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Minior Locations and How to Get All Stars

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This is a guide to Minior's Photodex entry in New Pokemon Snap (Pokemon Snap 2) for the Nintendo Switch. Here you can find out how to take one star, two star, three star, and four star photos for Minior, and how to get a diamond star rating!

Where to Find Minior

Photodex No. 130
MiniorMinior
Type 1 Type 2
Pokemon Rock Image Pokemon Flying Image

Levels Minior Appears In

Sands (Night) Lv. 1 Sands (Night) Lv. 2
Badlands (Day) Lv. 1 Badlands (Day) Lv. 2
Badlands (Day) Lv. 3 Badlands (Night) Lv. 2

Photodex Entry for Minior

1★ Photo Example 2★ Photo Example
1 Star Photo 1★ (Nothing unusual...) 2 Star Photo 2★ (Noteworthy behavior?)
3★ Photo Example 4★ Photo Example
3 Star Photo 3★ (Happy vibes) 4 Star Photo 4★ (Noteworthy behavior?)

1~4 ★ Photos taken by the Game8 Walkthrough Team

Lental Region Photodex: List of All Pokemon

How to Get All Stars for Minior

How to Take Minior 1 Star Photo

Caption Name Nothing unusual...

Floating in the Air

After dropping from the cliff in the final area of Sands (Night), a Minior will come crashing down to the left of the path. As you approach, the Minior will pop out of the sand and start floating in the air. Take a photo of the Pokemon as it casually floats around to get a 1 Star photo.

How to Take Minior 2 Star Photo

Caption Name Noteworthy behavior?

Shaking Off the Sand

After dropping from the cliff in the final area of Sands (Night), a Minior will come crashing down to your left and pop out of the sands as you approach. A moment after popping out of the ground, it will shake the sand off its body as it floats in the air. Take a photo of Minior as it shakes.

How to Take Minior 3 Star Photo

Caption Name Happy vibes

Happily Greeting Sandshrew

After dropping from the cliff in the final area of Sands (Night), a Minior will come crashing down to the left of the path. As you approach, the Minior will pop out of the sand and start floating in the air. You can also spot a Sandshrew a short distance away from the Minior. Toss Fluffruit in between the two Pokemon to lure them closer together and take a photo of Minior as it happily greets the Sandshrew.

To get more points from your photo, use Fluffruit to lure Sandshrew closer to the path of the Neo-One before luring the two Pokemon closer together.

How to Take Minior 4 Star Photo

Caption Name Noteworthy behavior?

Rainbow Meteor Shower

To take a 4 Star photo of Minior, you need to follow the steps to completing the Rainbow Meteor Shower request and capture a photo of the multi-colored Minior. You do not need to have all Minior in the shot to get a 4 star photo.

Star Meaning and How to Get a High Star Rating

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