{"id":136946,"date":"2026-04-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-200329"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:00:00","slug":"pokemon-pokopia-sableyes-gem-hunt-event-has-finally-been-officially-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/24\/pokemon-pokopia-sableyes-gem-hunt-event-has-finally-been-officially-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia &#8216;Sableye&#8217;s Gem Hunt&#8217; Event Has Finally Been Officially Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/887167c82d2b4\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/887167c82d2b4\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"887167c82d2b4\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia - Sableye's Gem Hunt\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/887167c82d2b4\/pokemon-pokopia-sableyes-gem-hunt.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/887167c82d2b4\/pokemon-pokopia-sableyes-gem-hunt.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia - Sableye's Gem Hunt\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;ve known about an upcoming Sableye event in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> for a good while now (thanks to the joys of time jumping), but The Pok\u00e9mon Company has today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokemon.com\/uk\/pokemon-news\/search-for-treasure-during-sableyes-gem-hunt-in-pokemon-pokopia\">made it official<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Sableye&#8217;s Gem Hunt&#8217; event kicks off next week on <strong>29th April at 5am<\/strong> and will run until <strong>14th May<\/strong> <strong>at 4:59am<\/strong> (local time). As the name suggests, this one is all about Sableye, with that <del>creepy<\/del> adorable little Dark\/Ghost Type appearing outside completed Pok\u00e9mon Centers with a hankering for gems.<\/p>\n<p>Much like the previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/pokemon-pokopia-more-spores-for-hoppip-event-guide-hoppip-skiploom-jumpluff-habitats\">Hoppip event<\/a>, Sableye will ask for your help to collect a special item \u2014 Red Crystal Fragments \u2014 which you&#8217;ll be able to find on a Dream Island with a little help from Drifloon. Cashing them in back at the Pok\u00e9mon Center will reward you with exclusive items, building kits and more.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it&#8217;s also your first chance to meet and befriend Sableye in Pokopia, and that&#8217;s a reward of its own!<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"cols cols-2\">\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia - Sableye's Gem Hunt\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/96e21fbff15d7\/pokemon-pokopia-sableyes-gem-hunt.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/96e21fbff15d7\/pokemon-pokopia-sableyes-gem-hunt.445x250.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"250\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia - Sableye's Gem Hunt\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia - Sableye's Gem Hunt\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/85647afd807cc\/pokemon-pokopia-sableyes-gem-hunt.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/85647afd807cc\/pokemon-pokopia-sableyes-gem-hunt.445x250.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"250\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia - Sableye's Gem Hunt\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>As we mentioned up top, in-game time-travelling has meant that we&#8217;ve known about the upcoming event for a while. Heck, if you want to jump the gun and get started on it now, you can! Anyway, it&#8217;s always nice to get the official word from TPC, and at least those who aren&#8217;t calendar hopping don&#8217;t have long to wait now.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:199008,199045 @ 1777051084 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be checking out the Sableye event next week, or have you cleared it already? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo We&#8217;ve known about an upcoming Sableye event in Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia for a good while now (thanks to the joys of time jumping), but The Pok\u00e9mon Company has today made it official. The &#8216;Sableye&#8217;s Gem Hunt&#8217; event kicks off next week on 29th April at 5am and will run until 14th May at 4:59am [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}