Pokémon Sleep to receive maintenance on April 18th ahead of Version 1.5.0 update

Pokémon Sleep will enter a maintenance period this week on Thursday April 18th, ahead of a planned update of the software to Version 1.5.0. This maintenance period is expected to go for roughly 4 and a half hours, from 1:00am until 5:30am (UTC). The update includes a variety of balance adjustments, along with some minor content changes, and updates to prepare the game for the Flower Festival event starting on April 22nd.

According to the patch notes, the following changes and bug fixes will be made in Version 1.5.0:

New Features​

• Preparation for the Flower Festival event
  • Please see the event news for more details.
• Addition of Shiny Pokémon profile icons
  • You will be able to set Shiny Pokémon you have befriended as your profile icon.
• Addition of the new “Campfire” Relaxing Sound

Game Contents​

• Changes to the cooking times on the home screen
  • The cooking times for breakfast and dinner have changed as follows.
    Breakfast (before change): 6:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m. → (after change) 4:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.
    Dinner (before change): 6:00 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. → (after change) 6:00 p.m. to 3:59 a.m.

Balance Adjustments​

• Adjustments to the helping stats of certain helper Pokémon
  • Slowbro
    • Carry limit +6
    • Ingredient finding ×1.3
  • Sudowoodo
    • Carry limit +6
    • Main skill chance ×1.1
    • Ingredient finding ×1.1
  • Slowking
    • Carry limit +6
    • Main skill chance ×1.1
    • Ingredient finding ×1.1
  • Sableye
    • Main skill chance ×1.15
    • Ingredient finding ×1.1
  • Swalot
    • Carry limit +6
    • Main skill chance ×1.15
• Adjustment to the target of main skill Energizing Cheer S
  
  • The helper Pokémon with the lowest Energy on the team will be more likely to receive the effect of this main skill.
• Starting level of newly befriended Pokémon raised from between 1−3
  
  • This adjustment is meant to help beginner researchers in particular so that can enjoy the game more.