Gaming Guide

Pokémon Pokopia: How to Unlock the Wireless Power Transmitter Recipe

Bring a Porygon back to Sparkling Skylands, play it a song, and swap ugly Utility Poles for wire-free power.

Bring a Porygon back to Sparkling Skylands, play it a song, and swap ugly Utility Poles for wire-free power.

The Wireless Power Transmitter is the item that lets you run electricity across your town without dragging Utility Pole cables through every habitat. It behaves exactly like a Utility Pole and covers the same distance; it just does it without the wires. To get the recipe in Pokémon Pokopia, you need to track down a Porygon in Sparkling Skylands and fulfill one small request.

Quick answer: Build the Researcher’s Desk habitat in Sparkling Skylands to make Porygon appear, then place a CD Player next to its home and play a CD. Porygon hands you the Wireless Power Transmitter and Wireless Power-Transmitter Switch recipes right after the song plays.

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What you need before you start

Porygon only shows up in the late game, because the items that build its habitat live in Sparkling Skylands, the final area. Gather everything below before you go looking for it.

RequirementDetails
AreaSparkling Skylands (the northern part of the eastern island)
HabitatResearcher’s Desk — Table (any) x2, Computer x1, Science Experiment x1
Request itemsA CD Player and one CD
Craft cost1 Pokémetal for the Transmitter, 1 Pokémetal for the Switch

You can reach the eastern island by using Waterfall north of Tinkmaster’s big tower, or by taking a Lift down from the huge skyscraper. This part of the map is full of abandoned office buildings, so Computers are easy to find lying around, and a CD Player sits nearby as well.


Make Porygon appear with the Researcher’s Desk habitat

Head to the northern section of the eastern island in Sparkling Skylands and collect the habitat pieces. You need two Tables of any type, one Computer, and one Science Experiment. Everything is available in this office-filled zone.
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Place all the items together to build the Researcher’s Desk habitat. Then explore the surrounding area for a bit. Porygon will eventually spawn near the habitat.
Talk to Porygon to register it in the Pokédex. Shortly after, it will come to you with a request.
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Play a CD to complete Porygon’s request

Porygon wants some music before it teaches you the recipe. The task is simple: get a CD Player and a CD, set the player down near Porygon’s home, and press play.

Grab a CD Player. If you built the habitat on that northeastern island, there is one close by. You can also buy one from the Pokémon Center once your Environment Level in Palette Town is high enough.
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Get a CD. You should already have several if you have been smashing the glowing spots you come across. If not, bring a Pokémon with the Search Specialty and your Dowsing Machine to dig some up.
Place the CD Player next to Porygon, load in the CD, and let the song play. Once it finishes, Porygon rewards you with both the Wireless Power Transmitter and Wireless Power-Transmitter Switch recipes.
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You will know it worked when the two recipes are added to your list. If nothing happens, check that the CD is actually loaded into the player and that the player is placed close enough to Porygon’s home.


Craft the Wireless Power Transmitter

Both recipes are cheap. One Pokémetal makes a single Transmitter, and one Pokémetal makes a single Switch, crafted at a Workbench. As long as you keep a stock of Pokémetal and Pokémetal fragments with a smelting furnace running, you will never run short of this endgame material.

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How the Wireless Power Transmitter works

Treat the Transmitter as a direct swap for the Utility Pole. It has the same reach and passes power the same way, but it is smaller and leaves no cables cluttering your streets. You can even bury it in the ground, which is much easier than doing the same with a Utility Pole.

Each Transmitter still needs a nearby power source to feed it. A Mini Generator, Windmill, Furnace, or Waterwheel placed close by will supply the electricity. The Wireless Power-Transmitter Switch works alongside it too. Set the Switch near a Transmitter, and you can turn an appliance on or off from a distance.

With the recipes in hand and a steady Pokémetal supply, you can rip out every visible wire in your town and keep the layout clean while the power keeps flowing.