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Overview
Every Pokemon in Pokopia has at least one specialty that determines what tasks it can perform in the world. Specialties range from chopping wood and generating electricity to running shops and appraising relics. There are 31 known specialties, with the 31st still unconfirmed. Some specialties are exclusive to a single Pokemon.
All Specialties
Specialty | Function | Key Pokemon |
|---|---|---|
Appraise | Identify Lost Relics into furniture | Professor Tangrowth (exclusive) |
Build | Construct structures from Building Kits | Cubone, Marowak, Timburr, Gurdurr, Pinsir, Heracross |
Bulldoze | Rebuild Pokemon Centers; relocate or demolish buildings | Onix, Steelix, Makuhita, Hariyama, Larvitar, Pupitar |
Burn | Light fires; power Furnaces; make Bricks from Clay; activate Sunny Day sites | Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Torchic, Combusken, Magby, Magmar, Rolycoly, Carkol, Torkoal |
Chop | Break logs into Lumber | Scyther, Scizor, Pinsir, Heracross, Victreebel, Farfetch'd, Dartrix, Zoroark |
Collect | Trade appraised Lost Relics for furniture | Gimmighoul (exclusive) |
Crush | Produce colored paint from food; make Cement from Limestone with Mixer | Onix, Steelix, Pawmo, Geodude, Graveler, Conkeldurr, Electivire |
DJ | Manage playlists of in-game music CDs | DJ Rotom / Stereo Rotom (exclusive) |
Dream Island | Grant access to Dream Islands via Pokdolls | Drifloon (exclusive) |
Eat | Exchange food for rare items and daily buffs | Mosslax / special Snorlax (exclusive) |
Engineer | Lead major builds; create Tinkgears; reduce build duration | Tinkmaster / Tinkaton (exclusive) |
Explode | Destroy large rock sections when launched from cannons | Voltorb, Electrode |
Fly | Fast-travel to specific Pokemon locations (same zone only) | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot, Hoothoot, Noctowl, Charizard |
Gather | Collect materials from litterers near Community Boxes | Machop, Machoke, Machamp, Mr. Mime, Minccino, Rolycoly |
Gather Honey | Exchange honey for furniture items | Vespiquen (exclusive) |
Generate | Power lights and machines with electricity | Elekid, Electabuzz, Electivire, Pichu, Pikachu, Raichu, Pawmi, Pawmo, Pawmot, Magnemite, Magneton, Mareep, Flaaffy |
Grow | Accelerate nearby plant growth | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Bellossom, Cacnea, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff |
Hype | Dance to music; improve area mood | Volbeat, Illumise, Azurill, Marill, Bellossom, Raichu, Cleffa, Clefairy, Ludicolo |
Illuminate | Light up the entire town via Charge Station | Peakychu (exclusive) |
Litter | Drop useful materials (Vine Rope, Fluff, Honey, Clay) | Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Combee, Cacturne, Mareep, Flaaffy, Haxorus, Jumpluff, Venusaur |
Paint | Change furniture colors and add patterns | Smearguru / special Smeargle (exclusive) |
Party | Lead feasts; provide cooking bonuses; increase meal output | Chef Dente / special Greedent (exclusive) |
Recycle | Convert Nonburnable Glass to Iron Ore; Wastepaper to Paper | Trubbish, Garbodor, Porygon, Metang |
Search | Locate hidden Lost Relics, CDs, and Mysterious Slates | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Paras, Parasect, Venonat, Venomoth, Growlithe, Arcanine |
Storage | Hold materials; expand accessible inventory at Workbenches | Gulpin, Swalot |
Teleport | Psychic-based fast travel to Pokemon (same zone only) | Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Slowking, Abra, Gardevoir |
Trade | Operate shops and bartering stations at powered Cash Registers | Slowbro, Hoothoot, Noctowl, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Blastoise, Meowth, Audino, Zorua, Gastrodon, Happiny |
Transform | Core Ditto ability; learn other Pokemon's skills | Ditto (player character only) |
Water | Water plants; clean mud; perform Rain Dance at weather sites | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Shellos, Gastrodon, Slowpoke, Slowbro, Lapras, Marill, Azumarill |
Yawn | Indicate biome humidity levels for comfort monitoring | Slowpoke (exclusive) |
??? | Unknown (31st specialty not yet revealed) | Unknown |
Exclusive Specialties
Several specialties are locked to a single Pokemon, making these individuals particularly valuable:
Pokemon | Exclusive Specialty | How to Obtain |
|---|---|---|
Professor Tangrowth | Appraise | Available from the start of the game |
Gimmighoul | Collect | Found in Rocky Ridges near the Museum |
DJ Rotom (Stereo Rotom) | DJ | Story encounter |
Drifloon | Dream Island | Build "Riding Warm Updrafts" habitat (3 campfires in a line) |
Mosslax (special Snorlax) | Eat | Story encounter |
Tinkmaster (Tinkaton) | Engineer | Story encounter |
Peakychu (pale Pikachu) | Illuminate | Story encounter in Withered Wasteland |
Smearguru (special Smeargle) | Paint | Story encounter |
Chef Dente (special Greedent) | Party | Rescued from barrel in Rocky Ridges |
Vespiquen | Gather Honey | Build Vespiquen habitat |