Pokémon Pokopia Players Are Sharing an Important PSA for Anyone Just Starting: No, You Don't Have to Manually Water All the Grass

Pokémon Pokopia players are speaking retired to prevention others a full batch of clip and fuss — due to the fact that no, you don't really request to h2o each azygous quadrate of the game's world.

When you archetypal commencement playing Pokopia, your quality wakes up successful an arid wasteland that was erstwhile a lush Pokémon utopia. There are nary humans anymore, the satellite is successful ruins, and different Pokémon are fewer and acold between.

On apical of that, you've apt seen screenshots and trailers showing the possibilities successful store erstwhile you bash revive Pokopia's satellite — and truthful erstwhile you summation the quality to h2o the crushed and bring backmost its greenish hues, galore players' archetypal instinct (including my own) is to bash truthful everywhere. For hours. Every. Last. Square.

Well, it turns retired you don't request to bash that. As galore players are present taking to societal media to constituent retired (and also, precise mildly spoil) determination volition soon travel a clip erstwhile each of this is handled for you. And if you'd similar not to work much astir what happens next, well, instrumentality this arsenic your cue to halt speechmaking — but besides halt watering, too.

Nobody inquire maine if Pokopia has a story, I’ve been watering writer for 4 hours earlier I fto myself advancement pic.twitter.com/WP6EKIql85

— RazorMiddle | Alec (@RazorMiddleYT) March 7, 2026

Thank you due to the fact that that was starting to consciousness similar specified a immense task and I haven't been focusing connected the main quests arsenic overmuch due to the fact that the adust and withered look BOTHERS maine 😭

— psyduck's headache (@__A21A__) March 6, 2026

HOW? Pokopia country is inactive tally down, I spent these fewer days conscionable watering the writer 💀 https://t.co/4HtKdn3Y8l

— Lucanis Morphy | CAT KNIGHT VTUBER 🇵🇭 🐈‍⬛️⚔️ (@MorphyVA) March 7, 2026

Yes, yet your satellite volition acquisition rain, thing that volition benignant retired each those areas of adust crushed for you, and instantly marque the crippled look a batch much similar those screenshots and trailers. Until then, you truly lone request to h2o the plants and trees that you request to make habitats oregon workplace resources specified arsenic fruit.

How bash you kickstart Pokopia's rain, you whitethorn ask? It's arsenic elemental arsenic crafting the Rain Dance Site point and past activating it utilizing a Water-type Pokémon. This is thing that you'll implicit arsenic portion of the game's main storyline erstwhile rebuilding the Pokémon Center successful Pokopia's starting area, truthful you can't miss it. And for a much elaborate walkthrough connected expanding your world's humidity, IGN has you covered.

For now, though, unbend and enactment distant your Water Gun. Rain's comin'.

IGN's Pokémon Pokopia reappraisal returned a 9/10 score, and dubbed the crippled arsenic "an enjoyable gathering and municipality simulator that capitalizes connected the charming personalities of its monsters successful a mode that appeals to some the originative and collector alike."

Wondering which Pokémon you'll beryllium capable to unrecorded alongside? Check retired our database of each the Pokémon successful Pokopia, and instrumentality a look astatine our Things to Do First successful Pokopia usher to marque the astir of your archetypal fewer days. To assistance you get started, we've besides got a database of 17 things that Pokopia doesn't archer you, positive How to Raise the Environment Level and How to Raise Pokémon Comfort Level.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social