Every Pokémon caught in Pokémon Picross has a ability that helps solve the following puzzles: filling in squares, correcting mistakes or slowing the timer. There are twelve abilities, each tied to one or more types. Here are their effects and the Pokémon that have them.

The Column Bomb ability in action.

How abilities work

  • You choose which Pokémon to bring before each puzzle; some objectives limit their number or type.
  • A ability is activated at the start of or during a puzzle, depending on the Pokémon. Some can be used several times.
  • After use, the Pokémon must rest for several hours. Picrites let you heal it right away, except Legendary and Mythical Pokémon.
  • Each ability has four grades: Normal, Super, Hyper and Master. The higher the grade, the stronger the effect.
  • Depending on the Pokémon, the ability works on grids 10, 15 or 20 squares wide.

The twelve abilities

AbilityEffectAssociated types
Blue ForceShows in blue the clue numbers of rows where squares to fill in can be deduced.Water, Ice
Column BombFills in a column starting from the chosen square.Normal
Row BombFills in a row starting from the chosen square.Rock, Ground
Cross BombFills in a row and a column.Fire
Square BombFills in a square around the chosen square.Dragon
Diamond BombFills in a diamond around the chosen square.Fairy
Random BombFills in squares at random.Dark, Poison
Auto-CorrectCorrects a square filled in by mistake.Grass
Auto-Correct ↑Corrects a square filled in or marked by mistake.Steel
Hyper ScannerCorrects all the mistakes on the grid.Flying, Fighting, Bug
Time SlowSlows down the timer.Electric
Time StopStops the timer for a moment.Psychic, Ghost

A few examples

Squirtle.
Vaporeon.

The full list of Pokémon by ability is in our original guide Abilities.