Pokemon Pokopia Beginner Tips and Tricks

Pokemon Pokopia gives players much more freedom in the early game than most of its counterparts. While the lack of hand-holding is great for those who just want to dive right in and start their adventure, it does mean that some mechanics get lost a bit, leaving players to figure things out for themselves.

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All Pokemon Pokopia Habitats and Requirements (Complete Habitat Dex List)

There are more than 200 habitats in Pokemon Pokopia. Here's how you do it all.

Most of them are quite intuitive, but some things can only be learned through experience, then a lot of time can be wasted. Luckily for you, I've already sunk in a ton of time Pokemon Pokopia and can therefore share with you some beginner tips and tricks to help you get off to the best possible start and avoid wasting time.

Disassemble habitats when you're done with them

Eventually, you'll be able to create or clone pretty much any item or decoration in the Pokemon Pokopiabut for starters, you're limited to the ones you can buy from the store or find lying around in the game's semi-open world. As such, some items are quite rare early on, which can be problematic if you need one of them to create a new habitat. Thankfully, once a Pokémon has made its home there, you can dismantle habitats and reuse the materials as you wish. Sure, this will leave Pokemon homeless, but there's actually a rather strange benefit to this. Unlike Pokemon with an active home or habitat, homeless Pokemon will never leave the area where you found them, which can make tracking them much easier.

Time travel to speed up construction times and harvests

Although it borrows elements from different genres, Pokemon Pokopia is basically a cozy game. As such, it incorporates many ideas and mechanics from some of the genre's heaviest hitters, one of which is its real-time mechanics. Building buildings takes a certain amount of time, as does growing flowers, hedges and vegetables. For most cozy gaming enthusiasts, waiting for these things to finish is part of the fun, though Pokémon fans accustomed to more fast-paced gameplay may tire of waiting quite quickly. Thankfully, you can change the time and date on your Switch 2 to speed up the process, so you can build new homes and grow crops in seconds rather than hours or days.

Make the most of your happy days

Every once in a while, you'll get a message on your Pokedex letting you know that today is your lucky day. On lucky days, Sparkling Ripples and Lost Relics appear much more often than usual, making them incredibly useful for new players. Through our testing, we've found that you get a lucky day about every seven days, so if you plan to play for more than an hour, it's well worth changing the date and time on your Switch 2 until you trigger a lucky day before you start. Researching sparkling ripples is a great way to learn new crafting recipes, some of which are needed to unlock new Pokemon habitats. Changing the system time can also benefit players who always play at the same time every day, as certain Pokemon will only appear during specific hours.

Look out for shiny spots

Whether you're playing on a lucky day or not, you should always be on the lookout for anything shiny. As mentioned above, sparkling ripples often reward players with new crafting recipes, while digging up sparkles with the Rock Smash ability is a great way to find more lost relics, records of music, and mystical paintings. Every now and then, you'll also come across Pokemon tracks, which can be easily identified by their rainbow patterns. Examining these will give you clues on how to create new habitats, making them incredibly useful for new and more experienced players alike.

Create more than one version of each habitat

Most Pokemon Pokopia habitat can harbor more than one type of Pokémon. With this in mind, it's a good idea to make multiple versions of each habitat so you can fill out your Pokedex faster. This is not the only advantage either. Sometimes, when you examine a Pokemon track, it will reveal a Pokemon that can thrive in a habitat you've already discovered rather than providing clues to unlock a brand new one. Given how obscure some habitats can be, you'll want to get as many clues as possible, so it pays to complete all of your existing habitats as quickly as you can by befriending any Pokemon that might live there.