Pokopia Materials Guide: How to Get Brick, Twine, Concrete & More

This is a comprehensive guide to every crafting material in Pokémon Pokopia. Whether you need Lumber for building, Brick for construction, or Paper for decorations, this guide covers where to find raw materials and which Pokémon specialties you need to process them.

How Materials Work

Materials in Pokopia come in two forms:

Raw materials — picked up from the ground, obtained by breaking objects, or dropped by Pokémon with the Litter specialty
Processed materials — created by giving raw materials to Pokémon with specific specialties ( Chop, Burn, Crush, Recycle)

Tip: Place a Storage Box near your Workbench so you can access stored materials directly while crafting.

Raw Materials

Stone

The most common material. Pick it up while exploring or use Rock Smash on rocks and boulders. Found in every area.

Leaf

Pick up while exploring or use Cut Cut on grass and vines. Pokémon like Venusaur with the Litter Litter specialty will also drop Leaves near their habitat.

Small Log

The raw material for Lumber. Obtain by:

Using Cut on trees and worn lumber
Receiving gifts from Pokémon
Checking sparkling water ripples near beaches

Sturdy Stick

Pick up while exploring or use Cut Cut on wooden objects. Cacturne also drops Sturdy Sticks.

Vine Rope

Use Cut Cut on vines, or Pokémon with the Litter Litter specialty like Bellsprout and Weepinbell will leave Vine Rope near their habitat.

Squishy Clay

Break clay blocks using Rock Smash or Rollout. Clay blocks are abundant in Bleak Beach. Ground-type Pokémon with the Litter Litter specialty (like Paldean Wooper) also drop Squishy Clay near their habitat.

Glowing Mushroom

Found inside caves. Look for them in darker areas of the Withered Wastelands and other cave systems.

Honey

Inspect sparkling flower beds, or Pokémon with the Gather Honey specialty like Combee will produce it.

Meadow Flower

Pick up from flower patches while exploring various areas.

Fluff

Pokémon with the Litter Litter specialty like Mareep and Flaaffy will drop Fluff near their habitat. Essential for crafting soft furniture.

Twine

Twine is one of the most frequently needed materials. Three ways to get it:

Cut textile garbage — use Cut on cloth piles and cobwebs found in and around abandoned buildings
Spinarak habitat — Spinarak (Litter specialty) drops Twine near its habitat automatically
Ocean Dream Island — give a Pikachu Doll to Drifloon to visit. Farm bundles of Twine along with Sea Glass and Seashells (once per day)

Tip: Build Spinarak's habitat early for a passive Twine supply.

Cotton

Similar to Fluff, obtained from Normal/Grass-type Pokémon or found while exploring.

Thread Scraps

Found while exploring or breaking down fabric-related items.

Wastepaper

Pick up at Sparkling Skylands. This dirty paper is the raw material for clean Paper.

Nonburnable Garbage

Found at Bleak Beach. Can be recycled into Iron Ore by Pokémon with the Recycle Recycle specialty.

Sea Glass Fragments

Pick up on Bleak Beach, especially on muk-covered tiles.

Seashell

Found along the shoreline at Bleak Beach.

Volcanic Ash

Found in volcanic areas. Used to make Glass when processed at a Smelting Furnace.

Limestone

Abundantly available throughout Sparkling Skylands — literally thousands of blocks. The raw material for making Concrete.

Copper Ore

Break ore blocks in Rocky Ridges mines.

Iron Ore

Break ore blocks in Rocky Ridges mines, or give Nonburnable Garbage to a Pokémon with the Recycle Recycle specialty.

Gold Ore

Break ore blocks in Rocky Ridges mines. Rarer than Copper and Iron.

Pokemetal Fragment

Break ore blocks in the Withered Wastelands and Sparkling Skylands.

Crystal Fragment

Break large crystals in Rocky Ridges mines.

Glowing Stone

A luminous mineral used in 21 crafting recipes — more than almost any other rare material. Used to craft Music Mats, Stained-glass Windows, Fireworks, the Starry-sky Wall (requires 10), and other decorations.

Where to find Glowing Stone:

Rocky Ridges mines — break glowing ore nodes deep inside the mines
Volcano Dream Island — gather from glowing deposits on the island

Tip: Stock up during Rocky Ridges mine runs. The Starry-sky Wall alone needs 10 Glowing Stones, and crafting all 8 Music Mats requires another 8. Plan to collect at least 30 if you want to craft everything.

Smooth Rock

A rare, unique item needed to build the Smooth Tall Grass Habitat for Onix. Only one Smooth Rock has been confirmed in the entire game:

Go to Withered Wastelands, head west from the Pokémon Center
Enter the cave on the right, near the water
Turn right toward the green building, then right again into a new cave section
Continue until you see a punchable rock (for releasing water). Face that rock, then turn around and go left
Find the Poké Ball containing the Smooth Rock

Important: Since only one exists, save it until you're ready to build the Onix habitat.

Control Unit

A special component needed to build the Factory Storage habitat for Porygon. Two ways to get it:

Sparkling Skylands town — pick one up on the 3rd floor of the building in town
Water sparkles — randomly obtained from sparkling water ripples

Tip: The Control Unit is also used in some advanced crafting recipes. If you're looking for Porygon, you'll also need a Metal Drum, Jumbled Cords, and a Streetlight to complete the Factory Storage habitat.

