What is Sparkling Skylands?

Sparkling Skylands is the fourth story area in Pokémon Pokopia, and it is the most dramatic region in the game. When the catastrophe hit, the ground that held Celadon City and Saffron City launched itself into the sky. What remained are floating islands, cascading waterfalls, and ruined urban structures suspended high above the world.

You unlock the area after finishing Rocky Ridges and reaching Trainer Rank: Ultra. There are three entry points: the far right of Bleak Beach, the far right of Rocky Ridges, and the back of the Withered Wasteland.

Getting around

The signature mechanic here is gliding. You travel between islands by jumping and gliding through the air, which makes navigating feel completely different from every other area. The islands are connected by cloud bridges, but the shortest routes often mean launching off a platform edge and riding the wind to your next destination.

Glide is taught to Ditto by Dragonite, which you meet early in the Skylands story. You also receive the Lift Platform recipe from Tinkmaster, which lets you build vertical platforms to reach higher parts of each island.

If you completed the Withered Wasteland post-game and befriended Magnemite, Magnet Rise makes getting around here much easier. You can fly freely in any direction rather than depending on glide arcs and platform jumps.

The main quest: Rebuild the Huge Building

The central request of Sparkling Skylands is called Rebuild the Huge Building! The building is the old Celadon Department Store, a skyscraper now sitting on one of the northern floating islands. Your job is to restore it floor by floor.

The Pokémon directing the whole project is Tinkmaster, a Tinkaton with a specialty called Engineer. Tinkmaster is the only Pokémon in the entire game with this specialty. Engineer lets a Pokémon captain large building projects, which is different from the regular Build specialty and much more powerful.

Each floor requires specific materials and a set of Pokémon helpers. Place everything in the designated build zone and the Pokémon get to work. Each floor takes one real-time hour to complete, so prepare your materials in advance and use the waiting time to explore the islands.

Floor 2:

• 25 Concrete, 10 Glass, 5 Pokémetal, 10 Iron Ingots
• Tinkmaster plus 5 Pokémon helpers

Floor 3:

• 25 Concrete, 10 Glass, 10 Glowing Stone, 15 Copper Ingots
• Tinkmaster, Chef Dente (from Rocky Ridges), plus 6 Pokémon helpers

Floor 4 (final floor):

• 40 Concrete, 15 Glass, 10 Paper, 10 Bricks, 20 Lumber
• Tinkmaster, Chef Dente, Peakychu (from Bleak Beach), plus 5 Pokémon helpers

Once all floors are complete, ride the elevator to the rooftop. You will find a Master Ball there and meet Mewtwo. Completing the building also raises your Trainer Rank to Master.

Pokémon you will find here

Sparkling Skylands is home to Flying, Fairy, Dragon, and Psychic types. Notable residents include Togekiss, Altaria, Dragonair, and Espurr.

Two Pokémon are exclusive to this area and cannot be found anywhere else: Snivy and Dedenne. Check the Area Exclusives page in the Pokédex section of Pokopia Companion for the habitats they need.

Hidden areas

Sparkling Skylands has four hidden areas that require either exploration skill or building investment to reach. Some need lift platforms, others require glide paths that are not immediately obvious.

Tips before you go

Bring materials for high-level habitats before you arrive. The third and fourth floors of the building need Glowing Stone and Copper Ingots, which come from earlier areas. Stock up before you make the trip.

If you have not yet befriended Peakychu in Bleak Beach and Chef Dente in Rocky Ridges, do that first. Both are required for the later floors and you cannot complete the main quest without them.

Use the Build Queue and Shopping List in Pokopia Companion to prepare all the floor materials before you start. The Shopping List combines everything you still need across all your queued builds so you can gather in one run.