Your Pokopia island is sitting on top of 53 buried relics. Small relics (36 total) are classic Pokemon held items: Leftovers, Life Orb, Lucky Egg, Choice Scarf. Large relics (17 total) are decorative furniture like the Pikachu Sofa and Charizard Rug. Tracking all of them down is one of the longer collection goals in the game, and you'll need the Dowsing Machine to do it efficiently.
Three Ways to Find Relics#
- Dowsing Machine + Partner Pokemon: Equip the Dowsing Machine (Key Item from Hitmonchan's quest) and partner with a Pokemon that has a searching specialty. Walk around and the machine detects buried relics.
- Digging at Shiny Dirt Spots: Look for sparkling patches on the ground. Dig at these spots to unearth buried relics, fossils, and other treasures. These spots respawn periodically.
- Pokemon Gifts: Befriended Pokemon occasionally gift small lost relics when you interact with them. Higher friendship means more frequent gifts.
When you find a lost relic, it appears in your bag as a "Small lost relic" or "Large lost relic." These unidentified items need to be appraised by Professor Tangrowth before they reveal their true identity.
How Appraisal Works#
- Bring the unidentified relic to Professor Tangrowth (find him near his research area).
- He appraises the relic for free and instantly identifies what it really is.
- Small relics become usable held items (e.g., Leftovers, Life Orb, Lucky Egg) with gameplay effects.
- Large relics become display furniture (e.g., Pikachu Sofa, Charizard Rug) you can place on your island.
- Some appraised relics are required to attract specific Pokemon to your habitats.
Pokopia has 36 small lost relics. If you've played any mainline Pokemon game, you'll recognize these: Leftovers, Life Orb, Choice items, type-boosting plates. They start as unidentified "Small lost relic" items in your bag until Professor Tangrowth appraises them.
| Small Relic Name |
|---|
| Ability Shield |
| Big Root |
| Black Belt |
| Charcoal |
| Clear Amulet |
| Destiny Knot |
| Fairy Feather |
| Gold Bottle Cap |
| Hard Stone |
| Heart Scale |
| Indigo meteor lamp |
| Iron Ball |
| Leftovers |
| Life Orb |
| Light Clay |
| Lucky Egg |
| Metal Coat |
| Metal Powder |
| Miracle Seed |
| Model space shuttle |
| Nugget |
| Poison Barb |
| Quick Claw |
| Red meteor lamp |
| Ring Target |
| Room Service |
| Sharp Beak |
| Silk Scarf |
| Silver Powder |
| Soft Sand |
| Spacesuit |
| Spell Tag |
| Sticky Barb |
| Terrain Extender |
| Twisted Spoon |
| Weakness Policy |
The 17 large relics are all furniture. Pikachu Sofa, Charizard Rug, Spaceship, and more. After Professor Tangrowth appraises them, you can place them around your island as decorations. Some show up in habitat requirements too, so they're not just cosmetic.
| Large Relic Name |
|---|
| Bike |
| Boo-in-the-box |
| Bouncy blue bathtub |
| Charizard Rug |
| Fiery Magby statue |
| Funky diffuser |
| Gold Teeth |
| Gym emblem statue |
| Meteor lamp |
| Mysterious statue |
| Naptime bed |
| Photo cutout board |
| Polygonal Shelf |
| Seedot lamp |
| Spaceship |
| Team Rocket Wall Hanging |
| Wobbuffet Wobbler |
53 in total. 36 small relics that turn into held items (Leftovers, Life Orb, Lucky Egg, etc.) and 17 large relics that become furniture (Pikachu Sofa, Charizard Rug, Spaceship, and more).
Three methods: use the Dowsing Machine with a searching-specialty Pokemon partner, dig at shiny dirt spots on the ground, or receive gifts from befriended Pokemon. The Dowsing Machine is the most reliable method.
Professor Tangrowth appraises unidentified relics for free. Small relics become usable held items with gameplay effects, and large relics become display furniture for your island. Some appraised relics are required to attract specific Pokemon.
Small relics are compact held items based on classic Pokemon items (Leftovers, Life Orb, etc.) that have gameplay effects. Large relics are decorative furniture pieces (Pikachu Sofa, Charizard Rug, etc.) that can be displayed on your island.
Some appraised relics are required as habitat items to attract specific Pokemon. Check habitat requirements to see which relics might be needed for the Pokemon you want.
The pool of possible relics is fixed (36 small + 17 large), but which one you get from each dig or gift is random. You won't get duplicates of items you've already appraised, so the pool shrinks as you collect more.
Yes, but it's slower. Shiny dirt spots can drop relics without any special tool, and high-friendship Pokemon sometimes gift small relics. The Dowsing Machine just makes targeted relic hunting much more consistent.