Pokémon Pokopia runs occasional events that drop exclusive Pokémon and themed habitats into the game for a limited window. If you have played for a while you have probably noticed event-only entries in your Pokédex with numbers like E1, E2, E3, E4. This guide covers what those events actually are, how they show up in Pokopia Companion, and what to do if you missed one.

What an event is

A Pokopia event is a time-boxed release with two parts:

• Exclusive Pokémon: one or more species that are not catchable in the base game. Some are standalone. Others are the start of an evolution line, in which case catching the first form during the event unlocks the rest by evolving.
• Exclusive habitats: new habitat recipes themed around the event's Pokémon. These count toward your overall habitat total but live in their own bucket.

Events have a fixed start and end date. Once the window closes, the event Pokémon stop spawning. If you caught one in time you keep it forever, and if it has evolutions you can still complete the line.

How events show up in Pokopia Companion

When a new event or DLC is released, we update the app as soon as the data is available.

How to catch up if you missed an event

Pokopia has two workarounds for missed events.

1. Travel back in time with your Switch's date setting

The game reads the date from your Nintendo Switch's system clock to decide which events are active. Setting your Switch's date back into a past event's window appears to still work for accessing events you missed. Set the date in System Settings, launch Pokopia, do your catching, then reset the date when you are done.

Note: traveling forward to access a future event before it goes live was reportedly patched in version 1.1.1. Traveling backward to revisit a past event is a separate mechanic and still appears to work based on community reports.

2. Visit other players' islands and 3D-print what you need

Pokopia lets you visit other players' islands. While you are there, take pictures of any event-specific items you spot. Back on your own island, the camera roll lets you 3D-print the items you photographed. This is the only guaranteed way to obtain event habitat items after the window has closed if time travel does not work for you. It costs in-game materials per print, so plan visits around what you actually need.

Watch for the next one

New events get announced ahead of the start date. Keep an eye on the News page in Pokopia Companion for the heads-up when a new event drops, plus a quick summary of what is in it.