Once you've beaten the main story of the Indigo Disk DLC in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, you gain the ability to receive one Pokemon via trade from almost every major trainer in the game, including Gym Leaders, Elite Four members, and your friends.

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These Pokemon all have a special Mark that includes the name of whoever gave you the Pokemon when you use it in battle. On top of having a memento from these characters, some of these Pokemon are rather rare, having special abilities, moves, and Tera Types, so they're worth collecting beyond just for completion's sake.

How To Unlock Coaches

You gain the ability to call special coaches for 200 BP immediately after seeing the credits of the Indigo Disk DLC. However, you're only able to speak with a limited number of characters at first.

Furthermore, the Blueberry League Elite Four behave the same way. However, instead of calling them, they just show up in the League Club room, where you can speak to them.

You do not have to battle any of them.

Available Immediately

As soon as you complete the DLC, you can call any of the Paldea Gym Leaders or speak to the BB League Elite Four members.

Available After Completing A Certain Number Of Trades

Clavell and the staff of Naranja or Uva Academy will show up after you've completed three trades in the League Club Room. However, for all the teachers except Jacq, you have to have befriended them at the school first by taking their classes and completing their sidequests.

Rika and Poppy of the Elite Four will arrive after you've completed five trades. Geeta is available after you've completed eight trades.

You can unlock Cyrano by completing ten trades with coaches you called to the school, and spending ten BP to battle the secret boss of Blueberry Academy, this being Cyrano. After defeating him, you can trade.

Available After Completing the Epilogue

Once you've completed Mochi Mayhem, Nemona, Penny, and Arven will be able to be called as special coaches, while Carmine and Kieran will show up in the League Club Room on their own.

How To Unlock Trades

For each trainer, you can trade with them after your third unique conversation with them.

You cannot trade them shinies, Legendary Pokemon, or any Pokemon where you are not the original trainer.

For coaches, that means the third time you invite them and talk to them,and for Blueberry Academy students, it's the third time they show up on their own.

If you want the Blueberry students to switch out, you have to move the date on your Switch forward a day.

The exception is Cyrano, who trades with you after you defeat him.

Complete List Of Coach Trades

Some of the Pokemon you can receive in trades have their hidden ability or a special Tera type.

Trainer

Pokemon

Notable Traits

Katy

Combee

Has its Hidden Ability

Brassius

Brassius

-

Iono

Magnemite

-

Kofu

Veluza

Has its Hidden Ability

Larry

Dudunsparce

-

Ryme

Greavard

Has its Hidden Ability

Tulip

Flittle

Has its Hidden Ability

Grusha

Cetitan

Has its Hidden Ability

Rika

Paldean Wooper

Has its Hidden Ability

Poppy

Tinkatuff

-

Clavell

Pawmo

-

Jacq

Gulpin

Has its Hidden Ability

Raifort

Steel Tera Type

Tyme

Rockruff

Has its Hidden Ability and Ground Tera Type

Salvatore

Alolan Meowth

-

Dendra

Meditite

Has Fire Tera Type

Hassel

Arctibax

-

Saguaro

Hattrem

Has Fairy Tera Type

Miriam

Mareanie

Has its Hidden Ability

Geeta

Glimmet

Has its Hidden Ability and Psychic Tera Type

Nemona

Paldean Tauros

-

Arven

Skwovet

Has its Hidden Ability and Fighting Tera Type

Penny

Eevee

Has its Hidden Ability and Dark Tera Type

Crispin

Magby

Has its Hidden Ability

Amarys

Skarmory

-

Lacey

Snubbull

-

Drayton

Duraludon

Has its Hidden Ability and Electric Tera Type

Kieran

Applin

Has its Hidden Ability

Carmine

Poltchageist

Has Water Tera Type

Cyrano

Blitzle

Shiny

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