Pokémon Scarlet And Violet DLC, The Hidden Treasure Of Area Zero, Arrives Later This Year

After last year’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet quickly became some of the top-selling Switch titles, it was just a matter of time before Game Freak and The Pokémon Company announced downloadable content for the Paldean adventures. During today’s Pokémon Presents livestream, we got our first glimpse of the new stories and journeys that await in Scarlet and Violet’s DLC.

The story is known as “The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero” and it is a two-part tale. The Teal Mask, the first, is a school excursion to Kitakami’s land. The mountain has people at its base. The Pokémon Company describes Kitakami as a “place of tranquil expanses featuring rice paddles and apple orchards.” While there, the students can experience a festival happening in the village, with new friends to meet and new Pokémon to encounter. It is about unravelling the mystery behind local folktales. The Teal Mask’s story will be a direct link to the second section, “The Indigo Disk”.

In this two-part downloadable content, players can encounter more then 230 familiar Pokémon that did not appear in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet when they launched last year, including Pokémon that can be transferred from Pokémon Home (which will soon have connectivity with Scarlet and Violet), as well as monsters that can be traded. The returning Pokémon of The Teal Mask includes Ninetails, Yanma, Milotic, and more. In The Indigo Disk, we’ll be able to encounter Pokémon like Dewgong, Metagross, Zebstrika, and others.

On top of that, we’re getting all-new Pokémon through this two-part DLC. Starting in The Teal Mask, players can encounter three new Pokémon, Okidogi, Munkidori, and Fezeandipiti. The Teal Mask will also introduce players to a new Legendary Pokémon, Ogerpon. Then, in The Indigo Disk, a second new Legendary Pokémon, Terapagos, will join the world. You can see art for these Pokémon below.

Part 1: The Teal Mask, arrives for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet in fall 2023. Players won’t be waiting long, because Part 2: The Indigo Disk will launch in winter 2023. You will get a Hisuian Zoroark if you buy The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero by October 31st. This limited-time Pokémon not only knows the move Happy Hour, but also Tera Blast, Bitter Malice, and Nasty Plot. In addition, this Hisuian Zoroark features the Charismatic Mark and has Dark as its Tera Type.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet launched on Switch on November 18, 2022. The adventure was positive, but there were technical issues and problems with the titles. To learn more about the base experience of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, you can read our review here.