The Elf on a Shelf event in Pet Simulator 99 turns the Christmas World into a daily scavenger hunt. Each day during the 2025 holiday season, a single green Elf spawns in a new hiding spot. Finding it once per day unlocks extra chances at a Huge pet tied to the event, so missing days means missing rolls.
The format builds on earlier years: a limited-time winter world, rotating daily Elf locations, and a reward hook that pushes you back into the Christmas content loop every 24 hours.
How the 2025 Elf on a Shelf event works
The 2025 Christmas update for Pet Simulator 99 adds a full Holiday World and reintroduces Elf on a Shelf as one of the core “Find These” activities alongside Hidden Presents, Candy Canes, and the Snowman Boss.
Within the Christmas World, the Elf behaves like a small pet NPC. It is:
- Green, with long ears and a red-and-green cap, matching the traditional elf pet look.
- Static in the world, usually perched on or behind props like trees, houses, ice, or signage.
- Interactive once you get close enough, typically via a key prompt to collect it for that day.
The key rules for 2025 are:
- One Elf per day: Only a single Elf spawns for the entire server on a given date.
- New location every 24 hours: It moves to a different hiding spot each day.
- 25-day run: The event runs for 25 days, ending on January 14, 2026.
- Christmas World only: You hunt it inside the seasonal winter/Christmas map, not the regular area progression.
Once collected, you cannot collect the same day’s Elf again on that account. You then wait for the next daily reset when a new Elf location becomes active.
What you get for finding the Elf in 2025
In the 2025 Christmas update, Elf on a Shelf is wired into the broader Huge-pet chase that defines the event. The Holiday World revolves around:
- The Gargantuan Present, which can contain pets like the Gargantuan Elf Golem and the Titanic Gingerbread Angelus.
- Side activities such as Secret Santa, Grinch Raid, Grinch Cove, the Snowman Boss, Hidden Presents, and decorating the Christmas Tree for a Huge Lit Loris.
Elf on a Shelf sits inside that loop. In the 2025 event, finding and interacting with the Elf:
- Counts as a daily progression beat in the winter event.
- Unlocks extra Huge chances tied to a specific Huge pet. For the 2025 cycle, collecting the Elf each day allows you to roll for a Huge Frostbyte Snowman via the holiday eggs system.
The same Christmas update also adds a separate interaction with “Elf on a Shelf” wording in the main egg list: the Christmas Egg can hatch a Huge Pajamas Shark once you have discovered Elf on a Shelf in the Christmas World. That mechanic sits alongside the rotating Elf hunt and reinforces the idea that you must engage with the Elf feature to unlock premium Huge outcomes.
Previously, in the 2024 Holiday World run, the Elf enabled rolls on a Huge Festive Elf variant from the last winter egg (often called the Frosty Egg). The 2025 run pivots that Huge into the Frostbyte Snowman instead, but the basic “find elf → unlock Huge roll” structure remains the same.
Event duration and reset timing
The Elf event is a fixed-length calendar hunt rather than an open-ended feature.
- Duration: 25 consecutive days during the 2025 Christmas season.
- End date: The last daily Elf appears on January 14, 2026.
Each daily Elf appears on a cycle aligned with the Christmas update schedule. Once the time window flips to the next day, the previous Elf despawns, and the new position activates.
Where to find the Elf in 2025 (known days so far)
The Elf’s location is not fixed. It changes each day, sometimes by only a short distance, sometimes to a new area or angle on the Holiday World. The early 2025 run already shows a mix of “obvious” and “glitchy” placements that lean on Holiday World’s layout.
| Day / Date (2025–26) | Area | Specific Elf location |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 (Dec 20, 2025) | Holiday World spawn region | Initial Elf location for 2025; placed within the central Christmas World hub. Early footage shows it tucked near core seasonal structures at spawn. |
| Day 2 (Dec 21, 2025) | Holiday World, Advent hub | Next to the Easy Portal, behind an icicle on the north side of the map, directly opposite the Advent Calendar building. You must clip or “glitch” through the wall of ice to reach it. |
| Day 14 of older Holiday World run (Dec 20, 2024) | Between Area 5 and Area 6 | On the left side behind a Candy Cane between the two areas in the winter event path. |
| Day 15 of older Holiday World run (Dec 21, 2024) | Area 2 | On top of a snow-covered tree on the right side of the zone. |
| Day 20 of older Holiday World run (Dec 26, 2024) | Area 7 | Behind the cluster of gingerbread houses on the top of a hill. |
| Day 21 of older Holiday World run (Dec 27, 2024) | Area 3 | Behind a snowman on the left side of the zone. |
| Day 22 of older Holiday World run (Dec 28, 2024) | Advent hub | Behind a white tree on the right side of the Advent Calendar. |
| Day 23 of older Holiday World run (Dec 29, 2024) | Area 8 | Behind the white tree next to the Holiday Train. |
| Day 24 of older Holiday World run (Dec 30, 2024) | Map end | Next to the “Hard Door” at the end of the Holiday World event path. |
| Day 25 of older Holiday World run (Dec 31, 2024) | Area 10 | Beside the brown cottage house in the final area of Holiday World. |
The lower half of that table shows the full 2024 Holiday World rotation. While those specific spots applied to last year’s hunt, they illustrate the style of hiding places that the 2025 elves favor as well: behind decorative structures, embedded into walls, perched on trees, and placed near portals or end-of-path objects.
For the new 2025 run, only early days are fully confirmed so far:
- Day 1 (Dec 20, 2025): Elf appears in the central Holiday World hub, in sight of the main seasonal structures.
