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Farming and Gardening
March 6, 2026 at 08:57 PM
Content update (2026-03-06)
Farming in Pokemon Pokopia lets players grow crops for cooking ingredients, Pokemon food, and trading materials. The system uses Ditto's Rototiller move to prepare soil, Water Gun to irrigate, and the Grow specialty to accelerate plant growth. Farming connects directly to the cooking system, which powers up the player's moves and restores PP.
Crops are one of three main food sources alongside foraged items (leaves, seaweed, mushrooms) and berries that grow on trees. Farming is not required to progress the main story but significantly helps with cooking, which becomes essential in later areas where stronger move variants are needed to break tougher materials and access new zones.
Rototiller is the core farming move that tills dirt or grass into crop fields, allowing the player to plant seeds. It consumes PP when used, like all other moves in Pokopia.
Travel to the right side of the Pokemon Center in the Withered Wasteland.
Use Rock Smash to break through the stones blocking access to the area.
Find the small pond on the left side of the cleared area. Drilbur appears here.
Accept Drilbur's request. After completing it, Ditto learns Rototiller.
Equip Rototiller as your active move (visible in the bottom-right of the screen).
Aim at ground blocks. Eligible tiles become highlighted.
Press ZR to till the highlighted area into a crop field.
Hold ZR to continuously till and move around while doing so, covering larger areas quickly.
Once you have tilled soil, planting follows a straightforward process:
Select seeds from your inventory to hold them.
Aim at any tilled field and press A to plant the seeds.
Water the crops using Water Gun if required. Some crops can grow without irrigation, but watering speeds up the cycle for all crops.
Station a Pokemon with the Grow specialty nearby to further accelerate growth.
Harvest mature crops by pressing A or using Cut.
Some crops require watering via Water Gun to grow at all, while others develop independently without water. Regardless of whether a crop requires water, irrigation always speeds up the growth cycle. For larger farms, Sprinklers (purchased from the Pokemon Center PC Shop for 50 Life Coins) automatically water nearby vegetation without manual effort. Horsea Fountains (also 50 Life Coins) boost ambient humidity in the area, which indirectly benefits Water and Grass-type Pokemon comfort near your farm plots.
The following crops can be grown from seeds planted in tilled soil:
Crop | Cooking Use | Flavor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Wheat | Base ingredient for Bread recipes | Neutral | One of the most important crops. Bread powers up the Cut move. |
Beans | Base ingredient for Hamburger Steaks | Neutral | Hamburger Steaks power up Rock Smash. Beans also appear in the "Grow Some Beans" request. |
Tomatoes | Cooking ingredient (soups, steaks) | Sour | Versatile ingredient used in multiple recipe variants. |
Potatoes | Cooking ingredient (steaks, soups) | Sweet | Fast-growing crop. Can also be used as Pokemon food. |
Carrots | Cooking ingredient (bread, soups) | Spicy | Also found growing wild in certain areas. Used in carrot bread and healthy soup. |
Leafy Greens | Base ingredient for Salads | Bitter | Salads power up the Leafage move. |
Mushrooms | Cooking ingredient (steaks, soups) | Dry | Can also be found growing wild. Used in mushroom soup and mushroom steak variants. |
Berries grow on berry trees rather than from planted seeds in tilled soil. Leppa Berries are the most common berry, found on trees throughout all areas. They have a sweet flavor and restore PP when eaten directly. Berries can be used in cooking recipes as secondary ingredients: leppa bread, leppa salad, and crushed berry salad are all berry-based recipe variants. Other berries such as Chesto Berries also appear in the game.
Using Cut on berry trees sometimes yields berry seeds that can be replanted. Berry trees regrow berries over time without replanting.
Source | Details |
|---|---|
Pokemon Center PC Shop | Limited daily stock that refreshes each day. The fastest reliable source for common seeds. |
Harvesting with Cut | Using Cut on mature plants, flowers, and trees sometimes yields seeds alongside the crop or berry. |
Pokemon gifts | Befriended Pokemon occasionally offer seeds as gifts when you give them presents, complete their requests, or build their habitats. |
Dream Islands | Abandoned structures on Dream Islands may contain rare seeds. Check buildings and hidden corners. |
Event items | The More Spores for Hoppip event offers Dandy Flower Seeds (5 Cotton Spores) from the event shop. |
Pokemon with the Grow specialty make plants grow faster when stationed near your farm plots. They automatically use their ability when following you or when placed in habitats adjacent to crop fields. There are 12 Pokemon with the Grow specialty in Pokopia:
Pokemon | Pokedex # | Other Specialties |
|---|---|---|
Bulbasaur | #001 | None |
Oddish | #013 | None |
Gloom | #014 | None |
Bellsprout | #021 | Litter |
Cacnea | #055 | None |
Exeggcute | #098 | Teleport |
Exeggutor | #099 | Teleport |
Dartrix | #186 | Chop |
Snivy | #248 | None |
Servine | #249 | Litter |
Sprigatito | #263 | None |
Leafeon | #286 | None |
During the More Spores for Hoppip event, Hoppip (#301), Skiploom (#302), and Jumpluff (#303) also have the Grow specialty. Jumpluff additionally has the Litter specialty.
Farming feeds directly into the cooking system, which is unlocked in Rocky Ridges after freeing Chef Dente (a Greedent trapped in a barrel). Cooking restores PP and powers up specific moves, making it essential for progression.
Recipe Type | Cooking Station | Base Ingredient | Move Powered Up |
|---|---|---|---|
Salad | Chopping Board | 1 Leaf + 1 other ingredient | Leafage (grows 4 patches of grass instead of 1) |
Bread | Frying Pan or Oven over fire | 1 Wheat + 2 other ingredients | Cut (can cut through metal) |
Soup | Cooking Pot over fire | 1 Fresh Water + 2 other ingredients | Water Gun (increased power) |
Hamburger Steak | Frying Pan over fire | 1 Bean + 3 other ingredients | Rock Smash (breaks normally unbreakable rocks, collects gold and iron ore) |
Recipe variants depend on which secondary ingredients you add. Tomato steaks, potato soups, mushroom soups, carrot bread, seaweed salad, and berry-based variants all have different flavor profiles (sour, sweet, dry, spicy, bitter). Having Pokemon with specific specialties (Chop, Crush, Burn) nearby while cooking can create unique food variants with different effects.
Learn Rototiller as early as possible. It is available in the Withered Wasteland after unlocking Rock Smash, and early farming gives you a head start on cooking ingredients for later areas.
Position a Grow-specialty Pokemon near your farm plots. Bulbasaur is available early and works well as a dedicated farming companion.
Water crops even if they can grow without it. Irrigation always speeds up the growing cycle.
Buy Sprinklers from the PC Shop (50 Life Coins) for hands-free watering. Place them in the center of your farm plot to cover the maximum area.
Plant crops in clusters near your Workbench and Storage Boxes for efficient harvesting and crafting.
Prioritize growing Wheat and Beans early. Bread (powers up Cut) and Hamburger Steaks (powers up Rock Smash) are the two most important recipes for story progression.
Use Cut on mature plants and berry trees to collect seeds. This supplements the limited daily stock at the Pokemon Center PC Shop.
Fresh Water for Soup recipes can be purchased from the PC Shop. Keep a few bottles stocked for quick soup-making.
Plant Dandy Flower Seeds during the Hoppip event. Growing 4 Dandy Flowers lets you build the Yellow Carpet habitat, which attracts all three event-exclusive Pokemon.
Visit Dream Islands regularly for rare seeds not available in the PC Shop.
