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The Indigo Disk

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This article is about the expansion for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. For the titular Key Item, see Indigo Disk. For the merchandise line, see The Indigo Disk (merchandise).

The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Part 2: The Indigo Disk (Japanese: 藍の円盤 The Indigo Disk) is the second expansion in the The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. It was released on December 14, 2023.

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It follows The Teal Mask. As such, completion of the main story of The Teal Mask, as well as completing the main story of Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet, are prerequisites to beginning the main story of The Indigo Disk.

It will be followed by a post-game epilogue story releasing on January 11th, 2024, which will only be available after finishing the main story of The Indigo Disk.

Plot

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Following their adventure in the land of Kitakami, the player is invited as an exchange student to Blueberry Academy in the Unova region by the academy's director, Cyrano, following a recommendation by Carmine. At the foreign academy, the player is introduced to the Terarium, a vast undersea dome with four separate biomes and numerous wild Pokémon. A special "Terarium Core" designed by Briar also enables the use of the Terastal phenomenon in the academy. Meeting up with Carmine, the player learns that her brother Kieran has changed since their class trip to Kitakami, now being completely obsessed with growing stronger and acting rude to others around him, all in an effort to defeat the player.

An encounter with Drayton, a member of the academy's Elite Four, leads to the player learning of the BB League, the school's take on the Pokémon League concept, with the strength-obsessed Kieran standing at the top as the current Champion after dethroning Drayton. Despite the player being an exchange student, Drayton suggests they should take on the BB League. Following a vote between the BB League Elite Four and Champion, the player is granted the right to do this and skip their way directly to challenging the Elite Four, each of whom is situated in one of the Terarium's four biomes. Each Elite Four member is preceded by an Elite Trial that the player must clear before being allowed to challenge the Elite Four member. After defeating all four members, the player is given the right to challenge Kieran. Following a fierce battle, the player emerges victorious as the new BB League Champion, causing Kieran to almost have a nervous breakdown as all his efforts to grow stronger are rendered for naught.

Following the player's victory, they, Carmine, Kieran, and Drayton are invited to meet Briar, who informs them that she has finally received a permission from the Paldean Pokémon League to enter Area Zero within the Great Crater of Paldea, her hopes being on discovering the Legendary Pokémon Terapagos within its depths to prove Heath's findings correct. Still wanting to defeat the player, Kieran agrees to come along in the hopes of catching Terapagos. Carmine also agrees to join, while Drayton can't be bothered with traveling all the way to Paldea, so he stays behind. Before their departure, the player is met by Geeta and Rika, the former whom hands them a mysterious artifact known as the Indigo Disk, which had originally belonged to an Area Zero researcher.

In Area Zero, the player, Carmine, Kieran, and Briar travel to the Zero Lab, where the purpose of the Indigo Disk is revealed as a method of redirecting the facility's elevator even further below than the time machine room and into the Area Zero Underdepths. Traversing through the crystal-filled cave, the player learns of the nineteenth Tera Type, called the Stellar Tera Type, which consists of the power of every other type combined and is possessed by some wild Tera Pokémon living in the cave. At the very bottom of the cave, the group discovers a crystal that Briar says is the dormant form of Terapagos. Once Terapagos awakens, it tries to approach the player, but Kieran, refusing to allow another Legendary Pokémon to join the player instead of him, swiftly catches Terapagos with a Master Ball.

Eager to see Terapagos in action, Briar urges the player to battle Kieran. The player accepts, but despite Kieran using Terapagos against them, he still loses. Briar realizes that Terapagos is not at its full power and tells Kieran to use his Tera Orb on it. Doing this, though, unintentionally causes Terapagos's power to overflow and go out of control, even breaking its own Master Ball when Kieran tries to recall it. The player and Carmine are forced to battle Terapagos, though Carmine quickly loses, with Terapagos absorbing away any Terastal energy used by the player to Terastallize their Pokémon. Following Carmine's repeated urging, Kieran finally teams up with the player, allowing them to overpower Terapagos. This time, Kieran is fine with the player catching Terapagos, reconciling with them as the group returns to Blueberry Academy, ending the main story of The Indigo Disk and The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero as a whole.

