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Nintendo has released Pokémon Pokopia Version 2.0.0, introducing one of the game’s biggest content updates yet. The headline additions include underwater exploration, underwater building, new items, expanded customization options, and a long list of quality-of-life improvements.
The update also improves Pokémon behaviour, crafting, movement, performance, and multiplayer while fixing numerous gameplay, quest, visual, and stability issues throughout the game.
Patch Notes
New Features
- Added the Dive move, allowing players to explore underwater.
- Build specialists can now construct houses underwater.
- Added new items, including the Portal Pod and Safe.
- Recipes can now be purchased after increasing Palette Town’s environment level.
- Added the Dynamic Ditto Print pattern.
- Available by speaking to Smearguru after obtaining the diploma.
- Added the Lie Down and Ready, Set, Go! emotes.
- Obtainable in Bleak Beach and Dream Islands.
- Added five new hair colours:
- Orange
- Light Pink
- Yellow-Green
- Blue-Green
- Brown
- Added bulk item transfers between the Storage Box and Bag.
- Added the ability to delete items placed inside objects such as garbage bins.
- Added fine-tuned depth placement for windows, doors, and similar objects.
- Added a Settings option to hide the Magnet Rise cancellation confirmation.
- Added a Settings option allowing movement while the move wheel is open.
- Added motion sickness reduction camera settings.
- Added paint support for:
- Stylish Stool
- Handrail
- Metal Chain
- Workbench
- Vending Machine
- Bike
- Bookcase
- Pokémon Center Counter
- Arrow Sign
- Rope
Quality of Life Improvements
Pokémon Behaviour
- Pokémon now return if their habitat is rebuilt nearby after being destroyed.
- Pokémon recover more quickly when removed furniture is replaced.
- Pokémon now respond with emotes they previously taught the player.
- Return Home can now be used to travel to another town containing a Pokémon being searched for in the Pokédex.
Gameplay
- Reduced standard conversation indicators to better highlight special conversations and Ditto requests.
- Lost relics can now be appraised in batches of up to 10.
- Paint, Gather Honey, and Collect can now be repeated during a single interaction.
- Crafting now prioritises materials stored beside the workbench before using items in the Bag.
- Increased the placement limit for power generators from 64 to 128, excluding furnaces.
- Increased the town photo display limit from 10 to 40.
- Liquids can now be held in Ditto’s mouth without removing them from the environment.
- Released water now automatically matches nearby water levels.
- Smearguru can now learn patterns from stored Reference photos.
- Improved paint balloon targeting visibility.
- Increased treasure discovery rates with the Dowsing Machine on Dream Islands.
- Pokémon companions now follow players while using Surf, Glide, Rollout, or Magnet Rise.
- Players can now inhale items and open the Bag while using Rollout.
- Rollout can now destroy certain natural objects, including large boulders.
- Surf can now be activated from land while holding the Focus button.
- Improved Surf and Waterfall activation conditions.
- Leafage can now restore farm soil to normal soil blocks.
- Strength can now be used underwater.
- Added an All tab to both the Pokédex and Habitat Dex.
- Buildings can still be remodelled when Ditto Flags or similar items are attached.
- Pokémon not assigned to Build can now assist with cooking during construction.
- Prevented treasures from appearing where terrain destruction would cause them to fall in Sparkling Skylands.
- Improved 3D Printer messages when materials are insufficient.
- Items can now be placed on square plants.
- Hide-and-Sneak can now be cancelled midway.
- Startup event notifications now appear only during relevant remaining-day periods.
- Certain roof items now block water.
- Increased curved eave crafting output to 10.
- Tidal Bell and Clear Bell now work with laser sensors and switches.
- Adjusted camping chair and sleeping bag sound effects.
- Improved rendering performance.
Bug Fixes
Pokémon and Gameplay
- Fixed Pokémon assigned to construction occasionally missing interaction options.
- Fixed Suicune and Gholdengo occasionally being unable to travel across water.
- Fixed Pokémon occasionally falling into the ocean or off cliffs.
- Fixed Pokémon sometimes failing to return to habitats after using Honey.
- Fixed Pokémon occasionally reacting negatively to Magnet Rise.
- Fixed water-averse Pokémon struggling to cross duckweed.
- Fixed Pokémon requests asking for items they dislike.
Crafting and Building
- Fixed paint production issues when processing berries in the Community Box.
- Fixed incorrect note timing for the Music Mat.
- Fixed paint being applied to unsupported furniture sections.
- Fixed excessive paint consumption on certain items.
- Fixed painted surface light colours failing to update.
- Fixed multiple Party Cooking Pots being placed in the same town.
- Fixed distant rendering issues affecting several items.
- Fixed visual effects disappearing behind glass.
- Fixed multiplayer building sessions becoming impossible to complete or cancel.
- Improved feedback explaining why building or relocation actions cannot be performed.
- Fixed Cloud Island relocation kit placement for non-administrators.
- Fixed building kits becoming unrecoverable during house remodelling.
- Fixed painted sand house sections resetting under certain conditions.
Quests
- Fixed Slowpoke stopping during the Withered Wasteland request Clear the Path!
- Fixed progression blockers in the Sparkling Skylands request Follow Tinkmaster!
- Fixed incorrect Pokédex guidance during the Pokémon Center Tour Guide request.
Online and Stability
- Fixed loading occasionally failing after returning from a Dream Island.
- Fixed players being sent to Palette Town instead of returning correctly from a Dream Island.
- Fixed players occasionally being transported to a Dream Island after an online session ended.
- Fixed incorrect gender pronouns appearing on the Cloud Island loading screen in some languages.
- Made additional gameplay adjustments and resolved various other bugs to improve the overall experience.
Pokémon Pokopia is a social simulation game co-developed by Game Freak and Omega Force, and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. Released on March 5, 2026, the game is available exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2. Version 2.0.0 was released on August 4, 2026.
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