In Pokémon Pokopia, every Pokémon has one or two specialties: skills that 
Ditto can’t perform on its own, such as lighting a fire, watering a field, powering a machine or running a construction site. Knowing them tells you who to bring along, who to settle next to what, and which Pokémon to gather for a building kit. Here is the complete list of specialties and the Pokémon that have them.
Contents
- How specialties work
- Specialties summary table
- Unique specialties
- Which Pokémon for each specialty?
- Tips
How specialties work
A Pokémon’s specialty is shown in its Pokédex entry. Depending on the specialty, there are three ways to use it:
- Passive: it works on its own, as long as the Pokémon lives in the area or takes part in the action (dancing, tidying up, running a construction site…).
- Follow: the Pokémon has to come along with you. Ask it to follow you, then it does its job on the spot (watering, lighting, powering, searching for treasure…).
- Interact: just talk to it or hand it an item and it does you the favor (turning logs into planks, crushing, teleporting…).
Specialties also matter for building kits: most of them require at least one Pokémon with a specific specialty among the workers. One is enough, but it has to be present on the construction site.
Specialties summary table
| Specialty | Effect | Activation |
|---|---|---|
| Hype | Dances when music is playing, which improves the mood | Passive |
| Bulldoze | Leads demolition, rebuilding and building-moving projects | Passive |
| Water | Uses the water from a full basin to water nearby crops and plants, and cleans up piles of grime | Follow |
| Crush | Turns certain items into others (Berries into paint, for example) and operates cement mixers | Interact |
| Yawn | Shows the humidity level; at 100, it starts to rain | Interact |
| Collect | Trades Rainbow Wings, Silver Wings and appraised lost items for rare items | Interact |
| Burn | Lights flammable items and bakes malleable clay into bricks | Follow |
| Build | Runs the construction sites of building kits | Passive |
| Chop | Turns small logs into lumber | Interact |
| DJ | Plays up to five CDs on a loop | Passive |
| Litter | Drops useful materials near its habitat | Passive |
| Generate | Powers electrical appliances | Follow |
| Appraise | Identifies the lost items you show it | Interact |
| Boom | Loads itself into a cannon and destroys everything in the impact zone | Follow |
| Grow | Gives watered plants one extra day of growth, once per day per plant | Follow |
| Party | Cooks for parties | Passive |
| Eat | Grants a daily bonus depending on the food offered | Passive |
| Dream Island | Takes you to a Dream Island | Interact |
| Illuminate | Lights up the whole town | Passive |
| Rarify | Trades a Star Piece for a rare Pokémetal ingot | Interact |
| Paint | Repaints compatible furniture and items | Interact |
| Gather | Picks up items lying around and puts them in a shared box | Passive |
| Search | Shows where to dig to find buried items | Follow |
| Recycle | Turns non-combustible trash into iron ore and paper trash into paper | Interact |
| Gather Honey | Trades honey for special furniture | Interact |
| Storage | Keeps your items, like a chest | Interact |
| Engineer | Caps the duration of construction projects at one hour | Passive |
| Trade | Runs a shop behind a powered cash register and trades items | Passive |
| Teleport | Instantly teleports you to the Pokémon you are looking for | Interact |
| Fly | Flies you to the Pokémon you are looking for | Interact |
Unique specialties
Several specialties belong to a single Pokémon, often one of the game’s iconic characters:
- Appraise:
Professor Tangrowth identifies the lost items you dig up. - Illuminate:
Peakychu lights up the whole town. - Eat:
Mosslax grants a daily bonus in exchange for an offering of food. - Paint: Smearguru, a
Smeargle, repaints your furniture. - DJ: DJ Rotom, a
Rotom, plays your CDs on a loop. - Party: Chef Dente, a
Greedent, cooks for parties. - Engineer: Tinkmaster, a
Tinkaton, finishes any construction job in one hour at most. - Dream Island:
Drifloon takes you to the Dream Islands. - Yawn:
Slowpoke measures humidity and makes it rain. - Rarify:
Porygon-Z turns a Star Piece into a rare Pokémetal ingot. - Gather Honey:
Vespiquen trades your honey for furniture.
Two others are almost as rare: Collect, reserved for 
Gimmighoul and 
Gholdengo, and Storage, unique to 
Gulpin and 
Swalot. The Bubbly Basin Expansion Pass also adds a specialty that lets you clean dull pearls to make them shiny.
Which Pokémon for each specialty?
The lists below cover the Pokémon in the base game that have each shared specialty. The same Pokémon can appear in two lists if it has two specialties.
Water (36 Pokémon)
Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking, Gyarados, Shellos, Gastrodon, Goomy, Sliggoo, Goodra, Cramorant, Lapras, Azurill, Marill, Azumarill, Wingull, Piplup, Prinplup, Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo, Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed, Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite, Froakie, Frogadier, Greninja, Vaporeon, Suicune, Empoleon.
Burn (34 Pokémon)
Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure, Growlithe, Arcanine, Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken, Magby, Magmar, Magmortar, Torkoal, Larvesta, Volcarona, Scorbunny, Raboot, Cinderace, Rolycoly, Carkol, Charcadet, Armarouge, Ceruledge, Vulpix, Ninetales, Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion, Flareon, Entei, Volcanion, Coalossal.
Generate (27 Pokémon)
Magnemite, Magneton, Magnezone, Pichu, Pikachu, Raichu, Voltorb, Electrode, Electabuzz, Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos, Charjabug, Vikavolt, Pawmi, Pawmo, Pawmot, Toxel, Toxtricity, Plusle, Minun, Wattrel, Kilowattrel, Jolteon, Raikou, Elekid, Electivire.