Following the journey to Area Zero's depths, Briar publishes a retelling of the expedition in a book, giving a copy of it to the player as a gift. After receiving it, the player can visit the Crystal Pool in Kitakami with Terapagos, causing a strange mist to appear. From the mist emerges Professor SadaS/Professor TuroV, who seems to have somehow been transported there through time and space. KoraidonS/MiraidonV emerges from its Poké Ball, happy to see its former owner again. The Professor becomes fascinated by various things the player tells them about, especially the information presented in Briar's book. Wishing to study it further, the Professor trades it for their cherished copy of the Scarlet BookS/Violet BookV before the mist disappears and they are transported back to where they came from.

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Features

 
Key visual

Characters

With Carmine, Kieran, Briar, and Perrin returning from The Teal Mask, several new characters are introduced. Cyrano, the director of Blueberry Academy, and the BB League Elite Four, consisting of students Lacey, Crispin, Amarys, and Drayton, all make their debut. A researcher called Synclaire and another character named Snacksworth also make their debut in the expansion.

Pokémon

New Pokémon and forms

The Legendary Pokémon Terapagos debuts in The Indigo Disk with its three forms, Normal, Terastal, and Stellar Form. Two new evolutions are introduced; an evolution of Duraludon called Archaludon, and an evolution of Dipplin called Hydrapple. Four more Paradox Pokémon are introduced; Gouging Fire, Raging Bolt, Iron Boulder, and Iron Crown.

Returning Pokémon

Main article: List of Pokémon by Blueberry Pokédex number

Over 100 returning Pokémon from previous games were made available in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet alongside the release of The Indigo Disk. These include:

