Soft Sand

1 spot to pick it up, held by wild Pokémon in 8 places.

An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a loose, silky sand that boosts the power of Ground-type moves.

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Where to farm it

8

Every wild place a Pokémon that may hold Soft Sand turns up, best odds first. The odds are how often each of them appears there times how often it holds the item, added up for every one you can meet at the same time. Hold chances are from the game's files as of August 2026.

Best odds
Route 11
Chapter 14
1 in 77encounters
  • TrapinchGround
    SandLv. 28-31
    26% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  1. 2
    Old Aredia
    Chapter 14
    1 in 96encounters
    • TrapinchGround
      SandLv. 28-32
      21% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  2. 3
    Voltridia Cavern
    Chapter 21
    1 in 148encounters
    • StunfiskGroundElectric
      Cave floorLv. 29-37
      14% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  3. 4
    Cragonos Spring
    Chapter 23
    1 in 196encounters at night
    • DiglettGroundKanto Form
      Cave floorLv. 21-24 Night only
      10% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  4. 5
    Cragonos Mines
    Chapter 10
    1 in 210encounters at night
    • DiglettGroundKanto Form
      Cave floorLv. 21-24 Night only
      9.5% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  5. 6
    Route 3
    Chapter 3
    1 in 228encounters
    • NincadaBugGround
      Tall grassLv. 4-8
      8.8% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  6. 7
    Final Journey
    Chapter 29
    1 in 344encounters
  7. 8
    Victory Road
    Chapter 30
    1 in 344encounters
  • Lead with Compound Eyes or Super LuckThe first Pokémon in your party, even a fainted one, turns a 5% item into 20% and a 50% one into 60%. At the best place above that takes Soft Sand from 1 in 77 to 1 in 19 encounters. Butterfree Venonat Yanma Joltik Nincada Scatterbug
  • Catch it, do not steal itIn this game Thief and Covet only keep the item until the battle ends; your Pokémon does not leave with it. A caught Pokémon keeps its item, so throw a ball and take the item from it in your party.
  • Check first with FriskA Frisk Pokémon names the foe's item when it comes in, so you only spend balls on the ones holding it. Put the Compound Eyes Pokémon first, fainted, and send Frisk in to battle.

Where it lies

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Every item in the Pokédex