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Are you wondering how to make TMs in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet? Technical Machines, or TMs in short, have existed since Generation 1 of the Pokémon games and have been an integral part of the franchise. TMs can easily teach your Pokémon Powerful new moves that they can’t learn from leveling up, thus setting off a Pokémon from their basic, vanilla moves.
For Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, there’s a new gimmick to obtaining TMs, and that is through TM Machines. These Machines can craft TMs; however, you’ll need recipes and Pokémon Resources (ingredients) to do so, and that is exactly what we’ll explain in this guide. The addition of the Indigo Disk DLC allows even more TMs to be made. So without further ado, let’s dive right in!
How to make a TM in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
The TM crafting mechanic is new to the Pokémon franchise, and you’ll see it in the latest iterations, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. With that said, TMs can be created using TM Machines found at every Pokémon Center in Paldea. Head to any Pokémon Center; the green counter over there will represent your TM Machine.
Initially, there won’t be many TMs to craft, but as you come across new TMs either by exploring the overworld or through boss fights as rewards, those TMs will be added to the Machine. However, specific Resources are required to get them. These are the LPs (League Points) and the materials.
How to get TM materials
You can get LPs from Tera Raid Battles and through clearing Team Star Bases. In addition, you’ll also need crafting materials to craft TMs. These can be obtained from Pokémon battles, Penny after clearing Team Star Bases, and even your current TM machines in exchange for some LPs.
Furthermore, as you can see in the above Picture, there are question marks below the League Points. Don’t worry about them for now since these will uncover themselves as you collect the relevant Resources needed. Once you have the required materials for a TM, you can easily create a TM through the TM Machine.
What is the rarest resource (Ingredient)?
Obtaining LP is easy, so the rarest Resources are the crafting materials. One way to get materials is Pokémon Battles. For Instance, to craft the Psychic TM, you’ll need a Resource called Rellor Mud, which can be obtained after defeating a wild Rellor.
Coming on to the rarest crafting materials, this boils down to a Pokémon’s spawn rate. Examples are some Pseudo Legendaries drops, like the Frigibax Scales required for Draco Meteor and the Gible Scales for Dragon Claw. Another example is the Zorua Fur dropped by Zorua, and spotting the mischievous little trickster in the wild is challenging since it likes to disguise itself as another Pokémon.
All TM Recipes
Of 171 TMs, only 100 TMs are available from TM recipes in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. The table below has all of them listed:
| TM No. | TM Name | Where To Get TM Recipe | TM Recipe Resources |
| TM013 | Acid Spray | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 800 LP, 3 Toxel Sparks, 3 Wooper Slime |
| TM014 | Acrobatics | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Wattrel Feather, 3 Bombirdier Feather |
| TM004 | Agility | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 800 LP, 3 Fletchling Feather, 3 Oricorio Feather |
| TM065 | Air Slash | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Noibat Fur, 3 Wingull Feather, 3 Flamigo Down |
| TM128 | Amnesia | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 1,500 LP, 3 Slowpoke Claw, 3 Slakoth Fur |
| TM112 | Aura Sphere | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 5 Ralts Dust, 3 Riolu Fur, 3 Charcadet Soot |
| TM046 | Avalanche | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 1,500 LP, 3 Bergmite Ice, 3 Snorunt Fur |
| TM132 | Baton Pass | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Girafarig Fur, 3 Eevee Fur |
| TM089 | Body Press | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 8,000 LP, 5 Cetoddle Grease, 3 Hawlucha Down, 3 Pawniard Blade |
