Pokémon Horizons: The Series · The Search for Laqua arc

HZ070 · Tinkatink's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Day

Name: Tinkatink's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Day
Released: 2025-05-02

カヌチャンのハンマーは1日にしてならず

US air. 2025-05-02 JP air. 2024-10-25 Season. The Search for Laqua (S27) Position. Episode 70 of 138 in Horizons

Why this episode matters

Key episode in Horizons

Season 2 finale. Laqua falls. One-year time skip leads into Rising Hope.

Synopsis

What happens.

In order to meet Briar at the Crystal Pool, Liko, Roy, Dot, and Friede head up the Infernal Pass to reach their destination, while the rest of the Rising Volt Tacklers stay behind at Mossui Town to do some cultural exchange with the locals.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's HZ070 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · HZ046-HZ070

The Search for Laqua.

Antagonists The Explorers introduced (Amethio, Spinel, Onyx, Sidian, Gibeon). Race to the floating city Laqua. Ends with Laqua's destruction and a one-year time skip.

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Pokémon featured · 20

Who appears.

Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.

Other episodes in The Search for Laqua.

The full episode guide on Pokéos.

Pokéos keeps an expanded guide for HZ070 with a longer synopsis, the complete Pokémon and character roster, and episode imagery. It pairs well with this page when you want every detail.

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Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.