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Pokemon Specialties
March 7, 2026 at 09:19 AM
Fix specialty count from 31 to 30
Every Pokemon in Pokemon 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 30 known specialties, with any additional ones still unconfirmed. Some specialties are exclusive to a single Pokemon, making those individuals particularly valuable.
Specialties are predetermined and cannot be changed. Each Pokemon has its set specialties when you discover it. If you need a specific specialty in a region where no Pokemon offers it, you must find one in another region and bring it along as a follower.
Interaction: Walk up to a Pokemon with the desired specialty and select "Look at this!" to give it materials, or ask it to perform its specialty task directly.
Followers: Pokemon following Ditto passively perform their specialties as they travel. Fire Pokemon near flammable objects will ignite them; Grow Pokemon accelerate nearby plant growth; Litter Pokemon drop resources as they walk.
Automation: Station Pokemon near relevant stations for continuous work. Burn Pokemon at Smelting Furnaces process ore automatically. Generate Pokemon near appliances supply power.
Required for progress: Many quests and story objectives require specific specialties. You cannot finish the game without gathering Pokemon with key specialties like Build, Bulldoze, and Chop.
Specialty | Function | Pokemon |
|---|---|---|
Burn | Light fires, power Smelting Furnaces, make Bricks from Squishy Clay, activate Sunny Day weather sites | Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Litwick, Lampent, Growlithe, Arcanine, Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken, Magby, Magmar, Torkoal, Scorbunny, Raboot, Rolycoly, Carkol, Charcadet, Ceruledge, Vulpix, Ninetales, Cyndaquil, Quilava, Flareon, Volcanion |
Chop | Break Small Logs into Lumber (10 logs yield 50 Lumber per batch) | Scyther, Scizor, Heracross, Pinsir, Victreebel, Crobat, Farfetch'd, Zoroark, Grubbin, Vikavolt, Dartrix, Decidueye, Greninja, Rookidee, Corvisquire |
Crush | Produce colored paint from food; make Cement from Limestone with Concrete Mixer | Onix, Conkeldurr, Pawmi, Pawmo, Pawmot, Dugtrio, Geodude, Graveler, Golem, Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyrantrum, Amaura |
Recycle | Convert Nonburnable Garbage to Iron Ore; Wastepaper to Paper | Trubbish, Garbodor, Cinccino, Porygon, Metang |
Litter | Drop useful materials near their homes (Vine Rope, Fluff, Honey, Clay, etc.) | Venusaur, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Cacturne, Combee, Grimer, Muk, Mareep, Flaaffy, Spinarak, Ariados, Wooper, Clodsire, Glimmet, Trapinch, Swablu, Altaria, Snivy, Tyrantrum |
Specialty | Function | Pokemon |
|---|---|---|
Build | Construct structures from Building Kits; required for most construction projects | Cubone, Marowak, Pinsir, Heracross, Timburr, Gurdurr, Conkeldurr, Farfetch'd, Azumarill, Combusken, Makuhita, Hariyama, Machop, Machoke, Machamp, Riolu, Lucario, Politoed, Mr. Mime, Tinkmaster |
Bulldoze | Rebuild Pokemon Centers; relocate or demolish buildings | Onix, Steelix, Munchlax, Snorlax, Clodsire, Makuhita, Hariyama, Bonsly, Larvitar, Pupitar, Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon |
Engineer | Lead major builds; craft Tinkgears; reduce Building Kit construction time | Tinkmaster (exclusive) |
Explode | Can be fired from cannons to destroy large rock sections | Voltorb, Electrode |
Specialty | Function | Pokemon |
|---|---|---|
Generate | Supply electricity to power lamps, machines, and appliances | Raichu, Magnemite, Magneton, Magnezone, Voltorb, Electrode, Elekid, Mareep, Flaaffy, Vikavolt, Wattrel, Kilowattrel, Pawmi, Pawmo, Pawmot, Jolteon, Raikou |
Grow | Accelerate growth of nearby plants, crops, flowers, and trees | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Cacturne, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Rowlet, Dartrix, Decidueye, Snivy, Servine, Serperior, Sprigatito, Floragato, Leafeon |
Water | Water plants from water basins, clean mud, perform Rain Dance at weather sites | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking, Gyarados, Shellos, Gastrodon, Goomy, Sliggoo, Goodra, Cramorant, Lapras, Azurill, Marill, Azumarill, Wingull, Pelipper, Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon, Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo, Politoed, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite, Froakie, Frogadier, Greninja, Vaporeon |
Illuminate | Light up the entire town via Charge Station | Peakychu (exclusive) |
Yawn | Indicate biome humidity levels for comfort monitoring | Slowpoke (exclusive) |
Specialty | Function | Pokemon |
|---|---|---|