| TM066 | Body Slam | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Skwovet Fur, 3 Alomomola Mucus, 3 Chewtle Claw |
| TM058 | Brick Break | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Makuhita Sweat, 3 Hawlucha Down, 3 Crabrawler Shell |
| TM162 | Bug Buzz | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 10,000 LP, 5 Kricketot Shell, 3 Combee Honey, 3 Venonat Fang |
| TM064 | Bulk Up | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Makuhita Sweat, 3 Axew Scales |
| TM028 | Bulldoze | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 1,500 LP, 3 Mudbray Mud, 3 Sandygast Sand |
| TM056 | Bullet Seed | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Sunkern Leaf, 3 Hoppip Leaf |
| TM129 | Calm Mind | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Stantler Hair, 3 Indeedee Fur |
| TM023 | Charge Beam | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 800 LP, 3 Mareep Wool, 3 Dedenne Fur |
| TM167 | Close Combat | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 12,000 LP, 5 Riolu Fur, 3 Crawbrawler Shell, 3 Makuhita Sweat |
| TM017 | Confuse Ray | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 400 LP, 3 Gastly Gas, 3 Mareep Wool |
| TM108 | Crunch | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 5 Maschiff Fang, 3 Bruxish Tooth, 3 Yungoos Fur |
| TM094 | Dark Pulse | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 3 Zorua Fur, 3 Impidimp Hair, 3 Spiritomb Fragment |
| TM079 | Dazzling Gleam | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 3 Hatenna Dust, 3 Swablu Fluff, 3 Fidough Fur |
| TM055 | Dig | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Diglett Dirt, 3 Greavard Wax, 3 Orthworm Tarnish |
| TM169 | Draco Meteor | Defeat Cassiopeia (Penny) | 14,000 LP, 8 Goomy Goo, 5 Frigibax Scales, 3 Applin Juice |
| TM078 | Dragon Claw | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 5 Axew Scales, 3 Noibat Fur, 3 Gible Scales |
| TM100 | Dragon Dance | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Tatsugiri Scales, 3 Gible Scales, 3 Noibat Fur |
| TM115 | Dragon Pulse | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 5 Goomy Goo, 3 Swablu Fluff, 3 Tatsugiri Scales |
| TM044 | Dragon Tail | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 1,500 LP, Dratini Scales, 3 Sandile Claw |
| TM073 | Drain Punch | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 5 Croagunk Poison, 3 Mankey Fur, 3 Crabrawler Shell |
| TM037 | Draining Kiss | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 800 LP, 3 Igglybuff Fluff, 3 Flabébé Pollen |
| TM106 | Drill Run | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 5 Pineco Husk, 3 Dunsparce Scales, 3 Arrokuda Scales |
| TM133 | Earth Power | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 10,000 LP, 5 Silicobra Sand, 3 Shellos Mucus, 3 Barboach Slime |
| TM096 | Eerie Impulse | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 400 LP, 3 Voltorb Sparks, 3 Shinx Fang |
| TM072 | Electro Ball | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Pachirisu Fur, 3 Voltorb Sparks, 3 Tadbulb Mucus |
| TM119 | Energy Ball | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 10,000 LP, 5 Deerling Hair, 3 Applin Juice, 3 Bramblin Twig |
| TM003 | Fake Tears | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 400 LP, 3 Bonsly Tears, 3 Teddiursa Claw |
| TM144 | Fire Pledge | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 8,000 LP, 3 Salandit Gas, 3 Numel Lava, 3 Capsakid Seed |
| TM067 | Fire Punch | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Meditite Sweat, 3 Charcadet Soot |
| TM024 | Fire Spin | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 800 LP, 3 Gorwlithe Fur, 3 Torkoal Coal |
| TM038 | Flame Charge | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 800 LP, 3 Fletchling Feather, 3 Torkoal Coal |
| TM125 | Flamethrower | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 10,000 LP, 5 Litleo Tuft, 3 Houndour Fang, 3 Numel Lava |
| TM093 | Flash Cannon | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 3 Varoom Fume, 3 Kelfki Key, 3 Tinkatink Hair |
