Overview
PC Challenges are objective-based tasks that players complete in exchange for Life Coins, the main currency in Pokemon Pokopia. They serve as guided activities that introduce specific mechanics, reward steady play, and provide a reliable income stream for purchasing items and upgrades from the PC Shop. Challenges are split between one-time progression objectives and repeating daily goals, making them relevant at every stage of the game.
How to Access PC Challenges
PC Challenges are accessed by interacting with the PC terminal at any rebuilt Pokemon Center. The very first terminal players encounter is located outside the Pokemon Center ruins in the Withered Wasteland. After activating that terminal and completing an initial set of challenges, the Pokemon Center can be repaired, unlocking the full challenge interface.
Completing those introductory challenges is required to progress through the opening stages of the game. Once the first Pokemon Center is rebuilt, similar terminals become available in every other town as players expand into new areas.
Rewards
Every completed challenge awards Life Coins. Standard daily challenges typically reward around 100 to 200 Life Coins each, and completing the full set of dailies can net roughly 600 Life Coins per day. Special challenges involving legendary Pokemon feathers pay significantly more.
Important: Life Coins are not added to your wallet automatically. After finishing a challenge's objectives out in the world, you must return to the PC terminal and manually claim the reward. Make a habit of checking the terminal regularly so coins do not go uncollected.
Daily Reset
A fresh set of Daily Activities appears on the PC terminal every day. The reset occurs at 5:00 AM local time (based on your system clock). Any unclaimed rewards from the previous day's challenges are lost once the reset happens, so it is worth checking in every day to complete and claim them.
Challenge Categories
PC Challenges cover a wide range of gameplay activities. They can be grouped into five broad categories based on the types of objectives they ask players to complete.
Category | Description | Example Objectives |
|---|---|---|
Resource Gathering | Collect a set quantity of a specific material. These are the quickest dailies to finish and pair naturally with Crafting and Farming and Gardening routines. | Gather Sturdy Sticks, collect stones via Rock Smash, harvest wheat, mine iron ore, collect honey |
Habitat Maintenance | Water dry grass, plant flowers, or place habitat tiles. These tasks directly improve the environment and contribute toward raising the Environment Level. | Water parched grass using Squirtle or another Water Gun user, plant seeds via Rototiller, place habitat tiles |
Socializing | Interact with Pokemon that display speech bubbles, fulfill their requests, and raise their Comfort levels by placing furniture or items they ask for. | Chat with a Pokemon, place requested furniture, increase a Pokemon's comfort |
Build specific structures or craft items at the Workbench. Recipes may need to be purchased from the PC Shop or unlocked through Requests first. | Build a picnic table, construct a utility pole, connect poles to a power source | |
Special Challenges | Track down rare feathers dropped by legendary flying Pokemon. These reward substantially more Life Coins than standard dailies (roughly 200 per feather) and can be turned in at the Gimmighoul museum. | Collect Ho-Oh rainbow feathers (use Water Gun on trailing flames), collect Lugia silver feathers (cut through powered tornadoes) |
Environment Level and Challenge Unlocks
The variety of PC Challenges available at the terminal depends on the current Environment Level of each town. Raising the Environment Level unlocks additional challenges, which in turn provide more opportunities to earn Life Coins. The PC Shop inventory also expands alongside the Environment Level, so higher levels give players both more ways to earn coins and more things to spend them on.
Environment Level increases through a combination of activities: befriending new Pokemon, raising their comfort, building houses and structures, and completing Requests. Reaching the end credits requires raising four main towns to Environment Level 5, and the maximum level is 10, which unlocks the full challenge roster and every item in the PC Shop.
Relationship to Other Activities
PC Challenges overlap with many of the game's other systems, and completing one objective can satisfy multiple goals at the same time. For example, building a habitat may count toward a Building challenge, a Habitat Maintenance challenge, and an Environment Level increase all at once. Players who plan their daily routine around this overlap can progress much faster.
Other Daily Activities complement PC Challenges and share the same 5:00 AM reset:
Daily Shop: A rotating selection of furniture, recipes, and kits appears in the PC Shop each day.
Stamp Rally: Every Friday a stamp card is issued through the PC. Fill it with five stamps (collectible daily from your own world, other players' worlds, and Cloud Island) to earn bonus Life Coins. Rare stamps are worth more.
Dream Islands: Visit once per day by showing Drifloon a doll. The island type and items available depend on the doll presented.
Vespiquen: After befriending her, she offers four furniture items daily in exchange for honey.
Mosslax Daily Buffs: Place food on Mosslax's plate once per day for various buff effects.
Progression Challenges
Beyond the repeating dailies, the PC terminal also tracks one-time progression challenges. The most notable is the Team Initiation Challenge, a multi-stage quest line that introduces core mechanics like building, resource gathering, and Pokemon discovery. Completing its stages is essential for unlocking new areas and advancing the story.
While most progression challenges are optional after the opening hours, completing them is strongly encouraged. They often reward significant Life Coin payouts, and the tasks they set tend to push players toward building out their environment in ways that raise the Environment Level.
Tips and Strategies
Check the PC terminal every day. Daily challenges reset at 5:00 AM and represent easy, consistent income. Missing a day means missing coins.
Claim rewards promptly. Completed challenges do not pay out automatically. Return to the terminal to collect Life Coins before the daily reset.
Stack objectives. Many activities overlap. Planting a habitat, gathering resources, and fulfilling a Pokemon's request can all count toward separate challenges simultaneously.
Prioritize upgrades early. When spending Life Coins at the PC Shop, buy upgrades (such as the Packing Tips inventory expansions) before cosmetic furniture. Larger inventory and better tools pay dividends over time.
Hunt legendary feathers. Special challenges involving Ho-Oh and Lugia feathers are worth significantly more Life Coins than standard dailies. Keep an eye out for trailing flames and tornadoes in the sky.
Raise Environment Level for more challenges. Higher Environment Levels unlock new challenge types and better shop items, creating a positive feedback loop of earning and spending.
Use your first 100 Life Coins wisely. The first challenge (typically building a Grass Habitat) rewards exactly 100 Life Coins, enough to buy the Packing Tips: Rookie Bag upgrade. This early inventory boost makes every subsequent challenge easier.