Materials Guide: How to Get Every Crafting Material

Overview

Every structure, piece of furniture, habitat, and piece of infrastructure in Pokemon Pokopia starts with raw materials gathered from the environment. This guide covers how to find and obtain every crafting material in the game, from common stones to rare Pokemetal, organized by gathering method so you always know where to go and what to bring.

Materials fall into three broad categories: raw materials gathered directly from the world, mined ores and minerals extracted from terrain with Rock Smash, and processed materials refined by Pokemon with specific specialties. Understanding the full pipeline from gathering to processing is essential for efficient progression.

Raw Materials (Gathered by Exploration)

These materials can be found lying on the ground or in specific environmental features across the world. Pick them up by pressing the Y button.

Materials Harvested with Moves

These materials require Ditto's moves to extract from the environment.

Mined Ores and Minerals

Ore blocks are found underground, in caves, and embedded in terrain. Break them with Rock Smash to collect the raw ore. Some tougher deposits require powered-up Rock Smash (eat a Hamburger Steak first).

To find Pokemetal Fragments in Withered Wasteland, head to the mine entrance located north of the island. It is blocked by a gate fence that can be removed using enhanced Cut (eat bread first). After entering, proceed down the steps, turn left at the fork, and follow the railway track to find Pokemetal blocks.

Litter-Dropped Materials

Pokemon with the Litter specialty passively drop useful materials near their habitats and homes. These materials appear on the ground around the Pokemon each morning.

High-comfort Pokemon with Litter can also leave rare seeds, biome-specific materials, and crafting items. Pair Litter Pokemon with Gather-specialty neighbors (like Sentret or Zigzagoon) and a Community Box (crafted from 2 Lumber) for automated collection.

Processed Materials

Raw materials are processed into usable components through Pokemon specialties and crafting stations. The following table shows every processing chain in the game.

How to Get Lumber

Lumber is the single most consumed material in the game. You will need hundreds of it for furniture, building frames, storage boxes, and more. To produce Lumber:

1. Gather Small Logs by using Cut on trees, piles of discarded wood, and fallen logs throughout all regions.

2. Bring the logs to a Pokemon with the Chop specialty (such as Scyther, Pinsir, Heracross, or Farfetch'd).

3. Hand over up to 10 Small Logs at once. The Pokemon will process them automatically over a short period, yielding 50 Lumber per batch.

Scyther is one of the first Pokemon you befriend in Withered Wasteland and provides Chop from the very start. Station it near a pile of Small Logs for continuous Lumber production.

How to Get Bricks

Bricks are made from Squishy Clay using any Pokemon with the Burn specialty. No Smelting Furnace is required for this conversion.

1. Gather Squishy Clay by breaking brown clay blocks at Bleak Beach using Rock Smash. Clay is also dropped by Paldean Wooper's Litter specialty.

2. Interact with a Burn-specialty Pokemon (like Charmander, Torchic, or Scorbunny) and select "Look at this!"

3. Hand over Squishy Clay and ask them to make bricks. The ratio is approximately 10 Squishy Clay to 20 Bricks.

How to Get Paper

Paper is produced by Recycle-specialty Pokemon from Wastepaper.

1. Collect Wastepaper, which is commonly found in Sparkling Skylands and scattered around abandoned structures.

2. Bring Wastepaper to a Pokemon with the Recycle specialty (Trubbish, Garbodor, Porygon, Metang, or Cinccino).

3. The ratio is approximately 10 Wastepaper to 20 Paper.

Recycle Pokemon can also convert Nonburnable Garbage into Iron Ore, providing an alternative iron source beyond mining.

How to Get Pokemetal

Pokemetal is one of the rarest and most valuable materials in the game. You need it for the 3D Printer, Big Storage Box, endgame furniture, and the Sparkling Skylands Pokemon Center rebuild (25 Pokemetal).

1. Find Pokemetal Fragment blocks in mines across Withered Wasteland and Sparkling Skylands. You need powered-up Rock Smash (eat a Hamburger Steak) to break them.

