Every Pokémon in Pokémon Pokopia has a Specialty. Specialties can be viewed at any time in your Pokédex and determine what that specific Pokémon can help you out with when following you across the overworld. For example, a Pokémon with the Burn Specialty can help you smelt ores while a Pokémon with the Chop Specialty can help with turning logs into Lumber.
If you’re hoping to familiarise yourself with all Specialties and the Pokémon you need for each of them, this guide details all Pokémon Pokopia Specialties, including exactly what each Specialty is used for and what Pokémon know each Specialty.
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All Pokémon Pokopia Specialties, and the Pokémon that know them
Now that you know exactly what each Specialty does in Pokopia, here’s our list of all Specialties and which Pokémon know them, so you know exactly who to go and seek out for each task:
| Specialty | Pokémon |
|---|---|
| Appraise | Tangrowth |
| Build | Cubone Pinsir Heracross Timburr, Gurdurr, and Conkeldurr Farfetch’d Azumarill Combusken Makuhita and Hariyama Machop, Machoke, and Machamp Riolu and Lucario Politoed Mr. Mime Tinkmaster |
| Bulldoze | Onix Munchlax and Snorlax Clodsire Makuhita and Hariyama Bonsly Larvitar and Pupitar Trapinch, Vibrava, and Flygon |
| Burn | Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard Litwick and Lampent Growlithe and Arcanine Torchic and Combusken Magby and Magmar Torkoal Scorbunny and Raboot Rolycoly and Carkol Charcadet and Ceruledge Vulpix and Ninetales Cyndaquil and Quilava Flareon Volcanion |
| Chop | Victreebel Scyther and Scizor Pinsir Heracross Crobat Farfetch’d Zoroark Grubbin Vikavolt Dartrix and Decidueye Greninja Rookidee and Corvisquire |
| Crush | Onix Conkeldurr Pawmo and Pawmot Dugtrio Geodude, Graveler, and Golem Larvitar and Pupitar Tyrantrum Amaura |
| Collect | Gimmighoul |
| Dream Island | Drifloon |
| DJ | DJ Rotom |
| Eat | Mosslax |
| Engineer | Tinkmaster |
| Explode | Voltorb and Electrode |
| Fly | Charizard Pidgey and Pidgeotto Hoothoot and Noctowl Cramorant Wingull Murkrow and Honchkrow Chatot Dragonite Vibrava and Flygon Altaria |
| Gather | Gastly Minccino and Cinccino Machop, Machoke, and Machamp Rolycoly and Carkol Mr. Mime Mismagius Girafarig Duskill and Dusknoir Dreepy and Drakloak Espeon |
| Gather Honey | Vespiquen |
| Generate | Magnemite and Magneton Raichu Voltorb and Electrode Elekid Mareep and Flaaffy Vikavolt Pawmi, Pawmo, and Pawmot Wattrel Jolteon Raikou |
| Grow | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, and Venusaur Oddish, Gloom, and Vileplume Bellsprout, Weepinbell, and Victreebel Cacturne Exeggcute and Exeggutor Rowlet, Dartrix, and Decidueye Snivy Sprigatito Leafeon |
| Hype | Bellossom Volbeat Raichu Azurill and Marill Cleffa, Clefairy, and Clefable Igglybuff, Jigglypuff, and Wigglytuff Diglett and Dugtrio Ludicolo Kricketot and Kricketune Chatot Skwovet Politoed Sylveon |
| Illuminate | Peakychu |
| Litter | Venusaur Bellsprout and Weepinbell Cacturne and Combee Grimer Spinarak and Ariados Mareep and Flaaffy Paldean Wooper and Clodsire Glimmet Trapinch Swablu Altaria Snivy Tyrantrum |
| Party | Chef Dente |
| Paint | Smearguru |
| Recycle | Trubbish Cinccino Porygon Metang |
| Search | Pidgey and Pidgeotto Paras and Parasect Venonat and Venomoth Vespiquen Drilbur Zubat and Crobat Persian Psyduck Growlithe and Arcanine Skwovet Fidough and Dachsbun Dreepy and Drakloak Umbreon |
| Storage | Gulpin and Swalot |
| Teleport | Slowking Exeggcute and Exeggutor Abra and Alakazam Ralts and Gardevoir Mewtwo |
| Trade | Blastoise Slowbro Tyrogue Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan Hoothoot and Noctowl Gastrodon Meowth and Persian Happiny Snorlax Prinplup and Empoleon Audino Zorua and Zoroark Clefable Golem Sudowoodo Murkrow and Honchkrow Dachsbun Ceruledge Alakazam Misdreavus and Mismagius Gardevoir Dusknoir Eevee Glaceon |
| Transform | Ditto |
| Water | Squirtle, Wartortle, and Blastoise Slowpoke, Slowbro, and Slowking Gyarados Shellos and Gastrodon Goomy and Sliggoo Cramorant Lapras Azurill, Marill, and Azumarill Wingull Piplup, Prinplup, and Empoleon Lotad, Lombre, and Ludicolo Poliwrath and Politoed Dragonite Froakie, Frogadier, and Greninja Vaporeon |
| Yawn | Slowpoke |
All Pokémon Pokopia Specialties explained
Here’s a quick rundown of all Pokopia Specialties and what they can be used for:
- Appraise – Pokémon with the Appraise Specialty – which is just Professor Tangrowth – will tell you what kind of item you have found.
