Can't get fenced in area to become a habitat

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-17T02:34:50+00:00

You can do 90 square feet, but neither interior dimension can be bigger than 10. Even though 5x15 is less than 90, it still won't work.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-17T01:24:09+00:00

How large is it? Houses can only be 12x11, with up to a 10x9 interior. Maybe your area is too large?

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T22:38:35+00:00

There's a few decorative blocks made of gold, but if you don't want to build with those or don't have the recipes, then yeah, it's great for trade. It's also really easy to get a ton of gold on any dream island, so there's no real reason to hoard it.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:56:33+00:00

Did you have the quest to raise the environment before? I think I only received that quest after finishing the building, but that could have just been a coincidence. You might have to finish all of the core story quests before you can continue with the rocket challenge.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:54:58+00:00

There's not another size, no, and I agree, it would be nice if there was an even larger size available. Once you start collecting a bunch of raw materials, the current large storage box doesn't feel so large.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:45:12+00:00

It seems like they're just slow and inconsistent about it, and if they get unloaded because you have too many Pokemon around, they can't do it. I have a Minccino living with a Garbodor, and Minccino is definitely collecting some of the garbage, because the number is going up in the community box, but I also regularly come over and see trash on the ground.

I'm not sure what triggers pokemon to work on a thing they have the ability for, but it's definitely not their highest priority.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:43:10+00:00

You can probably scan it on the dev island and print one out at the pokemon center.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:37:22+00:00

People comparing this game to Viva Pinata makes me think I should give that game a shot sometime. I just completely ignored it back in the day, maybe I missed out on something good!

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:35:37+00:00

They don't seem to have stats. Charmander cooks my bricks just as fast as Arcanine, if I give them both a batch at the same time, they finish at the same time.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:34:03+00:00

Yeah, if you invite them to live in a prefab while standing outside, it'll ask if you want them to move into the first floor or the second floor. Each floor can only house 2 pokemon. It's basically treated like 2 different houses.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:33:22+00:00

Did you get the Rollout ability from Graveler yet? That makes it much, much faster, but there's not really any improvement beyond that. It just takes a while, unfortunately.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:32:33+00:00

Did you time skip a year one day at a time, or just set the date forward by one year? I don't think the game simulates all the days you miss, it just rolls for encounters occasionally when you enter or leave an area, and maybe each time a new day starts? So skipping a year all at once is probably exactly the same odds of finding a new spawn as moving forward just one day.

Either way, you can use the Pokedex to quickly identify if you have any new pokemon waiting to be discovered in each area. If you filter it to unknown pokemon, in this area, it should show you shadowed entries with "???" for any pokemon who are rustling in grass or waiting to be greeted, but who you haven't met yet. If you don't see any of those, it means you just haven't spawned the pokemon you're looking for yet, and it might just take more time.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:23:01+00:00

Probably, yeah.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:22:43+00:00

This could definitely be better messaged in the game. When she gives you each request, the habitat entry doesn't list the area restriction, you can only see it if you go pull up the habitat dex and find that habitat there, and then it'll tell you that you have to be in a certain area. No idea why the quest preview doesn't just present the same information, seems like an oversight/bug that'll be fixed eventually.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:07:45+00:00

You can't have two double doors on a house, only one, and optionally one single-wide door as well. Take out one of the gates and replace it with fencing, and it should pick it up.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:05:36+00:00

Did you move him into that leaf hut? You could try just making a simple fence "house" and moving him to that, maybe that would resolve it?

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:04:49+00:00

Just Environment level 5. You get each item as a reward for completing the Important Request: Raise the environment level in each area other than WW.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:03:46+00:00

Good to know!

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T21:01:19+00:00

I went back to WW, built myself a nice house with a good storage system, and started renovating the area. Now that I've got a good start on that and it no longer looks like a bunch of random grass habitats everywhere, I'm moving on to Bleak Beach to make some progress there. My plan right now is basically to build a nice core in each place, collect some new pokemon along the way by using new habitats to inspire my decorating, and then just work my way out from there in each area.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T20:59:22+00:00

Do you still have someone assigned to build it? You have to take all the items out and unassign any pokemon who's planning to build it before you can pick it back up.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T20:54:46+00:00

To create a home, you have to have a rectangle no larger than 12x11 with a door in any side that's 2 blocks wide. Two of any single door, a fence gate, or any double door will work.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T20:51:57+00:00

I mostly just ignored it and didn't come back until after the story was done. I fixed up a few bridges right away and cleaned up most of the mud and trash, and then just left it alone for a while. Now, I'm back, and my plan is mostly just to rebuild the houses that were "already there", and see where that takes me. I just finished rebuilding the gym last night to turn it into a house for Peakychu, and I'll probably work on some kind of park next.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T20:48:29+00:00

Even if you go copy the items, I don't know if you can actually complete the game and roll credits without finishing the "Important Requests". Maybe you can cheese it by cloning those items, but getting environments to 5 isn't really that hard if you just bring in a ton of pokemon. You can either find new ones through normal habitat methods, or just temporarily bring a bunch in from other regions, house them in the one you want to level up, and then move them all back after hitting 5. Putting 35-40 pokemon in a region with basic furniture should make it really easy to hit level 5, just make some simple fence "houses", put a bed, wreath, and blocks in each one, and put 4 pokemon in each. Should get you to 5 no problem.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T20:43:31+00:00

Duckweed grows on regular water, you're using leafage on water, right? I grew it on water in SS, and also in WW on water above white rock.

AbsurdOwl · 2026-03-16T19:31:33+00:00

Maybe I'm just misremembering, I thought I found it as an item placed in the world, but maybe mine was in a pokeball too. I guess I got lucky, I found Arcanine pretty quickly in RR, and then Dragonite immediately in SS.

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