Pokémon Picross is quick to play, but its resources are scarce. These tips will help you solve puzzles more efficiently and make your Picrites last.

Eevee's profile, one of the first companions.

The rules of Picross

  • The numbers at the end of a row show the runs of black squares, in order. “3 2 1” means a run of 3, then 2, then 1, separated by at least one white square.
  • Mark with a cross the squares you know are white: this is essential on large grids.
  • The stylus is more practical than the buttons.

The tutorial techniques

Professor Tetra teaches four techniques in area 0:

  1. Filling in the edges: start with the borders, where the clues are most restrictive.
  2. Short runs: a sequence like “3 1 3” on a 9-square row leaves only one solution.
  3. Big numbers: a 7 on a row of 10 guarantees that the four central squares are black.
  4. Always mark the impossible squares.

The tutorial earns you 30 Picrites per item puzzle, and Tetra then entrusts you with a Squirtle and an Eevee.

Saving your Picrites

  • Do the daily training every day: it is the best source of Picrites. See Picrites and the P Gauge.
  • Complete the objectives of each puzzle, even if you have to replay it: they earn up to 5 Picrites.
  • Collect your medals in the dedicated menu.
  • Avoid healing tired Pokémon: wait for them to rest.
  • Expanding the P Gauge is a good medium-term investment.

Making good use of abilities

Choose your Pokémon according to the puzzle and its objectives: a correction ability for difficult puzzles, a time ability for timed objectives, and the type required by the objective. See Abilities.