Pokémon Pokopia Guide: How to Get Inflatable Sudowoodo

Q: What do you need before you can participate?

There's one hard requirement: you must have rebuilt a Pokémon Center in your town. This is the same prerequisite for every other event in Pokopia, so if you've been playing for any length of time, you almost certainly already have it. The event is not available on Cloud Island, so make sure you're in your main town. Here's a quick summary of everything relevant to the event:

Q: What if you missed the event?

Missing a one-day event feels rough, but Pokopia runs on your Nintendo Switch 2's system clock, which means you can time travel back to April 1 and claim the item retroactively. Here's how: Save your game and close Pokopia Open System Settings on your Nintendo Switch 2 Go to the Date & Time tab Turn off "Synchronize Clock via Internet" Manually set the date to April 1, 2026 Relaunch Pokémon Pokopia and claim the Inflatable Sudowoodo from the Pokémon Center PC Time traveling in Pokopia doesn't affect your save progress, and you can move forward or backward as needed. Once you've claimed the item, you can re-enable internet clock sync and return to the current date.

Pokémon Pokopia is running a one-day April Fools' event on April 1, 2026, and the reward is exactly as absurd as it should be: a dancing Inflatable Sudowoodo decoration for your town. The whole thing takes about two minutes to complete, but there are a couple of prerequisites worth knowing before you log in.

What is the April Fools' event in Pokémon Pokopia?

The April Fools' Day event is a limited, single-day celebration tied to April 1. The main reward is the Inflatable Sudowoodo, a balloon-style outdoor decoration that stands up and sways around, mimicking the Rock-type Pokémon it's based on. The choice of Sudowoodo is a neat fit: the Pokémon's Japanese name literally translates to "lie" (うそ), and it famously pretends to be a tree to avoid confrontation. An inflatable fake tree for April Fools' Day tracks perfectly.

Beyond the decoration, there's a fun town-wide Easter egg running on the same day. Your resident Pokémon will pretend to be other Pokémon throughout April 1, so don't panic if your usual crew looks a little unfamiliar.

Inflatable Sudowoodo decoration

What do you need before you can participate?

There's one hard requirement: you must have rebuilt a Pokémon Center in your town. This is the same prerequisite for every other event in Pokopia, so if you've been playing for any length of time, you almost certainly already have it. The event is not available on Cloud Island, so make sure you're in your main town.

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If you haven't rebuilt your Pokémon Center yet, do that first. Without it, you can't access the PC or the Challenges menu where events live.

Here's a quick summary of everything relevant to the event:

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How do you claim the Inflatable Sudowoodo?

There are two versions of how the event works across sources, and both are worth knowing.

The simple version (confirmed by Pokopia Guide):

Log in to Pokopia on April 1
Head to your Pokémon Center and interact with the PC
Open the event or gift section and claim the Inflatable Sudowoodo

That's the whole thing. No quests, no resource gathering.

What if you missed the event?

Missing a one-day event feels rough, but Pokopia runs on your Nintendo Switch 2's system clock, which means you can time travel back to April 1 and claim the item retroactively. Here's how:

Save your game and close Pokopia
Open System Settings on your Nintendo Switch 2
Go to the Date & Time tab
Turn off "Synchronize Clock via Internet"
Manually set the date to April 1, 2026
Relaunch Pokémon Pokopia and claim the Inflatable Sudowoodo from the Pokémon Center PC

Time traveling in Pokopia doesn't affect your save progress, and you can move forward or backward as needed. Once you've claimed the item, you can re-enable internet clock sync and return to the current date.

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Make sure you save before adjusting the system clock. While time travel is generally safe in Pokopia, saving first is a good habit before any system-level change.

Is the Inflatable Sudowoodo worth getting?

For a free decoration that takes under two minutes to claim, yes. The Inflatable Sudowoodo is the only item in the April Fools' event category, so completing the event means you've got the full set by definition. It's a limited decoration that won't come around again outside of time travel, and the Sudowoodo reference is genuinely clever given the Pokémon's identity as Pokopia's resident prankster.

If you want to stay on top of future limited-time events like this one, you can browse more guides and event coverage to make sure nothing slips past you.