New Pokémon Snap Walkthrough, Story Guide, Objective List And Tips

New Pokémon Snap walkthrough

Here you find a complete list of all the objectives you need to complete for New Pokémon Snap's storyline arranged in a semi-chronological order, as it does occasionally break linearity.

It's important to note that this section does contain major spoilers for the entire game, so, if you'd prefer to remain surprised, we highly recommended skipping this section.

Thanks to the New Pokémon Snap update in August 2021, there are now six courses which are not part of the overall storyline.

To make navigating this walkthrough easier, we've organised these objectives under the location name they are connected to. This means if the storyline requires you to play through the night version of the Florio Nature Park, for example, then this objective will be under the Florio Nature Park heading.

Again - this section does contain spoilers!

Tutorial

Florio Nature Park

• Park (Day) - Earn 40,000 Expedition Points to reach Research Level 2 to unlock Park (Night) course
• Park (Night) - Play through course to unlock Florio Nature Park Illumina Spot
• Illumina Spot - Take a photo of Illumina Meganium
• Fluffruit and LenTalk Requests will now be unlocked
• Revisit past courses, ideally reach Research Level 2 for Park (Night) by earning 50,000 Expedition Points

Founja Jungle

• Jungle (Day) - Earn 35,000 Expedition Points to reach Research Level 2 to unlock Jungle (Night) course
• Jungle (Night) - Take a picture of a Crystabloom in it's Illumina form
• The Illumina Orb: Blue, for the Florio Island courses, and Illumina Orb: Yellow, for the Belusylva course, will now be unlocked
• Revisit past courses, ideally reaching Research Level 2 for Jungle (Night) by earning 45,000 Expedition Points
• The Melody Player will now be unlocked

You will now unlock both the day courses for Blushing Beach on the Maricopia Island and Sweltering Sans on Voluca Island. These courses can be tackled in any order you please, though this walkthrough heads to Voluca Island first.

Sweltering Sands

• Sands (Day) - Earn 30,000 Expedition Points to reach Research Level 2 to unlock Sands (Night) course
• Sands (Night) - Take a picture of a Crystabloom in it's Illumina form
• The Illumina Orb: Green for the Voluca Island courses will now be unlocked

Blushing Beach

• Beach (Day) - Earn 30,000 Expedition Points to reach Research Level 2 to unlock Maricopia Reef

Maricopia Reef

• Reef (Day) - Earn 35,000 Expedition Points to reach Research Level 2 to unlock the Lental Seafloor

Lental Seafloor

• Undersea - Earn 35,000 Expedition Points to reach Research Level 2
• Undersea - Take a picture of the Frillish experiencing the Illumina phenomenon
• The Illumina Orb: Pink for the Maricopia Island courses will now be unlocked
• Undersea - Earn 75,000 Expedition Points to reach Research Level 3
• Undersea - Go through Research Level 3, ensuring you take the alternative route close to the beginning of the course, which will take you down into the depths and unlock the Lental Seafloor Ilumina Spot
• Illumina Spot - Take a photo of School Form Wishiwashi in its Illumina Form
• Ability to take pictures at the Research Camp, which is accessible from the main menu, will now be unlocked
• Revisit past courses, ideally reaching Research Level for Sands (Night) by earning 30,000 Expedition Points

Fireflow Volcano

• Volcano - Earn 30,000 Expedition Points to reach Research Level 2 to unlock Elsewhere Forest

Elsewhere Forest

• Forest - Earn 40,000 Expedition Points to reach Research Level 2 to unlock Elsewhere Forest Illumina Spot
• Illumina Spot - Take a photo of Milotic in its Illumina Form
• The ability to go inside the lab while taking pictures at the Research Camp will now be unlocked.

Fireflow Volcano

• Volcano - Take a picture of the Ancient Ruins at the end of the Research Level 2 version of this course to unlock the Fireflow Volcano Illumina Spot
• Illumina Spot - Take a picture of Volcarona in it's Illumina Form
• The Turbo function for the Neo-One, allowing you to move faster if you choose, will now be unlocked

Shiver Snowfields

• Snowfields (Day) - Earn 25,000 Expedition Points to unlock Snowfields (Night)
• Snowfields (Night) - Take a picture of a Crystabloom in its Illumina form
• The Illumina Orbs: Purple for the Durice Island courses will now be unlocked
• Revisit the Snowfields (Night) course and, if you haven't done so already, reach Research Level 2 by earning 45,000 Expedition Points

Outaway Cave

• Cave - Earn 35,000 Expedition Points
• Beach (Night) course at Blushing Beach will now be unlocked, but visiting it is not required for the storyline
• Cave - Take the alternative route on the Research Level 2 version of this course and take a picture of the Ancient Ruins to unlock the Outaway Cave Illumina Spot
• Illumina Spot - Take a picture of Steelix in its Illumina Form

Ruins of Remembrance

• Ruins - Earn 40,000 Expedition Points to reach Research Level 2 and take a photo of the Ancient Ruins at the start of the course
• Ruins - Take a picture of Woobat experiencing the Illumina phenomenon
• The Illumina Orbs: Gold for the Aurus Island courses will now be unlocked
• Ruins - Successfully throw Illumina Orbs at every unlit Crystabloom in the final area of this course to unlock the Ruins of Remembrance Illumina Spot
• Illumina Spot - Take a picture of Xerneas in its Illumina Form

Congratulations - you've completed the storyline for New Pokémon Snap!

You will have also unlocked the ability to see your total course scores, the Reef (Evening) at Maricopia Reef and Burst Mode, which will allow you to take multiple photos with one click.