Jubilife Village (Japanese: コトブキムラKotobuki Village) is a village in the Hisuiregion that was constructed by the Galaxy Expedition Team. At the time of the arrival of the strange visitor, the village had only been established for two years. All Burmy that battle here will turn into their Plant Cloak form.
In the present day, it has grown to be Jubilife City.
Prelude Beach is a small beach southwest of the seaside gate. The player wakes up here at the start of the game, having fallen from a space-time rift, after which they meet Professor Laventon.
The area consists of a small beach to the west with an old pier, leading to a small boat. There is an inaccessible hut with two barrels to its side.
Balloon minigame
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Request 26: "Aim for the Big Leagues!" unlocks a minigame on Prelude Beach hosted by Taggart. The player is given one minute and unlimited Poké Balls to pop as many Drifloon balloons as they can. Regular, purple balloons give 100 points, while Shiny, yellow balloons give 200 points; multiple pops per throw give bonus points.
Practice Field
Practice Field is a small field southeast of the seaside gate. After meeting Professor Laventon, his three starter Pokémon escape and disperse throughout the Practice Field.
Professor Laventon asks the player to help him catch the escaped Pokémon, giving them 50 Poké Balls to do so; if they run out, he gives them 10 more. This event functions as a catching tutorial, where the player has to catch all three of the starter Pokémon. The first two Pokémon are automatically caught with the first throw, while the last one will break out from the first ball that hits it before being caught. The player does not get to keep the Poké Balls or caught Pokémon.
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Canala Avenue, named after Canala of the Construction Corps, is a major road running north-to-south through the middle of town, running from the seaside gate to Canala Bridge. It is a residential street, surrounded by houses on both sides. Crossing the river via the Canala Bridge connects to Floaro Main Street.
The Village Pastures are located on the east side of town. They are run by Marie. The Pastures' services become available to the player once they complete "The Galaxy Team's Entry Trial".
The Pastures stores the player's Pokémon that are not in their party, the equivalent of the PC in other Pokémon games. The Pastures are separated into as little as 8, and as many as 31 separate Pastures, each containing 30 slots for Pokémon.
Farm
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The Farm is located on the west side of town. It is run by Colza, with the field tilled by Miller and tended by Leif. The Farm's services become available to the player once they complete "The Galaxy Team's Entry Trial".
At the farm, the player can pay for one of several harvests. The harvest will be ready after the player returns from an expedition, only after catching a set number of Pokémon based on what is being grown. After defeating a Noble Pokémon the Farm's services become expandable via a new request, adding new harvests and increasing the rewards.
Floaro Main Street, named after Floaro of the Construction Corps, is a major road running east-to-west at the north end of Jubilife Village. It contains a wide variety of merchants, as well as the Galaxy Hall.
Galaxy Hall is a three-story building that serves as the headquarters of the Galaxy Team. It contains offices of the Galaxy Team's Supply Corps, Medical Corps, Construction Corps, Security Corps, and Agriculture Corps, as well as of Commander Kamado. Professor Laventon's office is also here, containing the request board.
Trading post
The trading post is run by Simona. It becomes available to the player once they attain the First Star.
The trading post allows the player to exchange Merit Points for items and trade Pokémon with other Trainers.
The Wallflower is the Galaxy Expedition Team's canteen run by Beni. It is well-known for its potato mochi. Beni is usually seen standing in front of it, ready to buy Sootfoot Roots from the player.
General store
The general store is run by Choy. It becomes available to the player once they complete "The Galaxy Team's Entry Trial". At the beginning, the store has little to offer, but Choy expands its inventory as the player completes a series of side quests that involve collecting various items for Tao Hua, the captain of the Supply Corps. The same items available at the general store can also be purchased from base camps.
The Ginkgo Guild Cart is run by Ginter and Tuli. They will arrive in Jubilife Village and set up shop between the Galaxy Hall and the player's quarters, after the player completes mission 7 "The Frenzy of the Lord of the Woods". More items are added as the player proceeds further in-game.
Ginter
Ginter behaves differently from most shopkeepers. Ginter will not buy items from the player, and will only offer a random assortment of items through a dialogue menu instead of a store menu. He will sell items in sets with a bulk discount compared to normal shopkeepers. He will also offer the player items that can't be bought from anyone else, although he will not tell the player what the item is, and will instead give it a vague description. After beating the main story, Ginter will also offer unique items that can only be purchased once. Ginter will change his offerings every time the player catches 20 Pokémon. Once an item is purchased from Ginter, he will not sell that product again until his store refreshes. Ginter will offer the player up to three different items, and only a single ware before version 1.1.0.
