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New Pokemon Snap (Switch)

How to Clear Inkay by Moonlight Request Walkthrough

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This is a guide to completing Inkay by Moonlight, a request in New Pokemon Snap (Pokemon Snap 2) for the Nintendo Switch. Here you can find what kind of photo you need, and how to take it, in order to clear Inkay by Moonlight, as well as the reward!

Inkay by Moonlight Map and Request Information

General Info

Course Beach (Night) Lv. 1 or higher
Target Pokemon New Pokemon Snap InkayInkay
Quest Giver Phil
How to Unlock ・After your first expedition in Beach (Night)
Request Text ・“Heh heh! Pretty good shot, huh? I saw even more Inkay out there, too, so I bet I could get a group shot of 'em.”

Course and Map Information

Inkay by Moonlight Map.png

Beach (Night) Walkthrough: List of Pokemon and How to Unlock

How to Clear Inkay by Moonlight

Feed a Fluffruit to Inkay in all 5 areas

Inkay Locations
Inkay Map.png
2 Inkay Before the Tunnel.png
Two before the tunnel
2 Inkay after the tunnel.png
Two after the tunnel (you don't have to feed the one that show was already there)
Inkay before climbing the rock.png
One before climbing the rock
Inkay after going past the rock.pngOne down below after passing by the rock
Inkay near Seviper.png3 in front of the rock where Seviper is

First, you will need to feed Fluffruit to Inkay in each of the locations shown above. You will stop at each of the five locations, so feed all of the Inkay there during this time.

Fluffruit Effects and How to Use

Play the Melody where the 5 Inkay assemble

5 Inkay.png

Toward the end of the course, there will be one Inkay. The Inkay you fed fluffruit to will assemble here, and when they do, play the melody.

How to Unlock the Melody and Wake Up Sleeping Pokemon

Snap a photo when they jump in the air

Inkay lining up together
Inkay Lining Up.png
Snap a photo of them in the air
Inkay by the Moonlight.jpg

After playing the melody, the Inkay will make a formation, so ready your camera! Snap a photo of them in the air to complete the request. If you already have it, we recommend using the burst option to get multiple photos of this action.

Can be completed with only 4 Inkay as well

According to our findings, the request can be completed even if only 4 Inkay assemble, so you don't need to restart if you missed just one of them.

Reward for Clearing Inkay by Moonlight

No Reward

There are no obtainable rewards for completing this request.

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3 Anonymous Anonymous over 4 years

As of 2.0 update, I was able to complete this request with only 4 inkays, which I had attempted prior to the update and did not work

2 Anonymous Anonymous over 4 years

I keep having 1/6 Inkay get stuck at the end. He is blocked from gettin in position and thus stops the rest from jumping. (This did not happen when I ignored the Inkay that heads to the alternate route)

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