How to unlock Special Coaches in Indigo Disk | Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

If you have completed the Indigo Disk DLC's main story, then you can return to the Blueberry Academy to unlock Special Coaches. They can be invited through the League Club Room’s PC, and each invite costs certain Blueberry Points. This means you need tons of BP in your possession to unlock all of them. Although this is a prerequisite to inviting them, certain conditions must be met to see more Special Coaches.

We will discuss their unlock requirements, trades, and rewards in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's second expansion post-game content. Let’s get into the topic at hand in detail.

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How to unlock and trade with Special Coaches in Indigo Disk

Special Coaches (Image via The Pokemon Company)

The eight Indigo Disk’s Special Coaches on the first row in the above photo are Paldean Gym Leaders. They can be unlocked when you complete the DLC’s story mode and watch the credits. After doing that, you can slowly unlock others once you invite all of them three times to the League Club Room.

Remember, you have to speak to them each time they arrive in the room. If you do this continually, you will notice that the NPCs will have a golden ring on their profile.

Every time the Special Coaches visit you in The Indigo Disk, they propose a battle. It is up to you whether you want to battle at that moment or postpone it. However, if you accept, they reward you with items like the Surrendering Sunflora Case, Ghost Sneakers, and more.

Unlocking 20 Special Coaches (Image via The Pokemon Company)

You can only invite two Special Coaches at a time. If the Club Room has Brassius and Kofu, inviting another Coach will randomly kick out any of them. You have to rinse and repeat the same process (interacting) to get the golden ring on each Special Coach’s profile.

You can choose any of the three Gym Leaders you wish to trade with to unlock Clavell and Jack in Indigo Disk. The more trading you conduct, the more Coaches will show up. Check out the table below to know what you exactly need to do to unlock them all.

Special Coaches	How to Unlock	Trade Pokemon
Katy	Beat the Indigo Disk story	Katy's Combee (Lv. 15)
Brassius	Beat the Indigo Disk story	Brassius' Sunflora (Lv. 40)
Iono	Beat the Indigo Disk story	Iono's Magnemite (Lv. 22)
Kofu	Beat the Indigo Disk story	Kofu's Veluza (Lv. 20)
Larry	Beat the Indigo Disk story	Larry's Dudunsparce (Lv. 35)
Ryme	Beat the Indigo Disk story	Ryme's Greavard (Lv. 10)
Tulip	Beat the Indigo Disk story	Tulip's Flittle (Lv. 32)
Grusha	Beat the Indigo Disk story	Grusha's Cetoddle (Lv. 37)
Poppy	Trade Pokemon with 5 Special Coaches	Poppy's Tinkatuff (Lv. 25)
Clavell	Trade Pokemon with 3 Special Coaches	Clavell's Pawmo (Lv. 24)
Jacq	Trade Pokemon with 3 Special Coaches	Jacq's Gulpin (Lv. 17)
Raifort	Trade Pokemon with 3 Special Coaches and increase Raifort's Friendship by showing her Wo-Chien, Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu, and Chi-Yu.	Raifort's Gimmighoul (Lv. 30)
Tyme	Trade Pokemon with 3 Special Coaches and increase Tyme's Friendship by completing all classes and conversations.	Tyme's Rockruff (Lv. 12)
Salvatore	Trade Pokemon with 3 Special Coaches and increase Salvatore's Friendship by completing all classes and conversations.	Salvatore's Meowth (Lv. 13)
Dendra	Trade Pokemon with 3 Special Coaches and increase Dendra's Friendship by completing all classes and conversations.	Dendra's Meditite (Lv. 28)
Hassel	Trade Pokemon with 3 Special Coaches and increase Hassel's Friendship by completing all classes and conversations.	Hassel's Arctibax (Lv. 45)
Saguaro	Trade Pokemon with 3 Special Coaches and increase Saguaro's Friendship by getting Sweet Herba Mystica for him.	Saguaro's Hattrem (Lv. 33)
Miriam	Trade Pokemon with 3 Special Coaches and increase Miriam's Friendship by completing all conversations.	Miriam's Mareanie (Lv. 20)
Geeta	Trade Pokemon with 8 Special Coaches	Geeta's Glimmet (Lv. 5)
Arven	Complete the Epilogue Quest, Mochi Mayhem	Arven's Skwovet (Lv. Unknown)
Penny	Complete the Epilogue Quest, Mochi Mayhem	Penny's Eevee (Lv. Unknown)
Nemona	Complete the Epilogue Quest, Mochi Mayhem	Nemona's Tauros (Lv. Unknown)

As expected, the three remaining Special Coaches are Arven, Penny, and Nemona. However, the Pokemon’s level you obtain through trades is still being determined. We’ll update the details once we have solid information. With that said, here is an article if you want to know more about the Epilogue event,

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All Special Coaches' rewards

The Special Coaches will reward you with various items once you defeat them in battle. Here is a table to show you all those resources:

Special Coaches	Rewards
Katy	Sweet Herba Mystica
Brassius	Surrendering Sunflora Case
Iono	Iono Zone Case
Kofu	Spicy Herba Mystica
Larry	Salty Herba Mystica
Ryme	Ghost Sneakers
Tulip	Starf Berry
Grusha	Carbos
Rika	Ability Patch
Poppy	Rare Candies
Clavell	Clive Wig
Jacq	Hexagonal Glasses
Raifort	Comet Shard
Tyme	Bitter Herba Mystica
Salvatore	PP Up
Dendra	Protein
Hassel	Moved to Tears Emote
Saguaro	Sour Herba Mystica
Miriam	Aye-Aye, Cap'n emote
Geeta	Elite Gloves
Arven	Sandwich Cases
Penny	Smiling Vee Picks
Nemona	Focus Sash

All these rewards can only be achieved in The Indigo Disk once you unlock all the Special Coaches.