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Overview

In Pokemon Pokopia, befriended Pokemon need homes to live in. While Pokemon can initially stay in their habitats, building dedicated dwellings is essential for raising their comfort level to higher tiers. Homes provide more floor space for furniture, better protection from weather, and overall happier living conditions. There are two approaches to housing: purchasing pre-built Building Kits from the PC Shop, or constructing custom houses block by block using the building system.

Minimum Housing Requirements

For a structure to be recognized as a valid residence, it must meet these requirements:

• Enclosed walls forming a rectangular or square space with a door or gate

• Wall height of at least 2 blocks tall

• At least 3 pieces of furniture placed inside the structure

• No roof required; open-air houses are valid. Roofs are only necessary for Pokemon that prefer dark habitats

When a structure meets all requirements, it sparkles to confirm it has been recognized as a valid house. Rectangles and squares are the safest shapes; the game can struggle to recognize irregular shapes or structures with angled corners. The minimum interior size is 2x2 blocks, and the maximum is 9x10 blocks.

Housing Tiers (Building Kit Homes)

Building Kit homes come in four tiers, each offering increasing size, capacity, and construction requirements. Kits are purchased from the PC Shop using Life Coins and come in several material variants (Leaf, Sand, Stone, City, and Specialty styles).

Capacity varies by material variant. For example, a Leaf Hut holds 1 Pokemon while Sand, Stone, and City Huts hold 2. Similarly, Leaf Cottages hold 2 Pokemon while City Cottages hold 4. Higher-tier kits cost more Life Coins and may have limited daily stock in the PC Shop.

Material Variants

Each tier comes in multiple material styles that determine the exterior appearance. The five main variants are:

Specialty variants include the Log Cabin, Gray Cottage, Gray Hut, Orange Hut (brick style), Pink Cottage, Pink Hut, Yellow Hut (concrete style), and Poke Ball House (holds 2 Pokemon). These are available through specific recipes or the PC Shop.

Custom-Built Houses

Beyond pre-made kits, you can build entirely custom homes by placing blocks, walls, floors, doors, and roofs manually. Custom structures offer the most creative freedom for elaborate multi-room designs.

For custom houses, an 8x8 exterior (6x6 interior) is considered the optimal size for maximizing Pokemon per block. A simple four-wall structure with a door and 3 furniture items is the cheapest valid home you can build, using only basic stone or wood blocks.

The late-game Magnet Rise move is especially useful for custom building. It allows vertical flight and lets you place blocks at a 3x3x1 scale, dramatically speeding up large construction projects. Many players recommend saving ambitious custom builds for post-game after unlocking Magnet Rise.

Building a Kit Home

1. Purchase a Building Kit from the PC Shop using Life Coins. Each kit corresponds to a specific dwelling tier and material variant.

2. Choose a location. Flat terrain works best. Consider the Pokemon's environmental preferences (near water for Water-types, dry ground for Fire-types).

3. Place the Building Kit at the chosen location.

4. Assign Build-specialty Pokemon. At least one Pokemon with the Build specialty (such as Timburr, Machop, or Cubone) is required. More Build Pokemon speed up construction.

5. Wait for construction. Dens take 15 minutes; Huts take 1 hour; Cottages take 2 hours; Houses complete the next day at 5 AM. Tinkmaster's Engineer specialty reduces build times.

6. Furnish the interior. Place at least 3 furniture items matching the Pokemon's preferences to maximize comfort.

Kit homes can be upgraded by placing a higher-tier kit directly over them. You cannot downgrade, and the home must be empty (no Pokemon currently living inside) to upgrade.

Moving Pokemon into Houses

To move a Pokemon from its habitat into a dedicated house:

1. Build or place a new, empty house with at least 3 furniture items inside.

2. Talk to the Pokemon you want to relocate and select "Follow me!" to make it your follower.

3. Lead the Pokemon to the empty house.

4. Talk to the Pokemon near the dwelling and ask it to move in.

The house must be environmentally compatible with the Pokemon's preferences. A Charmander will not move into a house surrounded by water features, for instance. Once a Pokemon moves from its original habitat into a purpose-built house, its comfort level rises significantly faster. Pokemon living indoors gain comfort much more efficiently than those in open habitats.

You can also place habitats inside houses. Each habitat placed inside a house can host one compatible Pokemon without counting toward the house's normal capacity limit.

Furniture and Comfort

Furniture is the primary way to raise a Pokemon's comfort level. Every Pokemon has species-specific furniture preferences listed in the Pokedex under "Specialties and Likes." Placing preferred items triggers immediate happiness boosts, while mismatched furniture provides minimal improvement.

Furniture Categories

Comfort Tiers

Pokemon comfort progresses through five tiers:

To check a Pokemon's current tier, talk to it and select "How's your comfort level?" The Pokemon will give hints about what it wants. Acting on those hints is often the fastest way to improve comfort. Completing Pokemon requests also directly raises comfort and can bypass decoration plateaus.

Getting Furniture

• Craft at workbenches using gathered materials

• Purchase from the PC Shop using Life Coins

• Find in the world (abandoned structures, Dream Islands)

• Trade 3 Honey to Vespiquen (Gather Honey specialty) for random furniture

• Duplicate via 3D Printer using reference photos (costs Pokemetal)

• Trade feathers or appraised Lost Relics to Gimmighoul for Pop Art furniture

Demolishing and Relocating

Pokemon with the Bulldoze specialty can lead demolition and relocation projects. Both require kits purchased from the PC Shop for 10 Life Coins each.

Demolition

1. Purchase a Demolition Kit from the PC Shop (10 Life Coins).

2. Place the kit outside the target building.

3. Assign a Bulldoze-specialty Pokemon as leader, plus helpers.

4. Materials from the demolished building are returned at the kit site.

Relocation

1. Purchase a Relocation Kit from the PC Shop (10 Life Coins).

2. Place the kit outside the building you want to move.

3. Assign a Bulldoze Pokemon as leader, plus helpers. The building is packed into a reconstruction kit.

4. Place the reconstruction kit at the new location and assign Pokemon again to rebuild.

Important: Custom-built (block-by-block) houses cannot be relocated; only Building Kit structures support relocation. Story-critical and permanent structures cannot be demolished. You must remove the Ditto Flag before relocating your personal home. A building cannot be upgraded while a Pokemon is currently living inside.

Bulldoze Pokemon

The following Pokemon have the Bulldoze specialty. It is recommended to keep at least one in each area:

Tips

• Start with Leaf Dens early in the game. They are cheap (3 Sturdy Stick + 3 Leaf) and provide a basic comfort boost over habitats alone.

• Upgrade to Huts and Cottages as materials allow. The extra room makes a significant difference in achievable comfort levels.

• For budget housing, custom-build a simple 4-wall stone structure with a door and 3 furniture items. It costs less than any kit.

• Use the 3D Printer to duplicate furniture for filling multiple homes quickly.

• Check each Pokemon's Pokedex entry for furniture preferences before decorating. Matching preferences raises comfort much faster than random furniture.

• Group compatible Pokemon types in the same neighborhood. Water and Grass types near water features; Fire types in dry areas away from water.

• Save large custom building projects for post-game after unlocking Magnet Rise. The 3x3 block placement and free flight make construction dramatically faster.

• Tinkmaster's Engineer specialty reduces Building Kit construction time. Always have Tinkmaster nearby when starting a new build.

• The Bulldoze specialty (Onix, Snorlax, Clodsire) lets you relocate or demolish kit homes if you need to rearrange your settlement.

Related Articles

• Building

• Comfort Level

• Pokemon Specialties

• Magnet Rise

• Crafting

• Furniture