Single-time purchase items are sent to the player's home. The five mechanical items sold by Ginter are used to change Rotom into one of its many forms. They may be sold to the player in any order, starting from $20,000, and increasing by $20,000 each time until capping at $100,000.
Tuli will sell the player Berries, as well as plants that can be used as crafting materials. The shop becomes available after starting Mission 8: "Arezu's Predicament". The stock will be limited at first, with new items becoming available after starting Missions 10, 11, and 12.
The hairdresser is run by Edith and later on by Arezu. The player can pay $500 to style their hair. It becomes available to the player once they complete "The Galaxy Team's Entry Trial".
The player can customize their hairstyle, hair color, and eyebrow color. After styling their hair, Edith or Arezu gives the player the option to wear their hat or not.
Players can complete requests given to them by Arezu to obtain more hair style and color options.
The following are the available choices for each option:
Hairstyle:
Short
Messy ponytail
Shorn
Curled
Braids
Hair color:
Chestnut
Slate
Gold
Black
White
Eyebrow color:
Chestnut
Slate
Gold
Black
White
Clothier
The clothier is run by Anthe. The player can purchase clothing or change their outfit here.
Type
Item
Patterns
Price
Requirement
Hats
Flat Cap
White lily, Dark slate, Crimson, Daffodil, Pine, Sapphire, Tangerine, Indigo, Amethyst, Blue spruce, Ocher
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The photography studio is run by Dagero. It becomes available to the player once they complete "The Galaxy Team's Entry Trial".
The player can take pictures either alone or with one of their Pokémon. Named characters may visit the studio and ask to take photos with the player. Pose, expression, lens filters, background and how the Pokémon is acting may be freely changed by the player, although characters and their Pokémon have preset poses and actions, respectively. The pictures are taken with the screenshot function of the Nintendo Switch and are therefore stored in the system memory.
After completing requests for Dagero, the player gets an expanded pool of backdrops and lens filters to use.
Front Gate
The Front Gate is located at the east end of Floaro Main Street. After completing "The Basics of Crafting", the player can set out on expeditions from this gate.
Your Quarters
Your Quarters is a small house located just southeast of Galaxy Hall, on Floaro Main Street.
After completing Mission 5: "A Request from Mai", the player can choose to sleep in their bed until specific times to change the time in Jubilife Village. The time will not change otherwise. Changing the time is necessary for some Requests, such as Request 7: "Playing with Drifloon". It also has a chest that the player can use to store items. Whenever the player buys a Rotom appliance from Ginter, it is automatically sent to Your Quarters and placed on a predesignated spot here.
The Training Grounds is located in the northwest of town. It consists of a large building with a Pokémon battlefield in front of it, all surrounded by a wooden fence.
Folk Shrine
The Folk Shrine is located in the northwest of town.
Charm Lady Lucille can be found praying to the shrine guardian here. Lucille sells the player protective charms.
Charms can come in one of 5 different colors, with each color indicated in the item's name with a letter (R, B, P, T, Y). The cost of the charm depends on the number of charms of the same type that the player already has in their satchel. The charm received is always the first charm of that type in color order that is not already in the player's satchel; if the player already has all 5 colors of a charm in their satchel, Lucille refuses to sell that charm.
Jubilife Village briefly appeared at the end of JNS04, where Rei was seen arriving at his home and crafting a Poké Ball before heading out to the wilderness.
Jubilife Village was introduced as a Stadium card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese Battle Region subset and the English Astral Radiance expansion, with artwork by Oswaldo KATO. It was also released as a Secret card in the same Japanese and English expansions, with artwork by the same artist. It allows the players to shuffle their hand into their deck and draw five cards once per turn. Then their turn ends.
Trivia
The design of Galaxy Hall is based on the Former Hokkaidō Government Office located in Sapporo, the real-life city on which Jubilife is based.
The names of Floaro Main Street and Canala Avenue reference Floaroma Town and Canalave City, respectively. Both settlements are close to the present-day Jubilife City.
In-universe, they appear to be named after Floaro and Canala, members of the Construction Corps. Floaro Gardens, a location in the Obsidian Fieldlands, also appears to be named after Floaro.
Tsumugi, who is beside the item storage chest at the Front Gate, remarks on how Zisu wants to set up a dojo to teach everyone how to battle Pokémon. This is a reference to the Trainers' School in Jubilife City.