To celebrate the third anniversary of Pokémon Sleep, we have a whole host of announcements! From a new island, to new Pokémon, a new costume Pikachu, and a variety of free gifts, the third anniversary looks to be super exciting!
New Island: Cyan Beach Expert Mode
From , a new expert area, Cyan Beach (Expert), will be available. Expert mode is a challenging game mode that will feature ways for all kinds of helper Pokémon to contribute.
In expert mode, Snorlax’s favorite Berries for the week will be divided into one main favorite and two sub-favorites. Pokémon that gather Snorlax’s main favorite Berry will receive bonuses, such as shorter helping frequency. The main favorite Berry on Cyan Beach (Expert) will be selected randomly from Pecha Berry, Pamtre Berry, and Oran Berry. The sub-favorite Berries will be chosen at random from the 17 types of Berries that were not selected as the main favorite Berry.
In expert mode, the amount of Drowsy Power required to see Pokémon sleep styles will greatly increase, but the amount of Research EXP, Dream Shards, and Pokémon Candies you get for researching each sleep style will also increase.
If Snorlax’s rating reaches Master 18 in the following areas, expert mode will be available to play on Cyan Beach:
- Greengrass Isle
- Cyan Beach
Third Anniversary Gifts
is the day Pokémon Sleep released globally! Pokémon Sleep has reached the three-year mark since its launch today. Happy anniversary Pokémon Sleep!
To commemorate the anniversary, we’re giving the following gifts to all researchers:
- Sleep points ×2,000
- Main Skill Seed ×1
- Poké Biscuit ×5
- Friend Incense ×1
- Turtwig Incense ×1
- Chimchar Incense ×1
- Piplup Incense ×1
This applies to players who log in before . You can accept the gifts by tapping the gift box icon in the upper right of the in-game menu. If your gifts haven’t arrived yet, please restart the app and then check your Gift Box.
Special Collaboration Event
In August 2026, Pokémon Sleep will hold a special collaboration event. This event will see Pokémon such as Pikachu wearing a captain’s hat and Tinkatink, Tinkatuff, and Tinkaton debut in game. We suspect this will be a collaboration with the Pokémon Horizons series as Captain Pikachu is one of the stars of this series.
