Rock Smash helps you break special rocks that block your path in the overworld. Occasionally, breaking rocks via Rock Smash can also reward you with different items and wild encounters.
This page will detail all the items you can get from smashing breakable rocks, and it will detail a farming process to help you farm Rock Smash items faster.
All Rock Smash Items
Item | Screenshot |
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Blue Shard | ![]() |
Green Shard | ![]() |
Red Shard | ![]() |
Yellow Shard | ![]() |
Everstone | ![]() |
Hard Stone | ![]() |
Heart Scale | ![]() |
Stardust | ![]() |
Revive | ![]() |
Old Amber | ![]() |
Armor Fossil | ![]() |
Root Fossil | ![]() |
Skull Fossil | ![]() |
Helix Fossil | ![]() |
Sail Fossil | ![]() |
Farming Rock Smash Drops
An easy strategy to get Rock Smash items quickly is to repeatedly farm specific rocks found in the Great Desert, since they respawn if you move a bit off screen.
To do this, you must first gain access to the Great Desert, which lies between Dehara City and Gurun Town. This area is unlocked after defeating Dehara City’s Gym Leader – Galavan – and obtaining the Go-Goggles from a nearby house.
Step 1: Starting from the Dehara City Pokemon Center, go straight up the path and head towards the tunnel situated at the eastern end of the city.

Step 2: Go through the tunnel and come out the other side to reach the Great Desert.

Step 3: Make your way into the desert until you see a cactus towards the bottom of your screen.

Step 4: From here, take a few more steps and you’ll come across another cactus next to a small pathway leading down to a new part of the desert.

Step 5: Go through the small opening here until you reach the end, and there’s another cactus here.

Step 6: Head towards the west from the cactus, and follow this west until you reach the end of the path.

Step 7: Here you’ll find a set of 3 boulders and 3 breakable rocks, which you can use to quickly farm Rock Smash items.

Step 8: Use Rock Smash on the right-most rock so you can push the boulder in front of it. Then push this boulder towards the top, as far as you can.

Step 9: The boulder will, on its own, stop being pushed once it reaches the skeleton at the end of the area.

Step 10: From here, go back down and the rock that you previously destroyed will have respawned.
You can now break all 3 rocks to farm items, and if you want to push up the other 2 boulders you can, or you can just walk around them.

Step 11: After breaking the 3 rocks, walk back up to the boulder near the top of the area. Once you reach this spot, the rocks at the bottom will have respawned again.

Step 12: Keep running back and forth, and each time you repeat this process, the rocks will respawn and can be smashed again to obtain new items.

You can repeat this strategy to quickly farm as many Rock Smash items as you want. Using Max Repels while running back and forth will help you avoid wild Pokemon encounters from the rocks, which also speeds up this process.