IDdex Ndex MS Pokémon Type
#164 #0001   Bulbasaur Grass Poison
#165 #0002   Ivysaur Grass Poison
#166 #0003   Venusaur Grass Poison
#170 #0007   Squirtle Water
#171 #0008   Wartortle Water
#172 #0009   Blastoise Water
#062 #0043   Oddish Grass Poison
#063 #0044   Gloom Grass Poison
#064 #0045   Vileplume Grass Poison
#050 #0072   Tentacool Water Poison
#051 #0073   Tentacruel Water Poison
#001 #0084   Doduo Normal Flying
#002 #0085   Dodrio Normal Flying
#143 #0086   Seel Water
#144 #0087   Dewgong Water Ice
#003 #0102   Exeggcute Grass Psychic
#004 #0103   Exeggutor Grass Psychic
#093 #0106   Hitmonlee Fighting
#094 #0107   Hitmonchan Fighting
#005 #0111   Rhyhorn Ground Rock
#006 #0112   Rhydon Ground Rock
#052 #0116   Horsea Water
#053 #0117   Seadra Water
#011 #0125   Electabuzz Electric
#014 #0126   Magmar Fire
#145 #0131   Lapras Water Ice
#129 #0137   Porygon Normal
#— #0152   Chikorita Grass
#— #0153   Bayleef Grass
#— #0154   Meganium Grass
#— #0158   Totodile Water
#— #0159   Croconaw Water
#— #0160   Feraligatr Water
#— #0170   Chinchou Water Electric
#— #0171   Lanturn Water Electric
#— #0182   Bellossom Grass
#— #0209   Snubbull Fairy
#— #0210   Granbull Fairy
#— #0227   Skarmory Steel Flying
#— #0230   Kingdra Water Dragon
#— #0233   Porygon2 Normal
#— #0235   Smeargle Normal
#— #0236   Tyrogue Fighting
#— #0237   Hitmontop Fighting
#— #0239   Elekid Electric
#— #0240   Magby Fire
#— #0243   Raikou Electric
#— #0244   Entei Fire
#— #0245   Suicune Water
#— #0249   Lugia Psychic Flying
#— #0250   Ho-Oh Fire Flying
#— #0252   Treecko Grass
#— #0253   Grovyle Grass
#— #0254   Sceptile Grass
#— #0255   Torchic Fire
#— #0256   Combusken Fire Fighting
#— #0257   Blaziken Fire Fighting
#— #0258   Mudkip Water
#— #0259   Marshtomp Water Ground
#— #0260   Swampert Water Ground
#— #0311   Plusle Electric
#— #0312   Minun Electric
#— #0328   Trapinch Ground
#— #0329   Vibrava Ground Dragon
#— #0330   Flygon Ground Dragon
#— #0374   Beldum Steel Psychic
#— #0375   Metang Steel Psychic
#— #0376   Metagross Steel Psychic
#— #0377   Regirock Rock
#— #0378   Regice Ice
#— #0379   Registeel Steel
#— #0380   Latias Dragon Psychic
#— #0381   Latios Dragon Psychic
#— #0386   Deoxys Psychic
#— #0408   Cranidos Rock
#— #0409   Rampardos Rock
#— #0410   Shieldon Rock Steel
#— #0411   Bastiodon Rock Steel
#— #0464   Rhyperior Ground Rock
#— #0466   Electivire Electric
#— #0467   Magmortar Fire
#— #0474   Porygon-Z Normal
#— #0486   Regigigas Normal
#— #0495   Snivy Grass
#— #0496   Servine Grass
#— #0497   Serperior Grass
#— #0498   Tepig Fire
#— #0499   Pignite Fire Fighting
#— #0500   Emboar Fire Fighting
#— #0522   Blitzle Electric
#— #0523   Zebstrika Electric
#— #0529   Drilbur Ground
#— #0530   Excadrill Ground Steel
#— #0546   Cottonee Grass Fairy
#— #0547   Whimsicott Grass Fairy
#— #0559   Scraggy Dark Fighting
#— #0560   Scrafty Dark Fighting
#— #0572   Minccino Normal
#— #0573   Cinccino Normal
#— #0577   Solosis Psychic
#— #0578   Duosion Psychic
#— #0579   Reuniclus Psychic
#— #0595   Joltik Bug Electric
#— #0596   Galvantula Bug Electric
#— #0622   Golett Ground Ghost
#— #0623   Golurk Ground Ghost
#— #0638   Cobalion Steel Fighting
#— #0639   Terrakion Rock Fighting
#— #0640   Virizion Grass Fighting
#— #0643   Reshiram Dragon Fire
#— #0644   Zekrom Dragon Electric
#— #0646   Kyurem Dragon Ice
#— #0647   Keldeo Water Fighting
#— #0677   Espurr Psychic
#— #0678   Meowstic Psychic
#— #0686   Inkay Dark Psychic
#— #0687   Malamar Dark Psychic
#— #0725   Litten Fire
#— #0726   Torracat Fire
#— #0727   Incineroar Fire Dark
#— #0728   Popplio Water
#— #0729   Brionne Water
#— #0730   Primarina Water Fairy
#— #0731   Pikipek Normal Flying
#— #0732   Trumbeak Normal Flying
#— #0733   Toucannon Normal Flying
#— #0751   Dewpider Water Bug
#— #0752   Araquanid Water Bug
#— #0764   Comfey Fairy
#— #0774   Minior Rock Flying
#— #0789   Cosmog Psychic
#— #0790   Cosmoem Psychic
#— #0791   Solgaleo Psychic Steel
#— #0792   Lunala Psychic Ghost
#— #0800   Necrozma Psychic
#— #0868   Milcery Fairy
#— #0869   Alcremie Fairy
#— #0884   Duraludon Steel Dragon

New activities

BB League

The Blueberry League, BB League for short, is a unique Pokémon battle league where students rise in ranks from the various Pokémon battles against each other. To face the BB League Elite Four, the player must pass four unique Elite Tests. Each member of BB League Elite Four occupies a biome in the Terarium. One Elite Trial by Amarys has KoraidonS/MiraidonV gain the ability to fly temporarily to pass through floating rings in the air.

League Club Room

Main article: League Club Room

Blueberry Academy has a League Club Room where participating players in the BB League can join to train through Pokémon battles. The player can also use the clubroom's computer to fund other clubs in the Academy using Blueberry Points (BP for short). Depending on the club they're helping, the player can receive thank-you gifts.

The player can redecorate the League Club Room after sending funds to the Art Club. There are seven options the player can unlock. The Baseball Club offers the player different Poké Ball throwing styles. The Music Club adds options for the background music that can be played in the League Club Room. The Photography Club offers upgrades to their Rotom Phone and photo-taking. Finally, through the Terarium Club, The player can spend 3,000 BP four times for each Biome and allow the starter Pokémon to appear in certain areas within the Terarium.

