Pixelmon Crafting and the Infuser: Where the Recipes Are
Pixelmon crafting and the Infuser are the two systems that turn raw materials into the items your Pokémon carry, use, and evolve with. The Infuser is the workstation at the center of it: many recipes are not made on a normal crafting grid at all, but by infusing materials together inside it. This guide explains what each system is for and how to tell which one a given item needs.
What the Infuser Does
The Infuser is the block you use when a recipe calls for infusion rather than ordinary crafting. You place the input materials inside, and the Infuser combines them into the finished item. Recipes that are described as infusing a set number of one item into another are Infuser recipes, not crafting table recipes.
A clear example is the 
Belue Berry. Infusing three of them into an 
Incense Burner produces an 
Odd Incense. The wording matters: the Belue Berry is the material, the Incense Burner is what it is infused into, and the Odd Incense is the result. When you see a recipe written that way, you know it belongs in the Infuser.
Berries are not only infusion material. The 
Apicot Berry is infused into a 
Clever Wing to create a 
Zinc, and the ratio is ten berries per Clever Wing. Again, the berry is consumed as the input and the wing is the base it goes into.
Items That Are Not Infused
Plenty of Pixelmon items have no infusion step at all. Held items such as the 
Assault Vest, 
Air Balloon, 
Absorb Bulb, 
Adrenaline Orb, 
Big Root, 
Binding Band, 
Black Belt, 
Black Glasses, 
Black Sludge, 
Bright Powder, 
Amulet Coin, 
Ability Shield, and 
Booster Energy are simply items you obtain and give to a Pokémon. Their descriptions tell you what they do in battle, not how they are assembled.
The same is true of the Mega Stones. 
Abomasite, 
Absolite, 
Aerodactylite, 
Aggronite, 
Alakazite, 
Altarianite, 
Ampharosite, 
Audinite, 
Banettite, 
Beedrillite, 
Blastoisinite, and 
Blazikenite are all Mega Stones. Each one is held by a specific Pokémon, and holding it lets that Pokémon Mega Evolve during battle. The stone's name tells you which Pokémon it belongs to.
Ability Items
Three items change how a Pokémon's Ability works, and each does something different. The 
Ability Capsule lets a Pokémon that has two Abilities switch between them when the capsule is used. The 
Ability Patch gives a Pokémon with a regular Ability its Hidden Ability instead. The Ability Shield works differently: it is a held item, and it protects the holder from having its Ability changed by others.
Balls, Flutes, and TMs
Several categories of item exist purely for catching, healing, or teaching. The 
Ancient Poké Ball, 
Ancient Great Ball, 
Ancient Heavy Ball, and 
Ancient Ultra Ball are all used to catch Pokémon, and their catch rates differ from one another. The 
Beast Ball is a special case, with a very high catch rate against Ultra Beasts and a very low one against everything else.
Flutes are another group. The 
Azure Flute produces echoing sounds that seem to come from somewhere other than this world. The 
Black Flute makes it easier to encounter strong Pokémon where you use it, while the 
Blue Flute awakens sleeping Pokémon.
For moves, the Blank TMs cover each region: 
Blank Kanto TM, 
Blank Johto TM, 
Blank Hoenn TM, 
Blank Sinnoh TM, 
Blank Unova TM, 
Blank Kalos TM, 
Blank Alola TM, 
Blank Galarian TM, and 
Blank Paldean TM, plus the 
Blank TR. Putting one on your Pokémon begins imprinting a move.
Other Useful Items
A few items exist mainly to be sold. 
Balm Mushroom, 
Big Mushroom, 
Big Nugget, 
Big Pearl, and Big Mushroom all fall into that category, and shopkeepers will buy them from you. The 
Big Malasada is different: it can be used once to heal all status conditions of a Pokémon. The 
Antidote cures poison. The 
Blue Juice raises a Pokémon's Special Attack EVs. The 
Berry Sweet is a berry-shaped sweet that a Milcery spins around happily while holding. The 
Auspicious Armor is a peculiar set of armor that makes a certain species of Pokémon evolve. The 
Adamant Orb is held by Dialga and boosts the power of Dragon- and Steel-type moves. The 
Aloraichium Z is a crystallized form of Z-Power that upgrades Alolan Raichu's Thunderbolt into a Z-Move. The 
Blue Orb is a shiny orb tied to a legend and deeply connected to the Hoenn region.
Choosing the Right Station
Before you craft anything, decide which station it needs. If the recipe describes infusing one item into another, use the Infuser. If it describes a plain combination of materials, use a crafting grid. If the item is a held item, a Mega Stone, a ball, a flute, or a TM, check what it is for before assuming it must be built — many of them are simply found, bought, or received, and their value lies in what they do for your Pokémon rather than in how they are made.