Specialty

Specialties are abilities that Pokémon have in Pokémon Pokopia that allow them to support the player in a wide variety of ways. Each Pokémon has one or more set specialties it can use. A Pokémon's specialties and their respective functions can be viewed in the Pokédex.

List of specialties

Name Description
Appraise Pokémon with the Appraise specialty will tell you what kind of item you have found as a lost relic.
Build Pokémon with the Build specialty will lead other Pokémon when building or remodeling structures.
Bulldoze Pokémon with the Bulldoze specialty can serve as leaders when demolishing or relocating buildings.
Burn Pokémon with the Burn specialty will ignite nearby flammable objects, and will process squishy clay into bricks.
They can also process metals at a smelting furnace.
Chop Pokémon with the Chop specialty will process small logs into lumber.
Collect Pokémon with the Collect specialty can exchange items for lost relics or rare feathers.
Crush Pokémon with the Crush specialty will process berries into paint.
They can also process limestone and water into concrete at a concrete mixer.
DJ Pokémon with the DJ specialty will play any CD you give them.
They can also gauge the mood of nearby Pokémon.
Dream Island Pokémon with the Dream Island specialty will take you to a Dream Island when shown a doll.
Eat Pokémon with the Eat specialty will make good things more likely to happen when given food.
Engineer Pokémon with the Engineer specialty can lead other Pokémon during large building or rebuilding projects.
When assigned as leader of a regular building project, it will be completed in less time than usual.
They can also process iron ingots into Tinkagears.
Explode Pokémon with the Explode specialty can be fired from a cannon, destroying everything around them on impact.
Fly Pokémon with the Fly specialty will take you to the location of a Pokémon (or to the Pokémon's home, if it isn't currently active on the map) when shown their Pokédex entry.
Gather Pokémon with the Gather specialty will pick up materials and place them in the community box.
Gather Honey Pokémon with the Gather Honey specialty will exchange furniture items with special patterns for honey.
Generate Pokémon with the Generate specialty will power nearby machines.
Grow Pokémon with the Grow specialty will help nearby plants mature faster.
Hype Pokémon with the Hype specialty will start dancing if music is playing nearby, improving the mood of the area.
Illuminate Pokémon with the Illuminate specialty can emit light to illuminate the whole town.
Litter Pokémon with the Litter specialty will drop useful materials near their home.
Paint Pokémon with the Paint specialty will change the color and patterning of items and buildings when given bowls of paint.
Party Pokémon with the Party specialty will lead other Pokémon when cooking food for a party.
Rarify Pokémon with the Rarify specialty can turn Star Pieces into Rare Pokémetal.
Recycle Pokémon with the Recycle specialty can process nonburnable garbage into iron ore and wastepaper into paper.
Search Pokémon with the Search specialty will look for buried items when shown the Dowsing Machine.
Storage Pokémon with the Storage specialty can hold items for you.
Teleport Pokémon with the Teleport specialty will take you to the location of a Pokémon (or to the Pokémon's home, if it isn't currently active on the map) when shown their Pokédex entry.
Trade Pokémon with the Trade specialty may start barter exchanges at places where bartering is possible.
Transform Pokémon with the Transform specialty can use their specialty to improve its moves.
Water Pokémon with the Water specialty will use nearby water basins you've filled to water surrounding plants.
They can also spray bubbles on muddy blocks to prep them for cleaning with Water Gun.
Yawn Pokémon with the Yawn specialty will tell you how humid an area is.
??? Pokémon with the ??? specialty have no specialty.

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Related articles

Specialties
Appraise Build Bulldoze Burn Chop Collect Crush DJ
Dream Island Eat Engineer Explode Fly Gather Gather Honey Generate
Grow Hype Illuminate Litter Paint Party Rarify Recycle
Search Storage Teleport Trade Transform Water Yawn???
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