Hiraeth Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Introduction: Hello everyone, I am here today to share my knowledge on a rock smashing route in Kanto; a route on Kindle Road (Island 1) specifically. With this route, you can quickly obtain items from wild Geodude and Graveler. The guide is meant for people who don't know where to Rock Smash, or need somewhere new. Requirements: Smeargle with Trick // Spore // False Swipe -- or a Quagsire with Thief A Pokemon that knows Rock Smash Results: Here is a small example of what can be accomplished using this route and its methods. In one hour alone, I found 14 items. That is an item every 4.5 minutes, which is great considering how rare the items are. Spoiler Pros & Cons: Pros: Farming items is fast and easy A healing area is nearby so your PP is easy to renew No high-priced Pokeballs needed No cave environment with many wild encounters Grass travel is minimal Cons: In the end we're still farming, so it's boring and repetitive The Path: Notes: Red squares represent rocks that can be smashed, and they are numbered by the order in which they should be smashed The starting point is the healing area The ending point is the healing area (Trick only has 10 PP) Line colors change with each complete change in direction Red: Healing area to rock #1 Blue: Rock #1 to rock #6 Black: Rock #6 to healing area In Battle: When you are in a battle with Geodude or Graveler, follow these methods. Both Pokemon are viable for obtaining items. Smeargle: If the Pokemon is level 24+, use Spore (it knows selfdestruct). Use Trick. If the Pokemon is holding an item, continue. Skip the rest of these steps and flee if not. Use False Swipe to bring the Pokemon's HP to 1. Throw a Pokeball. At 1 HP, there is a 99.994% chance of capturing the Geodude. Congrats, you now own a Helix Fossil, Old Amber, Dome Fossil, or Everstone. Quagsire: Use Thief on the Pokemon. If the thief was not successful, flee. xilias, guigoz0rd, Arimanius and 19 others 22 Link to comment
KaynineXL Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Nice guide, but wouldn't it be smarter to use a Quagsire around level 15, thief the item. This means you don't need to waste Pokeballs and clutter your PC if you forget to release. Quagsire can use damp ability to stop explode. it isn't very effected by rock, and it's naturally bulky to take magnitudes. Not only this but you can get the egg move 'recover' to stay there for even longer. gbwead, LuciusTellus, Bestfriends and 1 other 4 Link to comment
Hiraeth Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 Nice guide, but wouldn't it be smarter to use a Quagsire around level 15, thief the item. This means you don't need to waste Pokeballs and clutter your PC if you forget to release. Quagsire can use damp ability to stop explode. it isn't very effected by rock, and it's naturally bulky to take magnitudes. Not only this but you can get the egg move 'recover' to stay there for even longer. Good idea, I'll add Quagsire as an option in the requirements and add a method! KaynineXL 1 Link to comment
screamfields Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 better is a pokemon with damp and thief in lvl 9? good guide i love this kind of posts are very useful for new players Link to comment
Hiraeth Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 I edited the OP with a Quagsire route, and honestly I'd recommend it more. Thanks for the feedback guys. Link to comment
KaynineXL Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 What do you do this for? Profit? If so how much do the fossils go for? Do they sell well? How much profit do you make? Bilburt 1 Link to comment
Bilburt Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 What do you do this for? Profit? If so how much do the fossils go for? Do they sell well? How much profit do you make? Good point would like to know if it worth my time doing it Link to comment
Tritios Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 What do you do this for? Profit? If so how much do the fossils go for? Do they sell well? How much profit do you make? I've seen people sell them for 10k or so, dunno how well they sell Also whats the highest lvl quag i can use? Link to comment
KaynineXL Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 15 would be best, because you find lvl 10 geodudes. You don't want to be over 5 levels. Tritios 1 Link to comment
Bilburt Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 (edited) Anyway its a good guide When you added he tweaks suggested This guide shall be very helpful for those who are looking for other ways to grind Edited September 14, 2015 by Bilburt Link to comment
patienceyeah Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I got 1 item every 30 mins ... lol Link to comment
Hiraeth Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 I got 1 item every 30 mins ... lol That RNG tho. The longest I have gone without an item was 15 minutes haha screamfields 1 Link to comment
Tritios Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Did some testing, didnt know you could heal in the cave so thanks! after 75 encounters i met 70 geodudes from lvl 6-28, geodude learns selfdestruct at lvl 24 so most couldnt explode on you, making utility smeargle a better option than quag. quag isnt really good anway wooper doesnt evolve before lvl 20 and cant learn thief before evolving. so its kinda pointless cuz most of the geodudes is lvl 10-14. I enden up with carrying a damp quag lvl 32 who took care of the few high lvled geodudes and gravlers. optimal would be lvl 29 but i didnt bother making one yet. also after 75 encounter i got 10 fossils and 2 everstones. that might be alot but I'll keep tracking the rate of held items. Link to comment
