Pokemon Legends: Arceus is set in olden times in the Pokemon world when it was rare to find harmony between people and Pokemon. Set in the Hisui region, modern-day Sinnoh, you will join the Galaxy Expedition Team (Galaxy Team for short) as a member of the Survey Corps stationed in Jubilife Village. You will be tasked to meet every Hisui region Pokemon to complete the region’s first-ever Pokédex.
The Galaxy Team will task the player to do missions in the game. Various people will also ask for help from the player via requests. One of these requests is Request 99, titled the ‘Tricky Treat Strategy.’ This guide will teach you how to complete the ‘Tricky Treat Strategy’ request.
Tricky Treat Strategy
InTonlock this request. The player must first complete the ‘Massive Mass Outbreak in the Coastlands’ Request, which is the 98th request in the game where the player must investigate the Massive Mass Outbreaks in the Cobalt Coastlands as a request from Mai of the Diamond Clan. This request is also part of the Daybreak DLC.
After doing the requirements mentioned above, you can now start this request! To do that, head on to the Galaxy Hall, on the northern side of Jubilife Village, and outside on the right side of the entrance, you will find Mai and her Munchlax. Talk to Mai, and she will tell the player that she has something important to discuss, which is that she heard an odd rumor that she believes may be the key to unlocking the mystery behind the massive mass outbreaks. However, before she tells this to the player, she will say that the player must first obtain ten Mushroom Cakes and give them to her in the Secret Hollow in the Alabaster Icelands. Mai will then say that she calls this her tricky treat strategy. Then, the ‘Tricky Treat Strategy’ Request started just like that!
The crafting recipe for Mushroom Cakes can be obtained from Morel after completing the ‘Mushroom Cake Marketing’ Request (request 6). To craft a Mushroom Cake, the player would need one Springy Mushroom and one Cake-Lure Base.
Springy Mushrooms can be planted on the ground under trees or in leaf piles. To get Springy Mushroom from leaf piles, you would also need the help of your Pokemon. Aim and throw one of your Pokemon to the leaf pile, then your Pokemon will come out and strike the leaf pile to harvest the Springy Mushroom. The selected Pokemon will also gain experience in helping out.
Springy Mushrooms can also be obtained after catching or defeating Pokemon, specifically Goomy and Paras.
Alternatively, it is possible to purchase Springy Mushroom for 200 Pokemon Dollars in the Craftworks (after it is added to his wares) by talking to Anvin.
The Cake-Lure Base cannot be found in the overworld and can only be purchased from the Galaxy Member in any of the Base Camps, Choy in the General Store in Jubilife Village, and Anvin in the Craftworks in Jubilife Village. It is possible to purchase Cake-Lure Base for 100 Pokemon Dollars in these locations after it is added to his wares.
After obtaining all the necessary crafting materials, head to the Workbench in the Craftworks or the Base Camp or, if the crafting materials are all on the player’s satchel, the Crafting Kit in the Key Items tab of the player’s satchel and craft some Mushroom Cakes!
If you do not have the time and money to collect the items to craft them, the player can also purchase Mushroom Cakes from Choy in the General Store for 400 Pokemon Dollars a piece (a total of 4000 Pokemon Dollars for all ten Mushroom Cakes).
After obtaining ten Mushroom Cakes, go to the Alabaster Icelands and head to the Secret Hollow, which is a cave just across the river north of the Icepeak Camp (near the bottom of the falls of Lake Acuity). Upon arriving in the area, you will see a hollow area, but Mai is not around. Press the A button to investigate the area, and the player will get a prompt to wait for Mai.
Select Wait on the prompt. The screen will fade to black then, once it fades back, Mai and her Munchlax will arrive and ask the player if you have brought ten Mushroom Cakes. Select ‘Hand them over’ on the prompt to hand all ten Mushroom Cakes to Mai, and she will say that the player has brought her some quality ones and that they are just getting started and leaving the rest to her. She will then tell the player to return to Jubilife Village and tell the player how successful her strategy is after she is finished.
After that, head out of the Secret Hollow, go to any of the Base Camps in the Alabaster Icelands, and, suddenly, Lian of the Pearl Clan will appear and tell the player that Melli of the Diamond Clan visited him and boasted about giving the player some Aguav Berries. After that, he thought that he could not let himself be outdone by Melli. So, Lian will give his very own reward to the player, which is 30 Aguav Berries. Then, Lian will tell the player that he found a massive mass outbreak on the way to the player and that Mai told him to tell the player that she would like to meet the player in Jubilife Village. After confirming the prompt, Lian will say that Mai is waiting for the player there while talking to Tsumugi of the Security Corps about Bidoof.
Next, talk to Professor Laventon and head back to Jubilife Village. Upon arriving in the area, the player will find Mai and her Munchlax on the right side of the Front Gate near Tsumugi and the player’s item storage. Talk to Mai, and she will ask what is on the player’s mind. After selecting an answer to the prompt, Mai will get confused and tell the player that she has no idea what the player is talking about. She will then tell the player that Irida also came to her for an odd request: to give her some Hearty Grains, which Mai obliged. Mai will then wonder if there are some Pokemon taking the guise of people to stir up trouble.
Nevertheless, the player will be rewarded with three Star Pieces and 30 Iron Chunks for your efforts. The ‘Tricky Treat Strategy’ Request is now complete!
After that, Mai will say that none of this is why she wanted to meet the player and that she meant to tell the player that a massive mass outbreak has been spotted in the Coronet Highlands. So, the next step in their research is to investigate the Coronet Highlands. After that, the next request titled ‘Massive Mass Outbreak in the Highlands’ (request 100) will start!
Now that you have completed the ‘Tricky Treat Strategy’ Request, you can now try to complete other requests, complete missions, or complete Arceus’ task for you, which is to catch ‘em all!
