Raichu

Raichu is a Electric-type Pokémon in Pokopia. You'll see it most reliably when Nature's market habitat is in place, with visits clustering around all day and sunny, cloudy, and rainy conditions.

Raichu is rated Uncommon. Uncommon sits one step above the baseline: expect a visit within a day or two of placing the matching habitat, but don't expect it on the first sunrise after building.

To keep Raichu returning, lean into the Generate and Hype specialty when laying out the habitat — Pokémon in Pokopia respond to matching gameplay loops more than to raw decor count. If a listed habitat isn't built yet, check the habitat guide cards below for the exact materials and placement notes; Raichu usually shares its preferred habitats with a small cluster of related Pokémon, so the build pays off for more than just one entry.

Nature's market is one of Pokopia's narrow, single-tenant habitats — no other Pokédex entry on our records shares this exact build, so the investment in materials maps one-to-one to Raichu's visit window. Treat the habitat as a dedicated lure rather than a shared one: confirm the time-of-day and weather conditions above before committing materials, and pair it with a busier habitat nearby so the daily route still gives you spawns to chase while you wait for Raichu to arrive.

Raichu is the evolved form of Pikachu in the wider Pokémon series. Pokopia does not include an evolve action, so attracting Raichu means matching its own habitat conditions on this page — Pikachu stays a separate dex entry with its own attraction route.

Use the favourite toggle on this page if Raichu is on your current dex priority — favourited entries surface in the planner's long-term goal list, and the habitat cards below link straight to the build recipes that gate the visit.