2. Bring fragments to a Smelting Furnace powered by a Burn-specialty Pokemon.

3. The furnace converts Pokemetal Fragments into Pokemetal Ingots at a 1:1 ratio.

For Rare Pokemetal, you can either smelt Rare Pokemetal Fragments (found on Dream Islands and in deep mines) or give a Pokemon with the Rarify specialty a Star Piece.

How to Get Glass

Glass is smelted from any of three interchangeable raw materials: Sand, Sandstone, or Volcanic Ash. All three produce Glass at a 1:1 ratio in a Smelting Furnace. Sand is found at Bleak Beach and Palette Town beaches. Sandstone is found at Rocky Ridges and Sparkling Skylands. Volcanic Ash is found on Rocky Ridges volcanic terrain.

How to Get Concrete

Concrete is produced by feeding Limestone into a Concrete Mixer (crafted from 2 Iron Ingots). The Concrete Mixer does not require a specific Pokemon specialty; it operates on its own once materials are loaded. The ratio is approximately 1 Limestone to 4 Concrete, so 13 Limestone yields about 50 Concrete. Limestone is found via Rock Smash in Rocky Ridges and Sparkling Skylands.

Pokemon Specialties for Material Processing

Each processing type requires a specific Pokemon specialty. Here are the key processing specialties and the best Pokemon for each one.

Materials by Region

Each region has a distinct set of available materials. Planning which region to work in based on the materials you need saves time and travel.

Dream Islands for Rare Materials

Dream Islands are accessible through Drifloon and provide specific materials based on the doll you show. You can visit one Dream Island type per day, but may revisit that same island multiple times within the day.

Stardust is exclusive to Dream Islands and cannot be obtained anywhere else. Collecting 99 Stardust lets you craft a Star Piece, a special gift item.

Alternative Material Sources

• Sparkling Ripples: Water-based sparkles can contain Small Logs, Copper Ore, recipe scrolls, and occasional rare items. They refresh periodically.

• Poke Balls in Debris: Poke Balls found in environmental features can contain materials, recipes, furniture, and occasionally Building Kits.

• Bulbasaur's Jump Rope: Playing Bulbasaur's jump rope minigame rewards one Copper Ore per session (once daily) for achieving 10 or more jumps.

• Ore Respawns: After depleting a mine, leave the region and return later. Fresh ore deposits will have regenerated. Loop between regions for continuous mining.

Key Material Demands

Certain milestones require large quantities of specific materials. Plan your gathering around these demands.

Material Gathering Tips

• Set up Recycle Pokemon early. Trubbish is available in Bleak Beach from the Trash Collection Site habitat. Station it near your crafting hub to convert Nonburnable Garbage into Iron Ore passively.

• Pair Litter and Gather Pokemon. Mareep (Litter) drops Fluff; Spinarak (Litter) drops Twine. Place Sentret or Zigzagoon (Gather) nearby with a Community Box for automated collection.

• Mine Rocky Ridges thoroughly. It is the only source of Gold Ore and has the widest variety of minerals. Use Rollout (from Graveler) for faster mine clearing.

• Station multiple Burn Pokemon at Furnaces. Ingot production is the biggest late-game bottleneck. Having three or four Burn-specialty Pokemon operating separate Smelting Furnaces simultaneously saves hours.

• Use Dream Islands for rare materials. Volcanic Dream Islands (Arcanine Doll) provide Iron Ore, Gold Ore, and Glowing Blocks. Sky Dream Islands (Dragonite Doll) give Pokemetal and Crystal Fragments.

• Save Pokemetal for the 3D Printer. Pokemetal is rare and needed for duplicating items at the Copy Machine in Pokemon Centers. Do not spend it on furniture you can craft from common materials.

• Always carry Hamburger Steaks when heading to mining areas. The Rock Smash upgrade is essential for breaking Gold Ore, Pokemetal Fragment, and Crystal Fragment blocks.

• Check sparkling ripples in water regularly. They often contain Small Logs, Copper Ore, recipes, and occasional rare items, and they refresh periodically.

• Prioritize befriending at least one Pokemon of each processing specialty early in each region. This prevents bottlenecks when new crafting recipes require processed materials.