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Overview

Ditto's core mechanic in Pokopia revolves around learning moves from befriended Pokemon. Rather than combat attacks, these moves function as environmental tools for building, farming, exploring, and traversing the world. There are 14 transformation abilities in total, unlocked progressively across the four story regions plus one post-game unlock.

Ditto physically transforms parts of its body when using a move (partial transformations), while four moves trigger full-body transformations where Ditto takes on a complete Pokemon shape: Surf (Lapras), Rollout (Graveler), Glide (Dragonite), and Camouflage (environmental objects).

Controls

Button	Action
ZR	Use the currently equipped move
L (hold)	Open the radial skill wheel to select a move
D-pad Left/Right	Quick-cycle through unlocked moves
R	Jump (also activates Glide when pressed mid-air)
B	Run / Surf activation near water / Accelerate while Gliding
Y	Pick up items / Inhale / Suck Up Liquids (when near water)
A	Interact / Headbutt trees / Waterfall (while Surfing)

The skill wheel appears in the bottom-right corner of the screen alongside the PP gauge (a curved blue bar). Eight moves are available on the active skill wheel by pressing L, while Jump, Surf, Glide, and Waterfall are triggered by context-sensitive button presses.

Withered Wasteland Moves (1-6)

#	Move	Teacher	How to Unlock	Effect
1	Water Gun	Squirtle	Automatic (find famished Squirtle after exiting starting cave)	Spray water in a + shaped pattern of 5 tiles. Revitalizes dry ground, waters crops.
2	Leafage	Bulbasaur	Build a Tall Grass habitat. Complete Bulbasaur's request: water 10 dry grass patches.	Pulls grass from earth. After salad: creates duckweed on water, removes moss from rocks.
3	Cut	Scyther	Complete Scyther's request: build a stone fence.	Chops trees, grass, and wood piles. After bread: cuts from distance, slices metal grating.
4	Rock Smash	Hitmonchan	Complete Hitmonchan's request: mine 10 stones.	Punches through soft terrain. After hamburger steak: breaks all materials including stone and steel.
5	Rototiller	Drilbur	Complete Drilbur's habitat request.	Prepares soil patches for planting vegetables.
6	Jump	Magikarp	Complete Magikarp's habitat request.	Basic jumping ability. Press R to jump.

Bleak Beach Moves (7-9)

#	Move	Teacher	How to Unlock	Effect
7	Surf	Lapras	Meet Lapras at Bleak Beach.	Full-body transform into mini Lapras. Swim on water. Press B near water.
8	Camouflage	Zorua	Meet Zorua at Bleak Beach.	Transform into environmental objects. Primarily for multiplayer prop-hunt style play.
9	Suck Up Liquids	Paldean Wooper	Meet Paldean Wooper at Bleak Beach.	Hold Y near water to suck up liquid from rivers, hot springs, or mud.

Rocky Ridges Moves (10-11)

#	Move	Teacher	How to Unlock	Effect
10	Strength	Machoke	Meet Machoke at Rocky Ridges.	Push large boulders and blocks. Useful for habitat design and clearing paths.
11	Rollout	Graveler	Meet Graveler at Rocky Ridges.	Full-body transform into Graveler. Roll at high speed, destroying blocks faster than Rock Smash.

Sparkling Skylands Moves (12-13)

#	Move	Teacher	How to Unlock	Effect
12	Glide	Dragonite	Meet Dragonite at Sparkling Skylands.	Full-body transform. Double-press R for flight/gliding across floating islands.
13	Waterfall	Gyarados	Find Gyarados in an underground stream in Sparkling Skylands.	Upgrades Surf. Press A while Surfing at a waterfall base to travel upward.

Post-Game Move

#	Move	Teacher	How to Unlock	Effect
14	Magnet Rise	Post-game unlock	Complete the main story (roll credits).	Fly up and down freely, place blocks down, absorb blocks ahead. The ultimate building tool.

Magnet Rise is often described as an overpowered transformation that makes building and decoration trivial. It is the final ability unlocked and the reward for completing the Team Initiation Challenge.

Food-Boosted Moves

Four moves can be powered up by eating specific cooked food:

Move	Food Type	Upgrade Effect
Water Gun	Soup	Extended watering range
Leafage	Salad	Creates duckweed on water, removes moss
Cut	Bread	Ranged cutting, can slice metal grating
Rock Smash	Hamburger Steak	Breaks all materials (stone, steel, ore)

Eating any cooked food also fully restores PP. The move boost lasts until the PP bar is fully depleted.

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