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All Key Items
April 10, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Create comprehensive key items reference page with all exploration tools, bag upgrades, and story badges
Key items in Pokemon Pokopia are special items that cannot be crafted from raw materials or traded away. They fall into three categories: exploration tools that unlock gameplay systems, Packing Tips that expand bag capacity, and story badges earned through the Team Initiation Challenge.
Key Item | Description | How to Obtain |
|---|---|---|
Dowsing Machine | Find buried Lost Relics, Fossils, CDs, Mysterious Slates, and Dolls with Search-specialty Pokemon | Complete "Check What's Up There" request from Hitmonchan in Withered Wasteland |
Neo Dowsing Machine | Upgraded Dowsing Machine that can find special locations | Craft with 1 Dowsing Machine + 5 Pokemetal (requires 300 Pokedex entries) |
Mysterious Goggles | Visit other players' Cloud Islands and photograph items for the 3D Printer | Purchase from PC Shop for 100 Life Coins |
Substitute Doll | Give to Drifloon to travel to a random Dream Island | Found by digging at shiny dirt spots with the Dowsing Machine |
Handy Bag | Adds 10 always-visible quick-access inventory slots | Purchase from PC Shop for 500 Life Coins (Environment Level 3) |
See Packing Tips Books for the full breakdown. Four books expand your bag from 20 to 120 slots:
Book | Slots Added | Cost | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
Rookie | +10 | 100 LC | |
Intermediate | +30 | 500 LC | |
Pro | +30 | 1,000 LC | |
Expert | +30 | 1,500 LC |
Eight badges are earned by completing stages of the Team Initiation Challenge, a series of fetch quests that mirror the Kanto gym badge system:
Badge | Description |
|---|---|
Bouldery Badge | Sparkles with gray light |
Cascade-like Badge | Sparkles with blue light |
Thunderish Badge | Sparkles with orange light |
Rainbowish Badge | Sparkles with rainbow light |
Soul-like Badge | Sparkles with pink light |
Marshy Badge | Sparkles with golden light |
Volcanoey Badge | Sparkles with red light |
"Earth" Badge | Sparkles with green light |