Grow (25 Pokémon)
Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Tangela, Cacturne, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Rowlet, Dartrix, Decidueye, Snivy, Serperior, Sprigatito, Floragato, Meowscarada, Leafeon, Cacnea, Servine.
Build (24 Pokémon)
Cubone, Marowak, Pinsir, Heracross, Timburr, Gurdurr, Conkeldurr, Farfetch’d, Azumarill, Combusken, Blaziken, Makuhita, Hariyama, Machop, Machoke, Machamp, Mawile, Riolu, Lucario, Poliwrath, Gallade, Tinkatink, Tinkatuff, Mr. Mime.
Chop (23 Pokémon)
Pidgeot, Victreebel, Scyther, Scizor, Pinsir, Heracross, Excadrill, Axew, Fraxure, Haxorus, Crobat, Farfetch’d, Absol, Zoroark, Grubbin, Charjabug, Vikavolt, Dartrix, Decidueye, Greninja, Rookidee, Corvisquire, Corviknight.
Crush (23 Pokémon)
Onix, Steelix, Conkeldurr, Pawmo, Pawmot, Geodude, Graveler, Golem, Magmortar, Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar, Metagross, Cranidos, Rampardos, Shieldon, Bastiodon, Tyrunt, Tyrantrum, Amaura, Aurorus, Electivire, Dugtrio.
Bulldoze (14 Pokémon)
Onix, Steelix, Munchlax, Snorlax, Makuhita, Hariyama, Clodsire, Bonsly, Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar, Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon.
Search (27 Pokémon)
Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Paras, Parasect, Venonat, Venomoth, Vespiquen, Drilbur, Excadrill, Zubat, Golbat, Crobat, Psyduck, Golduck, Growlithe, Arcanine, Ekans, Arbok, Skwovet, Fidough, Dachsbun, Dreepy, Drakloak, Dedenne, Noibat, Noivern, Umbreon.
Gather (21 Pokémon)
Drifblim, Minccino, Machop, Machoke, Machamp, Rolycoly, Carkol, Coalossal, Mime Jr., Mismagius, Girafarig, Farigiraf, Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir, Dreepy, Drakloak, Dragapult, Espeon, Cinccino, Mr. Mime.
Litter (31 Pokémon)
Venusaur, Vileplume, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Cacturne, Combee, Haxorus, Grimer, Muk, Blissey, Spinarak, Ariados, Mareep, Flaaffy, Wooper, Clodsire, Garbodor, Larvesta, Volcarona, Glimmet, Glimmora, Trapinch, Swablu, Altaria, Snivy, Serperior, Rampardos, Bastiodon, Tyrantrum, Aurorus, Servine.
Recycle (11 Pokémon)
Magnezone, Koffing, Weezing, Trubbish, Garbodor, Porygon, Porygon2, Beldum, Metang, Metagross, Cinccino.
Hype (24 Pokémon)
Bellossom, Volbeat, Illumise, Raichu, Azurill, Marill, Cleffa, Clefairy, Clefable, Igglybuff, Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, Diglett, Ludicolo, Kricketot, Kricketune, Chatot, Cinderace, Toxtricity, Skwovet, Politoed, Meowscarada, Sylveon, Dugtrio.
Trade (41 Pokémon)
Blastoise, Slowbro, Tyrogue, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Hoothoot, Noctowl, Gastrodon, Goodra, Meowth, Persian, Happiny, Blissey, Snorlax, Ampharos, Prinplup, Empoleon, Audino, Zorua, Zoroark, Mimikyu, Tatsugiri, Clefable, Golem, Sudowoodo, Murkrow, Honchkrow, Mawile, Dachsbun, Armarouge, Ceruledge, Alakazam, Typhlosion, Misdreavus, Mismagius, Gardevoir, Dragapult, Eevee, Glaceon, Chansey.
Teleport (12 Pokémon)
Slowking, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam, Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir, Gallade, Mewtwo, Mew.
Fly (24 Pokémon)
Charizard, Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot, Hoothoot, Noctowl, Drifblim, Cramorant, Wingull, Pelipper, Murkrow, Honchkrow, Chatot, Dragonite, Vibrava, Flygon, Altaria, Noivern, Corviknight, Kilowattrel, Aerodactyl, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres.
Boom (2 Pokémon)
Voltorb, Electrode.
Tips
- Always keep a Generate Pokémon and a Burn Pokémon handy: they are needed constantly, for habitats as well as for materials.
- Before starting a kit, check the list of required specialties and gather the right workers: without them, the construction site won’t start.
- Settle Litter Pokémon near your homes: they regularly drop useful materials.
- A Search Pokémon and the Itemfinder save precious time when hunting for the tablets of the Mew mural or for lost items.
- To get quickly from one Pokémon to another within an area, talk to a Pokémon with Teleport or Fly.
Related guides
Find all our guides in the complete Pokémon Pokopia walkthrough:
- Getting started: the basics and 10 tips
- Story walkthrough, area by area
- All of Ditto’s moves
- Habitat Dex: all 209 habitats and their recipes
- Legendary and Mythical Pokémon: how to meet them
- Environment Level, Comfy Level and Mosslax
- Friendship, mini-games and best moments
- Crafting, materials and building kits
- Cooking and gardening: all the recipes
- Lost items, Human Records and treasure maps
- Dream Islands and Cloud Islands
- Bubbly Basin: access, Dive and habitats
- Pumpkaboo’s Halloween event
- Mystery Gift codes and distributions
Sources: Pokébip (specialties), Serebii (specialties), Serebii (Pokédex), official Pokémon Pokopia website. Image credits: © The Pokémon Company / Nintendo / GAME FREAK / KOEI TECMO (official website).
