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Pokemon Pokopia

Pokopia Walkthrough Guide

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★ Pokemon Pokopia releases March 5th.
☆ Walkthrough in Progress: Bookmark for Updates!
★ Habitats | Moves | Materials | Requests
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★ Over 110 Confirmed Pokemon Found!

Pokemon Pokopia Walkthrough Guide

This is a walkthrough guide for Pokemon Pokopia. See the walkthrough guide for Pokemon Pokopia here, including all unlocks and things you can build.

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Pokopia Story Walkthrough

Withered Wasteland Walkthrough

1 Befriend the Kanto Starters
2 Build Your First Home
3 Rebuild the Pokemon Center
4 Unlock Rock Smash and Slowpoke
5 Complete Yawn Up a Storm! Request
6 Finish Rebuilding the Pokemon Center

Befriend the Kanto Starters

# Step by Step Objectives
1
Character Customization
Start by customizing your human Ditto to your preference. You have tons of customization options to choose from, so feel free to personalize your look.
2
Tangrowth
After customizing your character, talk to Professor Tangrowth.
3
Pokedex
Interact with the gold shiny spot in the wheelbarrow to obtain the Pokedex.
4
Follow Tangrowth
Climb the ledges and follow Tangrowth at the cliff overlooking the area.
5
Squirtle
Go down the steps and interact with the Squirtle to learn Water Gun.
6
Use Water Gun on Squirtle
Move next to Squirtle and press the ZR button to use Water Gun at them.
7
Tall Grass Habitat
Use Water Gun in the area to unlock the Tall Grass habitat and the Pretty Flower Bed habitat.
▶︎ How to Build Every Type of Habitat
8
Inspect the Tall Grass
Inspect the tall grass that you watered to unlock Bulbasaur. Talk to them after to unlock your first Request in the Pokedex.
9
Water dry grass
Press the Plus (+) button to open the Pokedex. Select Requests and click on the "Water dry grass!" request. You will need to use Water Gun to revive 10 patches of Dry Tall Grass.
10
Leafage move
Once you have watered 10 patches of Dry Tall Grass, talk to Bulbasaur to complete the request and unlock the Leafage move. Open the Request menu from the Pokedex to receive a new request from Squirtle.
11
Tall Grass for Squirtle
Talk to Squirtle after and use Leafage to create a Tall Grass habitat. Talk to Squirtle again and allow them to live in the tall grass you just created to complete the request.
12
Give Leppa Berry to Bulbasaur
Use Water Gun at the dead tree to revive it. Press the A Button to headbutt the tree and pick up the Leppa Berry from the ground. Talk to either Squirtle or Bulbasaur and select Look at this!. Choose the Leppa Berry to give it to them.
13
Tangrowth
Talk to Tangrowth and he will give you a log chair. Place the chair nearby and press the A button to sit on it.
14
Workbench
Follow Bulbasaur towards the nearby area to find the Workbench. Press the A Button to interact with the Workbench to obtain simple wooden DIY recipes. Create a Campfire to progress the objective.
15
Place the Campfire
Press X Button to open the bag and select the Campfire. Return to Professor Tangrowth and press the A Button to spit out the Campfire.
16
Charmander
Create a Tall Grass habitat using Leafage and inspect the rustling grass to unlock Charmander. Press the Up Button on the D-Pad to make them follow you towards the Campfire. Charmander will automatically light the fire once they are near the Campfire.

Build Your First Home

# Step by Step Objectives
1
Ruined Pokemon Center
Once the cutscene ends, follow Professor Tangrowth to reach the location of the destroyed Pokemon Center. Inspect the building for a cutscene and check the PC after to unlock the Challenges.
2
Boulder-Shaded Tall Grass
One of the Challenges requires you to find new Pokemon. Create a Boulder-Shaded Tall Grass using Leafage and inspect it to unlock Timburr. Go back to the PC to receive Life Coins as a reward.
3
Bulbasaur
Water 5 trees and gather 10 sturdy sticks to complete the first set of challenges. After that, speak with Bulbasaur and choose "Do you need anything?" to unlock the recipe for the Straw Bed.
4
Straw Bed Recipe
Use the Workbench to craft the Straw Bed. You will need 2 Leaves to create the bed. Place the Straw Bed within the boundaries Bulbasaur's habitat. Talk to Bulbasaur after placing the bed to complete the request.
5
New Challenges in PC
Interact with the PC to check the new Challenges that have been added.
6
Talk to Professor Tangrowth
Talk to Professor Tangrowth and he will mention about building houses. Go to the PC and purchase a Leaf Den Kit from the Shop.
7
Building the Leaf Den
Place the Leaf Den Kit on the area and gather 3 Sturdy Sticks and 3 Leaves. Have Timburr and another Pokemon follow you and lead them to the Leaf Den Kit construction area. Inspect the Leaf Den and select the Pokemon and the required materials to construct the den.