How to Get Wheat

Wheat is needed for the Team Initiation Challenge and various cooking recipes. Here's how to get it:

First location: Rocky Ridgess — find a tattered farmstead with dry wheat that needs watering
Wheat seeds: Obtained as gifts from Pokémon in Rocky Ridgess, or from red Poké Balls and water ripples
Growing wheat: Use the Rototiller move to set up a field, plant seeds, and water them. Pokémon with the Grow specialty will speed up growth
Buying wheat: Once Rocky Ridgess reaches Environment Level 3, wheat becomes purchasable

Note: You need your team to reach "Great" rank to access Rocky Ridgess.

Processed Materials

These materials require Pokémon with specific specialties to create.

How to Get Lumber

Chop Specialty needed: Chop (Scyther, Pinsir, Heracross)

Give Small Logs to a Pokémon with the Chop specialty. Select "Look at this" and choose Small Logs from your inventory.

Conversion rate: 10 Small Logs → 50 Lumber

For a detailed guide, see our How to Get Lumber guide.

How to Get Brick

Burn Specialty needed: Burn (Torchic, Flareon, Arcanine, Ninetales, Charmander)

Give Squishy Clay to a Pokémon with the Burn specialty. Select "Look at this!" and choose Squishy Clay.

Conversion rate: 10 Squishy Clay → 20 Bricks

Where to find Squishy Clay:

Break brown-and-tan striped clay blocks at Bleak Beach and Ocean Dream Islands using Rock Smash
Paldean Wooper, Clodsire, and Trapinch ( Litter specialty) drop clay near their habitat
Collect from habitat rewards

Tip: Farm Squishy Clay in bulk during each Bleak Beach visit. If you have multiple Burn-specialty Pokémon, assign them all to process clay simultaneously for faster output. Keep a stockpile of 20–40 Bricks before starting construction projects.

How to Get Paper

Recycle Specialty needed: Recycle (Trubbish, Garbodor, Porygon, Cinccino)

Give Wastepaper to a Pokémon with the Recycle specialty. Wastepaper is found scattered around Sparkling Skylands.

How to Get Concrete

Crush Specialty needed: Crush (Conkeldurr, Onix, Steelix, Metagross, Tyranitar, Golem, Rampardos)

Concrete requires a Concrete Mixer (crafted with 2 Iron Ingots — see crafting recipes). Place the mixer near water, add Limestone, and have a Pokémon with the Crush specialty process it. The recipe is obtained from Conkeldurr during the Sparkling Skylands story.

Where to find Limestone:

Sparkling Skylands — thousands of limestone blocks everywhere
Rocky Ridges — the hot spring cave contains a large deposit

Note: You'll need 50 Concrete for the Team Initiation Challenge and 25 Concrete for the Sparkling Skylands Pokémon Center construction. Start stocking up early.

How to Get Iron Bars

Requires: Smelting Furnace + Burn Burn specialty Pokémon

Smelt Iron Ore at the Smelting Furnace. A Pokémon with the Burn specialty fires into the furnace to heat it.

How to Get Copper Bars

Requires: Smelting Furnace

Smelt Copper Ore at the Smelting Furnace, same process as Iron Bars.

How to Get Gold Ingots

Requires: Smelting Furnace

Smelt Gold Ore at the Smelting Furnace. Gold Ore is rarer and found deeper in Rocky Ridges mines.

How to Get Pokemetal

Requires: Smelting Furnace

Smelt Pokemetal Fragments at the Smelting Furnace. Used for high-tier items like the Big Storage Box.

How to Get Glass

Requires: Smelting Furnace + Burn Burn specialty

Melt Volcanic Ash, Sand, or Sandstone at the Smelting Furnace.

How to Get Paint

Crush Specialty needed: Crush (Onix, Conkeldurr, Pawmot)

Give Leppa Berries or other berries to a Pokémon with the Crush specialty. Different berries produce different paint colors.

Pokémon Specialties for Materials

Specialty	What It Does	Key Pokémon
Chop	Processes Small Logs → Lumber	Scyther, Pinsir, Heracross
Burn	Processes Clay → Brick, smelts Ore → Ingots, makes Glass	Torchic, Flareon, Arcanine, Ninetales
Crush	Processes Limestone → Concrete, Berries → Paint	Onix, Conkeldurr, Metagross, Pawmot
Recycle	Processes Wastepaper → Paper, Garbage → Iron Ore	Trubbish, Garbodor, Porygon, Cinccino
Litter	Drops raw materials near habitat	Mareep (Fluff), Spinarak (Twine), Bellsprout (Vine Rope), Paldean Wooper (Clay)
Grow	Speeds up crop growth	Bellsprout, Servine, Gloom
Gather	Collects items into Community Boxes	Various Pokémon

Tips for Efficient Material Gathering

Set up Litter Pokémon habitats early — Mareep, Spinarak, and Bellsprout passively produce Fluff, Twine, and Vine Rope
Bring max materials each trip — give 10 raw materials at a time for best efficiency
Check back on processing Pokémon — you can collect partial batches while they're still working
Explore Dream Islands — they're dedicated resource hubs with materials, blocks, and recipes
Place Storage Boxes near Workbenches — access stored materials directly while crafting
Use Gather Pokémon — they automatically collect items into Community Boxes, saving you trips