Pokémon Sword and Shield TR List and how to get TRs explained

A list of all the TR's and their Watt cost.

Guide by Lottie Lynn Guides Editor

Updated on Jan. 12, 2021

TRs, also known as Technical Records, are a way to teach Pokémon a move or attack in Pokémon Sword and Shield.

Just like TMs, each TR is dedicated to one specific move, which it allows you to teach to a specific group of Pokémon. Unlike TMs in Pokémon Sword and Shield, however, TRs break after one use.

There are 100 TRs in Pokémon Sword and Shield for you to collect and utilise.

On this page:

How to use TRs in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Where to get TRs in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Pokémon Sword and Shield TRs list

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How to use TRs in Pokémon Sword and Shield

TRs are basically old school TMs and by that we mean that they break after one use.

This means you need to decide carefully which Pokémon you want to use each TR on or be prepared to hunt down the TR again. Not every Pokémon can learn every TR, however, so this does make the selecting process slightly easier.

To access your TRs, open the X menu and then your Bag. Now just need to scroll along to the TMs section; despite the name, you'll be able to find your TRs here.

Open your Bag to find your collection of TRs.

TRs stand out against the TMs by being black discs, rather than white. Once you've found the TR you wish to use, select it and then the option to 'Use this item.' This will now allow you to select the Pokémon in your party, which you want to learn the new move.

You can easily know which Pokémon can learn a TR and which ones can't by looking at your party line-up on the left-hand side of the screen.

If the phrase 'Cannot learn' is next to a Pokémon, then they can't learn the move from this TR. Instead, you want to find a Pokémon with the words 'Can learn' next to them, because, as this suggests, this Pokémon can learn this move. If the phrase 'Knows this move' is present, then that Pokémon already knows this TR and can't learn it again.

The quickest way to find the TR you need is to organise them by number, because this will neatly divide up your TM and TR collection. To do this simply press X for sort and then the option 'By number.'

Organise your TRs and TMs by number to make them easier to find.

Where to get TRs in Pokémon Sword and Shield

There are two main ways to find TRs in Pokémon Sword and Shield:

Purchasing them from Rotom Rallyists
Successfully completing Max Raids

Let's talk about the Rotom Rallyists first. There are seven Rotom Rallyists in the Wild Area, and each one carries a different selection of TRs, which changes daily.

This means that if you're after a particular TR, then it's a good idea to check each Rallyist's stock daily.

Each TR will cost you a certain amount of Watts ranging from 1,000 to 8,000 Watts.

Each Rotom Rallyist will have a different selection of TRs.

The second way to find TRs is to successfully complete Max Raid.

Once you've defeated, and hopefully, caught the Pokémon you were battling in a Max Raid, you'll receive a number of rewards. This may include a TR, which will be determined by the type of the Pokémon you were battling.

This means that if you were battling a grass-type Pokémon, then you're more likely to receive a grass-type TR or maybe even multiple copies of that TR.

Since there's no cap on how many Max Raids you compete in each day, there is also no cap on the number of TRs you can earn either.

You will, however, be gifted one TR during your Pokémon journey.

When you're visiting Motostoke, talk to the man standing outside the record shop, which sits just before the bridge near the Pokémon Centre.

He will give you the TR 13 Focus Energy and give you a small explanation about how TRs work.

Talk to this man to receive TR 13 - Focus Energy.

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Pokémon Sword and Shield TRs list

Here's a full list of all 100 TRs in Pokémon Sword and Shield. If you are sourcing from Rotom Rallyists, their Watt cost ranges from 2,000 to 8,000:

