The Sableye Pokopia event was the second of the game's Limited-Time Events, enabling you to invite new Pokemon to move in, thus increasing your Pokedex even past the 300+ available at launch. These special occasions take place frequently, but their limited-time mechanic means you may have missed out on previous event Pokemon like Sableye.
Fortunately, there are still two ways to get Sableye into your game and build their habitat, even if you missed the Pokopia event. One is time travel, which is a little cheeky and perhaps risky, but there's a completely harmless way to do it if you're not into that. Here are the details for both.
Pokopia Sableye habitat
Sableye's habitat is the Treasure-hunting Set, which requires the following items:
- 1x Adventure Kit
- 1x Treasure
- 1x Map and Compass
Since these items were only available to obtain during the Sableye event, you'll need to take advantage of some unique Pokopia mechanics to get them now.
How to get Sableye habitat items
To get the Sableye habitat items after the event, and without time traveling, which I'll explain below, you can visit a friend or other player who has the event habitat items. On their island, take a picture of each item using the in-game camera on object mode, and then use these photos at the Pokemon Center 3D printer back at home to recreate the items. You'll also need a total of six Rare Pokemetal to print all three items.
Time-travel method
You can also time travel to the event so you can participate fully. However, of the two methods, I don't recommend this one in case it causes issues with your save. What's more, there are rumors that Omega Force is changing time travel for future events so it may no longer work.
If you still wish to time travel, simply change the date on your Nintendo Switch 2 to any time between 5am on April 29 and 5am on May 14, 2026.
You'll then be able to talk to Sableye outside the Withering Wasteland Pokemon Center before carrying out their request for Red Crystal Fragments, which are only available on Pokopia Dream Islands.
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