Milotic joins your Pokopia Pokédex only after you build it a proper home. That home is the Marine Leisure Activities Habitat, a beach-themed setup made from three pieces of furniture tied to the Fetching Scales for Feebas event. Place all three correctly and Milotic can appear on its own, with no time-of-day or weather condition attached.
Quick answer: Place one Swim Ring, one Cooler, and one Beach Volleyball Set together to form the Marine Leisure Activities Habitat. Milotic will spawn there at random once the Habitat registers as complete.
Marine Leisure Activities Habitat requirements
The Habitat needs three specific items placed together. Each one is earned by trading Prism Scales at a built Pokémon Center during the Fetching Scales for Feebas event.
| Item | Quantity | Prism Scale cost |
|---|---|---|
| Swim Ring | 1 | 5 |
| Cooler | 1 | 10 |
| Beach Volleyball Set | 1 | 15 |
That comes to 30 Prism Scales for a single Habitat. If you want spares of these items for other decorating, collect extra scales, since you can buy as many duplicates as you can afford.
Where to get Prism Scales
Prism Scales are the event currency, and they only turn up on Dream Islands. Interact with any Doll you have placed to summon Drifloon, which carries you to a Dream Island where the scales are scattered around the ground.
Look for flat, shell-shaped pink and blue objects, which tend to sit on beaches and sandy stretches. The Basin Dream Island, reached through the Starmie Doll in the Bubbly Basin DLC, is especially dense with them.
Once you have a stack of scales, return to any fully built Pokémon Center and exchange them at the counter for the furniture pieces you need.
How to build the Habitat and summon Milotic
You will know it worked when Milotic appears at the Habitat and can be added to your Pokédex. Its listed rarity is Common, and it can spawn across Dawn, Day, Dusk, and Night under Sunny, Cloudy, or Rainy weather.
Event window and building after it ends
Fetching Scales for Feebas is a yearly event that runs from August 13 to August 28. It starts and ends at 5am in your local time zone, so the exact clock time shifts by region while everyone gets the same total window.
Missing the event does not lock you out of the Habitat permanently. As long as you already own the Swim Ring, Cooler, and Beach Volleyball Set, you can build Marine Leisure Activities afterward. The catch is that you can only collect those items while the event is live, so stock up on the furniture before it closes.
Milotic specialty, ideal Habitat, and favorites
Milotic is a Water and Hype Pokémon. Its Water specialty lets it spray plants, while Hype makes it dance whenever music plays, lifting the mood and boosting the work output of nearby Pokémon producing items for you.
To raise its satisfaction, aim for a Humid Habitat and lean into the things it likes.
- Lots of water
- Shiny stuff
- Glass stuff
- Luxury
- Cleanliness
- Sour flavors
Can Milotic go underwater?
Yes. Milotic is underwater capable, so it can live in a submerged Habitat if you set one up in a special region like Bubbly Basin. That also means it can join you on trips through the Basin or help out while you work in that area.
With Milotic settled in, the next step for many players is expanding into the Bubbly Basin, where more Habitats and their own regional Pokédex are waiting to be filled out.