Item Printer

Main article: Item Printer

The Item Printer is one of the rewards that player can use after their first visit to Terarium, placed within the League Club Room. By adding TM Materials to the Item Printer, the player can obtain several items. The machine can be upgraded three times, from Standard to Great, Ultra, and Master. Each upgrade requires both BP and having printed several items a certain amount of times.

Special guests

While at Blueberry Academy, the player can invite familiar characters from Paldea for a visit, such as the Gym Leaders and instructors. The player is able to do a variety of activities, such as taking photos, learning more about them, and, after interacting with the guest a few times, battling and trading Pokémon with them. The traded Pokémon comes with a new Ribbon, the Partner Ribbon, which shows the original owner's name when the Pokémon is sent into battle, such as "Go! Iono's Magnemite!". The player can invite up to 23 different characters to the League Club by spending BP, though only two can be present at once.

Blueberry Quests

Blueberry Quests, BBQs for short, are side quests assigned by the Academy. Completing these side quests earns the player BP, and allows the player to receive Snacks from Snacksworth once they've completed the main story of The Indigo Disk. BBQs can be tracked in the notices menu, and players are also able to take on group quests with friends through the Union Circle.

Throwing styles

By donating funds to the Academy's Baseball Club, players have the ability to change the throwing style of their Poké Ball during a battle. There are plenty of animations to choose from and they can be changed whenever needed in exchange for a small amount of BP.

Synchro Machine

A new feature in the Terarium, the player can unlock the Synchro Machine after helping a Scientist named Synclaire with her research. The machine allows the player to synchronize with their Pokémon, allowing them to move around as said Pokémon and battle other Pokémon in the style of Auto Battle. Unlike a typical Auto Battle, Shiny Pokémon are knocked out if attacked while the player is synchronized. The Synchro Machine can also be used in the Union Circle, with the entire group synchronizing with their respective Pokémon. Every Pokémon included in Scarlet and Violet, along with DLC expansions, can be synchronized with. Also, flying Pokémon used in Synchro Machine will stay in flight, even when walking off a ledge.

Moves

Several new moves have been introduced for The Indigo Disk.

Abilities

Terapagos has three new signature Abilities tied to each of its forms, Tera Shift for Normal form, Tera Shell for Terastal form, and Teraform Zero for Stellar form.

Items

Several new and returning items are introduced for The Indigo Disk.

Key items

Evolution items

Poké Balls

Other items

Other features

  • All starter Pokémon from past generations in the core series return in The Indigo Disk. The player can encounter them in the Terarium after upgrading their respective biomes. Each biome can be upgraded through the League Club Room computer in exchange for 3,000 BP per biome.
  • After clearing the main story of The Indigo Disk, the player can unlock KoraidonS/MiraidonV's ability to fly permanently by talking to Amarys. This allows the player to fly freely in Paldea, Kitakami, and the Terarium instead of gliding. The player can use the left joystick to switch between Glide Mode or Flying Mode for their Legendary Pokémon ride.
  • 25 different Legendary Pokémon from past generations in the core series return in The Indigo Disk as well. To encounter them, the player must speak to a new character called Snacksworth at Blueberry Academy, who only appears after completing the main story of The Indigo Disk. Completing 1 group and 10 solo Blueberry Quests (the limits are 16 and 130, respectively) prompts Snacksworth to give special snacks needed to encounter the specific Legendary Pokémon in Paldea. Snacksworth also shares stories of his heroic encounters and extensive knowledge of the Legendary Pokémon, providing hints where said Legendary Pokémon can be found.

Gallery

Logos

  • Japanese logo

  • Simplified Chinese logo

  • Traditional Chinese logo

  • French logo

  • German logo

  • Italian logo

  • Spanish logo

Artwork

  • The Indigo Disk Promo-1.png

    First promotional artwork

  • Second promotional artwork

Related articles

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 藍之圓盤 Làahm jī Yùhnpùhn
Mandarin 藍之圓盤 / 蓝之圆盘 Lán zhī Yuánpán
  French Le Disque Indigo
  German Die Indigoblaue Scheibe
  Italian Il disco indaco
  Korean 남청의 원반 Namcheong-ui Wonban
  Spanish El disco índigo


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