| TM097 | Fly | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Squawkabilly Feather, 3 Bombirdier Feather, 3 Rufflet Feather |
| TM062 | Foul Play | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Murkrow Bauble, 3 Sandile Claw |
| TM111 | Giga Drain | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 5 Capsakid Seed, 3 Hoppip Leaf, 3 Skiddo Leaf |
| TM081 | Grass Knot | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Cacnea Needle, 3 Shroomish Spores |
| TM146 | Grass Pledge | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 8,000 LP, 3 Applin Juice, Toedscool Flaps, 3 Deerling Hair |
| TM102 | Gunk Shot | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Grimer Toxin, 3 Croagunk Poison, 3 Varoom Fume |
| TM118 | Heat Wave | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 10,000 LP, 5 Growlithe Fur, 3 Torkoal Coal, 3 Larvesta Fur |
| TM121 | Heavy Slam | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Cufant Tarnish, 3 Bronzor Fragment, 3 Dondozo Whisker |
| TM029 | Hex | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Mimikyu Scrap, 3 Greavard Wax |
| TM117 | Hyper Voice | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 5 Litleo Tuft, 3 Tandemaus Fur, 3 Skwovet Fur |
| TM135 | Ice Beam | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 10,000 LP, 5 Cryogonal Ice, 3 Shellder Pearl, 3 Delibird Parcel |
| TM069 | Ice Punch | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Cubchoo Fur, 3 Meditite Sweat |
| TM034 | Icy Wind | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 800 LP, 3 Snom Thread, 3 Snover Berries |
| TM104 | Iron Defense | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 1,500 LP, 3 Bronzor Fragment, 3 Pineco Husk |
| TM099 | Iron Head | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 5 Cufant Tarnish, 3 Pawniard Blade, 3 Rookidee Feather |
| TM095 | Leech Life | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 3 Suskit Syrup, 3 Venonat Fang, 3 Kricketot Shell |
| TM075 | Light Screen | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 800 LP, 3 Magnemite Screw, 3 Voltorb Sparks |
| TM110 | Liquidation | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 10,000 LP, 5 Arrokuda Scales, 3 Wiglett Sand, 3 Buizel Fur |
| TM039 | Low Sweep | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Croagunk Poison, 3 Mankey Fur |
| TM033 | Magical Leaf | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 1,500 LP, Smoliv Oil, 3 Petitil Leaf |
| TM035 | Mud Shot | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 800 LP, 3 Sandile Claw, 3 Whooper Slime |
| TM042 | Night Shade | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 400 LP, 3 Gastly Gas, 3 Murkrow Bauble |
| TM151 | Phantom Force | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 10,000 LP, 5 Sinistea Chip, 3 Shuppet Scrap, 3 Greavard Wax |
| TM127 | Play Rough | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 10,000 LP, 5 Fidough Fur, 3 Tandemaus Fur, 3 Tinkatink Hair |
| TM083 | Poison Jab | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Shroodle Ink, 3 Seviper Fang, 3 Mareanie Spike |
| TM026 | Poison Tail | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 800 LP, 3 Seviper Fang, 3 Shroodle Ink |
| TM131 | Pollen Puff | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 10,000 LP, 5 Rellor Mud, 3 Petilil Leaf, 3 Kricketot Shell |
| TM101 | Power Gem | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 3 Spoink Pearl, 3 Sableye Gem, 3 Mareep Wool |
| TM063 | Psychic Fangs | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 10,000 LP, 5 Bruxish Tooth, 3 Basculin Fang, 3 Veluza Fillet |
| TM054 | Psyshock | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Meditite Sweet, 3 Spoink Pearl, 3 Drowzee Fur |
| TM074 | Reflect | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 800 LP, 3 Drowzee Fur, 3 Flittle Down |
| TM076 | Rock Blast | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Nacli Salt, 3 Chewtle Claw |
| TM086 | Rock Slide | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Nacli Salt, 3 Rockruff Rock, 3 Bonsly Tears |