TR No.	TR Move Name	Type	Effects	Damage
TR00	Swords Dance	Normal	Raises Attack by 2 stages.	N/A
TR01	Body Slam	Normal	Has a 30% chance of paralysing opponent. If target has used Minimize, the damage of this move will be doubled.	85
TR02	Flamethrower	Fire	10% chance of burning opponent.	90
TR03	Hydro Pump	Water	N/A	110
TR04	Surf	Water	If opponent is using the move Dive, this attack's damage is doubled.	90
TR05	Ice Beam	Ice	10% chance of freezing the opponent.	90
TR06	Blizzard	Ice	10% chance of freezing the opponent. 100% accurate if weather condition is hail.	110
TR07	Low Kick	Fighting	Damage becomes greater, the heavier the opponent is. Move doesn't effect Dynmax Pokémon.	N/A
TR08	Thunderbolt	Electric	10% chance of paralysing the opponent.	90
TR09	Thunder	Electric	30% chance of paralysing the opponent. 50% accurate in harsh sunlight weather condition. 100% accurate in rain weather condition. Move hits opponents using attacks like Fly or Bounce.	110
TR10	Earthquake	Ground	Hits targets using attacks like Dig and deals double damage to them.	100
TR11	Psychic	Psychic	10% chance of lowering opponents Special Defence by 1 stage.	90
TR12	Agility	Psychic	Raises Speed by 2 stages.	N/A
TR13	Focus Energy	Normal	Increases chance of future moves being critical hits.	120
TR14	Metronome	Normal	Uses one move randomly chosen from all the moves a Pokémon could learn.	N/A
TR15	Fire Blast	Fire	10% chance of burning the opponent.	110
TR16	Waterfall	Water	20% chance of making opponent flinch.	80
TR17	Amnesia	Psychic	Raises Speical Defence by 2 stages.	N/A
TR18	Leech Life	Bug	Restores user's HP by an amount equal to half of the damage dealt to the opponent.	80
TR19	Tri Attack	Normal	20% chance of either paralysing, burning or freezing the opponent.	80
TR20	Substitue	Normal	Deplete a quarter of user's max HP to create a substitue that protects user from lower status or status inflicting attacks. Substitute takes damage for user, until it runs out of HP. If the user dynamaxes, the substitute vanishes.	N/A
TR21	Reversal	Fighting	The move deals more damage, the lower the users HP becomes.	N/A
TR22	Sludge Bomb	Poison	30% chance of poisoning the opponent.	90
TR23	Spikes	Ground	Damages Pokémon when they're sent out on opposing side. Can be used two times to increase damage. Inflicts 1/8 of max HP on first use, 1/6 on second use and 1/4 on third use.	N/A
TR24	Outrage	Dragon	Attacks two to three times, refusing to tell player change move. User becomes confused afterwards.	120
TR25	Psyshock	Psychic	Damage dealt is calcuated by the opponents Defence.	80
TR26	Endure	Normal	Leaves the user with 1HP when hit by a move that would normally knock it out. Moves becomes more likely to fail, the more its used.	N/A
TR27	Sleep Talk	Normal	Only works when user is asleep. Randomly uses another of the user's moves.	N/A
TR28	Megahorn	Bug	N/A	120
TR29	Baton Pass	Normal	Attacks once for each Pokémon in your party, expect for those either with status conditions or fainted,	N/A
TR30	Encore	Normal	Opponent forced to continously reuse the last move it used for 3 turns. Dynamax Pokémon unaffected by this.	N/A
TR31	Iron Tail	Iron	30% chance of lowering opponent's Defence by 1 stage.	100
TR32	Crunch	Dark	20% chance of lowering opponent's Defence by 1 stage.	80
TR33	Shadow Ball	Ghost	20% chance of lowering opponent's Special Defence by 1 stage.	80
TR34	Future Sight	Psychic	Damage is dealt to opponent two turns after this move is used.	120
TR35	Uproar	Normal	User makes uproar for 3 turns. No Pokémon can sleep during this.	90
TR36	Heat Wave	Fire	10% chance of burning opponent.	95
TR37	Taunt	Dark	Prevents opponents from using status moves for 3 turns.	N/A
TR38	Trick	Psychic	Swaps user's and opponent's held items.	N/A
TR39	Superpower	Fighting	Lowers user's Attack and Defence by 1 stage.	120
TR40	Skill Swap	Psychic	Swaps user's and opponent's Abilities. Doesn't work on all Dynamax Pokémon.	N/A
TR41	Blaze Kick	Fire	20% chance of burning opponent. More likely to deliver a critical hit.	85
TR42	Hyper Voice	Normal	N/A	90
TR43	Overheat	Fire	Lowers opponent's Special Attack by 2 stages.	130
TR44	Cosmic Power	Psychic	Raises user's Defence and Special Defence by 1 stage each.	N/A
TR45	Muddy Water	Water	30% chance of lowering opponent's accuracy by 1 stage.	90
TR46	Iron Defense	Steel	Raises user's Defence by 2 stages.	N/A
TR47	Dragon Claw	Dragon	N/A	80
TR48	Bulk Up	Fighting	Raises user's Attack and Defence by 1 stage each.	N/A
TR49	Calm Mind	Psychic	Raises user's Special Attack and Special Defence by 1 stage each.	N/A
TR50	Leaf Blade	Grass	More likely to be a critical hit.	90
TR51	Dragon Dance	Dragon	Raises user's Attack and Speed by 1 stage each.	N/A
