Santa’s Cottage in Pet Simulator 99’s Christmas event is locked behind a simple but time‑consuming task: hitting 15 hidden targets scattered around the Christmas world with the Snowball Launcher. Finishing this challenge grants Santa’s Key, which opens the Secret Cottage and its exclusive rewards, including a chance at the Huge Candycane Kitsune.
How the Santa Key challenge works in Pet Simulator 99
Santa’s Cottage is a secret building in the Christmas world. To get inside, you need Santa’s Key, which is awarded after you hit 15 round red‑and‑white targets using the Snowball Launcher.
The loop is straightforward:
- You pick up the Snowball Launcher from its spot behind the Secret Santa board.
- You search the Christmas world for 15 targets that look like classic dartboards with concentric red and white circles.
- You shoot each target with a snowball. After all 15 have been hit, Santa’s Key is granted, and you can use it on the Secret Cottage door behind the Secret Santa board.
That cottage ties directly into the broader Christmas update for Pet Simulator 99, which layers this target hunt on top of activities like the Grinch Chest Raid, Grinch Cove, the Gargantuan Present, Elf on a Shelf, the Snowman Boss, and the Advent Calendar. Many of the targets sit next to or behind these event features, so it helps to already know your way around the Christmas world.

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All 15 target locations in the Christmas world
The list below follows a logical loop through the Christmas world, grouping locations where it makes sense so you can clear multiple targets without backtracking. You do not need to hit them in this exact order, but treating it as a route makes the hunt faster.
Target 1: Behind the Secret Santa board (Snowball Launcher area)
The first target is practically a tutorial.

Targets 2 and 3: Path to the ??? portal above Grinch Raid
Two targets sit along the mountain path that climbs above the Grinch Raid arena toward the mysterious ??? portal.
Target 4: Left wall of the Secret Cottage
Santa’s Cottage itself hides a target on its exterior.

Target 5: Ice wall left of the Advent Calendar
The Advent Calendar plaza hides several targets around it; the first is in clear view if you check the right angle.

Targets 6 and 7: Directly behind the Advent Calendar
Two more targets sit behind and further behind the Advent Calendar building, one on a regular wall and one on another ice wall.
Target 8: Wooden plank behind an ice wall near the Gift Box area
This one uses the same visual trick again: a target partly hidden behind ice, near the area with large gift boxes.

Target 9: Distant wall left of the player Christmas trees
Player Christmas trees form another important landmark for one of the more distant shots.

Target 10: Portals area near the Christmas tree and levers
Several portals sit together in one section of the map, and the next target is tucked onto a side wall in that area.
Target 11: Back wall behind the Lucky Gingerbread machine
The Lucky Gingerbread crafting point sits in the same building that uses Santa’s Key. A target is mounted behind it.

Target 12: Below the Grinch Raid arena in the trees
One target hides in a lower, more secluded patch of trees beneath the Grinch Raid arena.
Target 13: Ledge behind the Santa’s Key building
This one is easy to miss if you never explore the side path behind the Santa’s Key building.

Target 14: Behind the central tall Christmas tree
The middle of the map features a very tall Christmas tree used as a Gingerbread grinding spot. The next target hides in its shadow.
Target 15: Snow block in front of the portals
The final target brings you back to the portals section and hides in a snow block near the same Easy, Medium & Hard portals you visited earlier.

What Santa’s Key unlocks in Pet Simulator 99
Once all 15 targets have been successfully hit with the Snowball Launcher, Santa’s Key is automatically awarded. This key is used on the door of the Secret Cottage located behind the Secret Santa board.
Inside Santa’s Cottage, you can access event‑specific rewards such as Eggs and Chests tied to the Christmas update. The Christmas patch notes for Pet Simulator 99 highlight Santa’s Cottage as one of the limited‑time paths to the Huge Candycane Kitsune, making the target hunt a direct route to one of the event’s headline Huge pets.
The Secret Cottage sits alongside other Christmas systems like the Gargantuan Present, Secret Santa raffles, Grinch Cove lockpicks, the Grinch Chest Raid, Hidden Presents, and the Elf on a Shelf hunt described in the official Christmas update. Taken together, they turn the holiday world into a dense loop of puzzles, grinds, and one‑off secrets, with the Santa Key challenge acting as one of the more compact, completionist‑friendly tasks.
Finishing the 15‑target route once is enough to secure Santa’s Key and experience Santa’s Cottage, but the surrounding Christmas activities continue to reward time spent in the event world even after the cottage door finally swings open.






