How to get Archaludon in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet’s Indigo Disk DLC

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet’s second DLC, The Indigo Disk, includes several new Pokémon like Archaludon. Here is everything you need to know and do if you want to evolve your Duraludon into the new Archaludon.

How to get Duraludon in The Indigo Disk

First and foremost, you need to acquire a Duraludon in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet if you want to even evolve into the fellow Steel and Dragon-type Archaludon. You can do this in one of two ways: the first is the easiest, which is to simply transfer over the Duraludon you have from Sword & Shield through Pokémon Home. This is great to do if you already have a shiny form.

But if you don’t already have Duraludon, you can often find it roaming around in the Polar Biome, which is the northwestern region in the Terarium in The Indigo Disk. Catch this Pokémon or transfer it over and you are then ready to get yourself an Archaludon.

How to evolve Duraludon into Archaludon

There is only one way to evolve Duraludon into Archaludon and it isn’t through a level-up method. Instead, you need to use a specific item on Duraludon to evolve it. This item is known as the Metal Alloy. Once you acquire this special evolution item in The Indigo Disk, all you need to do is add Duraludon to your party.

While it is in your party, open up your bag and use the Metal Alloy on your Duraludon. This will instantly evolve it into the new Gen 9 DLC Pokémon, Archaludon. Of course, you’ll need some Metal Alloy first.

How to get Metal Alloy in The Indigo Disk

The easiest way to get Metal Alloy in The Indigo Disk DLC is to head to the school store in the Blueberry Academy. The NPC here will sell you as many Metal Alloys as you need to evolve as many Duraludons as you want. However, there is a bit of a catch when it comes to this. You can’t buy it with regular Pokédollars, as they only accept BP.

It costs 300 BP to buy a single Metal Alloy. This is quite a bit, especially the only main way to get BP is to do the BBQs (Blueberry Quests). You only get around 20-30 BP per quest, so you may need to grind catching Pokémon, auto battling, and sneaking around for quite some time before you have enough BP to buy a Metal Alloy and obtain Archaludon.