What is the name of the first area where Ditto awakens in Pokémon Pokopia?

Withered Wasteland is the first area where Ditto awakens in Pokémon Pokopia.

The area is a damaged, drought-stricken part of the game’s post-apocalyptic Kanto setting. Ditto begins there after waking from its long slumber, then meets the Tangrowth who becomes Professor Tangrowth. Together, they begin investigating the abandoned world and restoring habitats for Pokémon.

Withered Wasteland also anchors several early story developments. Ditto finds an old Pokédex, helps revive the surrounding environment, and eventually investigates a mysterious facility connected to Team R. The area’s ruined landscape establishes the game’s central contrast: a barren world gradually transformed through cooperation and construction.

Bleak Beach and Rocky Ridges are later regions, each with its own environmental problems and special characters. Sparkling Skylands is reached later still, after Ditto’s progress unlocks access. Because all four names describe major locations, remembering the opening sequence matters: Withered Wasteland is the starting area, not merely another region visited during the story.