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Pokémon Pokopia Zorua’s Hide-and-Sneak contest event guide
Pokémon Pokopia has launched Zorua's Hide-and-Sneak contest, a limited-time minigame in which players must sneak up to a Pokémon Center's PC without being spotted by three watching Pokémon. Faster completion times unlock better rewards, giving players an incentive to keep replaying the event and refine their stealth tactics before it ends.
The contest runs from 5am local time on Sunday 19 July until 4.59am on Monday 27 July, giving players about a week to take part. Zorua must first be found in Bleak Beach before the event becomes available, after which talking to the fox Pokémon at a Pokémon Center starts the minigame. Useful tactics include using the camouflage move to avoid detection, sprinting past suspicious Pokémon at the last moment, and choosing a Pokémon Center with fewer obstacles for a quicker route to the PC. Rewards range from basic items such as Lumber and Leppa Berries for slower times down to Rare Pokémetal, Silver Feathers and a one-off Hide-and-Sneak Trophy for the fastest completions, with the best time achieved by the guide's author being six seconds.
In short
- Pokémon Pokopia's Zorua contest runs 19–27 July for stealth-based rewards
- Sneak past three Pokémon to reach a Pokémon Center PC unseen
- Faster times unlock rarer items, including a unique Hide-and-Sneak Trophy
Explained simply
Pokémon Pokopia is a Pokémon game that has launched a limited-time event called Zorua's Hide-and-Sneak contest. The event is a stealth-based minigame in which players must sneak to a Pokémon Center's computer without being detected by three watching Pokémon. To participate, players must locate a Pokémon called Zorua at Bleak Beach and then speak to it at a Pokémon Center.
The competition runs for one week, from 19 July to 27 July. Each attempt is timed, with faster completion times unlocking better rewards. Prizes range from common items like berries for slower times to rare rewards, including a Hide-and-Sneak Trophy for the fastest finishes.
The week-long window means players who want to participate have a set deadline. The best rewards go to those with the fastest completion times, so achieving the rarest prizes requires improving performance during the event period.