Shining Wish Notes in Pokémon Pokopia: How to Earn and Spend Them

Shining wish notes are the limited-time currency tied to the Wish Upon a Jirachi event in Pokémon Pokopia. You earn them by helping other Pokémon in your town, then hand them to Jirachi to claim star-themed furniture and decorations you can’t get anywhere else.

Quick answer: Craft a Wish Note at any workbench using two Vine Ropes, talk to a Pokémon showing a request bubble so the note is handed over, then complete that request. When you finish, the Pokémon returns the note to you as a shining wish note.

Requirements before you can earn shining wish notes

The event runs from June 23 until July 8, 2026, ending at 4:59 a.m. local time. It will not appear unless a few conditions are met first, and time travel does not work for this one.

Update the game to Ver. 1.1.0 from the HOME Menu, then confirm the version in the Options menu or on the title screen.
Complete a town’s important requests and rebuild a Pokémon Center. Even doing this on July 8 still starts the event.
Set your Nintendo Switch 2 system clock to the real current date and time, since a date outside the window blocks the event.
Launch while connected to the internet. An online connection is required the first time you play the event.

Note: The event does not run on Cloud Islands. If you meet the start conditions mid-event, move to another town once or pick “Save & Quit” from the main menu so it can begin.

Craft Wish Notes first

Find Jirachi floating outside any rebuilt Pokémon Center. The center will be decorated with stars, and a “A Pokémon is the talk of the town!” notice greets you when the event is active.

Talk to Jirachi. The first conversation hands you the Wish Note recipe, which is the foundation for everything in the event. After this, Jirachi sets up a shop counter inside the Pokémon Center.

Go to any workbench and find the Wish Note recipe under the Other category. Each note costs two Vine Ropes. It helps to craft a batch of around ten at once, since you give one away per request.

Wish note in pokopia — Wish Notes are crafted from two Vine Ropes each.

Turn Wish Notes into shining wish notes

A regular Wish Note becomes a shining wish note only when you complete a Pokémon’s request. Look around town for Pokémon with a speech bubble overhead, often with worried dialogue like “What am I gonna do…”

Walk up to a Pokémon showing a request bubble and talk to it. Agree to help when asked, and a Wish Note is automatically handed over from your inventory. You do not actually need to be holding the note for this to work, as long as one is in your bag.

Complete the task. Requests vary, so a Pokémon might ask for a cooked meal such as a Shredded Salad, a specific material, or a piece of furniture placed in its home or habitat.

Return and speak to the Pokémon again. It hands the note back, now changed into a shining wish note. That confirmation is how you know it worked.

There is no cap on how many requests can appear, and failing one carries no penalty, though event requests reset with the next in-game day. If you are not seeing any bubbles, let some time pass and new ones will spawn.

Note: A request you started before the event began will not produce a shining wish note, because no Wish Note was handed over to that Pokémon. Only requests accepted during the event count.

Spend shining wish notes with Jirachi

Take your shining wish notes to the counter inside any rebuilt Pokémon Center, where Jirachi runs the event shop. Each item costs one shining wish note, and there are ten exclusive rewards in total, so collecting everything means finishing at least ten requests.

Trading with jirachi for event prizes in pokopia — Jirachi trades star-themed items at the Pokémon Center counter.

Item	Shining wish notes
Star Closet	1
Starry-Sky Bed	1
Cloud Table	1
Star-Shaped Dresser	1
Moon Clock	1
Jirachi Lamp	1
Star Mat	1
Telescope	1
Cloud Cannon	1
Star Wall Decoration	1

You can redeem as many of these as you can afford, so keep completing requests if you want spares for your own rooms and for Jirachi’s home. All of these items are exclusive to this event, and they only stay available through July 8.

Build the Surrounded by Stars habitat for Jirachi

Jirachi’s habitat, called Surrounded by Stars, needs only four of the shop items, so four shining wish notes cover the whole thing. That makes it one of the easier event habitats to finish.

Star Closet
Starry-Sky Bed
Cloud Table
Jirachi Lamp

Place all four items, then connect electricity to the Jirachi Lamp so it lights up. The habitat will not register as complete until the lamp is lit. Jirachi cannot actually move in while the event is still running, since it is busy minding the shop, and it settles into the habitat once the event wraps after July 8.

Any Pokémon you befriend during the event, Jirachi included, stay in your town permanently after it ends, so there is no rush beyond gathering enough shining wish notes before the window closes.