Constructing a building takes real-world hours to complete, you can skip this by changing your Switch 2's system time.
8
Furnitures inside Leaf Den
Enter the Leaf Den and place 3 furnitures inside. Talk to Timburr to complete the request.
9
Charmander Celebration
Talk to Charmander and they will suggest to throw a celebration after building the house. Bring them to Professor Tangrowth and talk to the latter. Watch the cutscene and you will receive a Ditto Flag after.
10
Place Ditto Flag on your house
Head to the Leaf Den and place a Ditto Flag to mark the den as your house.

Rebuild the Pokemon Center

# Step by Step Objectives
1
Pokemon Center Building Kit
Talk to Professor Tangrowth and he will ask you to obtain a building kit for the Pokemon Center. Raise your environment level to three in order to unlock the building kit at the Shop.
2
Pokemon Center Rebuilding Kit
After raising the environment level to three and gathering enough Life Coins, go to the PC and select Shop. Scroll down and purchase the Pokemon Center Rebuilding Kit for 1000 Life Coins.
3
Pokemon Center Material Requirements
Gather the materials needed to rebuild the Pokemon Center. You will need 20 Lumber, 20 Stones, 10 Leaves, and 10 Vine Ropes.
3
Tree-Shaded Tall Grass habitat
To get Lumber, you need to befriend a Pokemon with the Chop Specialty to turn the Small Logs into Lumber. Create a Tree-Shaded Tall Grass habitat to befriend Scyther. Give him Sturdy Sticks to complete his request and unlock the Cut move.

Talk to Scyther and select Look at this! Choose the Small Logs in the inventory and select Make me some lumber. You only need 2 Small Logs to get 10 Lumber.
4 At this point, you will need to restore the habitats to befriend new Pokemon in order to complete the rebuilding process.

Unlock Rock Smash and Slowpoke

# Step by Step Objectives
1
Exercise Resting Spot Habitat
Place the punching bag next to the bench to restore the Exercise Resting Spot Habitat. Wait for Hitmonchan to appear next to the punching bag and befriend him.
2
Give Hitmonchan stones
Talk to Hitmonchan and give him 2 Stones to complete his request and unlock the Rock Smash move.
3
Squirtle Path
Talk to Squirtle to receive his request. Head west from the destroyed Pokemon Center and destroy the rock blocking the path using Rock Smash.
4
Drifloon Beach
Head west following the shoreline to find Drifloon. Although this is not required to progress the story, completing Drifloon's request unlocks the Dream Island feature. It is recommended to talk to Drifloon to unlock the feature later on.
5
Geodude Location
Continue heading north until you reach Onix located beyond the rocks that you can destroy using Rock Smash. Use the yellow speech bubble as a hint to find his location. Make sure to collect the smooth rocks in the cave, as they are required to build Onix's habitat.
6
Professor Tangrowth Other Side of Wall
Return to Professor Tangrowth and he will ask you to break the wall to get to the other side. Head towards the cliff where Professor Tangrowth is facing and use Rock Smash to break the rocks, revealing a new area.
7
Abandoned Building
Follow Professor Tangrowth to reach the abandoned building. Talk to him once he reaches the building. Inspect the building to receive the Important Request: "Do the...Team Initiation Challenge?"
8
Seaside Tall Grass
Return home and talk to Professor Tangrowth. He will give you a hint about Slowpoke's habitat, the Seaside Tall Grass.
9
Slowpoke Habitat
Head back to the beach where the abandoned building is located and create a Seaside Tall Grass Habitat by placing four patches of grass on the beachside.
10
Slowpoke Make it rain.
Talk to Slowpoke and accept his request. To fulfill Slowpoke's request, you need to befriend Scyther first.

If you have befriended and completed Scyther's request beforehand, you can talk to Slowpoke and choose Make it rain! to unlock the recipe for Wooden Steps.
11
Guide Slowpoke to the Pokemon Center
To help Slowpoke travel to the Pokemon Center, use Water Gun to water the dry paths and place Wooden Steps on the uneven surfaces. Since Slowpoke moves slowly, you can talk to him first, have him move, and then prepare the path.
12
Talk to Slowpoke
Once Slowpoke reaches the Pokemon Center, talk to him and watch the cutscene that follows to unlock the Important Request: Yawn Up a Storm!

