You'll burn through Sturdy Sticks and Stones faster than you'd expect in Pokemon Pokopia. Building habitats and crafting furniture drains your stockpile fast. Campfires, storage boxes, workbenches, building kits. They all eat resources. And Lumber is the worst bottleneck because Scyther or another Chop-specialty Pokemon has to process every Small Log for you.
5 materials
A branch that fell off a tree somewhere. Perfect for making various toys and everyday items.
A lush, vivid green leaf that you can obtain by cutting trees and grass.
Just a normal stone you can find anywhere. It can be used as a material for a lot of different things.
These can be processed into lumber, but they can also be used as is for certain crafting projects.
Processed wood material. Small logs converted into lumber by Pokemon with the Chop specialty.
Press Y near loose items on the ground to pick them up one at a time. Hold Y to inhale everything nearby at once, which is way faster. That handles Sturdy Sticks, Stones, and Leaves. For Small Logs, use the Cut move on trees. Rock Smash breaks boulders into Stone. Pokemon with matching specialties can also gather specific materials if you bring them to the right spot.
Lumber is processed wood. You can't just pick it up off the ground. Scyther or any Pokemon with the Chop specialty takes Small Logs and converts them into Lumber for you. Since Small Logs come from cutting trees with the Cut move, getting Lumber is a two-step chain: Cut trees first, then Chop the logs. It's the only material that requires processing before use.
Materials feed into both crafting and building. At a Workbench, you combine them into furniture (Straw Beds, Log Chairs), outdoor structures (Campfires), and utility items (Storage Boxes). Building Pokemon homes also requires materials, and furnishing those homes raises each Pokemon's comfort level. Higher comfort means happier Pokemon and more features unlocked as you play.
Yes, and you should use them. Befriended Pokemon with the right specialties speed things up a lot. Scyther handles Chop, converting Small Logs into Lumber. Pidgey's Search specialty finds hidden items using Dowsing Machines. Bellsprout and Weepinbell boost crop growth if you need food-based resources. Lead these Pokemon to matching resource areas for the fastest results.
Sturdy Sticks. They go into Campfires (which you need for cooking and lighting) and most early building kits. Stone is a close second since Workbenches cost two of them. Don't worry about Lumber right away. You won't have access to Scyther's Chop specialty until you've befriended one and progressed a bit.
Pokopia starts you with a small set of base materials: Sturdy Stick, Leaf, Stone, Small Log, and Lumber. More may surface as players explore deeper areas or through post-launch updates. We'll keep this page updated as the full material list becomes clear.