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How to find and use Portal Pod in Pokopia
Pokopia, the Bubbly Basin expansion, has introduced the Portal Pod, a linked storage device that lets players access the same stored items from any region in the game, solving the long-standing problem of regular chests not connecting to one another. The item requires a minimum of two units to work as intended, and getting hold of it earlier rather than later is said to significantly ease the overall gameplay experience.
Players can obtain a Portal Pod by finding two of them hidden in Bubbly Basin, by copying an existing one at a Pokémon Center for five rare Pokémetal Ingots, or by buying the recipe from the Palette Town shop for 3,000 Coins once the environment level there is raised. The two wild Portal Pods sit in a small underwater building in the region's north-east corner, one visible in the main room and a second behind a hidden staircase. Once two are placed, items stored in one become instantly retrievable from the other, and further pods can be added to extend connected storage across all explorable regions.
In short
- Pokopia's Bubbly Basin adds the Portal Pod, a cross-region linked storage device.
- Get one by exploring, copying at a Pokémon Center, or buying the recipe.
- Two wild Portal Pods are hidden in a north-east Bubbly Basin building.
Explained simply
Pokopia is a Pokémon game in which players explore different regions and collect items. Regular chests store items separately, so something put away in one region cannot be taken from a chest elsewhere.
The Portal Pod is a special storage device that links its contents across regions. Players can find two in Bubbly Basin, copy one at a Pokémon Center using rare Pokémetal Ingots, or buy its recipe in Palette Town after raising the local environment level. At least two pods are needed to share stored items, making them useful for players travelling between regions.