How far would you go to prove you’re one of the coolest Pokemon Pokopia players around? For one player, it was a question of how far down they’d go—underground at Bleak Beach, where tons of drownings were their inevitable nigh-endless obstacle on the way to the construction of an underwater tunnel.
Have you, in truth, looked at Bleak Beach and at any point thought to yourself, “I should build a tunnel through there?” If so, mad props. Because I sure haven’t. Here’s how it was done.
Hail King Derek
“The amount of times I drown while making this,” was originally the only thing that DereKoopa—that is, King Derek—said in the above Reddit post. But when their thread hit over 13,000 upvotes and climbing, they had the good grace to come back and provide further context. I first saw this when an unrelated Twitter account casually mentioned that “someone has built,” and really, come on. You’ve gotta credit the source! But I suspect this is a big part of why it caught on.
First, check out the clip. It’s only 21 seconds, and I do wish it were longer. Maybe you’ll create something more in-depth now that this is so hot, King Derek! Or maybe you won’t. You do you. But I knew one thing. I needed to know more. DereKoopa gladly obliged.
“The first thing I tried when building the “bridge” was use Magnet Rise to place 3×3 vertical blocks around the working area. I would float down fast to the sea floor, place the blocks, usually drown, and then repeat. After I had it blocked off I sucked up the water out of the dam and built the steps and doorway to my “bridge.” I did this just for the first section to test if it would work. This worked fine, and admittedly I drowned less often than my final method, BUT once I removed the dam the water physics got all funky. The time I spent fixing the sea was not worth it in my opinion.”
So, that was a bust. Creative approach from the first, Derek, but a no-go. What next?
“So for the rest of the project I would fly down, place a block/window or 2 in line with the walls, drown, and then repeat. This resulted in LOTS of respawns, but the water was undisturbed and went smoother, in my opinion. After I used Magnet rise to place the ceiling with 3×3 blocks, it was just a matter of going down and sucking out the water. I then used the replace to change the white rocks on the sea floor to the metal blocks I used.”
This is already well and truly beyond what I’d have ever thought to do. And I’m hardly alone. The thread’s top comment? “I live in a leaf hut with a cyndaquil,” as user Sability puts it. Same, Sability. Same.
“What I would have done in retrospect and what I recommend: Use the 3×3 vertical block placement to build all the walls, and then the 3×3 horizontal blocks to build the roof. This lets you place more in between drowning. Then go down the “bridge”, suck out the water, and then destroy one or 2 blocks at a time from the inside and replace with a window. I was under the impression the water would rush in, and this wouldn’t work. After accidently picking up a window or 2, turns out the water just gently streams in and you can easily work without drowning.”
And now you’ve got the full scoop. This is the true power of King Derek, the Koopa themself. Here’s to every Ditto who died in the making of this most incredible underwater tunnel. Go upvote the thread and thank them. They deserve it.
Pokemon Pokopia
3.0/5
- Released
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March 5, 2026
- ESRB
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Everyone / Users Interact, In-Game Purchases
- Publisher(s)
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Nintendo, The Pokemon Company
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