| TM036 | Rock Tomb | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 1,500 LP, 3 Rockruff Rock, 3 Klawf Claw |
| TM006 | Scary Face | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 400 LP, 3 Stantler Hair, 3 Sandile Claw |
| TM071 | Seed Bomb | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 5 Shroomish Spores, 3 Bramblin Twig, 3 Smoliv Oil |
| TM061 | Shadow Claw | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Mimikyu Scrap, 3 Komala Claw |
| TM070 | Sleep Talk | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 400 LP, 3 Hippopotas Sand, 3 Slowpoke Claw |
| TM148 | Sludge Bomb | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 10,000 LP, 5 Croagunk Poison, 3 Grimer Toxin, 3 Foongus Spore |
| TM053 | Smart Strike | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Chewtle Claw, 3 Heracross Claw |
| TM030 | Snarl | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 800 LP, 3 Maschiff Fang, 3 Squawkabilly Feather |
| TM041 | Stored Power | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 800 LP, 3 Gothita Eyelash, 3 Ralts Dust |
| TM103 | Substitute | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Mimikyu Scrap, 3 Azurill Fur, 3 Falinks Sweat |
| TM088 | Swords Dance | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Zangoose Claw, 3 Gible Scales, 3 Scyther Claw |
| TM087 | Taunt | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Meowth Fur, 3 Sableye Gem, 3 Sneasel Claw |
| TM018 | Thief | Clear Team Star’s Dark Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Houndour Fang, 3 Shroodle Ink |
| TM068 | Thunder Punch | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Toxel Sparks, 3 Meditite Sweat |
| TM126 | Thunderbolt | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 10,000 LP, 5 Pachirisu Fur, 3 Tadbulb Mucus, 3 Pichu Fur |
| TM109 | Trick | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Shuppet Scrap, 3 Sableye Gem, 3 Sinistea Chip |
| TM060 | U-turn | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Nymble Claw, 3 Scyther Claw |
| TM045 | Venoshock | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Toxel Sparks, 3 Salandit Gas |
| TM145 | Water Pledge | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 8,000 LP, 3 Luvdisc Scales, 3 Alomomola Mucus, 3 Shellder Pearl |
| TM011 | Water Pulse | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 1,500 LP, 3 Buizel Fur, 3 Magikarp Scales |
| TM077 | Waterfall | Clear Team Star’s Fairy Base | 8,000 LP, 5 Magikarp Scales, 3 Basculin Fang, 3 Arrokuda Scales |
| TM147 | Wild Charge | Clear Team Star’s Fighting Base | 10,000 LP, 5 Shinx Fang, 3 Pichu Fur, 3 Tynamo Slime |
| TM107 | Will-O-Wisp | Clear Team Star’s Fire Base | 3,000 LP, 3 Salandit Gas, 3 Shuppet Scrap |
| TM105 | X-Scissor | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Fomantis Leaf, 3 Tarountula Thread, 3 Kricketot Shell |
| TM059 | Zen Headbutt | Clear Team Star’s Psychic Base | 5,000 LP, 3 Veluza Fillet, 3 Girafarig Fur, 3 Dunsparce Scales |
How to unlock TM Recipes
While you can unlock new TMs in the TM Machine by picking up TM Pokeballs in Paldea Region and defeating Gym Leaders or Team Star Bosses, you can also use TM Recipe to unlock new TMs. After clearing Team Star Base in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, you unlock recipes. Therefore, simply go through the entirety of Starfall Street to unlock all the above-listed TM recipes.
In addition, you also gain LPs and valuable crafting materials from Penny at the end of every Team Star Base. What’s more, we all know that Draco Meteor is a move that fascinates every player, and to get its recipe, you’ll need to defeat Penny at the end of Starfall Street story path.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet TMs – FAQ
Where can you craft TMs in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet?
You can craft technical machines at any of the green machines found at Pokecenters around the map.
How do you get Pokemon materials in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet?
You can get Pokemon Materials by using the auto battle feature.
