Pokemon Pokopia has a bunch of different secrets for players to uncover, but they could easily be missed if you're not digging into every nook and cranny of the world. One of these pertains to that mysterious secret team that tasks you with handing over lots of different items "for the good of the Pokemon" to the lighthouse on the coast of the Withered Wastelands. Unsurprisingly, this team of miscreants is none other than the iconic Team Rocket, and curious players can find a way to enter their secret hideout. Here's how to find and enter the Team Rocket secret hideout in Pokopia.

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As noted above, early on in your adventure, Tangrowth and Ditto will make their way to the lighthouse just on the coast by Withered Wastelands. The machine on the front of the lighthouse asks players to submit different items, but at first glance, there doesn't seem to be any way to get inside the lighthouse. Turns out, there actually is.

How to Find the Team Rocket Secret Hideout in Pokopia

When standing in front of the lighthouse, take a left and hug the path of ground that leads out to sea between the side of the lighthouse and the water that comes up to the coast, shown in the screenshot below.

how to get inside team rocket secret hideout lighthouse side

Keep going along until you find a gap in the wall. Two blocks stacked on top of each other will be missing compared to the rest of the wall, again shown in the screenshot below.

blocks to break to get into team rocket secret hideout in pokopia

Drop down into the gap that these missing blocks have left, and then use your Rock Smash ability to break through the ground blocks in front of you. After this, you'll find a little path that leads underneath the lighthouse itself and into a large open space. This area has long been abandoned, with lots of debris littering the floor, but you'll also find some stairs leading further down on the opposite side of the room to where you come in.

room directly under lighthouse in pokopia

Head down the stairs and you'll come across some glass doors that open into Team Rocket's secret hideout. You can tell it was owned by the notorious crime group thanks to their iconic 'R' emblazoned on the wall in front of you.

entrance to team rocket lighthouse in pokopia

What's in the Team Rocket Hideout in Pokopia?

As cool as it is to find the Team Rocket hideout, there's not a huge amount to find once you're inside. The main thing to find is a music CD with the Rocket Hideout track on it from the bookcase to your right as you enter the room.

rocket hideout music cd in pokopia

Because there are no humans in the world, it shouldn't come as any surprise that there are no Team Rocket members to be found waiting inside the hideout for you.

Other than that, you're going to be hard-pressed to find anything else of interest. However, at least you know your hunch was right that Team Rocket was up to no good again.

While it's disappointing that there isn't much more to find, it's still a nice little secret for players to uncover all the same.

Pokemon Pokopia
Life Simulation
Simulation
Systems
Top Critic Avg: 89/100 Critics Rec: 98%
Released
March 5, 2026
ESRB
Everyone / Users Interact, In-Game Purchases
Developer(s)
Koei Tecmo, Game Freak
Publisher(s)
Nintendo, The Pokemon Company
Pokemon Pokopia game

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DIGITAL
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Genre(s)
Life Simulation, Simulation