TR52	Gyro Ball	Steel	Move becomes more powerful the slower the user is compared to their opponent.	N/A
TR53	Close Combat	Fighting	Lowers user's Defence and Special Defence by 1 stage each.	120
TR54	Toxic Spikes	Poison	Inflicts poison status on opponents who appear on opposing side. Using move twice inflicts the badly poisoned status condition. Effect ends if opponent sends out a poison-type Pokémon.	N/A
TR55	Flare Blitz	Fire	User takes 1/3 damage dealt. 10% chance of burning opponent. If user is frozen, this will thaw them, allowing them to continue fighting.	120
TR56	Aura Sphere	Fighting	N/A	80
TR57	Poison Jab	Poison	30% chance of poisoning opponent.	80
TR58	Dark Pulse	Dark	20% chance of making opponent flinch.	80
TR59	Seed Bomb	Grass	N/A	80
TR60	X-Scissor	Bug	N/A	80
TR61	Bug Buzz	Bug	10% chance of lowering target's Special Defence by 1 stage. Strikes target even if its using Substitute.	90
TR62	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	N/A	85
TR63	Power Gem	Rock	N/A	80
TR64	Focus Blast	Fighting	10% chance of lowering target's Special Defence by 1 stage.	120
TR65	Energy Ball	Grass	10% chance of lowering target's Special Defence by 1 stage.	90
TR66	Brave Bird	Flying	User takes 1/3 damage dealt.	120
TR67	Earth Power	Ground	10% chance of lowering target's Special Defence by 1 stage.	90
TR68	Nasty Plot	Dark	Raises user's Special Attack by 2 stages.	N/A
TR69	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	20% chance of making opponent flinch.	80
TR70	Flash Cannon	Steel	10% chance of lowering target's Special Defence by 1 stage.	80
TR71	Leaf Storm	Grass	Lowers user's Special Attack by 2 stages.	130
TR72	Power Whip	Grass	N/A	120
TR73	Gunk Shot	Poison	30% chance of poisoning opponent.	120
TR74	Iron Head	Steel	30% chance of making opponent flinch.	80
TR75	Stone Edge	Rock	More likely to be a critical hit.	100
TR76	Stealth Rock	Rock	Damages Pokémon sent out by opponent. Damage is Rock-type and therefore subjective to type matchups.	N/A
TR77	Grass Knot	Grass	Damage increases the heavies the opponent is. No effect against Dynamax Pokémon.	N/A
TR78	Sludge Wave	Poison	10% chance of poisoning opponent.	95
TR79	Heavy Slam	Steel	Damage increases the heavier the opponent is. If opponent has used Minimize, then the damage is doubled and the attack is a sure hit. No effect against Dynamax Pokémon.	N/A
TR80	Electro Ball	Electric	Damage increases the faster the user is compared to their opponent.	N/A
TR81	Foul Play	Dark	User turns opponent's strength against them. Damage is calcuated using the opponent's Attack rather than the user's.	95
TR82	Stored Power	Psychic	Damage increases by 20 (max of 860) for each stage the user's stats have been boosted.	20
TR83	Ally Switch	Psychic	A high-priority move. Users switches places with an ally during a Double Battle. This will fail if used during a Single Battle or Max Raid.	N/A
TR84	Scald	Water	30% chance of burning opponent. If the user is frozen when this move is used, they'll be thawed and the status condition removed.	80
TR85	Work Up	Normal	Raises user's Attacl and Special Attack by 1 stage.	N/A
TR86	Wild Charge	Electric	User takes 1/4 of damage dealt.	90
TR87	Drill Run	Ground	More likely to be a critical hit.	80
TR88	Heat Crash	Fire	Damage increases the heavier the opponent is. If opponent has used Minimize, then the damage is doubled and the attack is a sure hit. No effect against Dynamax Pokémon.	N/A
TR89	Hurricane	Flying	30% chance of confusing the opponent. 100% accurate in the rain weather condition and 50% accurate in harsh sunlight. Will hit opponents in the sky, due to using moves like Fly or Bounce,	110
TR90	Play Rough	Fairy	10% chance of lowering opponent's Attack by 1 stage.	90
TR91	Venom Drench	Poison	Lowers Attack, Special Attack and Speed of opponent if their afflicted with poison or badly poisoned status conditions by 1 stage each.	N/A
TR92	Dazzling Gleam	Fairy	N/A	80
TR93	Darkest Lariat	Dark	Ignores stat changes of opponent when dealing damage.	85
TR94	High Horsepower	Ground	N/A	95
TR95	Throat Chop	Dark	Opponent can't used sound based moves for two turns. Doesn't affect Dynamax Pokémon.	80
TR96	Pollen Puff	Bug	Restores 1/2 of alley's max HP. Move becomes more damaging when used as a Max Move.	90
TR97	Psychic Fangs	Psychic	Not affected by Aurora Veil or Reflect. Removes the effects of Aurora Veil, Light Screen and Reflect.	85
TR98	Liquidation	Water	20% chance of lowering target's Defense by 1 stage.	85
TR99	Body Press	Fighting	Damage dealt by move is calculated using the user's Defence rather than the user's Attacl.	80

Looking for more moves? Check out our list of TMs, and their locations, in Pokémon Sword and Shield for more help in creating your ideal Pokémon team.