Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will be getting paid DLC later this year in the form of The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC Expansion. If you’ve not gotten Pokemon Scarlet and Violet yet, read my Pokemon Violet review here. Today, at the Pokemon Day 2023 livestream, The Pokemon Company announced the Pokemon Scarlet Violet The DLC which will be split up into two adventures. Watch the trailer here or below:

Pokemon Scarlet Violet The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC release dates

Part 1: The Teal Mask will release in fall 2023
Part 2: The Indigo Disk will release at a later date.

Pokemon Scarlet Violet The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC price

The Pokemon Scarlet Violet The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC price is $34.99. If you own both Scarlet and Violet, you need to buy the expansion for each game separately as with Sword and Shield a few years ago. Buying it now gets you the New Uniform Set as a bonus. This set includes Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter uniforms for use in the base game and DLC.

Pokemon Scarlet Violet The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC

Pokemon Scarlet Violet The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC contents

The following details were revealed at the event by The Pokemon Company:

In this new downloadable content, players will be leaving the Paldea region, the setting of Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet. In Part 1: The Teal Mask, a school trip will take players to the land of Kitakami, where they will be joining an outdoors study program held jointly between their academy and another school. In Part 2: The Indigo Disk, players will be traveling to Blueberry Academy, a sister school of their own academy, as exchange students. While this tale is split into two parts, they link together to tell a connected story.​

Pokemon Scarlet Violet The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC new Pokemon

The following details were revealed at the event by The Pokemon Company:

In Part 1: The Teal Mask and Part 2: The Indigo Disk, players will be able to encounter over 230 familiar Pokémon that have been found living in other regions but had not appeared in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet. This includes Pokémon that players will be able to bring to their games via Pokémon HOME or those received in trades. Players will also encounter new Legendary Pokémon – Ogerpon in Part 1: The Teal Mask, and Terapagos in Part 2: The Indigo Disk. In Part 1: The Teal Mask, three Pokémon named Okidogi, Munkidori, and Fezandipiti also appear. They are beloved by the people of the village as heroes that protected the land of Kitakami in the past and stone statues were made in their likeness to express the people’s gratitude. ​

Pokemon Scarlet Violet The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC

Pokemon Scarlet Violet The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC early purchase bonus

Players who purchase The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero by Tuesday, October 31, 2023, will be given a serial code for a special gift: a Hisuian Zoroark with three special features.​ This Hisuian Zoroark knows the move Happy Hour, which it cannot learn through normal gameplay, along with Tera Blast, Bitter Malice, and Nasty Plot.​ It has the Charismatic Mark and it has Dark as its Tera Type. The serial code will be valid until Thursday, February 29, 2024.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are out now worldwide on Nintendo Switch.

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