★★★★ raids then you are not in "Late/Post Game".

Good news though! That means the mod functions as expected.

Shameless Self-Promotion

Check out Pokemon Compass - a complete beginning-to-end romhack for Scarlet/Violet.

Pokémon Compass is a romhack geared towards a vanilla-enhanced experience with a new progression that manually reworks every NPC battle, adds over 200 new raids including custom 7★ event raids, makes every HOME Pokémon available, removes version exclusivity, and more!

Team Seri's Pokemon Scarlet/Violet Mods

Discord

Need help with getting mods installed or want to chat about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet modding?
Join the Inidar Academy Discord.

Installation

Use Trinity Mod Loader to combine or prepare mods for your Switch.

Copy the resulting romFS folder into sdcard:\atmosphere\contents\0100A3D008C5C000\
Note: For Violet, replace 0100A3D008C5C000 with 01008F6008C5E000

Or if a Standalone version is available, you can copy the romFS folder from the zip straight into
sdcard:\atmosphere\contents\0100A3D008C5C000
Note: For Violet, replace 0100A3D008C5C000 with 01008F6008C5E000