Jirachi has arrived in Pokémon Pokopia, and unlike most Pokémon that settle into a standard habitat, the Wish Pokémon needs something a little more celestial. The Surrounded by Stars Habitat is Jirachi's exclusive home, and building it is the only way to keep Jirachi as a permanent resident in your town once the limited-time event wraps up.
What is the Surrounded by Stars Habitat?
The Surrounded by Stars Habitat is a Jirachi-exclusive setup in Pokémon Pokopia. It doesn't cause Jirachi to spawn at the location directly, but completing it is what convinces the Wish Pokémon to stay in your town after the Wish Upon a Jirachi event ends on July 8. Skip building it and Jirachi won't stick around.
Jirachi first shows up outside a Pokémon Center when the event goes live, so you don't need to rush the habitat immediately. That said, the items required to build it are only available during the event window, which makes getting them sooner rather than later the smarter play.
Jirachi's star habitat layout
What items do you need to build the Surrounded by Stars Habitat?
Four specific items make up the complete habitat. Every single one of them is tied to the Wish Upon a Jirachi event, so there's no alternative sourcing route during the event period.
The full habitat costs 4 Sparkling Wish Notes total, one per item. That's a manageable ask, and the items are claimed directly from Jirachi at the Pokémon Center.
How to get Sparkling Wish Notes
All four items are purchased with Sparkling Wish Notes, the event-specific currency for Wish Upon a Jirachi. You'll need exactly 4 to cover the full habitat, so prioritize earning them early in the event window.
For a full breakdown of the Wish Upon a Jirachi event timing and rewards, including start times and what else you can earn, that guide covers everything you need.
Connect the Jirachi Lamp to power
How to place the habitat correctly
Once you have all four items, place them together in your town to form the habitat. The layout itself is flexible, but the Jirachi Lamp placement is the one element that can trip you up. Make sure it sits close enough to a power source before finalizing the setup, otherwise the game won't count the habitat as active.
Building habitats for legendary and event Pokémon follows a similar pattern across the game. If you're working on other rare residents, the Kanto Legendary Birds habitat guide walks through attracting Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres using the same step-by-step approach.
What happens after you build the habitat?
Once the Surrounded by Stars Habitat is fully built and the Jirachi Lamp is powered, Jirachi becomes a settled resident in your town. The Wish Pokémon won't be going anywhere after that, even when the event clock hits zero on July 8.
After testing the placement across multiple town configurations, the power source requirement is the step most players overlook. Everything else about the habitat is straightforward, but an unpowered lamp silently blocks completion with no obvious error message.
Jirachi follows a long line of event Pokémon that have come through Pokopia, including Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff, and Sableye. More are on the way with the upcoming Expansion Pass. For everything else happening in the game right now, the full Pokémon Pokopia strategy guides collection has you covered.