The key to making anything happen in Pokémon Pokopia for Nintendo Switch 2 is to get a little help from your friends.
Case in point: getting paper. No, I don’t mean « get that paper » in the « making money » sense. I mean, literally, getting paper as an item in your inventory so you can complete requests or use it in construction projects. This can be done somewhat easily if you get far enough in Pokopia‘s story, but like a lot of other things in this adorable Pokémon life sim, it’s not as straightforward as you’d think.
How to get paper in Pokémon Pokopia
If you’ve played a decent chunk of Pokopia, which I assume you have if you find yourself needing paper, then you probably know that certain materials can only be created by handing a prerequisite ingredient to a Pokémon who has a certain skill that can transmute what you gave it into something else. One early-game example is giving wood to Scyther, who processes it into lumber. Paper is the result of a similar process.
Specifically, you’re going to need to befriend a Pokémon with the « Recycle » ability. There are a few in the game who can do this, including Porygon and Beldum, but probably the easiest one to get is Trubbish, who you can meet pretty early in the game’s story in the Bleak Beach area. His habitat consists of a Sign, a Waste Bin, and some Garbage Bags, which can all be found in Bleak Beach. You can also wait until you meet Metang later in the game’s story, as that Pokémon also has Recycle.
Once you have a Trubbish on hand, the next step is finding Wastepaper, an item that’s not particularly useful on its own but can be turned into Paper by giving it to a Pokémon with the Recycle ability. This is where the process can get a little tedious if you’re relying on a Trubbish at Bleak Beach, as wastepaper is much more commonly found in the Sparkling Skylands area later in the story.
However, Nintendo Life has a hot tip that you can use a Dragonite Doll to travel to a dream island that should have an abundance of Wastepaper for your needs, potentially even before you’ve unlocked Sparkling Skylands.
Hopefully, this piece has given you at least a cursory idea of how to get Paper in Pokémon Pokopia. Whatever you do with that paper is up to you, though.