Yawn Up a Storm! Walkthrough

# Step by Step Objectives
1
Bulbasaur Field of Flowers unlock
Talk to Bulbasaur to receive a hint on how to create the Field of Flowers habitat to increase the humidity level.
2 Open the PC and purchase the Horsea Fountain from the Shop.
3
Use Rock Smash on the Water Rock
Use Rock Smash to break the shiny rock northwest of the Pokemon Center to reveal water.
4
Place the Horsea Fountain
Place the Horsea Fountain in the water that appeared. Placing the fountain increases the humidity level.
5
Activate the second fountain
Break more rocks near the location where you placed the Horsea Fountain to expand the water area. By extending the water area, you can activate the second fountain nearby to increase the humidity level further.
6
Talk to Squirtle
Talk to Squirtle to receive a new request and a hint for the Hydrated Tall Grass habitat.
7
Making the Hydrated Tall Grass Habitat
Create the Hydrated Tall Grass habitat by placing four patches of grass near a body of water.
8
Talk to Squirtle again
Talk to Squirtle again to receive another request. He will ask if he can move to the Hydrated Tall Grass.
9
Move in Squirtle
Have Squirtle follow you and take him to the Hydrated Tall Grass habitat. Talk to Squirtle while you are next to the habitat and choose "Wanna move in here?"
10
Slowpoke 80 yawn points
Talk to Slowpoke and Professor Tangrowth to receive a hint on where to go next.
11
Rain Dance Party
Talk to Squirtle and he will give you a hint on how to create the Rain Dance Site habitat.
12
Castform Weather Charm Hint
Talk to Tangrowth to receive a hint on where to find the Castform Weather Charm.
13
Castform Weather Charms Location
Go to the cave where you first encountered Professor Tangrowth and inspect the gold shiny spot in the wheelbarrow to get two Castform Weather Charms.
14
Rain Dance Site Habitat
Place the two Castform Weather Charms against a wall. Place a Wooden Plate and a Leppa Berry to create the Rain Dance Site habitat. Talk to Squirtle and have him follow you towards the Rain Dance Site to start the Rain Dance party.
15
Squirtle Rain Dance
Once the Rain Dance party is over, talk to Squirtle to complete the request. He will tell you to go to Slowpoke to check the humidity level.
16
Slowpoke 100 point yawn
Talk to Slowpoke and ask him to yawn. If it is a 100 point yawn, you can proceed with the next step. If not, you need to increase the humidity level further by scattering water using Water Gun, using Rock Smash to destroy wet rocks and create springs, and creating Field of Flowers habitats.
17
Heaed south to the beach
Head south towards the beach and a cutscene will occur as you approach the area.
18
Connect the missing bridge
Connect the missing bridge and talk to Kyogre to make it rain.
19
Rescue Onix
Head to Onix's location and use Rock Smash a few times to destroy the rocks to free the Pokemon.
20
Complete Yawn Up a Storm
Return to Professor Tangrowth to complete the Yawn Up a Storm! important request.

Finish Rebuilding the Pokemon Center

# Step by Step Objectives
1
7 Pokemon Requirements
After rescuing Onix, you can start rebuilding the Pokemon Center. Gather Onix and 7 other Pokemon to start rebuilding and collect 20 Lumber, 20 Stones, 10 Leaves, and 10 Vine Ropes for the materials.

Rebuilding the Pokemon Center requires waiting until tomorrow in real-world time, but you can skip this by changing your Switch 2's system time.
2
Rebuilt Pokemon Center
Once the Pokemon Center has been rebuilt, talk to the Pokemon beside it and watch the cutscene that follows to complete the Rebuild the Pokemon Center request.

How to Progress the Story

Talk to the Pokemon with the Yellow Speech Bubble

Speech Bubble

To progress the main story, find and talk to the Pokemon with the speech bubble above them. This speech bubble has a subtle yellow outline to indicate that talking to the Pokemon will advance the main story.

Review Progress with Professor Tangrowth

Professor Tangrowth Scene

If you want a reminder of your current requests or what you need to do to move forward, you can talk to Professor Tangrowth. They will remind you what needs to be done if you have an active request.

See List of Requests in the Request Menu

Requests Menu
You can also check the menu to see all your requests. Simply open your Pokedex, and you should see the request button among the options. Tap it to see a list of all your active requests so far.

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