Pokémon Pokopia's second paid expansion now has a date. Expansion Pass Part 2: Dazzling Decorations arrives on December 9, 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2. The Pokémon Company has confirmed it on the game's official expansion page. It's a different kind of add-on from the first part: there's no new town to rebuild this time. Instead it adds accessories you can put on your Pokémon, a fresh batch of furniture and some new Pokémon to move in.
What Dazzling Decorations adds
The headline feature is accessories. For the first time in Pokopia, you and your Pokémon friends can wear decorative items. The official material shows sunglasses, bow ties and frilled ribbons on characters around town, and a Sylveon-style bow on the player's Ditto disguise. It's a cosmetic layer for a game that has always been about making a place feel like yours. Now that applies to its residents as well as its buildings.
The pack also adds more furniture to decorate homes and shared spaces. The preview images lean heavily on a pink, floral, frilly style: canopy beds, heart-shaped vanity mirrors and patterned wallpaper. More Pokémon are also coming to live in your towns. Skitty is one of the arrivals shown on the official page, in a bedroom that looks built for it.
The Pokémon Company states plainly that no new town will be introduced in Part 2. If you were hoping for another Bubbly Basin-sized area to restore, this isn't it. That comes next year (see below).
Before you can play it
Dazzling Decorations has two prerequisites, and it's worth sorting them out before December 9:
- Free software update ver. 3.0.0. This must be installed before the paid content will run. Nintendo and The Pokémon Company haven't yet detailed what else the update changes. Pokopia's earlier expansion arrived alongside a free update that added the Dive move, so expect the patch to bring some changes of its own for every player.
- Story progress in Withered Wasteland. You need to have completed the important requests “Raise the environment level!” and “Rebuild the Pokémon Center!” there, plus Drifloon's request, “Find a doll!”
That third requirement is a small one, but it's easy to miss if you've been working through Pokopia's main requests and skipping side favours. Check Drifloon before the expansion goes live.
How the Expansion Pass is structured
Dazzling Decorations is the second of three parts in the Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass, which is sold on the Nintendo eShop. Buying the pass gets you every part as it releases, so existing owners won't need a separate purchase on December 9.
Part 1, Bubbly Basin, is already out. It takes players to an underwater town to develop, built around the new Dive move. To begin it you have to have finished “Raise the environment level!” in Bleak Beach. With Part 2, the pass alternates between new places to rebuild and new things to do in places you've already settled.
The official page also confirms that Part 3 is coming in 2027, and it brings back the format fans may have expected from Part 2: a new town to explore and rebuild. No date or name has been given for it yet.
Purchase bonuses still on the table
The Pokémon Company is still offering two extras for buying the Expansion Pass:
- A Ditto crafting recipe for dynamic Ditto print blocks and wallpaper. Claim it in-game by opening the main menu with the + Button, choosing “Downloadable Content”, then “Check Items” and “Receive”.
- 30 rare Pokémetal ingots, for anyone who buys the pass by August 31, 2027. The code is emailed to the address on your Nintendo Account and redeemed through the in-game Mystery Gifts feature. The code is valid through September 30, 2027, and claiming it requires an internet connection on your Switch 2.
The Ditto blocks pair naturally with a decoration-focused expansion. If you've held off on the pass, the ingot bonus has a long window left.
Why a cosmetics expansion makes sense for Pokopia
Pokopia is a slow-life game built by The Pokémon Company, GAME FREAK and KOEI TECMO GAMES. You restore ruined areas and fill them with Pokémon, crafted items and homes. Much of its long-term appeal is customisation, and an add-on focused on accessories and furniture serves the players who have already rebuilt their towns and now spend most of their time arranging them. Putting the next new town in Part 3 also gives the pass a steadier release pattern than front-loading every big area.
Dazzling Decorations launches December 9, 2026, as part of the Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass on Nintendo Switch 2. Make sure ver. 3.0.0 is installed and Drifloon's doll has been found before then.
