Is the Recover TM in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet?

Recover is an incredibly useful move, healing 50 percent of your max HP. This lets you live longer to cause more chaos on the battlefield, and it has been especially useful in the Tera Raid Battles recently in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

This is why this might come as a big disappointment to players, but Recover is not a Technical Machine in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This means that you cannot find a Recover TM anywhere in the overworld or aren’t able to craft it in the TM Machine either. 

Even though this is the case, there are a few methods you can utilize to have Pokémon that can use Recover in battles.

How to make your Pokémon learn Recover in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet 

Through level up

The most simple way to use the move Recover in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is to catch and train Pokémon that learn Recover naturally through leveling up. That being said, there are only a couple of Pokémon present in Scarlet and Violet that have Recover in their level-up moveset. They are:

• Meditite at Level 41
• Medicham at Level 47
• Shellos at Level 10
• Cryogonal at Level 44
• Bergmite at Level 30
• Avalugg at Level 30
• Mareanie at Level 20
• Toxapex at Level 20
• Appletun at Level 24
• Pincurchin at Level 30
• Nacli at Level 25
• Naclstack at Level 30
• Garganacl at Level 30
• Gholdengo at Level 42
• Chien-Pao at Level 65

Related: How to teach Recover to Clodsire and Gastrodon in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Through egg moves

The secondary method by which you can get Recover on certain Pokémon is through egg moves. An egg move is a special move that a Pokémon is able to inherit through breeding from only one parent, and these moves often cannot be learned through other means.

That being said, there are only a handful of Pokémon that are able to learn Recover through egg moves. They are:

• Wooper
• Paldean Wooper
• Sableye
• Rellor
• Rabsca
• Veluza
• Clodsire

In order to teach one of the compatible Pokémon above its egg move Recover, you will need to perform a specific set of actions.

First, you will need a Pokémon with you that already knows the move Recover, such as Gholdengo or Garganacl along with a compatible Pokémon with Recover as its egg move, such as Clodsire.

Then, you’ll need to make your way to Delibird Presents and pick up a Mirror Herb. After that, you need to make sure the compatible Pokémon you want to teach Recover has an empty move slot, then bring that Pokémon along with the one that already knows Recover to a Picnic.

After frolicking around in the Picnic for a while, check your compatible Pokémon and you should see that it has now inherited its egg move Recover.