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How to Get Electricity to Power Your Island

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Pokemon Pokopia - How to Get Electricity to Power Your Island

You can power your island with electricity by using utility poles to connect power sources to electrical appliances in Pokemon Pokopia. Read on to learn how to get electricity to power your your island and the benefits of having access to electricity.

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How to Get Electricity to Power Your Island

Checkmark Icon Find or Build Power Sources
Checkmark Icon Use Utility Poles
Checkmark Icon Power Items With Generate

Find or Build Power Sources

Power Source Energy How to Power
Windmill 10 units (lower elevation)
20 units (higher elevation)		 Constantly generates power
Waterwheel 20 units Have running water under the wheel
Furnace 30 units Put burnable objects inside

The game has a few power sources, which include windmills, waterwheels, and furnaces. You may find any of these power sources in the overworld or purchase building kits for them in the PC Shop if you wish to place an additional one.

Each unit of energy from a power source can typically power one item. However, some structures may require several units of energy in order to work.

Relocate or Demolish Existing Power Sources

Relocating a Furnace
Like other structures that require building kits, you may relocate or demolish power sources. You will just need to purchase a relocation kit or demolition kit from the PC shop and place it in front of the item.

You will need one Pokemon with the Bulldoze specialty and one additional Pokemon in the biome in order to use one of these kits.

Bulldoze Specialty Guide and How to Use

Connect Power Sources to Items With Utility Poles

Connect Vending Machines to a Source of Power

Place utility poles to create a line that connects from an item to a power generator. Keep in mind that you will need to place them close to each other in order for them to be properly connected.

You can tell a utility pole is connected to a generator if it lights up once you've set it in place. Each utility pole can power up to 20 items.

How to Craft Utility Poles

Obtain the Utility Pole Recipe in Bleak Beach

Utility pole recipe location
The recipe for crafting utility poles is found on an island near the southwest corner of Bleak Beach. You can obtain it from a Pokeball near a furnace.

Hide Utility Poles Underground For Less Clutter

Hide Utility Poles Underground
You may put your power sources and utility poles underground to lessen clutter. Try to make it so that the pole and the item are separated by only one block. They will need to be as close to each other as possible in order for the item to get powered.

Power Items With Generate

Pokopia - Lead Pokemon to an Item That Needs Electricity

The Generate Specialty is used to power up an item or machine temporarily. Find a befriended Pokemon with Generate Specialty, ask them to follow you, and lead it to the item.

Keep in mind that the item will lose power after you pick it up. You will need to find another Generate Pokemon or a source of electricity once you place it in the overworld again.

Generate Specialty Guide

Benefits of Having Electricity

Increase an Area's Brightness

Harbor Streetlight Pawmo

Some items produce light when powered with electricity. You may use these items to create bright homes or habitats for certain Pokemon.

How to Make a Bright Habitat

Create Habitats

Illuminated Bench
Some habitats in the Habitat Dex will have a power icon next to one of the required items. This means that this item will have to be powered by electricity in order to summon Pokemon.

Having electricity in each biome will allow you to discover and befriend more Pokemon through these habitats.

Use Vending Machines

Receive a Random Drink From a Vending Machine

Once it is powered by electricity, a vending machine can give you one random drink per day. Each drink will put a different type of liquid in Ditto's mouth.

You can use these drinks to place bodies of water or lava in the overworld.

How to Use Vending Machines

Use the Illuminate Specialty

Illuminate

The Illuminate Specialty enables Peakychu to illuminate a town. This gets the Pokemon who are in the town to be more active during the night when the specialty is active.

Do note that you will first need to build up enough electricity through a charging station first, which can be done by connecting the charging station to generators using utility poles.

From there, you will need to bring Peakychu to the charging station so that she charges up enough electrical power to use the Illuminate specialty.

Illuminate Specialty Guide and How to Use

Pokemon Pokopia Related Guides

Pokemon Pokopia - Tips and Tricks

Beginner's Guide to Pokopia: Tips and Tricks

All Tips and Tricks

Beginner Guides
Character Customization Appearance Options What to Do First
Best Items to Buy First How to Save
List of Controller and Mouse Mode Controls List of Settings and Best Settings
Building Guides
How to Rebuild the Pokemon Center How to Give Ditto a House
How to Build Houses and Structures How to Move Houses
How to Demolish and Remove Houses How to Remodel a House
How to Make Roads How to Make a Hot Spring
How to Build and Place Roofs How to Level the Ground for Building
How to Create a Water Source How to Create Elevated Ground
Habitat Guides
How to Make a Habitat Darker How to Make a Bright Habitat
How to Raise Humidity How to Make a Dry Habitat
How to Make a Warm Habitat How to Make a Cool Habitat
Gameplay Guides
How to Increase Comfort Level How to Raise Environment Level
How to Recover PP How to Increase PP
Time Traveling Guide How to Change the Weather
All Daily Activities All Missables and One-Time Events
How to Complete the Mysterious Mural How to Break Glowing Spots
How to Use the Dowsing Machine How to Find Rare Pokemon
Cloud Island Guide Money Farming Guide
Photo Mode Guide How to Get More Photo Frames
How to Expand Your Bag How to Customize Items
How to Use the Handy Bag Lucky Day Effects
Best Pokemon Specialty to Follow You Around How to Have Pokemon Follow You
How to Fast Travel How to Get Unstuck
How to Move Pokemon Between Areas How to Increase Trainer Rank
How to Plant Seeds to Grow Crops How to Move Plants and Trees
How to Unlock Palette Town How to GameShare Pokopia
3D Printer Guide How to Find Missing Pokemon
How to Place Blocks Below You How to Use Mouse Mode
Stamp Rally Guide How to Unlock Emotes
Best Mosslax Offerings How to Use Vending Machines
How to Organize Your Storage Best Items to Trade
How to Get Electricity to Power Your Island How to Activate the Withered Wasteland Waterwheel
How to Use the Smelting Furnace How to Farm Materials
How to Open All Gates How to Complete a Pokemon's Unfinished Business
How to Go to the S.S. Anne How to Chat with Pokemon
Mini Game Guides
How to Play All Mini Games How to Play Jump Rope
How to Play Hide-and-Seek Look That Way Mini Game Guide
FAQs
Can You Evolve Pokemon? Can You Find Shiny Pokemon in Pokopia?
Can You Change Your Island Map? When Does A New Day Start?
Should You Go to Bleak Beach or Rocky Ridges? What Does Resting Do?
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