Chimchar stands as a core member of the Pokédans exploration team. It encounters a transformed human protagonist now inhabiting a Piplup body, forging an immediate partnership. Together, they establish an exploration team focused on investigating dangerous temporal anomalies and preserving peace across the Pokémon world. These anomalies trigger unstable Mystery Dungeons to manifest alongside increasingly aggressive Pokémon.

Their critical mission involves locating and securing the mythical Time Gears, artifacts essential for regulating regional time flow. Removing a Time Gear plunges its associated area into timeless suspension, making recovery imperative. Chimchar and Piplup later join forces with Grovyle, initially perceived as a thief but revealed to be collecting Time Gears to prevent Temporal Tower's imminent collapse. This trio undertakes a perilous journey to the Lost Continent, aiming to reach Temporal Tower deep within the Phantom Land.

Their quest demands confronting significant threats, including Dusknoir, which actively hunts them to prevent intervention in the time flow. The team's success is vital to halting Temporal Tower's accelerating decay and stopping Dark Dialga from locking the world into eternal stasis. Failure means the complete collapse of Temporal Tower and a permanent time freeze engulfing the world. Throughout these escalating challenges, Chimchar contributes its potent fire-based elemental abilities as part of the unified team effort to restore temporal stability.