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Overview

Farming materials is one of the most important activities in Pokemon Pokopia. Rather than manually collecting every log, stone, and ore, players can set up automated systems using Pokemon Specialties to passively generate and collect resources. There are three primary auto-farming methods: Litter, Gather, and Burn. Each method uses different Pokemon abilities and infrastructure to produce materials without constant player input.

Method 1: Litter Specialty

Pokemon with the Litter specialty automatically drop items in their habitat without requiring any input materials. The types of items dropped depend on the Pokemon species. This is the simplest form of auto-farming because it requires no setup beyond having the Pokemon in a habitat.

Best Litter Pokemon

Pokemon like Haxorus and Garbodor are especially valuable because they have both Litter and a processing specialty. Haxorus drops Small Logs via Litter and can then convert them into Lumber via its Chop specialty. Garbodor drops Nonburnable Garbage and can recycle it into Iron Ore. These dual-specialty Pokemon essentially create a two-step production chain on their own.

Method 2: Gather Specialty

Pokemon with the Gather specialty pick up items they find on the ground and deposit them into a nearby Community Box. To use this method, place a Community Box near the Gather Pokemon's habitat. The Pokemon will automatically collect random items from the ground and store them in the box.

Best practice: Position Gather Pokemon near Litter Pokemon habitats. The Gather Pokemon will pick up the item drops from the Litter Pokemon and deposit them into the Community Box. This creates a chain where Litter Pokemon produce items and Gather Pokemon organize them into storage automatically.

For additional processing, place equipment like a Smelting Furnace near the Community Box. Pokemon with processing specialties can then take raw materials from the box and convert them into refined goods.

Method 3: Burn Specialty

Pokemon with the Burn specialty can auto-farm ingots and glass by working with a Smelting Furnace. Place ores or sand inside the Smelting Furnace, and a Burn Pokemon will continuously process them into ingots or glass without stopping.

Important: When all the ores inside the Smelting Furnace have been processed, the Pokemon in charge will leave and roam around. To maintain the auto-farming loop, you need to continuously restock the ores and sand. This makes Burn specialty semi-automated rather than fully passive; it still requires periodic restocking.

Setting up an Auto-Farm Chain

The most efficient farms combine all three specialty types into a single production chain:

1. Place Litter Pokemon in their habitats. They will passively drop raw materials on the ground.

2. Position Gather Pokemon habitats nearby with a Community Box. The Gather Pokemon will collect Litter drops and store them.

3. Set up processing stations (Smelting Furnace, workbenches) near the Community Box.

4. Assign Burn/Chop/Recycle Pokemon to process raw materials from the box into refined items.

Benefits of Auto-Farming

• Progress faster by having materials ready before you need them for story requests or building projects.

• Reduce manual grinding. Instead of breaking rocks and chopping trees repeatedly, let Pokemon do the work while you explore or build.

• Create a consistent supply of refined materials like Lumber, Iron Ingots, and Glass for crafting.

Tips

• Prioritize recruiting dual-specialty Pokemon like Haxorus (Litter + Chop) and Garbodor (Litter + Recycle) to maximize output from fewer Pokemon.

• Place Community Boxes centrally between multiple Litter Pokemon habitats so one Gather Pokemon can service several producers.

• Keep Smelting Furnaces stocked with ores and sand. Burn Pokemon will stop working once the furnace is empty.

• Combine auto-farming with automation and passive farming setups like sprinklers and Water Basins for a fully hands-off resource pipeline.

• Check your Community Boxes regularly and transfer excess materials to a Storage Box to prevent them from filling up.