How to level up environments in Pokemon Pokopia

A night time scenic view in Pokemon Pokopia — (Image credit: The Pokemon Company)

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1. Water dead trees and plants
2. Befriend Pokemon!
4. Self care!
3. Build houses
5. Increase your Pokemon comfort levels

Raising the environment level in Pokemon Pokopia is a key motivation in the game beyond, you know, making cute little towns for your Pokemon to live in. Ranking up the environment in each area allows you to unlock new challenges, recipes and other items at the Pokemon Centre computer, including the ability to restore in the Pokemon Centre in each zone too.

Here are the best ways you can level up the environment in Pokemon Pokopia:

1. Water dead trees and plants

Standing in the Grass in Pokemon Pokopia — (Image credit: Nintendo)

Something that I get super in the zone with in Pokemon Pokopia is just tidying up. Whether that's watering all the dead grass, flowers, and trees to watch them pop back to life, or smashing blocks of terrain that are so clearly out of place. Thankfully all this delightfully zen busywork is actually helping you improve the enviromental level in that area, so keep on going. You can tell it's working because the Pokemon watching you get so excited too.

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2. Befriend Pokemon!

Ditto and Scyther pose in Pokemon Pokopia — (Image credit: The Pokemon Company)

Gather your seeds, abilities, and random assorted furniture because it's time to start building some more habitats. Attracting more Pokemon to each area is a fantastic way to boost the environment level, so it's key to start building as many habitats as you can right away.

As I mentioned in our Pokopia tips, you can maximise your spawning power by building multiple versions of the same habitats, and relocating any Pokemon from habitats you can't replicate but know have the potential of attracting multiple Pokemon.

4. Self care!

A Ditto stands and smiles outside its home, which helps raise the town's Pokopia environment level. — (Image credit: The Pokemon Company)

Believe it or not, looking after number one is actually a really great way of increasing the environment level in each Pokopia town. Later, we'll tell you how to find out Pokemons' comfort level, but you might notice Ditto is also on the list. This means your comfort level matters too!

For the best environment levels, you'll need to have your own home in every town, which can be any house, as long as you attach a Ditto Flag to it (You'll find out how to make this during the Withered Wasteland story quest). Since Ditto is the only Pokemon without likes and dislikes, you can actually just chuck down any spare furniture in your various homes to easily and quickly increase the environment level - and empty your backpack, to boot!

3. Build houses

A pink house stands on a cliff in Pokopia, helping to raise the surrounding environment level. — (Image credit: The Pokemon Company)

Another great way to improve the area is to start rebuilding houses. There are two ways you can do this: you can use building kits and assign Pokemon to the job, or you can simply build them manually. Either way, more houses means better Pokemon habitats and a better environment level!

We've got more details below on increasing individual Pokemons' comfort levels, but, generally, they'll all be a bit happier in a home, so you can simply start by building a house (which technically only needs to be a bottom row of wall and a door), placing three furniture pieces inside, and allocating it to a 'mon. Then use the tips below to improve it.

5. Increase your Pokemon comfort levels

Environmental levels and Pokemon comfort in Pokemon Pokopia — (Image credit: The Pokemon Company)

Once you've got a whole range of Pokemon living in the area, it's time to start thinking about how happy they are in their habitats or homes. Increasing a Pokemon's comfort level is probably the quickest way to give your environmental level a big boost, but does require the most time and resource investment. You can see how each Pokemon is feeling about their abode by either:

Speaking to them directly and asking "How's your comfort level?"
Checking the Pokemon Centre computer and pressing - to view the enviroment level. This will give you all the Pokemon's comfort levels grouped by qualifiers like "Average", "Nice", "Great", and even "Iffy".

From here, you can focus on improving the happiness of the Pokemon with the lowest comfort levels. You can find out what a Pokemon specifically wants by speaking to them, but, you can also check the Pokedex for a list of things they like by checking out the 'Specialties and Likes' tab, if you want to go further than just one or two items.

It's a really handy cheat sheet if you're moving a Pokemon into their own little hut, or into a bigger home that you want to tailor exactly to what they like.

Growlithe's preferences and abilities in Pokemon Pokopia — (Image credit: The Pokemon Company)

Otherwise, ways to improve a Pokemon's habitat can include:

Moving them into their own home
Making an environment darker or lighter according to Pokemon preference
Making the humidity wetter or drier according to preference
Adding more furniture
Making the temperature warmer or colder
Giving them toys or decorations for their space
Giving them gifts, particularly food

So there are loads of ways to increase the Pokopia environment level quickly, but these are the best - and fastest - we've found! You'll be leveling up your towns in no time, and unlocking plenty of new Pokopia recipes and items.