Welcome to our official guide to Pokémon Pokopia! The first game in the franchise made exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2, released worldwide on March 5, 2026, is a brilliant and addictive spin-off developed in collaboration with Omega Force, featuring life-sim mechanics reminiscent of series such as Animal Crossing and Dragon Quest Builders.
Playing as a Ditto that can transform into a human, your goal in this unusual adventure is to help Professor Tangrowth repopulate a ruined world. To do so, you'll have to discover countless habitats and secrets and, of course, find hundreds of Pokémon... If you need help getting the most out of the game—including its Expansion Pass—you'll find tips, Pokémon lists, items, quests, and much more right here!
The first part of Pokopia's Expansion Pass has been available since August 5, 2026, and grants access to a new area called Bubbly Basin. To find out what requirements you need to meet before visiting this area, along with many other details about the DLC, we round up the most important information here.
In any Pokémon game, the real stars of the adventure are obviously the Pokémon included in the Pokédex. Although "catching 'em all" works differently here than in the mainline games, it is still likely to be the biggest goal you'll want to achieve. It will take you a good many hours, but to make the process easier, we have a page featuring the complete list of Pokémon available in the game and their most important details, along with other useful sections such as these:
Naturally, when it comes to Pokopia's Pokédex, one part of the guide deserves special attention. Here, we cover the Legendary and Mythical Pokémon found in the game and explain exactly how to get each one, along with their main traits and general details. Take a look to find out how to add these prized creatures to your collection!
In Pokémon Pokopia, every Pokémon has its own favorite habitat, which partly determines where each species can be found. Each habitat also requires specific conditions before it can be established, such as patches of tall grass, nearby water, a tree, flowers, and so on... To find out how many habitats there are in the game, how to create them, or which Pokémon they attract, you'll find all the details in this section of the guide.
The quests that serve as the main missions and move Pokémon Pokopia's story forward are known as Important Requests. They often require several Pokémon to work together or involve more elaborate objectives. In this section of the guide, we list every one and help you complete the longest requests successfully with step-by-step walkthroughs, including the following:
Some of the most important things you can unlock throughout your Pokémon Pokopia adventure are special moves that Ditto can learn from other Pokémon to perform useful actions—such as tilling the soil, watering the ground, or smashing rocks—as well as temporary transformations that unlock new ways to get around. Here, we show you which moves and transformations are available and exactly what they do so you can make the most of them.
Naturally, a game like this features a crafting system that lets you make items using recipes and building projects, construct buildings, and do much, much more... In this section of the guide, we share tips and answer common questions about mechanics such as the following:
Among the thousands of items in Pokopia, you should pay particular attention to the game's main materials, as these resources let you craft a huge range of things. Here, we show you what they are and how to obtain each one so you can gather them easily, while also covering related topics such as these:
With the invaluable help of Chef Dente in Pokémon Pokopia, you can prepare different food recipes using ingredients and various food types and flavors to cook delicious dishes that power up Ditto's moves or can be given as gifts to the game's different Pokémon—as is the case with Mosslax offerings. Want to become a real expert in the kitchen? Here, you'll find every recipe and all its details.
Pokopia also features a set of collectibles scattered across the game's main areas known as Human Records. To help you find them all—not counting those that appear randomly on Dream Islands—we have a section of the guide that lists their locations by category or type:
Although the adventure features several main biomes to explore, Pokémon Pokopia also lets you travel to some very special Dream Islands with the help of Drifloon and Pokémon dolls. Want to know how these trips work? Here, we explain how to unlock them and show you which resources can be obtained on each type of island.
Pokémon Pokopia features its own multiplayer system, adding another layer to the experience and letting you enjoy the game with friends. Not sure how the mode works, what features it includes, or what its limitations are? We explain everything in this section of the guide.
To keep adding fresh content to Pokémon Pokopia, its developers run a number of limited-time special events. These only take place on specific dates throughout the year and feature exclusive Pokémon and even item sets that cannot be obtained at other times. To make sure you don't miss a single one, here is all the information you need about how many events there are, when they take place, and what they include.
Like many recent games in the franchise, Pokémon Pokopia gives players access to the popular Mystery Gift feature, which lets you claim rewards from special online promotions or redeem codes for unique in-game prizes. To make sure you don't miss any of them, here you'll find all the relevant details.
Finally, this last section of the guide rounds up Pokémon Pokopia's frequently asked questions and any other questions that may come up during your time with Nintendo's unusual adventure:
