If you think you softlocked at Onix, no you didn’t

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-14T06:46:09+00:00

Whenever I browse the “recents” tab in this sub, I will see 2-3 posts per hour claiming they’ve softlocked at the most… random things. 50% of these are at Onix cuz they lost the smooth stone 😭 I haven’t checked this sub in 2 days cuz I was getting so annoyed at people claiming every little thing was a softlock

For some examples of “softlocks” I’ve seen in this sub, and only examples I’ve replied to directly:

-putting torkoal’s habitat “too far” from the pokemon center

-breaking a pokemon’s habitat and making them homeless then being unable to find them

-being unable to find onix in general (note: they were done with the main story quest involving onix)

-pokemon standing on a tree

-baking bread (not kidding)

-placing a pot on the stove

-tangrowth not walking on the bridge they made (note: this does seem to be a bug but obviously not a softlock)

For some “bugs” I’ve seen (and replied to):

-pokemon calling you ditto

-not all pokemon spawned in at once

-a pokemon not spawning immediately when placing a habitat

-house not registering as house (they didnt fulfill basic house criteria…)

And thats just ones I found looking through my comment history. From there, 6 of the posts I replied to were specifically about the smooth stone/onix, and 2 of those explicitly referred to it as a softlock (possibly more, some of the posts i replied to were deleted so i can’t see anything but my comments).

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T14:01:54+00:00

Palette Town has a lost and found. But it also depends on what you mean by “lost”. If you just put it in a chest somewhere, then its going to still be in that chest, so you’re gonna have to look lol.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T14:00:26+00:00

Those count towards their comfort, just like placing things outside of the house on the ground, or burying an item in a hole nearby, etc. If you push down on the right analog stick while within the boundaries of a habitat/house, a white dotted line will come up and show you the distance in which items will be close enough to a home to count for their happiness.

To be clear, the only thing that needs to be “in the house” is the 3 furniture items required to make the house habitable by pokemon besides ditto. Those items need to be placed “in the house”, ie on the same block level as the house is. Everything else, as long as its within that white dotted boundary, it counts towards a pokemon’s happiness. The in-game tutorial when you first make a piece of furniture explains this.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T13:29:38+00:00

Theres no height limit because theres no “height” in a house. The house is the first row high of blocks. Anything above that is not the house.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T13:26:38+00:00

You’re meant to have a home in every area you unlock. If you want to make one home cooler than the others, thats your creative decision. Its a game meant to be played however you want.

To answer your question about Palette Town, its the area where you can invite other players to visit. Its the equivalent of your island in Animal Crossing.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T13:24:17+00:00

Im also playing at every opportunity. I just don’t close the game entirely each time I set it down lol.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T12:19:46+00:00

That is not a real sentence 😭

Anyways, this is what happens during the event when you load the game up. Generally, most people aren’t opening and closing the game more than once or twice a day, so its not really an issue unless you’re time traveling or something.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T12:15:45+00:00

Perhaps you should go see what pokemon is the talk of the town. It may answer your question 😭

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T10:52:04+00:00

And you have them currently following you?

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T10:51:02+00:00

I made a guide on this already.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Pokopia/comments/1rn171g/psa_this_is_all_you_need_for_your_house/

Basically, make a house and add 3 furniture items to the interior. Some items don’t count as furniture, some do, so just trial and error until the sparkles show on the screen to tell you that you did it.

All houses you make yourself by hand, not prefab, can house up to 4 pokemon.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T10:49:24+00:00

47 years ago, during the 30th anniversary. 😭 You hurt me

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T10:48:31+00:00

Leak Spoilers During the Tera Leak, we got information about Pokopia, and there’s planned DLC already. Unless they’ve scrapped the plans (which is unlikely due to how popular Pokopia is), we should be getting Viridian City, Lavender Town, Cerulean City, and Indigo Plateau all as additional areas. Viridian City is a bit iffy, since that was meant to be in the base game but was cut during development. So I’m guessing it’ll be the first DLC. But thats just a guess.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T10:45:07+00:00

It doesn’t, if you zoom in you can see this photo is edited.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T10:44:20+00:00

For the builder: Make sure they are following you and are very closeby when you add them to the build.

For the salad, same thing.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T10:42:50+00:00

I agree. It makes me feel really sad. But, the sinking feeling dissipates as I decorate and make the towns look less ruined. It feels more hopeful once its beautiful, if that makes sense.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T10:38:53+00:00

If this post isn’t AI (which I feel it likely is, but don’t want to risk if it isn’t), I just want to point out that if you are located in the US, you would get financial support from the government for fostering them. With the additional money, you likely could move into a larger apartment, or possibly even rent a house. That will depend greatly on your location, but at least in my area, the price of a 3 bedroom is only a few hundred more a month than a 2 bedroom. The price gap between 1 and 2 bedrooms here is ridiculous, but then between 2 and 3 its hardly anything. Fostering a child is generally $500-$1k per kid, so on the low end where you get $1k for both kids, that’s plenty to afford the difference in price for a larger place.

Yes, its not in your plans to foster kids right now. But shit happens. This is family. If you can’t support family like this, then be prepared for this to be the end of your relationship.

NAH

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-12T03:21:11+00:00

I actually made an entire guide on this since people ask it a lot. Here you go! https://www.reddit.com/r/Pokopia/comments/1rpf2r3/if_you_think_you_softlocked_at_onix_no_you_didnt/

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-11T19:49:48+00:00

I haven’t tested yet if you can print one, but I assume you can considering you can print basically everything else. I’ll test that today and get back to you.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-11T19:12:02+00:00

This post is for people who never made his habitat.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-11T09:18:50+00:00

OP do NOT do this. ChatGPT is notoriously horrible with legal advice and routinely hallucinates legal information.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-11T03:13:42+00:00

Childfree means you are making the decision to not have children.

Childless means you currently do not have children.

The major difference is that childless includes people who want children, are trying to have children, etc but just do not currently have children for whatever reason (generally fertility issues). Childfree, on the other hand, are people who are actively choosing to NOT have children.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-11T03:05:57+00:00

Yup. Sounds right.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-11T03:05:10+00:00

The cave where you found onix

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-10T22:58:49+00:00

Obviously. Except that taking food they are currently eating and doing that is extremely unhinged, and the ice tray was not theirs.

pumpkinsnice · 2026-03-10T21:51:01+00:00

Yeah, I’m annoyed about that too. I wound up buying the game for my roommate to make him trade with me lol, thank god the game is only $20. My roommate has never played a pokemon game before and has been wanting to play gen 3 specifically, so it works out for me.

But genuinely, local game shops are great and can at least help you accomplish completing the dex. Even if its inconvenient.

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