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A list of tips and tricks to get started in The Indigo Disk DLC of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on to see things to do first to make the most out of your progress at the Blueberry Academy.
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Make sure to have an EV trained and Hyper Trained Doubles team with you when starting The Indigo Disk DLC.
The battles at the Blueberry Academy are at a high level of play, especially when facing the League Club Trainers all over the Terarium.
Best Doubles Team for Indigo Disk
Trainers will use Level 70 and above Pokemon as you progress through The Indigo Disk DLC. It is recommended to level your Pokemon to Level 100 using Rare Candies and Exp. Candies to quickly sweep through the battles.
How to Level Up Fast: EXP Farming Guide
The Indigo Disk DLC adds new clothing and hairstyle options to choose from. Some of these can be unlocked when presenting the Indigo Style Card at a clothing shop and salon while others are unlocked through other means.
All Indigo Disk Clothes and Hairstyles
Catching all 240 Pokemon in the Terarium rewards you with one Master Ball and a Mark Charm. You can claim the former from the Blueberry Pokedex menu while the latter requires you to talk to Cyrano at the Blueberry Academy.
How to Complete the Blueberry Pokedex
You can use Mass Outbreaks to find Trade Evolution Pokemon roaming around in the Terarium. This is one way of obtaining these Pokemon without having to trade with another player.
Starter Pokemon from previous generation can also be encountered in Mass Outbreaks but you will need to complete the Boost Biodiversity requests in the Support Board to spawn them in their corresponding biomes.
All Rare Mass Outbreaks in The Indigo Disk DLC
There appears to be a time difference of 18 real-time minutes between Paldea and the Terarium in Blueberry Academy.
Blueberry Academy is late of Paldea in the day-night cycle, so there are times when it would be morning in Blueberry Academy and nighttime in Paldea when you travel between the two areas in your save file
Blueberry Academy Terarium Day Night Cycle
After showing an Alolan Pokemon to the professor at the Coastal Biome, you will receive a phone call from Carmine to meet up at the Central Plaza. Head to the Central Plaza and talk to Carmine. Defeat her in battle to unlock the League Club.
All League Club Rewards and Activities
You can use the computer in the League Club Room to access the Support Board. This board contains requests from the Blueberry Academy's clubs that you can donate BP to receive rewards.
Donating 10 BP to the "Want to change your throwing style?" request in the Support Board lets you choose from a wide variety of throwing styles to choose from. You can also unlock more throwing styles when you donate BP to the requests of the Baseball Club.
All New Poke Ball Throwing Styles
Completing the Boost Biodiversity requests in the Support Board adds Starter Pokemon in their corresponding biomes.
Note that each request costs 3000 BP so you need to farm a lot of BP if you want to boost the biodiversity of each biome.
Indigo Disk Starter Pokemon Locations
You can invite familiar faces like the Paldean Gym Leaders or the Elite Four to visit the League Club Room.
You can take photos, deepen your bond with these trainers, and battle them. Inviting them three times will allow you to trade Pokemon with them and even gain rewards!
Note that inviting a Special Coach costs 200 BP each. Since you will need to invite them three times to trade with them, you will need 600 BP per trade and a total of 12000 BP to trade with all 20 available Special Coaches.
All Special Coaches Trades and How to Unlock
The Item Printer allows you to use your Pokemon Materials to turn them into valuable and rare items. You need to donate 200 BP to Science Club member Reese from the Support Board to unlock the Item Printer at the League Club Room.
Upgrading the Item Printer for the second time unlocks the Poke Ball Lotto. The feature activates as you do print jobs and has a chance of dropping rare Poke Balls such as Apriballs and Master Balls.
Poke Ball Lotto Odds and How to Unlock
Donating 200 BP to the "An update for the lock-on feature" request unlocks the Lock-On feature for the Camera app. Using it on a Pokemon that you have caught before lets you see its gender, size, and mark!
Stellar Tera Type is the 19th Tera Type introduced in The Indigo Disk DLC. When using a Stellar Terastallized Pokemon, its first attack will receive a damage boost by 1.3x.
This damage boost only applies to the first attack you used. When used in Tera Raid, the move's damage will always be boosted regardless of how many times it is used.