- Day 2 (Dec 21, 2025): Elf is behind an icicle next to the Easy Portal, facing the Advent Calendar; you need to push into the ice wall to collect it.
As the calendar advances, expect it to migrate around the Holiday World’s major landmarks: Santa’s Cottage, the Huge Gift Train vicinity, Grinch Raid entrances, Grinch Cove, the Snowman Boss zones, and the end-of-path doors. The hiding style tends to repeat across years, even when the exact coordinates change.
How to actually collect the Elf each day
Finding the Elf is half the work. You also need the game to register that you have claimed that day’s spawn.
Step 1: Enter the Christmas World / Holiday World from the main Pet Simulator 99 map through the seasonal portal that appears during the event.
Step 2: Move toward the day’s known landmark. For early 2025 days, this means walking to the Easy or Hard event portals, Advent Calendar plaza, or the last area of the winter path, depending on the calendar day.
Step 3: Search around environmental props that visually “fit” an elf: trees, cottage roofs, lampposts, candy canes, snowmen, ice crystals, and portal frames. When you are close, watch for the interaction prompt (usually an E key hint on keyboard).
Step 4: Press the interact key once the prompt appears. The Elf disappears, and the game logs your daily completion. Any linked eggs or Huge chances for that day become active after this point.
Older world-wide Elf rotation (2023 main map)
Before the Holiday World-style hunt, Pet Simulator 99 ran a 2023 Elf on a Shelf schedule across the main area progression rather than inside a separate Christmas-only map. That run is now archived, but it shows how deliberately the placements lean on existing structures.
| 2023 Date | Main Area | Placement | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16 | Spawn | On top of the “Like the Game” board near the start of the experience. | 1x Small/Medium/Large Christmas Present |
| Dec 17 | Area 14 (Mushroom Field) | Sitting on top of the blue mushroom platform. | 1x Small/Medium/Large Christmas Present |
| Dec 18 | Area 38 (Ice Obby) | Left side of the Ice Obby minigame entrance. | 1x Small/Medium/Large Christmas Present |
| Dec 19 | Area 39 (Ice Rink) | On the right hand of the large snowman decoration. | 1x Small/Medium/Large Christmas Present |
| Dec 20 | Area 7 (Farm) | On a stack of boxes in the farm area. | 1x Small/Medium/Large Christmas Present |
| Dec 21 | Area 60 | Sitting on the dock. | 1x Small/Medium/Large Christmas Present |
| Dec 22 | Area 52 | On the roof of a house in the area. | 1x Small/Medium/Large Christmas Present |
| Dec 23 | Area 30 | Right side of the Digsite minigame entrance. | 1x Small/Medium/Large Christmas Present |
| Dec 24 | Area 29 | On the left-hand side of the second building on the left. | 1x Small/Medium/Large Christmas Present |
| Dec 25 | Area 18 (Jungle Obby) | Inside the Jungle Obby, to the left past the swinging axes. | 1x Small/Medium/Large Christmas Present |
| Dec 26 | Area 47 | Right corner on a small wall just before entering Area 48. | 1x Small/Medium/Large Christmas Present |
| Dec 27 | Area 40 (Sled Racing) | On the porch of the house to the left of the Sled Racing minigame. | 1x Small/Medium/Large Christmas Present |
| Dec 28 | Area 59 | Sitting on a well between the houses, on the left side. | 1x Small/Medium/Large Christmas Present |
| Dec 29 | Area 67 | On the hitch between two train cars. | 1x Small/Medium/Large Christmas Present |
That earlier rotation awarded Christmas Presents (small, medium, or large) rather than Huge pet chances, and it ran on the base world instead of an isolated Christmas World. The 2025 design folds the feature more tightly into the seasonal economy, but the hiding logic is consistent: small green elf, visible from normal camera angles, always grounded in recognizable props.
How Elf on a Shelf fits into the 2025 Christmas update
The 2025 Christmas update is dense even by Pet Simulator standards. Alongside Elf on a Shelf, the winter patch includes:
- Gargantuan Present building, where you feed pets to grow a massive present that can drop Gargantuan Elf Golem and Titanic Gingerbread Angelus.
- Secret Santa mailing system that converts sent pets and eggs into points and hourly raffles for Titanic Hippomint and Huge Reindeer Cat.
- Grinch Cove and Grinch Ice Blocks that lock pets away behind lockpicks and ice, with chances at Huge Holiday Owl and Huge Snowflake Dragon.
- Grinch Chest Raid for room-by-room present clearing and a shot at Huge Krampus, plus a leaderboard that awards Huge Elf Golem.
- Snowman Boss, a roaming encounter in Christmas World that can spawn a Huge Frostbyte Snowman.
- Christmas Tree decorating and rebirths that ultimately pay out a Huge Lit Loris and Candycane Gifts.
- Huge Gift Train, Santa’s Sleigh, and a Santa Gift Bag system for passive Huge Holly Capybara drops and Santa Gift-based rewards like Huge Present Dragon.
Elf on a Shelf is deliberately lighter and more predictable than those modes. It asks for a short daily hunt, rewards you with a clean “you have unlocked extra Huge rolls” outcome, and nudges you to re-engage with the rest of the Christmas loop while you are already in Holiday World looking for a green pet hiding behind a tree.
If you want the full value from the 2025 event, treat the Elf as a daily login objective on the same level as hitting the Advent Calendar, checking Secret Santa, and watching for Santa’s Sleigh flyovers. Missing a day won’t break your run, but it does mean losing a day of potential Huge Frostbyte Snowman progress during a strictly timed event.