- Build – Pokémon with the Build Specialty will lead other Pokémon when building or remodeling structures. You can’t build without a leader Pokémon.
- Bulldoze – Pokémon with the Bulldoze Specialty will serve as leaders when demolishing buildings for reconstruction.
- Burn – Pokémon with the Burn Specialty will ignite nearby flammable objects, such as campfires and furnaces.
- Chop – Pokémon with the Chop Specialty will process small logs and turn them into Lumber.
- Crush – Pokémon with the Crush Specialty will crush materials and process them into other items.
- Collect – Pokémon with the Collect Specialty will exchange lost relics or rare feathers for other items.
- Dream Island – Pokémon with the Dream Island Specialty will take you to a Dream Island if you bring them a Doll.
- DJ – Pokemon with the DJ Specialty – which is just DJ Rotom – can be given CDs to play music.
- Eat – Pokemon with the Eat Specialty – which is just Mosslax – can unlock different daily bonuses if you feed them once per day.
- Engineer – Pokémon with the Engineer Specialty – which is just Tinkmaster – can lead other Pokemon during large building or rebuilding projects. If you assign them as a leader of normal building or rebuilding projects, they’ll complete that project quicker than usual. Tinkmaster can also turn iron ingots into Tinkagears.
- Explode – Pokémon with the Explode Specialty can be used as an explosive, destructive cannonball when brought to a cannon.
- Fly – Pokémon with the Fly Specialty will fly you to a Pokemon’s location if you speak to them while looking at a specific Pokemon in the Pokedex.
- Gather – Pokémon with the Gather Specialty will pick up materials they find on the ground and place them in a community box. They can also bring materials from the box to a processor, such as a smelting furnace.
- Gather Honey – Pokémon with the Gather Honey Specialty will give you furniture with special patterns in exchange for honey.
- Generate – Pokémon with the Generate Specialty will power nearby machines. You can have them follow you and stand in front of a machine if you wish to power something specific.
- 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 will emit enough light to illuminate a whole town, but they need to have built up enough electricity at a charging station first.
- Litter – Pokémon with the Litter Specialty will drop useful items near their homes. For example, Mareep can drop Fluff.
- Party – Pokémon with the Party Specialty – which is just Chef Dente – will lead other Pokémon when cooking food for a party. You cannot have a party without a Pokémon leading it.
- Paint – Pokémon with the Paint Specialty – which is just Smearguru – can use bowls of paint to change the color of many items including furniture.
- Recycle – Pokémon with the Recycle Specialty will recycle nonburnable garbage into iron ore and wastepaper into paper.
- Search – Pokémon with the Search Specialty will look for buried items if you use the Dowsing Machine while walking with them.
- Storage – Pokémon with the Storage Specialty can hold items for you if you speak to them. If you use a workbench while accompanied by a Storage Pokémon, you can craft items using materials in their storage.
- Teleport – Pokémon with the Teleport Specialty will teleport you to a Pokemon’s location if you speak to them while looking at a specific Pokemon in the Pokedex.
- Trade – Pokémon with the Trade Specialty will barter exchanges at places where trading is possible. Set a cash register on a table and supply it with power to do this.
- Transform – Ditto’s unique ability which lets it use moves taught to it from other Pokémon and transform into some of them too.
- Water – Pokémon with the Water Specialty will use nearby water basins to water surrounding plants, can perform Rain Dances to increase humidity, and can help wash away mud.
- Yawn – Pokémon with the Yawn Specialty can be used to find out the current humidity level.
Good luck with discovering all of the Specialities in Pokopia. For more, check out how to get Mysterious Feathers, how to redeem Mystery Gifts, and everything you need to know about Dream Islands.
