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Bleak Beach in Pokopia

A coastline stuck in permanent darkness, with the S.S. Anne still moored offshore.

Bleak Beach is built over Vermilion City, and it has one problem you cannot miss: it is dark. Not dark at night, dark at every hour, whatever the clock says. Walking in from a sunlit area and losing the light is the whole introduction to the place.

The S.S. Anne is here too, still sitting off the coast. It is one of the more direct nods to the old Kanto map anywhere in the game, and it is worth poking around properly rather than treating the beach as a straight run of sand.

Lighting the area up is the goal, which makes the Pokémon whose specialty is Illuminate unusually valuable here, and makes the beach a good place to test what a specialty actually does to a piece of land.

Used to be
Vermilion City
Your job here
Find a way to bring light back to the area.
To gather
272
Shop items
66

Materials you gather (15)

Plants and blocks (83)

Items found in the area (115)

Items inside Poké Balls (30)

Treasure (16)

Sparkling Ripples finds (13)

Shop items sold here (66)

Each unlocks at the area level shown.

ItemUnlocks at
Beach chairLv. 2
Beach parasolLv. 2
Desk lightLv. 2
Sand den kitLv. 2
Tire toyLv. 2
Wooden birdhouseLv. 2
Brick steps RecipeLv. 2
Cash register RecipeLv. 2
Plate RecipeLv. 2
First aid kitLv. 3
Knitting suppliesLv. 3
Sand hut kitLv. 3
Harbor streetlight RecipeLv. 3
Plain sofa RecipeLv. 3
Pikachu fountain kitLv. 4
Plain closetLv. 4
Plain standLv. 4
Sand cottage kitLv. 4
Boat railing RecipeLv. 4
Brick wall RecipeLv. 4
Grate flooring RecipeLv. 4
Plain lamp RecipeLv. 4
Mini floodgateLv. 5
Orange hut kitLv. 5
Sand house kitLv. 5
Sash windowLv. 5
Washing MachineLv. 5
Brick hipped roof RecipeLv. 5
Brick roof decoration RecipeLv. 5
Brick roof valley RecipeLv. 5
Dormered brick roof RecipeLv. 5
Flat brick roof RecipeLv. 5
Modern door RecipeLv. 5
Pitched brick roof RecipeLv. 5
Plaster wall RecipeLv. 5
Sash window RecipeLv. 5
Washing Machine RecipeLv. 5
PokémetalLv. 6
Brick border (line) RecipeLv. 6
Resort hammock RecipeLv. 6
Resort stool RecipeLv. 6
Soft carpeting RecipeLv. 6
Wall switch RecipeLv. 6
Rare PokémetalLv. 7
Brick border (single) RecipeLv. 7
Cloth wall RecipeLv. 7
Poké Ball mat RecipeLv. 7
Resort chair RecipeLv. 7
Resort sofa RecipeLv. 7
Stylish café kitLv. 8
Brick border (corner) RecipeLv. 8
Levee RecipeLv. 8
Resort bed RecipeLv. 8
Resort table RecipeLv. 8
Inflatable boatLv. 9
Pikachu sofaLv. 9
Cute chair RecipeLv. 9
Cute lamp RecipeLv. 9
Starry-sky wall RecipeLv. 9
Beach Pokémon Center KitLv. 10
Wasteland Pokémon Center kitLv. 10
Cute bed RecipeLv. 10
Cute dresser RecipeLv. 10
Cute sofa RecipeLv. 10
Cute table RecipeLv. 10
Gingham print RecipeLv. 10

Frequently asked questions

Why is Bleak Beach always dark?
The darkness is the area condition rather than a time-of-day effect, so waiting for morning does nothing. Undoing it is the job the area sets you.
Is the S.S. Anne in Pokopia?
Yes. It sits off the coast at Bleak Beach, which is the stretch of map built over Vermilion City.