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Overview

The Team Initiation Challenge is a major Important Request in Pokemon Pokopia that spans the entire game. After completing the "Yawn Up a Storm" quest and finding Onix, Professor Tangrowth leads the player to a mysterious tower on the beach of the Withered Wasteland. Interacting with a box on the tower's front begins the challenge.

The challenge consists of eight progressively harder parts, each requiring different materials or items. Completing each part awards a themed badge and unlocks the next tier. Finishing all eight is required for full game completion.

All Eight Parts

Part-by-Part Walkthrough

Part 1: Bouldery Badge

Gather 5 Leppa Berries. These are the most common berry in the game and can be found on bushes throughout the Withered Wasteland. If you have been foraging regularly, you likely already have enough.

Part 2: Cascade-like Badge

Collect 10 Beans, 10 Tomatoes, and 10 Wheat. All three are farming crops. Till soil with Rototiller (learned from Drilbur), plant seeds, and wait for them to grow. Having a Pokemon with the Grow specialty nearby speeds up crop growth significantly.

Part 3: Thunderish Badge

Submit 20 Lumber, 5 Fluff, and 10 Paper. Lumber comes from having a Pokemon with the Chop specialty break down Small Logs. Fluff is found on Dream Islands and dropped by Pokemon with the Litter specialty. Paper requires the Recycle specialty to convert Wastepaper.

Part 4: Rainbowish Badge

This part requires significant industrial production. Bricks need Squishy Clay processed by a Pokemon with the Burn specialty. Gold Ingots require Gold Ore (found in the Rocky Ridges volcanic area) smelted in a Smelting Furnace. Concrete needs Limestone crushed by a Pokemon with the Crush specialty using a Concrete Mixer.

Part 5: Soul-like Badge

Electricity is generated by Pokemon with the Generate specialty (Magneton, Electabuzz, Mareep, Pawmi). Crystal Fragments come from the Sparkling Skylands Dream Islands. Tinkagears are crafted by Tinkmaster (the Tinkatuff NPC), who has the exclusive Engineer specialty.

Part 6: Marshy Badge

This part requires crafted furniture items rather than raw materials. Industrial Beds, Resort Lights, and Office Desks are all advanced recipes. You will need to have discovered these recipes through crafting progression or purchased them from the PC Shop or Cloud Island shops.

Part 7: Volcanoey Badge

The three required items are all high-tier appliances. The Washing Machine, Refrigerator, and Game Boy System require raising the Environment Level to 5 in at least three areas to unlock their recipes. This is the most time-consuming part of the challenge and effectively gates it behind near-endgame progression.

Part 8: Earth Badge

The final part is intentionally simple: take one photo using Photo Mode and craft 2 Party Poppers. After submitting these items, the challenge is complete.

Tips

• Start gathering materials for later parts early. Bricks, Gold Ingots, and Concrete take time to produce in quantity.

• The badge names are playful references to the original Kanto Gym Badges (Boulder Badge, Cascade Badge, Thunder Badge, etc.).

• Part 7 is the longest bottleneck. Focus on raising Environment Levels across all areas throughout the game to unlock the required recipes.

• The challenge can be completed at any pace. There is no time limit or expiration on any part.