Date source
Use the listed event window first
Zorua's Hide-and-Sneak Contest is tracked as past with the displayed window Jul 2026 19-27. Use that dated window before spending materials or planning an exchange route.
📅 Jul 2026 19-27
Event windows use the 5:00 AM local reset: they start at 5:00 AM and close right before the next 5:00 AM reset on the final day.
Your next step
🫣 Jul 2026 19-27 · 5 AM local reset
Choose your Switch time zone to see the live status and countdown.
Use the guide below for the event start, mechanics, and reward steps.
Date source
Zorua's Hide-and-Sneak Contest is tracked as past with the displayed window Jul 2026 19-27. Use that dated window before spending materials or planning an exchange route.
Reward path
This event page links 1 Pokemon, 0 habitats, 10 items, and 14 exchange rewards so you can choose the actual target before grinding.
Next steps
Start with Talk to Zorua at a rebuilt Pokemon Center -> Complete Zorua's Bleak Beach request first. If a prerequisite is missing, pause the event grind and clear the blocker first.
After event
The event is no longer active, so treat rewards as archive/reference content unless the page or item card says the item returns in a later window.
Island mode
This event has an explicit Cloud Island note in the guide. Read it carefully: Main Island progress still owns the event route, while Cloud Islands are only valid when the guide names them.
How To Start
During the event window, Zorua appears only in a town with at least one rebuilt Pokemon Center. Speak with Zorua standing in front of that center to enter the contest.
The contest appears only after you complete Zorua's request in Bleak Beach and permanently unlock the regular hide-and-seek minigame.
Mechanics
Play repeated rounds and aim for the fastest clear. Your best completion time determines which special-item reward tier you reach.
After installing Version 2.0, hide-and-sneak can be canceled midway from an active round.
You can join the contest together in another player's town or on a Cloud Island. The fastest clear among all participants becomes that location's best record.
In another player's town, only the host receives the prize. On a Cloud Island, only the player who sets the best record receives it. Spectator mode cannot join the contest.
Strategy
Update Pokemon Pokopia to Ver. 1.1.1, set the Nintendo Switch 2 clock to the real local date and time, then launch the game while connected to the internet. The first activation requires an internet connection.
If you meet the unlock conditions during the event window, travel to another town or quit to the main menu and restart the game so the event can activate.
The event is supported on Cloud Islands. To play it online in your own town, talk to Zorua and hear the event explanation before starting the communication session; spectator mode is not supported.
No habitat details yet.
#0888
Lumber
Wood that's been cut so it's easy to use. If you're making something out of wood, this is for you!
How to Obtain
#0822
Leppa Berry
A berry with a rather unremarkable flavor. Restores some PP when eaten.
How to Obtain
#0868
Honey
Sweet-smelling honey. If you spread some where a Pokemon lives, that Pokemon will return home.
How to Obtain
#1029
Large Lost Relic
Fossils, music CDs, mysterious slates, rugs, posters, held items, and collectibles.
How to Obtain
Awarded for a 1:30 or faster clear and records your best result.
#1117
Rainbow Feather
Fossils, music CDs, mysterious slates, rugs, posters, held items, and collectibles.
How to Obtain
#1118
Silver Feather
Fossils, music CDs, mysterious slates, rugs, posters, held items, and collectibles.
How to Obtain
#0924
Star Piece
Fossils, music CDs, mysterious slates, rugs, posters, held items, and collectibles.
Required Materials
stardust×99How to Obtain
Made from smelted Pokemetal fragments, these can be used to make various items.
How to Obtain
Made from smelted rare Pokemetal fragments, these can be used to make various items.
How to Obtain
Lumber
Quantity: x3
Time target
2:28 or faster
Leppa Berry
Quantity: x3
Time target
2:11 or faster
Honey
Quantity: x3
Time target
1:56 or faster
Large Lost Relic
Quantity: x3
Time target
1:39 or faster
Hide-and-Sneak Trophy
Quantity: x1
Time target
1:30 or faster
Rainbow Feather
Quantity: x3
Time target
1:20 or faster
Silver Feather
Quantity: x3
Time target
1:11 or faster
Star Piece
Quantity: x1
Time target
1:00 or faster
Pokemetal
Quantity: x30
Time target
0:50 or faster
Rare Pokemetal
Quantity: x10
Time target
0:41 or faster
Rare Pokemetal
Quantity: x10
Time target
0:36 or faster
Rare Pokemetal
Quantity: x10
Time target
0:30 or faster
Rare Pokemetal
Quantity: x10
Time target
0:26 or faster
Rare Pokemetal
Quantity: x10
Time target
0:20 or faster
Zorua's Hide-and-Sneak Contest runs from July 19 at 5:00 AM to July 27 at 4:59 AM in each player's local time.
Rebuild at least one Pokemon Center in your town, finish Zorua's Bleak Beach request and unlock regular hide-and-seek, update to Ver. 1.1.1, then talk to Zorua outside that center during the event window.
Yes. All players on the Cloud Island can join, and only the player who sets the island's best record receives the prize.
The fastest participant sets that town's best record, but only the host receives the prize. Spectator mode cannot participate.
