Unlocking the Secret Ending in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet players think they've reached the end of the game, but there's a secret ending waiting to be discovered. This hidden ending fills in the gaps left behind in the game's original story, revealing a surprising twist that will change your perspective on the entire game.

How to Unlock the Secret Ending

To unlock the secret ending, you'll need to complete the Indigo Disk DLC and obtain both Terapagos and Briar's Book. You'll also need to put Terapagos in your party. After completing the DLC, you'll receive a notification to visit Briar in her classroom, where she'll give you a copy of her new book.

Triggering the Secret Ending

Once you have both Terapagos and Briar's Book, head to the Crystal Pool in Kitakami Village. Go to the bit of land that juts into the pool right next to the bridge. As you get close to the water, the secret ending will be triggered.

Secret Ending Easter Eggs

If you take the time to find and read the documents left by the Professor, you'll discover a journal entry at the entrance of the depths under the Area Zero base. This entry mentions the Professor meeting a child at a place that smells of sulfur after somehow being summoned. They mention the child giving them a white volume. This page ultimately insinuates that you must bring Briar's Book to the Crystal Pool. It's the only hint of the secret ending that you can find.

After obtaining either the Scarlet or Violet Book after meeting the Professor, if you use the book in your inventory, the character will be able to hear the Professor speak to them for a brief moment, establishing that the time travel connection is still open.

What Does the Secret Ending Mean?

The secret ending in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet reveals the long-dead Professor, Turo or Sada, being temporarily summoned from the past. You can have a short chat with the Professor and ask them questions. Turo or Sada explain that this time travel phenomenon might not even be an event connected to their timeline, which adds a whole bunch of questions.

Eventually, Turo or Sada will notice Briar's Book and ask to trade their Scarlet or Violet Book for Briar's Book, thus creating a paradox.

Paradox Pokémon

We learn that this meeting between you and the Scarlet and Violet Professor takes place before Turo or Sada made the time machine – and that they have little to no info on Terapagos. But with Briar's Book in hand, they can complete their research. You give Turo or Sada the last bit of info they needed to complete the time machine, creating a paradox. Any future Pokémon brought to the present because of the Professor are only there due to the paradox you created, thus they are named Paradox Pokémon.

Turo and Sada's True Cause of Death

Are you the cause of the Professor's death? It's possible that you are at least indirectly. When Turo or Sada see Miraidon or Koraidon, they don't know the Pokémon's name and are only vaguely aware of its existence, meaning they haven't named it yet. After meeting the friendly version of the Miraidon or Koraidon, they went and caught it in their timeline, which led to them trying to catch the second one, only to be unprepared for it to be violent.

Are You the Cause of Everything?

Ultimately, because of one paradoxical meeting, you are the start of the domino effect of events that took place in one of the three storylines in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. You give the book to Turo or Sada, leading them to create the time machine, the AI version of themselves, and their death. This triggers Arven's need to go find them in Area Zero and his Mabostiff getting hurt. Arven goes on his quest to find the Titan Pokémon and the Herba Mystica to save Mabostiff.

This also means that you put the world in danger indirectly because you gave that last bit of info which led to the arrival of the Paradox Pokémon, potentially putting the entire ecosystem in danger. You saved the world without knowing that you are the one who put it in danger in the first place. Then you (the main character) gave the Professor Briar's Book knowing what would happen if Turo or Sada completed their research.

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet ultimately becomes an example of why we shouldn't mess with time travel and if we do, why it's so important to not share information between past, present, and future beings.

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