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How to get Windup Inkay in Pokopia Bubbly Basin
Windup Inkay is a hidden item in Pokémon Pokopia’s Bubbly Basin, needed to create habitats and encounter all Pokémon in the area. The guide explains its location because it is concealed in a difficult-to-see underwater section behind a breakable wall.
From the Pokémon Centre, players should swim up the main staircase and head north towards a ruined ornate building and broken bridge near the eastern side of Bubbly Basin. Diving into the nearby deep, dark area, they must pass purple coral through a narrow wall gap, use Rock Smash on a rock wall, and open the red Poké Ball beyond it to collect Windup Inkay.
In short
- Windup Inkay is hidden underwater beneath Bubbly Basin.
- Reach it via a gap near ruins and purple coral.
- Use Rock Smash, then open the red Poké Ball.
Explained simply
Pokémon Pokopia is a game in which players explore areas, find items and create habitats that attract Pokémon. Bubbly Basin is one of its locations, with parts of the environment to explore both above and below water.
Windup Inkay is a hidden collectible in the basin. Finding it matters for completing the area’s habitats and encountering all the Pokémon there; it is tucked underwater behind a wall that players can break using Rock Smash.