If your Pokemon terastaliizes into a Stellar Tera Type, it will retain its original typing. In the image above, the wild Stellar Type Dodrio receives a super effective hit from Chien-Pao's Icicle Crash.
Stellar Tera Type Match-Ups Explained
After completing the main story of the Indigo Disk DLC, you can find wild Stellar Tera Pokemon roaming in the Terarium.
Catching or defeating these Pokemon will reward you with 10 Stellar Tera Shards, as well as TM Materials.
All Wild Stellar Tera Type Pokemon
| How to Respawn Wild Tera Pokemon | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Go to the location where the wild Tera Pokemon appears. Defeat or capture it. |
| 2 | Save near where the Pokemon spawns and close the game. |
| 3 | Advance the date on the Switch by one day. ▶︎ Check out how to change the time here! |
| 4 | Start the game back up and check if it re-appears. |
| 5 | If it appears → Defeat or catch it and repeat Step 2 If it doesn't appear → Close the game and repeat Step 4. |
Aside from using the Item Printer, catching or defeating wild Stellar Tera Pokemon is one of the best ways to farm for Stellar Tera Shards.
You can advance the date on your Switch by one day to respawn wild Stellar Tera Pokemon using the steps in the table above.
How to Farm Stellar Tera Shards
Blueberry Quests (BBQs) are tasks you can complete on your own or with friends to earn BP.
BP allows you to contribute to clubs in the Support Board, invite coaches to the League Club Room, and purchase items from the Blueberry Academy.
You can start completing Blueberry Quests once you complete the class at the Coastal Biome.
All Blueberry Quests (BBQs) and Best Quests to Clear
The fastest way to earn BP is to join a Union Circle group and complete Blueberry Quests together.
In addition, if you participate in multiplayer exclusive quests, you may possible get Legendary Snacks for the Union Exclusive Legendaries from Snacksworth.
Check out our Union Circle Codes Board to form or join a group to take on these Blueberry Quests together!
Union Circle Group Quest Guide
One of the gold BBQ that you may encounter when playing with friends is finding Ditto Blocks at a specific biome.
There are a number of locations listed in the Polar Biome, Savanna Biome, Coastal Biome, and Central Plaza. Check out our guide below to see all the confirmed locations!
Photo credit: JFlash727 on Twitter.
There is a rare chance of finding a Shiny Ditto Block when completing this group Blueberry Quest. Unfortunately, it is not possible to catch the Shiny Ditto once it has transformed into its original shiny form.
Indigo Disk Shiny Ditto Blocks!
Another Gold BBQ you may encounter is the "Catch a certain Pokemon that matches hints that have been given!"
Each player is given a different hint to guess which Pokemon to catch. Playes will receive a hint to guess the Pokemon based on its silhouette, cry, or its description from the Pokedex.
Use your Pokedex to check for clues and coordinate with other players to complete this Gold BBQ!
All Pokemon Hints for Group Quests
The TM Machine in the Indigo Disk DLC is located near the vending machines at the Central Plaza.
This is the only location in the Terarium where you can make TMs unlike in the Paldea region where you can make them at every Pokemon Center.
TM Machine Location in The Indigo Disk DLC
Snacksworth appears at the Entrance near the stands once you complete The Indigo Disk DLC's main story. This NPC gives you Legendary Snacks that you can bring to certain areas to attract Legendary Pokemon.
Snacksworth Location and Indigo Disk Legendary Quests
All static encounters, including Legendary Pokemon, are shiny-locked in The Indigo Disk DLC. However, all wild encounters in the Terarium has a chance of being shiny so shiny hunting these Pokemon are possible.
Are Indigo Disk Legendary Pokemon Shiny Locked?
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You can unlock and catch Meloetta within the Coastal Biome in the Terarium!
You'll need to go through several steps first though including finding a circling breeze and spinning in a circle for 30 seconds.
How to Get Meloetta in the Indigo Disk
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There is a secret treasure cave in Area Zero that you can reach once you have completed the Indigo Disk DLC main story.
To access it, head to the deepest area of Area Zero and enter the passageway below the blocked cave entrance. Jump down and glide immediately to the hole on the right.
All Indigo Disk Secrets and Hidden Areas
After completing The Indigo Disk's main story, you can go to Classroom 3-2 in the Blueberry Academy and talk to Amarys to give Koraidon or Miraraidon the ability to fly.
Press the left stick while gilding to activate this ability. The controls work similarly when controlling Koraidon or Miraidon during Amarys' Elite Trial.
You can get a free Shiny Blitzle from Cyrano after inviting him to the Leage Club Room three times. You also need to battle him once to unlock the option to trade with him.
In inorder to unlock Cyrano, you need to unlock all 20 avaiable Special Coaches first. Note that it is not required to invite all of the Special Coaches; based on our findings, simply having the Special Coaches unlocked was sufficient.
Shiny Blitzle Cyrano Coach Trade
Once you have unlocked the ability to fly using Koraidon or Miraidon, you can reach the top of the Terarium to obtain 50 Stellar Tera Shards, one Gold Bottle Cap, and one Ability Patch.
All Indigo Disk Secrets and Hidden Areas
There is a secret quest invovling Team Star that unlocks once you have completed Starfall Street in the base game, completed one Academy Class until its final exam, and completed The Indigo Disk's main story.
Once you have fulfilled the above conditions, go to the Academy in Paldea and talk to Giacomo and Eri near the bookshelfs of the academy.
Catching 200 unique Pokemon in the Blueberry Pokedex unlocks a side quest for Perrin. Progressing through this side quest unlocks Raging Bolt and Gouging Fire in Pokemon Scarlet and Iron Crown and Iron Boulder in Pokemon Violet.
How to Get 200 Blueberry Pokedex Pokemon Fast
Currently the best Stellar Tera Pokemon you can use for Tera Raids include Pokemon with Contrary ability, Pokemon that can change their type, and Terapagos.
Best Pokemon to Terastallize Stellar for Tera Raids
The best Pokemon that you can Synchro with are Pokemon with fast overworld movement speeds that can keep with you when riding on Koraidon or Miraidon.
These include Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Zacian, Zamazenta, Eternatus, and Varoom.
Best Synchro Pokemon Tier List
The Indigo Disk DLC Front Page
| Walkthrough | |
|---|---|
| How to Start the Epilogue | |
| Epilogue Walkthrough | Things to Do After the Epilogue |
| Trainer Rematches | |
| Nemona | |
| Arven | Penny |
| New Epilogue Pokemon Articles | |
| Mythical Pecha Berry | How to Catch Pecharunt |
| Pecharunt Best Build | Pecharunt Best Tera Build |
| Poison Puppeteer | Malignant Chain |
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| Release Date | January 11, 2024 (14:00 UTC) |
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| How to Unlock | ・Complete The Way Home ・Complete the Teal Mask DLC ・Complete the Indigo Disk DLC |
A new epilogue for both the Teal Mask and Indigo Disk DLC is now available! In this epilogue, you'll return to Kitakami with your friends Nemona, Arven, and Penny!
How to Start the Indigo Disk DLC Epilogue
| Indigo Disk Tier Lists | |
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| Best Pokemon to Terastallize Stellar for Tera Raids | Best Synchro Pokemon Tier List |
| Best Pokemon Tier List | Best Stellar Tera Pokemon for Ranked Battles |
| New Pokemon | |||||||||||
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 Pecharunt |
 Terapagos |
 Archaludon |
 Hydrapple |
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 Raging Bolt |
 Gouging Fire |
 Iron Crown |
 Iron Boulder |
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| Terarium Map | Blueberry Academy |
| Savannah Biome | Coastal Biome |
| Canyon Biome | Polar Biome |
| Indigo Disk New TMs | New DLC Moves |
| Returning DLC Moves | - |
| All New DLC Items | Metal Alloy |
| Stellar Tera Shards | Mark Charm |
| Synchro Machine | All Alcremie Sweets |
| Meteorite | Briar's Book |
| Indigo Style Card | Sport Ball |
| Mythical Pecha Berry | - |
| BB League Elite Four | |||||||
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 Lacey |
 Crispin |
 Amarys |
 Drayton |
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| The Indigo Disk Characters | |||||||
 Cyrano |
 Briar |
 Carmine |
 Kieran |
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 Snacksworth |
 Perrin |
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| Other Useful Characters | |||||||
| Blueberry Quests Union Circle Message Board (33909) |
Indigo Disk Rare Pokemon Trade Codes Board (747) |
The Indigo Disk DLC Tips and Tricks
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