A lot of people are rushing through the game trying to cover everything, but I've been hanging around Violet City (only have my Second Badge) and I noticed something.
Each time you use Rock Smash on a rock, there is a chance for three things:
-Encounter a Pokemon
-Nothing happens
-Find an Item
I wasn't sure if it was specific rocks or not, so I continued to go in and out of the gatehouse to Ruins of Alph, and breaking the nearby 3 rocks. And I can confirm you always randomly get an item/encounter/nothing.
Edit: Seems like there are version exclusives so I'll list as much as I can based on the information found:
=------------=
Heart Gold:
-Heart Scale
-Red Shard
-Green Shard
-Yellow Shard
-Old Amber
-Max Revive
-Blue Shard
-Helix Fossil
-Max Ether
Soul Silver:
-Heart Scale
-Red Shard
-Green Shard
-Yellow Shard
-Old Amber
-Max Revive
-Blue Shard
-Dome Fossil
-Max Ether
=------------=
Anyone see something here? You can get incredible items from this. It also implies that you might be able to revive fossils somewhere. I think I've also gotten a Rare Candy from one before but I don't remember. The chances aren't even that hard to get an item, I mean out of those three rocks, the last time I broke them I got 2 items (1 Max Revive, 1 Yellow Shard) and a Geodude battle.
So now I'm looking forward to smashing every rock I find. I might update this post with newer items I get, and the amount I get, depending how much attention this gets.
-Krobelus
Edit 1: Just found a Blue Shard, another Old Amber and Yellow Shard, and not surprising, a Helix Fossil.
Edit 2: Just updated the list of items that you can find from the rocks, so far I haven't gotten anything other than what's listed.\
Edit 3: Updated the list again, this time including version exclusives. Note that my friend found a Max Ether, and I have yet to, so when/if I do I'll update accordingly. For all I know the Max Ether could very well be version exclusive, but I personally doubt it.
Each time you use Rock Smash on a rock, there is a chance for three things:
-Encounter a Pokemon
-Nothing happens
-Find an Item
I wasn't sure if it was specific rocks or not, so I continued to go in and out of the gatehouse to Ruins of Alph, and breaking the nearby 3 rocks. And I can confirm you always randomly get an item/encounter/nothing.
Edit: Seems like there are version exclusives so I'll list as much as I can based on the information found:
=------------=
Heart Gold:
-Heart Scale
-Red Shard
-Green Shard
-Yellow Shard
-Old Amber
-Max Revive
-Blue Shard
-Helix Fossil
-Max Ether
Soul Silver:
-Heart Scale
-Red Shard
-Green Shard
-Yellow Shard
-Old Amber
-Max Revive
-Blue Shard
-Dome Fossil
-Max Ether
=------------=
Anyone see something here? You can get incredible items from this. It also implies that you might be able to revive fossils somewhere. I think I've also gotten a Rare Candy from one before but I don't remember. The chances aren't even that hard to get an item, I mean out of those three rocks, the last time I broke them I got 2 items (1 Max Revive, 1 Yellow Shard) and a Geodude battle.
So now I'm looking forward to smashing every rock I find. I might update this post with newer items I get, and the amount I get, depending how much attention this gets.
-Krobelus
Edit 1: Just found a Blue Shard, another Old Amber and Yellow Shard, and not surprising, a Helix Fossil.
Edit 2: Just updated the list of items that you can find from the rocks, so far I haven't gotten anything other than what's listed.\
Edit 3: Updated the list again, this time including version exclusives. Note that my friend found a Max Ether, and I have yet to, so when/if I do I'll update accordingly. For all I know the Max Ether could very well be version exclusive, but I personally doubt it.
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