Glossary

This glossary defines the Pokémon Sleep terms we use across NewRolly's Study Hall—help, frequency, subskills, spread, breakpoint, and others. Use it when you need a clear, concise definition without reading a full guide. We keep it updated so it stays a reliable reference.

Core mechanics

Help: One production cycle: your Pokémon either finds berries (for Snorlax), finds ingredients (for your bag), or triggers its main skill. The game rolls twice per help—once for berry vs ingredient, once for main skill. How often helps happen is your help frequency.
Help frequency / frequency: Time between each help (e.g. every 40 seconds). Important: The number shown on a Pokémon’s profile in-game is the minimum (0 energy). When your Pokémon has more energy, they help more often than that. So the profile number is the slowest case, not typical.
Helps per day: How many times a Pokémon helps in a full day. Depends on species (base frequency), level, energy, and subskills like Helping Speed S/M and Helping Bonus.
Proc: Community word for one help or one production. “Proc-ed” often means the main skill triggered. Berries and ingredients go to Snorlax or your bag; a skill proc stays “ready” until you tap the Pokémon to collect it.
Specialty: What a species excels at: Berry (2 berries per help; 3 with Berry Finding S), Ingredient (2× on first ingredient slot, more at L30/L60), or Skill (can hold 2 skill procs at once). Fixed per species; costumed variants can differ (e.g. Santa Pikachu = skill).
Main skill: The Pokémon’s special ability (e.g. Charge Strength S, Energy for Everyone). Triggered by a separate random roll each help. A few species change main skill on evolution (Eeveelutions, Kirlia)—the game may not warn you.
Nature: One stat up, one down (or neutral). Affects Speed of Help, Ingredient Finding, Main Skill Chance, Energy Recovery, or EXP. Rolled at catch; 25 options.
Breakpoint: A key level where something unlocks: subskill slots (10, 25, 50, 75, 100), ingredient slot 2 (L30), ingredient slot 3 (L60). We also score Pokémon at an “anchor” breakpoint (L50 for berry/skill, L60 for ingredient) to assign a tier.
Subskill: A passive bonus unlocked at specific levels (10, 25, 50, 75, 100). Each has a name (e.g. Helping Speed S) and a rarity (white, blue, or gold). Gold is rarest. See the subskill table below.
Ingredient spread (AAA, AAB, …): Which ingredients are in each slot: slot 1 is always A; slot 2 (unlocked L30) is A or B; slot 3 (unlocked L60) is A, B, or C. The letters are community shorthand (e.g. AAA = all three slots same ingredient). Per species; many have no C.
Energy: Your Pokémon’s energy affects how often they help. Higher energy = more frequent helps = more total production. Healing main skills (Energy for Everyone, Energizing Cheer, Charge Energy S) keep energy high.

Catching and befriending

Biscuit: Poké = 1 pt, Great = 3, Ultra = 5. Those go in your bag and can be saved. Bonus biscuit (free daily) = 3 pts, or 4 pts with Premium Pass (same biscuit, upgraded); it must be used that sleep session and cannot be saved. Master Biscuit = instant catch. Used to befriend Pokémon.
Big hit: Feeding a biscuit to a hungry Pokémon. That biscuit counts 3×. One Great on hungry = 9 points.
Mega hit: Instant catch (like a Master Ball) when feeding a biscuit. No one knows the exact odds; community estimates ~10% when hungry, ~1% when not. Shinies are always mega hit—use a regular Poké Biscuit, never Great or Ultra.
Friendship points / pips: Points needed to befriend a Pokémon (e.g. 5 for most evo lines). The community often calls them pips. You fill them with biscuits; hungry = 3× per biscuit.
Sleep point / diamond: In-game currencies. Sleep points from sleep sessions; diamonds from achievements or purchases. Both can buy biscuits. Biscuit supply is limited, so management matters.

Production and team

Losing production: Berries and ingredients are lost if you remove a Pokémon from your team without collecting first. A main skill that’s ready to trigger is lost if you switch any team member—not just the one with the skill. Best practice: collect from all Pokémon before swapping.
Pity proc: After many main-skill misses in a row, the game guarantees a skill trigger. Odds don’t stack from help to help; each help is independent except for this safety net. The threshold is per species and not shown in-game; see Helpful Days for a simulator that models it.

Cooking

Pot size: How many ingredients fit in one cook. Bigger pot = more ingredients = stronger dishes. Unlocks over time.
Recipe level: Each recipe levels up when you cook it repeatedly. Higher level = higher base strength for that dish.
Tasty Chance: Random chance each cook for a “Tasty” or “Extra Tasty” result. When it hits, dish strength multiplies. Events often boost it.
Dish strength: The number that feeds into Snorlax’s weekly strength. From recipe level, pot size, ingredients, and Tasty Chance (and event bonuses).

Progress and spawns

Snorlax strength: Weekly rating (Basic 1 to Master 20) from feeding Snorlax berries and meals. Determines which species and sleep styles can appear and affects drowsy power.
Drowsy power: Calculated from Snorlax strength and sleep score. Higher drowsy power = more and sometimes rarer Pokémon after a sleep session.
Sleep type (Dozing / Snoozing / Slumbering): Your sleep session is classified by the mix of these. Device placement and sleep pattern affect it. Which type you get influences which Pokémon can appear. Species also have a sleep type (where they tend to appear).
Dream shard / candy: Dream shards from research and leveling; used for evolutions and other upgrades. Candy is species-specific and used to level up that species.
Research rank: Your overall progress level. Higher rank unlocks areas and features.

Subskills (all 18)

Passive bonuses unlocked at Lv10, 25, 50, 75, 100. Rarity: White (common), Blue (uncommon), Gold (rare).

Name	Rarity	When	Effect (one-line)
Berry Finding S	Gold	Always	+1 berry per help (berry specialists: 3 instead of 2)
Helping Speed S	White	Always	+7% helps per day
Helping Speed M	Blue	Always	+14% helps per day
Ingredient Finder S	White	Always	~+18% ingredient rate
Ingredient Finder M	Blue	Always	~+36% ingredient rate
Inventory Up S	White	Always	Increases ingredient bag capacity
Inventory Up M	Blue	Always	Larger bag capacity
Inventory Up L	Blue	Always	Largest bag capacity
Skill Level Up S	Blue	Always	Main skill level +1
Skill Level Up M	Gold	Always	Main skill level +2
Skill Trigger S	White	Always	~+18% main skill trigger rate
Skill Trigger M	Blue	Always	~+36% main skill trigger rate
Dream Shard Bonus	Gold	Sleep	More dream shards from sleep
Energy Recovery Bonus	Gold	Sleep	More energy recovered for team from sleep
Helping Bonus	Gold	Sleep	+5% helps for whole team (per teammate with it)
Research EXP Bonus	Gold	Sleep	More research EXP from sleep
Sleep EXP Bonus	Gold	Sleep	More EXP for team from sleep

Production-focused subskills (helps, berries, ingredients, skill rate): Helping Speed S/M, Helping Bonus, Berry Finding S, Ingredient Finder S/M, Skill Trigger S/M. Others (Inventory Up, Dream Shard Bonus, EXP, Energy Recovery) don’t change helps per day or berry/ingredient/skill rates.

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