Hiraeth Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) Did some testing, didnt know you could heal in the cave so thanks! after 75 encounters i met 70 geodudes from lvl 6-28, geodude learns selfdestruct at lvl 24 so most couldnt explode on you, making utility smeargle a better option than quag. quag isnt really good anway wooper doesnt evolve before lvl 20 and cant learn thief before evolving. so its kinda pointless cuz most of the geodudes is lvl 10-14. I enden up with carrying a damp quag lvl 32 who took care of the few high lvled geodudes and gravlers. optimal would be lvl 29 but i didnt bother making one yet. also after 75 encounter i got 10 fossils and 2 everstones. that might be alot but I'll keep tracking the rate of held items. Amazing information! Thanks for the research and statistics. You have some great points about Quagsire, I think I will edit the OP to make it less recommended, among other things. Edited September 16, 2015 by Hiraeth Link to comment
BeDerpyAsYouCan Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) Hiraeth, when farming with my Smeargle, using Trick sometimes saids it failed. Does this means the Geodude is not holdling anything? Smeargle is LVL 60 *^* Also, when I use my LVL 40 Eevee, Smashing the rock does not get me into any battles? SO CONFUSED, And I hate these stupid ginat patches of grass, always getting me into redundant annyoing battle with lame pokemons Edited September 17, 2015 by BeDerpyAsYouCan Link to comment
Hiraeth Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 Hiraeth, when farming with my Smeargle, using Trick sometimes saids it failed. Does this means the Geodude is not holdling anything? Smeargle is LVL 60 *^* Also, when I use my LVL 40 Eevee, Smashing the rock does not get me into any battles? SO CONFUSED, And I hate these stupid ginat patches of grass, always getting me into redundant annyoing battle with lame pokemons If Trick fails, it means that Pokemon isn't holding an item. Level differences don't matter when using Trick. Rock Smash doesn't always spawn a Geodude or Graveler, I could be wrong but I think it's a 70% chance. Link to comment
BeDerpyAsYouCan Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 If Trick fails, it means that Pokemon isn't holding an item. Level differences don't matter when using Trick. Rock Smash doesn't always spawn a Geodude or Graveler, I could be wrong but I think it's a 70% chance. Alright, thanks bro! And the first time I did this, I got an Old Amber! Hahah this really works. This should become an official guide. Good work Hiraeth! *proud face* Waiting for Signature... Hiraeth 1 Link to comment
FixedOnMe Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Nice guide there. Link to comment
DarkDragonborn Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 This thread helped, ty! :D Link to comment
Noad Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Moved to the Guide Tavern and added to the Guide Tavern Index! Hiraeth 1 Link to comment
GoldenSunIsaac Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 nice guide bro, I like the layout too! \o/. If You want I can make you a title banner for this guide. Just send me a PM if you want me to do one for you. Link to comment
nanoburste Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Couldn't you use covet as well? O_O Link to comment
LuisPocho Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Did some testing, didnt know you could heal in the cave so thanks! after 75 encounters i met 70 geodudes from lvl 6-28, geodude learns selfdestruct at lvl 24 so most couldnt explode on you, making utility smeargle a better option than quag. quag isnt really good anway wooper doesnt evolve before lvl 20 and cant learn thief before evolving. so its kinda pointless cuz most of the geodudes is lvl 10-14. I enden up with carrying a damp quag lvl 32 who took care of the few high lvled geodudes and gravlers. optimal would be lvl 29 but i didnt bother making one yet. also after 75 encounter i got 10 fossils and 2 everstones. that might be alot but I'll keep tracking the rate of held items. What about a lvl15 skarmory? It can use thief, has nice defensive stats, inmune to ground... even if the geodude use selfdestruct, it gonna deal low damage and you can rest. Link to comment
Tritios Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 What about a lvl15 skarmory? It can use thief, has nice defensive stats, inmune to ground... even if the geodude use selfdestruct, it gonna deal low damage and you can rest. Needs to be lvl 10 to get those lvl 5 geodudes. So a lvl 35 gravlers will squash it unless You carry a damp pokemon to stop selfdestruct. So tbh I don't really see the use for a skarmory with thief but it will probably work very well, you go for it gurl Link to comment
Winterbrah Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Where the hell are you guys getting lvl 15 quags though JS6786 1 Link to comment
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