Specialties
30 specialtiesEvery Pokémon on your island has one specialty — a passive skill that determines what tasks they can perform autonomously. Some specialties are unique to specific story NPCs.
Each Pokémon has exactly 1 specialty. Assign Pokémon to tasks that match their specialty to automate your island. Specialties marked Unique belong only to specific story NPCs.
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Common
11
Unique
Appraise
Evaluates Lost Relics found during exploration. Unique to Professor Tangrowth — bring him relics to unlock their hidden value.
Build
Leads construction of structures and buildings using blueprints. Essential for all major building projects on your island.
Bulldoze
Can knock down buildings, demolish structures, or relocate homes to new positions on the island.
Burn
Ignites flammable objects, powers furnaces for smelting ore, and converts Squishy Clay into Bricks. Essential for all metal production.
Chop
Processes Small Logs into usable Lumber autonomously while you handle other tasks. The primary way to produce lumber.
Collect
Trades appraised Lost Relics for specific rare furniture pieces. Unique to Gimmighoul and its evolution Gholdengo.
Crush
Breaks down certain items into new crafting materials — creates colored paint/dye from food and berries, and Concrete from water and stone.
DJ
Plays music CDs found throughout the world via playlists. Raises the region's Mood meter. Unique to DJ Rotom (Radio Rotom).
Dream Island
Transports Ditto to special Dream Island resource hubs for exclusive material gathering. Unique to Drifloon.
Eat
Consumes food items to provide daily benefits that affect item rarity and drop rates throughout the area. Unique to Mosslax.
Engineer
Leads major construction projects and creates Tinkagears used in advanced utilities like Lift and Elevator Platforms. Unique to Tinkmaster.
Explode
Acts as a battering ram when launched from a cannon, destroying large rock formations and obstacles impassable by other means.
Fly
Locates missing or target Pokémon and transports Ditto to them anywhere on the map. An aerial fast-travel system.
Gather
Passively collects nearby ground items and deposits them into Community Boxes, reducing the need for manual collection.
Gather Honey
Collects honey and exchanges it for specific rare furniture pieces. Unique to Vespiquen.
Generate
Temporarily powers lights, machines, and electrical devices. Critical for automation systems and powering buildings in Bleak Beach.
Grow
Accelerates plant and crop growth in nearby farming areas, significantly cutting down waiting time.
Hype
Dances to music, improving the mood and atmosphere of the surrounding area. Increases the region's Mood meter.
Illuminate
Powers the entire town with radiant electrical light. A one-of-a-kind ability unique to Peakychu.
Litter
Drops specific useful materials near their homes depending on their type and habitat — vine ropes, fluff, twine, honey, squishy clay, and more.
Paint
Recolors and applies patterns to furniture and items on request. Unique to Smearguru — Bleak Beach's resident artistic Smeargle.
Party
Prepares large quantities of party food and increases cooking output for feasts. Unique to Chef Dente (Greedent).
Rarify
Converts Star Pieces into rare Pokémetal, a high-tier crafting material used in advanced construction.
Recycle
Converts waste materials — nonburnable garbage, wastepaper — into useful resources like Iron Ore and Paper.
Search
Locates buried and hidden items using dowsing machine mechanics, finding rare materials and relics underground.
Storage
Holds additional materials for crafting, functioning as portable extra inventory space for Ditto during expeditions.
Teleport
Psychic alternative to Fly — instantly transports Ditto to the location of any target Pokémon on the map.
Trade
Operates a shop from a powered cash register, exchanging items with Ditto and other Pokémon.
Water
Waters plants and crops to maintain moisture, cleans mud tiles, and performs rain dances to help with humidity levels.
Yawn
Indicates biome humidity levels. Unique to Slowpoke — its iconic yawn is used in the 'Yawn Up A Storm' quest to trigger rainfall.