Discover everything you need to know about the Rocky Ridges in Pokémon Pokopia, including how to progress.
Rocky Ridges in Pokémon Pokopia is a volcanic, mountainous region filled with caves, tunnels, and rocky terrain. You unlock this area from the Withered Wasteland after completing the “Yawning Up a Storm” quest.
Progressing in this region requires you to complete several tasks, power-up moves, and craft new recipes at the workbench. Complete Time to Party! by placing a Party Cooking Pot and raising the area’s Mood in Pokémon Pokopia.
Rocky Ridges Walkthrough Objectives
Rocky Ridges is one of the areas unlocked after completing the Yawn Up A Storm quest in Withered Wasteland. This new region is filled with lava, caves, and deadly hazards. You’re required to complete tasks, unlock new moves and crafting recipes, and fix the broken Pokémon Center. Below are all the objectives you must complete in Rocky Ridges in Pokémon Pokopia.
- Fix the PC in the Pokémon Center.
- Learn Strength from Machoke.
- Get Cutting Board recipes from Dartrix.
- Power Up Cut move from Torkoal.
- Buff your Rock Smash Ability from Chef Dante.
- Complete Time to Party! Request
Find the Pokémon Center
Once you complete all the objectives in Withered Wastelands, you unlock the gate for Rocky Ridges and Bleak Beach. You need to first enter the Rocky Ridges and learn new moves, and finish all the essential tasks. Go to the south side of the Rocky Ridges area to find the Pokémon Center.
Follow the main paths through the ash and rubble if you entered Rocky Ridges from the Withered Wasteland gate. Pokémon Centers in Pokepon Pokopia are not active at first, requiring you to complete several tasks to make them operational.
Move the PC Using Strength Move
Following Professor Tangrowth to the rubble leads you to the Pokémon Center PC. The PC is not working at the moment, so you must learn the Strength move from Machoke. Build a Grassy Training Field habitat tolet the Machoke appear.
You need to use a Water Gun on plants and add leafage and sandbags. Before building the Grassy Training Field habitat, you must create a Red Tall Grass habitat to attract Scorbunny. This Pokémon basically tells you to build a Grassy Training Field habitat to attract Machoke.
Gather 5x Stones and interact with the Pokémon to learn Strength. Return to the PC and use this move to push the PC onto the power supply.
Get Cutting Board Recipe (Power Up Leafage Move)
After repairing the PC at the Pokémon Center in Rocky Ridge, you need to befriend Dartrix to get the Cutting Board recipe. Place a boulder and tall grass near a pointy tree to create the Pointy Tree‑Shaded Rocky Tall Grass habitat. Interact with the grass to let the Dartrix appear and interact with him.
This Pokémon asks you to make a Perch using 2x Small Logs and 1x Leaf. Interact with the workbench in Rocky Ridges to find out the recipe for Perch. The required materials can be obtained from the ground while exploring the zone. Once crafted, place it near Dartrix to complete the request.
Dartrix gives you the Cutting Board recipe, requiring you to gather Lumber for the Cutting Board. This recipe can only be crafted at the workbench using the required materials. Once you have the Cutting Board, you can use it to cook a salad.
Put the Cutting Board on a table near the workbench and use 2× Leaves on the Cutting Board to make a Simple Salad. Choose to add more ingredients like Leppa Berry to make a different salad.
Choose the crafted salad from your inventory and eat it to power up Leafage. You can now grow more grass patches at once.
Rescue Chef Dante (Power Up Cut Move)
Find Professor Tangrowth and speak with him to get a hint for a new habitat in Pokémon Pokopia. Build a Mossy Hot Spring habitat and befriend Torkoal. This Pokémon asks you to create a path to the Pokémon Center.
Continue progressing till you craft a Bread Oven and Simple Bread. Use 2x Stone, 2x Small Logs, and 4x Volcanic Ash to craft the Bread Oven. Once crafted, use 3x Wheat to make Bread.
Eating them up makes your Cut move more powerful. Now, you can use this move to free up Chef Dante in Rocky Ridges in Pokémon Pokopia.
Make Hamburger Steak (Power Up Rock Smash Move)
Once you have rescued Chef Dente, you need to empower the Rock Smash move by eating a Hamburger Steak in Pokémon Pokopia. Craft a Frying Pan at a workbench using 2x Copper Ingots. Mine the Copper Ore from the cave and smelt it at the furnace to the required ingots.
You need to build the digging and burning habitat to attract Magmar for the smelting process. Place the Frying Pan on the kitchen stove near Chef Dente’s area in Rocky Ridges. Cook the Hamburger Steak using beans and eat it after cooking.
Eating the Hamburger Steak temporarily powers up the Rock Smash ability. Use this move to break tougher rocks such as iron ore, pokemetal ore, and other hard stone.
Meet DJ Rotom
After you’ve powered up Rock Smash, follow Scorbunny’s prompts in Rocky Ridges toward a cave. Make a Mossy Boulder habitat in the hot spring cave to spawn Graveler. Befriend this Pokémon to gain the Rollout move to break through different items.
Use your upgraded Rock Smash to break through a glowing stone wall inside this cave to get access to Rotom’s room. You can find a CD player from inside, which is basically DJ Rotom. Make sure your Environment Level is high, around 3. You can increase this level by building habitats and improving the area.
Examining the CD Player triggers a cutscene, showcasing Rotom interacting with the music setup. Move out of the cave and return to Scorbunny outside to progress further. DJ Rotom will appear just outside the cave entrance, so speaking with him will let you start Time to Party! Request.
Time to Party Request
Find Chef Dante and speak with him to receive the Party Cooking Pot in Rocky Ridges in Pokémon Pokopia. Use Rock Smash or Rollout to clear the spot of volcanic ash and stones. Place the pot here in this area and speak with Chef Dente again, and then with DJ Rotom to begin this request.
Find the glowing blocks in the area to find the CD and give it to the DJ Rotom to let him play the music. Playing the music increases the mood, which is crucial for this request.
Speak with Professor Tangrowth and collect a Large Lost Relic from the glowing spot. Place this relic in the party area to gain a hint to build the Uplifting Duckweed habitat.
Place 4x Duckweed near water to befriend Ludicolo. Speak with Chef Dente to get the Party Platter recipe. Use 5x Iron Ingot on a workbench to craft 5 Party Platters.
Make salad or other food items to place them on the Platters. Purchase balloons, stage stands, or wall décor and place them in this area to get the meter to 100.
Speak with the Rotom and then Chef Dante. Collect the following materials from around Rocky Ridges or grown in your fields.
- 15x Leppa Berries
- 15x Wheat
- 15x Beans
- 15x Sweet Honey
Bring Chef Dente and 4 other Pokémon to the party pot and start cooking. Speaking with Professor Tangrowth triggers the cutscene, showcasing the Volcanion. Go to the top of the volcano and use a Water Gun to solidify lava. Return to the Tangrowth to complete the Time to Party! request.
