Hard Stone

Held by wild Pokémon in 11 places.

Where to farm it

11

Every wild place a Pokémon that may hold Hard Stone 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 5
Chapter 4
1 in 23encounters
  • DwebbleBugRock
    Rock Smash
    88% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  1. 2
    Cragonos Mines
    Chapter 10
    1 in 23encounters Rock Smash
    Cave floor at night1 in 70
    • DwebbleBugRock
      Rock Smash
      88% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
    • RoggenrolaRock
      Cave floorLv. 21-24 Night only
      29% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  2. 3
    Route 11
    Chapter 14Crater Badge
    1 in 23encounters
    • DwebbleBugRock
      Rock Smash
      88% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  3. 4
    Aredia Ruins
    Chapter 16Crater BadgeHM6 Rock Smash
    1 in 23encounters
    • DwebbleBugRock
      Rock Smash
      88% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  4. 5
    Route 12
    Chapter 17
    1 in 23encounters
    • DwebbleBugRock
      Rock Smash
      88% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  5. 6
    Archipelago
    Chapter 23
    1 in 23encounters
    • DwebbleBugRock
      Rock Smash
      88% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  6. 7
    Lost Islands - Deep Jungle
    Chapter 24
    1 in 23encounters
    • DwebbleBugRock
      Rock Smash
      88% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  7. 8
    Cragonos Spring
    Chapter 23
    1 in 65encounters at night
    • RoggenrolaRock
      Cave floorLv. 21-24 Night only
      31% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
Every other place3
  1. 9
    Glistening Grotto
    Chapter 17
    1 in 81encounters at night, 2 Pokémon
    By day1 in 102
    • BoldoreRock
      Cave floorLv. 25-30
      22% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
    • AronSteelRock
      Cave floorLv. 25-30
      3.2% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  2. 10
    Final Journey
    Chapter 29
    1 in 115encounters
    • BoldoreRock
      Cave floorLv. 39-50
      17% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  3. 11
    Victory Road
    Chapter 30
    1 in 115encounters
    • BoldoreRock
      Cave floorLv. 39-50
      17% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  • 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 Hard Stone from 1 in 23 to 1 in 6 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.
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