Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres are three of the Legendary Pokémon that appear in Pokémon Pokopia and can be registered in the Pokédex of this Nintendo Switch 2 game. Since they're among the most special creatures in the game, we've prepared this entry of our guide to explain how to get them and show you their general details.
The method for finding the Legendary bird trio of Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres is more or less the same for each Pokémon. The first thing you need to know is that these creatures don't have specific habitats and can only be obtained by constructing three unique buildings in Palette Town, the optional area you can visit whenever you like by following the road at the far western edge of Withered Wasteland.
Once you arrive in Palette Town, you'll find glowing Poké Balls on pedestals at the top of three different hills. These contain special building kits used to construct the enormous buildings where you're guaranteed to encounter Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres.
The following Palette Town map shows the locations of all three kits:
These are the three kits:
Bear in mind that reaching all these kits is easier if you visit Palette Town after making considerable progress through the game and unlocking nearly all of Ditto's special moves.
After obtaining each building kit associated with the Legendary birds, you'll need to find a suitable place to set it down. As with any other construction project, you'll then have to deliver enough materials and assign the appropriate Pokémon to the job. Each project requires a total of 15 Pokémon.
Unlike other buildings, those associated with Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres require a huge amount of space. We therefore recommend preparing some hamburger steak food recipes to improve the effectiveness of Rock Smash. Once you've unlocked the Rollout transformation, use it to flatten a very large area of land where the building will fit.
As mentioned above, you'll need an enormous amount of space, so take your time and clear an area while making sure to remove obstacles, rocks, branches, grass, and anything else in the way. Keep going until the construction plot is no longer shown in red.
You'll also need to connect Palette Town's different islands so the Pokémon working on the construction projects can follow you and reach the kit locations. Remember that you can create makeshift bridges using any type of terrain block. The Magnet Rise transformation will help you place them more quickly.
Finally, you should know that these three buildings must be constructed individually, one at a time. In other words, after placing one kit and delivering its materials, you won't be able to place either of the other two until the first project is complete. Each construction also takes one day to finish, although you can always use the time-skip trick if you want to speed things up...
Once you've finished constructing a building, you can go inside and find its associated Legendary Pokémon waiting there. Talk to it to register it in the Pokédex and, if you like, create a habitat that matches its preferences as closely as possible. This will encourage it to settle in the area and help raise Palette Town's Environment Level more quickly.
To construct the Freezing Chambers and encounter Articuno, you must deliver the following materials:
The most unusual or difficult resource on this list may seem to be the Ice blocks, but they're actually very quick and easy to obtain. On the hill where you found this kit, you can enter an underground cave hidden behind the waterfall.
Inside this cave, you'll find plenty of Ice blocks to destroy—far more than the 50 you need for the construction project. You may also randomly find additional Ice during trips to Dream Islands.
After construction is complete, the Freezing Chambers will look like this:
Now that the building is ready, you can enter it and befriend Articuno.
These are Articuno's general details in the Pokémon Pokopia Pokédex:
To construct the Abandoned Power Plant and encounter Zapdos, you must deliver the following materials:
None of the resources on this list should cause you too much trouble. As a reminder, Sea Glass Fragments can be found in abundance on beaches, especially around Bleak Beach.
Bricks, meanwhile, can be obtained by giving Squishy Clay to a Pokémon with the Burn specialty. Squishy Clay itself can be collected by breaking blocks made from this material, which are common in Bleak Beach and Sparkling Skylands. It may also be dropped near the homes of Ground-type Pokémon with the Litter specialty.
After construction is complete, the Abandoned Power Plant will look like this:
Now that the building is ready, you can enter it and befriend Zapdos.
These are Zapdos's general details in the Pokémon Pokopia Pokédex:
To construct the Altar of Flame and encounter Moltres, you must deliver the following materials:
The resource on this list that may cause some confusion is Lava Rock, although it's actually easy to obtain. Simply head to the lava-filled caves and mines in Rocky Ridges, where you'll find plenty of these blocks. They appear beside lava and are easy to recognize by their distinctive red cracks.
After construction is complete, the Altar of Flame will look like this:
Now that the building is ready, you can enter it and befriend Moltres.
These are Moltres's general details in the Pokémon Pokopia Pokédex:
