Sandshrew and Sandslash make their Pokémon Sleep debuts in the Spring Festival 2026 event on April 27th alongside a new Salad recipe

Sandshrew and Sandslash will be sleepwalking their way onto player's devices late this month, as they make their Pokémon Sleep debuts in the week-long Spring Festival 2026 event, which this year is running from Monday April 27th at 4:00am local time, through until Monday May 4th at 3:59am local time.

The Spring Festival 2026 event will allow Researchers to participate and gain bonuses regardless of where they conduct their sleep research, with the following bonuses active throughout the event period:

• Dishes will be set to Salads for all Researchers
• Strength gains from dishes will be multiplied by ×1.5
  • This bonus is multiplicative, so Extra Tasty dishes will receive a ×3 total bonus through most of the week, and a ×4.5 total bonus on Sunday May 3rd
• At least one Pokémon will be hungry during Sleep Researchers' first sleep research session of the day
• Researchers can encounter a few Pokémon of different sleep types regardless of their own sleep type for the day.
• Researchers will be more likely to encounter Pokémon who collect Tasty Mushroom, Soft Potato, Greengrass Corn, or Plump Pumpkin during sleep research

Alongside this event, Researchers will also be able to unlock a brand new Salad recipe. Though the exact numbers of ingredients needed for this recipe has not yet been revealed, it will require some combination of Tasty Mushroom, Soft Potato, Greengrass Corn, and Plump Pumpkin.

Sandshrew and Sandslash make their Pokémon Sleep debuts alongside the start of this event, from Monday April 27th at 3:00pm (UTC). Players who are in the middle of Sleep Research at the time it debuts should have a chance of seeing them when they complete their sleep.

As with other Ground-type Pokémon, Sandshrew and Sandslash collect Figy Berries. Both Pokémon have the Slumbering sleep type, which corresponds to non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM sleep), especially its Stage 3, also known as deep sleep. Sandshrew and Sandslash will appear at Greengrass Isle, Taupe Hollow, Amber Canyon, and Greengrass Isle (Expert). As of writing, no information has been formally posted regarding their ingredients or main skills, though given the event bonuses it's likely that these will include some combination of Tasty Mushroom, Soft Potato, Greengrass Corn, and/or Plump Pumpkin.

Sandshrew Incense items will also be able to be used from the instant these Pokémon go live. As with previous Pokémon debuts, it's likely that Sandshrew Incense will become available in special bundles available for purchase in-game from shortly before the event.

Additionally, the following Pokémon will appear more frequently during sleep research throughout the event:

• Greater Appearance Rate
  • Greengrass Isle, Taupe Hollow, Amber Canyon, and Greengrass Isle (Expert)
    • Sandshrew, and Sandslash
• Slightly Greater Appearance Rate
  • Greengrass Isle
    • Wooper, Torchic, Mudkip, Drifloon, Spiritomb, Pumpkaboo, Comfey, Sprigatito, and Cetoddle.
  • Cyan Beach
    • Wooper, Mudkip, and Comfey.
  • Taupe Hollow
    • Wooper, Torchic, and Mudkip.
  • Snowdrop Tundra
    • Spiritomb, and Cetoddle.
  • Lapis Lakeside
    • Torchic, Spiritomb, Stufful, Comfey, and Sprigatito.
  • Old Gold Power Plant
    • Wooper, Drifloon, Pumpkaboo, and Sprigatito.
  • Amber Canyon
    • Torchic, Mudkip, Bagon, Spiritomb, and Pumpkaboo.
  • Greengrass Isle (Expert)
    • Torchic, Mudkip, Drifloon, Spiritomb, Pumpkaboo, Comfey, Sprigatito, and Cetoddle.

Researchers should also note the following for this event:

• The daily rollover for the Spring Festival 2026 event is at 4:00am local time.
• Event bonuses for this event apply regardless of which site players conduct their sleep research in.
• Event bonuses apply only for sleep tracking that begins within the event period, and do not apply to sleep tracking during the tutorial, or to sleep data tracked before the event, even if the researcher waits to review their sleep research after the event has started.
• Sleep data tracked during the event will receive event bonuses, regardless of if the researcher waits to review their sleep research until after the event has concluded.
• Event bonuses cannot raise main skill levels beyond the max main skill level. For Pokémon already on a player's team at the start of the event, if their main skill had procced but had not yet been triggered prior to the start of the event, the trigger of the main skill may not include the bonus effect.