Fly | Fast-travel to a specific Pokemon's location (same zone only) | Charizard, Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot, Cramorant, Wingull, Murkrow, Honchkrow, Chatot, Dragonite, Vibrava, Flygon, Altaria |
Teleport | Psychic-based fast travel to a target Pokemon (same zone only) | Slowking, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam, Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir, Mewtwo, Mew |
Search | Locate hidden Lost Relics, CDs, and Mysterious Slates buried underground | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot, Paras, Parasect, Venonat, Venomoth, Vespiquen, Drilbur, Excadrill, Zubat, Golbat, Crobat, Persian, Psyduck, Golduck, Growlithe, Arcanine, Fidough, Dachsbun, Dreepy, Drakloak, Umbreon |
Dream Island | Transport player to Dream Islands using Poke Dolls | Drifloon (exclusive) |
Specialty | Function | Pokemon |
|---|---|---|
Trade | Operate shops and bartering stations at powered Cash Registers | Blastoise, Slowbro, Tyrogue, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Ditto, Hoothoot, Noctowl, Gastrodon, Meowth, Persian, Gastly, Haunter, Gengar, Happiny, Chansey, Blissey, Snorlax, Prinplup, Empoleon, Audino, Zorua, Zoroark, Clefable, Golem, Sudowoodo, Murkrow, Honchkrow, Mawile, Dachsbun, Armorouge, Ceruledge, Alakazam, Typhlosion, Misdreavus, Mismagius, Gardevoir, Dusknoir, Dragapult, Eevee, Glaceon |
Gather | Collect dropped materials from Litter Pokemon and deposit them in Community Boxes | Minccino, Cinccino, Gastly, Machop, Machoke, Machamp, Rolycoly, Carkol, Mr. Mime, Mismagius, Girafarig, Duskull, Dusknoir, Dreepy, Drakloak, Dragapult, Espeon |
Hype | Dance to music from CDs; improve area mood and atmosphere | Bellossom, Ditto, Illumise, Volbeat, Raichu, Azurill, Marill, Cleffa, Clefable, Clefairy, Igglybuff, Wigglytuff, Jigglypuff, Diglett, Dugtrio, Ludicolo, Kricketot, Kricketune, Chatot, Cinderace, Skwovet, Politoed, Meowscarada, Sylveon |
Storage | Hold materials as portable storage; expand accessible inventory at Workbenches | Gulpin, Swalot |
Several specialties are locked to a single Pokemon or a very small group, making these individuals particularly valuable:
Specialty | Pokemon | Function | How to Obtain |
|---|---|---|---|
Appraise | Professor Tangrowth | Identify Lost Relics into furniture | Available from the start of the game |
Collect | Gimmighoul, Gholdengo | Trade appraised Lost Relics and feathers for rare items | Found in Rocky Ridges near the Museum |
DJ | Manage playlists of in-game music CDs | Story encounter | |
Dream Island | Drifloon | Grant access to Dream Islands via Poke Dolls | Build "Riding Warm Updrafts" habitat (3 campfires in a line) |
Eat | Exchange food for rare items and daily buffs based on flavor | Story encounter | |
Engineer | Lead major builds; craft Tinkgears; reduce build times | Story encounter | |
Gather Honey | Vespiquen | Exchange honey for special furniture items | Build Vespiquen habitat |
Illuminate | Light up the entire town via Charge Station | Story encounter in Bleak Beach | |
Paint | Change furniture colors and add patterns | Story encounter | |
Party | Lead feasts; provide cooking bonuses; increase meal output | Rescued from barrel in Rocky Ridges | |
Transform | Learn other Pokemon's moves through transformation | Player character only | |
Yawn | Slowpoke | Report biome humidity levels for comfort monitoring | Found during Withered Wasteland story |
Station Burn Pokemon at Furnaces: Place multiple Fire-type Pokemon near your Smelting Furnaces and crafting stations. Ingot production is the biggest late-game bottleneck, and more Burn Pokemon speed it up.
Litter Pokemon as followers: Keep Bellsprout, Combee, or Mareep as followers for free materials (Vine Rope, Honey, Fluff) dropped passively as they walk with you.
Recycle station: Set up Trubbish and Garbodor near your crafting hub when natural iron deposits run low. They convert garbage into Iron Ore and wastepaper into Paper.
Grow Pokemon near farms: Station Bulbasaur, Oddish, or other Grow Pokemon near your crop fields to accelerate plant growth. This dramatically reduces farming wait times.
Multiple Search Pokemon: Bring along Pokemon with Search when exploring new areas. They locate hidden Lost Relics, CDs, and Mysterious Slates that are otherwise invisible.
Trade shop setup: To open a player shop, assign a Trade Pokemon to a powered Cash Register. The Pokemon handles transactions automatically. Keep Generate Pokemon nearby to maintain power.
Plan specialty needs per region: Before moving to a new region, check what specialties are required for story progression (Build, Bulldoze, Chop are most common). Bring followers from previous regions if the needed specialties are not available locally.
