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Overview

Seaweed is a raw food ingredient in Pokemon Pokopia described in-game as "seaweed that has washed ashore." It can be eaten raw to restore a small amount of PP, or used as a cooking ingredient in two recipes that both produce a Bitter flavor profile. Seaweed is categorized as a food item and is one of the forageable ingredients gathered directly from the environment rather than grown on a farm.

As one of the few ingredients exclusive to coastal areas, Seaweed is not available in every region. Players who want a steady supply should stock up whenever they visit Bleak Beach, since it cannot be farmed or produced passively by any Pokemon specialty.

Item Details

Where to Find

Seaweed spawns naturally in coastal and water-adjacent areas. It appears as small green clumps on the ground near the shoreline and on submerged rocks in shallow water. Below are all confirmed locations where Seaweed can be gathered.

How to Gather

Seaweed is picked up the same way as other loose items on the ground. Walk up to it and press Y to collect a single piece, or hold Y to activate Ditto's Inhale ability, which vacuums up all loose items in a cone in front of you. Inhale is far faster than picking items up one at a time and is the recommended method for sweeping the beach.

Seaweed that sits in shallow water can be collected normally by wading in. For Seaweed growing on submerged rocks in deeper areas, you need the Surf ability (unlocked during the Bleak Beach storyline by befriending Lapras). While surfing, press Y or hold Y to inhale items from the water surface.

Seaweed respawns daily at 5:00 AM along with all other forageable items. There is no limit to how many pieces you can collect per day, so a thorough sweep of the Bleak Beach coastline can yield a large stack in a single visit.

Cooking Recipes

Seaweed is used in two cooking recipes. Both produce a Bitter flavor, making them ideal for feeding Pokemon that prefer bitter food. Cooking is unlocked during the Rocky Ridges storyline after rescuing Chef Dente.

Seaweed Salad requires only two ingredients (Leaf and Seaweed) and no heat source, making it one of the simplest recipes to prepare. Seaweed Soup needs a Pot placed on a powered Stove or Campfire and uses three ingredient slots: Fresh Water, Seaweed, and any third ingredient of your choice.

Both recipes fully restore PP when eaten and power up a specific Ditto transformation move. Seaweed Salad powers up Leafage (increasing grass-pulling range and enabling duckweed creation on water), while Seaweed Soup powers up Water Gun (extending spray range).

Flavor Profile and Pokemon Preferences

Seaweed has a Bitter flavor. In Pokopia's flavor system, every Pokemon has a preferred flavor listed in its Pokedex entry. Feeding a Pokemon food that matches its preferred flavor provides a larger boost to its Comfort Level compared to neutral or non-preferred food. Bitter-loving Pokemon tend to be tough and earthy in personality.

Raw Seaweed can be fed directly to Pokemon as a bitter food item. For a stronger effect, cook it into Seaweed Salad or Seaweed Soup first, since cooked meals provide a bigger Comfort boost than raw ingredients. Other bitter-flavored foods include Bitter Hamburger Steak and Recycled Bread.

Notable Pokemon that prefer Bitter flavor include Umbreon, which specifically enjoys Seaweed, Seaweed Salad, and Recycled Bread.

Mosslax Offering

Seaweed can be offered to Mosslax as a raw Bitter ingredient to activate a daily area-wide buff. Mosslax buffs last until 5:00 AM when the daily reset occurs. Bitter food offered to Mosslax provides a buff that increases the chance of finding rare items, including Silver and Rainbow Feathers from glowing blocks.

For a stronger buff, cook the Seaweed into a meal before offering it. Cooked food provides a more powerful version of the same buff type. A Seaweed Salad or Seaweed Soup offered to Mosslax will give a stronger rare-item-discovery boost than raw Seaweed alone.

Comparison with Other Forageable Ingredients

Seaweed is one of several ingredients gathered directly from the world rather than grown on a farm. The table below compares it with other forageable food items.

Unlike Leaves, which are available everywhere, Seaweed is region-locked to coastal areas. This makes it one of the less convenient ingredients to gather in bulk, but its Bitter flavor fills an important niche since few other ingredients provide that flavor.

Tips

• Stock up during Bleak Beach visits. Seaweed does not grow in the Withered Wasteland, Rocky Ridges, or Sparkling Skylands. Collect as much as you can whenever you pass through Bleak Beach so you always have some on hand.

• Use Inhale to sweep the beach. Holding Y activates Ditto's Inhale ability, which vacuums up every loose item in front of you. This is far faster than pressing Y on each piece individually.

• Unlock Surf before farming. The shallow-water Seaweed near the shore is easy to grab, but the largest clusters grow on submerged rocks farther out. Learning Surf from Lapras during the Bleak Beach story opens up these deeper areas.

• Balance between Salad and Soup. Both Seaweed Salad and Seaweed Soup require one Seaweed each. If you need to power up both Leafage and Water Gun, plan your Seaweed usage accordingly rather than spending it all on one recipe.

• Check sparkling ripples. Water ripples at Bleak Beach can drop Seaweed as a bonus. These ripples appear more often on Sundays (Lucky Days), so dedicate time to exploring the coastline waterways on those days.

• Feed bitter-loving Pokemon. If you have more Seaweed than you need for cooking, feed the surplus directly to Pokemon that prefer Bitter food for a quick Comfort Level boost.

• Offer to Mosslax for rare-item buffs. A cooked Seaweed meal offered to Mosslax activates a rare-item discovery buff across the area. This is especially useful before farming Lost Relics or Mysterious Slates.