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You’ll soon be able to rest your very best now that preregistration has begun for Pokémon Sleep on Google Play. Preregister to be notified once the app goes live in late July and be among the first to enjoy this new way to experience the world of Pokémon.
Your Pokémon Sleep adventure takes place on a cluster of small islands. Work with a large, lovable Snorlax and Neroli, a professor studying the sleeping habits of Pokémon, to carry out research and work to complete your Sleep Style Dex. You see, Pokémon have sleep styles filled with personality and charm. And beyond being adorable, these sleep styles may also provide a glimpse into Pokémon behaviors. Start every morning by seeing which Pokémon are sleeping in which styles!
A Day of Pokémon Sleep
To play Pokémon Sleep, you’ll start off by tracking your sleep at night before studying the sleep styles of the Pokémon that have gathered the next morning. Then, during the day, you’ll be able to raise Snorlax. Snorlax will grow bigger as you get more sleep, which in turn will attract more Pokémon to your island and allow you to discover more sleep styles.
Nighttime
Your Pokémon Sleep journey begins with a good night’s sleep! Just place your smart device or Pokémon GO Plus + (more on that below) by your pillow and drift off to dreamland. Pokémon Sleep will track your sleep as you snooze.
Morning
After a restful slumber, it’s time to start your sleep research. There are Snorlax living all over the islands in Pokémon Sleep, and they exert a mysterious power called Drowsy Power which draws Pokémon near and lulls them to sleep. Using Professor Neroli’s Sleep Synchronizer, Snorlax’s Drowsy Power is amplified and Snorlax’s sleep is synced with your own, encouraging all sorts of Pokémon to gather around Snorlax.
Pokémon Sleep categorizes sleep into three types: Dozing, Snoozing, and Slumbering. Your sleep will be classified as one of these, and Pokémon whose sleeping pattern matches your sleep type will show up near Snorlax. As more Pokémon flock to Snorlax, you can study their sleep styles and record them in your Sleep Style Dex. You’ll also be able to befriend these Pokémon by giving them tasty Poké Biscuits. This will cause them to feel friendlier toward you, and they’ll be able to join you as helper Pokémon.
Daytime
True to their name, helper Pokémon will assist you during the day by gathering Berries and ingredients, even when you’re not playing Pokémon Sleep. These items can be made into dishes to feed Snorlax, which helps Snorlax gain more Strength. As Snorlax’s Strength increases, more Pokémon may be drawn to your campsite—and you might even observe some rarer sleep styles.
Every Monday you’ll move to a different site and encounter a new Snorlax to raise there. Each Snorlax’s Drowsy Power will need to be built up from scratch, but you’ll likely encounter different Pokémon when you enter a new area. Keep playing all week to see more Pokémon stop by to sleep on the weekends (and you might even see some rarer species then, too!).
Register another player as a friend, and you’ll be able to share your sleep duration and sleep type with them, as well as various other kinds of information, like the number of sleep styles you’ve studied and the Pokémon in your helper teams. You can also get rewards for reviewing your friends’ sleep research.
To help get you form consistent sleep habits, Pokémon Sleep has a bedtime feature that lets you set a target time to go to bed. By meeting that goal, you can earn a stamp on your stamp card and receive rewards.
Pokémon GO Plus +
The Pokémon GO Plus + device allows you to keep track of your sleep with the press of a button. After pairing Pokémon GO Plus + to your Pokémon Sleep app, it can be placed by your pillow to measure your sleep throughout the night. Not only that, but there’s also a nightcap-wearing Pikachu inside the Pokémon GO Plus + device that you can meet in Pokémon Sleep!
Although you can normally build teams of five helper Pokémon from among the Pokémon you’ve met in Pokémon Sleep, this lovable Pikachu can fill in as a sixth team member. This Pikachu will let out a cry from the Pokémon GO Plus + device to let you know when the wake-up time and bedtime you’ve chosen has arrived. It will even sing you a lullaby when you begin tracking your sleep. The longer you track your sleep using Pokémon GO Plus +, the friendlier nightcap-wearing Pikachu will become towards you. As it does, it’ll collect more Berries and wake you up with different cries.
You can even earn some Pokémon Sleep bonuses by connecting the Pokémon GO Plus + device to Pokémon GO. When you spin PokéStops in Pokémon GO, the device will keep a record of it and give you Berries when you connect it to Pokémon Sleep.
The Pokémon GO Plus + device will be released on July 21, 2023—and remember that you can preregister on Google Play now to play Pokémon Sleep when it releases later this summer.
