Ogre Oustin' is the new mini-game introduced inPokemon Scarlet and Violet - The Teal Mask DLC. This brutally difficult game has you riding on your box art lizard to pop balloons, collect berries, and place them on four color coded tables before time runs out or greedy Pokemon like Skwovet and Munchlax eat them.

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A screenshot of Pokemon Violet showing the ogre oustin mini game

It can be tricky to get a hang of this mini-game at first, but by completing it, you can get easy access to items for EV training your Pokemon as well as a rare reward… so long as you have access to other people to play with.

How To Clear The Easy Stages Of Ogre Oustin'

During the main story of the DLC,Carmine will challenge you to a round of Ogre Oustin’and you have to try and beat her score.It doesn’t actually matter if you beat her,either way you get the exp. charm which gives your Pokemon 1.5x as much exp during battle.

To beat Carmine, you just have to clear all three easy levels. These are simple, and you can do them on your own. To get the highest score possible you must clear the stage asfast as possiblewhilepopping as few extra balloonsas possible.

A screenshot of Pokemon Violet showing off the Fairy Feather item. The description says “an item to be held by a Pokemon. This feather, which gleams faintly when hit by light, boosts the power of the holders Fairy-type moves."

For the Easy stages,get all the berries you need first and then drop them off at the tables,so Pokemon won’t spawn and steal berries off your table.

On the third stage, thetotal number of berriesyou need to get will beexactly 30, the maximum number of berries you can hold, so be careful toonly get the amounts listed for each type.

A trainer taking a selfie showing off a shiny Munchlax, which is a slightly darker blue than regular Munchlax.

When you come back and beat the Easy levels later, you’ll receivean Air Balloon and three nuggets.

How To Clear The Normal Stages Of Ogre Oustin'

Normal mode consists ofstages one through six, and startingfrom stage four you won’t be able to get all the berries in one goanymore.Whenwild Pokemonshow up to take your berries, you have togo up to them and press R twiceto get them to run away.

You can’t move while roaring.

This spike in difficulty is whenthe game starts requiring multiplayer to beat.While you can beat Normal with only on person, it requires so much luck as to not be a viable strategy.Two to four players is recommended.

When playing multiplayer, each player should try and focus on a specific color, andthe first one who brings their berries backto the tables shouldstay to fend off wild Pokemon.

A screenshot of Pokemon Violet showing the summary screen for Atlax, a level one shiny Munchlax

If you’re on a map where the tables are arranged in a square, you can just stand in the center to fend off the Pokemon. Otherwise, you have to go back and forth to get near enough to scare them off.

When youclear all the Normal stages, you will receive the Fairy Feather,a new item that boosts the power of fairy-type movesand a Big Nugget. Youmust have cleared the previous modein your own game to receive these rewards.

An image showing the rewards from beating Ogre Oustin on Easy

How To Beat Hard Mode In Ogre Oustin'

Hard mode lives up to its name, andfour players are reccommended to beat it successfully. It consists ofstages one through ten, and for the first six stages the strategy is the same as for Normal.

However once you get tostages seven and above, the number ofberries you need to get per colorwill begreater thanthe maximum number ofberries you may hold.

At this point it’s best foreveryone to just grab as many berries they can of any color.The first person back should still defend.

Players should allgo in different directionsto gather berries, and when the stage is switching,go as far away from the tables as possible and then work towards it on your first run. This saves you time on having to turn around.

When you’vebeaten Hard mode, you’ll receivea Shiny Munchlax with the Crafty Mark.It can also receive the Jumbo Mark if youtalk to the size rater in Mesagoza.

Rewards From Ogre Oustin'

Outside the first time rewards, by beating Ogre Oustin' you can receivethe EV boosting items Mochi. These give the same number of points as the Vitamin items, making ita cheaper way to EV train your Pokemon.

You’ll also receivefeathers, exp candies, mushrooms, berries, and tera shards.Finally, clearing Ogre Oustin' may reward you withFresh Start Mochi, which allows you to reset a Pokemon’s EVs.

You getmore rewards from clearing higher difficulties, but if you’re on your ownit’s best to just completely clear Easyinstead of trying Normal or Hard and not making it to the end.

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