Soft soil

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Soft soil (Japanese:ふかふかの土soft and fluffy soil) is very fertile soil made ofloam found inHoenn,Sinnoh, andKalos whereBerries are able to grow. InGeneration III it is described as "soft, loamy soil", and inGeneration IV as "soft, earthy soil".

After Berries are picked from a plant, the soil becomes loamy again. If Berries go unpicked, they will fall and replant themselves in the soft soil. However, they will only replant themselves a number of times before disappearing altogether, and the Berry originally planted will be completely lost. Players are unable to walk on these tiles.

Mulch

Main article:Mulch

InGeneration IV andVI, Mulch can be used to control the way Berry plants can grow. Depending on the type of Mulch used, it can increase the yield or growth speed, or decrease the rate at which the soil dries out.

Locations

There is no soft soil in the overworld inKanto,Johto,Unova,Galar orPaldea. However, inPokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, theKey Item Berry Pots contain soft soil, allowing the player to carry their Berry plants with them anywhere. In games set in Unova, while there is no soft soil to plant Berries in in the games themselves, it was possible to grow Berries in thePokémon Dream World (prior to its closure).

Soil location	Plots
Berry Pots	4

Hoenn

Location	Soil location	Plots
Location	Soil location	RS E	ORAS
Route 102	North side of the route, midway betweenOldale andPetalburg	2	2
Route 103	East of the river (requiresCut)	3	2
Route 104	South side ofPetalburg Woods	3	2
	West of thePretty Petal Flower Shop	4	3
	Northeast of the pond	3	3
Route 110	Northwesternmost point	3	3
Route 111	Northernmost point	4	3
Route 112	East ofFiery Path's northern exit	4	3
Route 114	South ofLanette's house	3	3
Route 115	South of Meteor Falls exit (requiresRock Smash^RSE)	2	2
Route 115	In the far north (requiresSurf)	3	3
Route 116	In the north, above the ledge (requiresCut)	4	2
Route 117	Southwest of thePokémon Day Care	3	4
Route 118	East side of the river, above a ledge	3	3
Route 119	East side of route, below southern bridge	2	2
	Overlooking theWeather Institute (requiresSurf andWaterfall)	2	2
	West ofFortree City	3	3
Route 120	Northeast of long grass maze (requiresCut)	3	3
	North of the pond in the southwest	4	3
	South of the pond in the southwest	3	3
Route 121	On the north betweenRoute 120 and theSafari Zone	4	3
Route 121	On the south just west ofLilycove City	4	3
Route 123	Outside ofBerry Master's house	12	24
	In the far east, just south ofRoute 122 (requiresSurf)	3	3
	Northwest of the easternmost soft soil (requiresSurf)	3	3
Route 130	Eastern side ofMirage Island (requires Mirage Island to be present andSurf)	1	—
Grand total		88	90

Sinnoh

Location	Soil location	Plots
Floaroma Town	Outside ofPick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop	2
Fuego Ironworks	South of building (requiresSurf)	4
Route 205	South of the river, betweenFloaroma Town andValley Windworks	2
	Rocky area, east of bridge	2
	Shortcut aroundEterna Forest (requiresCut)	4
	North of pond west ofEterna City	4
Route 206	West side of Cycling Road (requiresCut)	2
Route 206	South of Cycling Road	2
Route 207	West side, south of Cycling Road	4
Route 208	Next toBerry Master's house	4
Route 209	NearHearthome City	2
Route 209	South ofLost Tower	2
Solaceon Town	South ofPokémon Center	4
Route 210	Just north ofSolaceon Town	4
Route 210	East ofCelestic Town	4
Route 211	East ofMt. Coronet	4
Route 212	West ofBacklot's mansion	2
	South of Backlot's mansion, near rainy area (requiresSurf)	2
	West ofPastoria City	4
Pastoria City	Across fromPastoria Gym	4
Route 213	Outside ofPastoria City	4
Route 214	Outside ofVeilstone City, south of pond	4
Route 215	Near middle of route (requiresCut)	2
Route 215	West ofVeilstone City	2
Route 218	East ofCanalave City	4
Route 221	Southern path, west ofPal Park	4
Route 222	North of pathway.	4
Route 224	North of beach, atop hill	4
Route 225	West of Survival Area (requiresCut)	4
Fight Area	West of thePokémon Center	4
Route 226	On top of hill (requiresRock Climb)	4
Resort Area	South of thePokémon Center. East and west side of theVilla inPokémon Platinum	4
Route 228	South of route, nearby pond	4
Route 229	East side, just north ofResort Area	4
Route 230	West of waterway, outsideFight Area	4
Grand total		118

Pokémon Dream World

In thePokémon Dream World—an online service which has since closed—players could plant Berries in theirgarden. Due to the lack of soft soil inUnova, this would become the only way to grow Berries in theGeneration V games.

Two rows were available from the beginning for players to plant their Berries in, with each row containing spaces for three Berries.Diglett would dig additional rows when the player obtained a certain number of Dream Points. Players could have up to a maximum of ten rows.

Rows	Dream Points	Notes
2	Default
3	900
4	2,100
5	3,500	After the June 2011 update
6	10,000	After the October 2012 update
7	20,000	After the October 2012 update
8	30,000	After the October 2012 update
9	50,000	After the October 2012 update
10	100,000	After the October 2012 update

Kalos

Main article:Berry fields (Kalos)

InPokémon X and Y, there are Berry fields offRoute 7, where there are six rows of six spaces of soft soil for planting Berries.Mulch is also re-introduced, and can be created in composters in the fields. This is the only soft soil in theKalos region.

Soil location	Plots
Berry fields	36

Alola

InPokémon Sun and Moon, the only place Berries can be grown is atPoké Pelago. The number of Berries that can be planted depends onIsle Aplenny'sdevelopment phase.

Soil location	Plots
Isle Aplenny	6, 12, or 18

Trivia

InGeneration III, if the player stands in front of a patch of soft soil (in theHoenn-based games), then navigates to a Berry inside theirBag and selectsUse, the Berry will be planted in the patch in front, even if the Berry could be used on aPokémon. In later generations, the same scenario has the user interface in the Bag read "Plant" instead of "Use".
Surrounding theAbundant Shrine are mounds of soil, but Berries cannot be planted in these. Similarly to regular soft soil, the soil in the Abundant Shrine cannot be walked on. InPokémon White andWhite 2, similar soil exists inMistralton City near the runway.

In other languages


Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	鬆軟土壤Sūngyúhn tóuyeuhng
Chinese	Mandarin	鬆軟土壤 / 松软土壤Sōngruǎn tǔrǎng
French		Terre meuble Sol meuble
German		Lehmboden
Italian		Terreno soffice
Korean		푹신푹신한 땅Puksinpuksinhan ttang 푹신푹신한 흙Puksinpuksinhan heuk
Spanish		Tierra blanda

Special tiles in thePokémon games
Cave tile •Hole •Ice tile •Ledge •Marsh tile •Puddle •Sand tile •Snow tile Spin tile •Soft soil •Tall grass •Trap •Warp panel •Water tile Dungeon tile