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1) Intro
2) Digging Methods
3) Spheres Refining
4) Capture The Flag
5) Traps And How To Escape Them
6) Trapping Method
7) Items
8) Additional
9) Outro
1) [Intro]
Welcome to my Sinnoh Underground guide Pokemon D/P. First things
first...
YOU MUST ALREADY HAVE AN EXPLORE KIT AND BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL
IN THE UNDERGROUND (Need to know the basics)!!!
This guide will NOT cover the quest to get the Kit or how to
do basic commands, because it's
VERY SIMPLE. Just follow instructions... And you WILL get the kit
easily, so just play till you get it and thats it.
Secondly...
THIS GUIDE DOES NOT COVER HIKER LOCATIONS!!!
BUT I have included an additional section that is dedicated
to some of the odds and ends of digging. Hiker Locations are
in a chart on the FAQ section (EXCELLENT picture
of the hiker locations in the FAQS. Check it out)
I am producing this in order to do the following:
-Increase your digging success rate
-Increase your trapping skills and technique
-Increase your sphere refine rate
With these three basic points down, you will be able to get all the
items you want and be able to participate in capture the flag on a
decent level of competitiveness.
And for the very VERY technical people...
NO NIT-PICKING!!!!
I'm giving you the essentials to do well, not the formula for
disodium monosulfide. Keeping it simple makes it less stressful
and ALOT more fun and quick to learn.
Without further delay, my guide.
2) [Digging Methods]
Without digging skills, you won't get the spheres to get the
traps to protect yourself in capture the flag. So lets get that
skill up!
-Point One: Know The Terrain
The mining wall has several layers. The ones you need to know are
the following:
Rock
Upper Crust
Lower Crust
Foundation
The various items are found on the foundation. How can you
tell the difference?
Rock = ...rock. For the examples: Whole Rocks
Upper Crust = Darker Colored regions. Will show cracks
Lower Crust = Lighter Colored regions. Will show cracks with whats
under it)
Foundation = Solid Silver Color. Can't dig deeper
-Point Two: Know The Tools
You have a Pick Axe and a Hammer. You will ALWAYS use the Pick Axe
UNLESS you are in the following situations:
There is a 3 x 3 block of Rock
There is a 3 x 3 block of Upper Crust
This rule can be bent if there is maybe 1 - 4 spaces where there
is a lower layer, but no more than that.
Pickaxe
[0][1][0]
[1][2][1]
[0][1][0]
Hammer
[1][2][1]
[2][2][2]
[1][2][1]
0 = no damage
1 = cracking type damage, i.e. making the rocks smaller,
cracking a level, or if it's already cracked, breaks
down to the next level
2 = a full level being destroyed.
-Point Three: Order Or Priority
Basically, you want to break as close to the foundation as possible
and leave the thicker sections last. This way, you can unearth more
items in less time (regardless of not finding that one or two random
items burried under a ton of rock)
-Point Four: Breaking technique
The meat and potatos of this section. Follow the rules I provide here
basically:
1) DO NOT pick at the outter most region of the wall (the edges and
corners). This wastes valuable area damage you could use else where.
The only time you pick at the edge or corner is if a section of an
item is there.
2) Break in a Systematic fashion! This way, you do not waste digging
into foundation or the lower layer crack that has nothing but
foundation under it. For example:
ABCD EF
1OOOOOO
2OOOOOO
3OOOOOO
4OOOOOO
You would never break any space in row 1 or Collum A because of rule 1.
If you we're to use the pick axe on B2 resulting in...
ABCD EF
1OxOOOO
2xXxOOO
3OxOOOO
4OOOOOO
You would NOT make your next break @ D2 because it would spill into the
first break you made. You would rather want to make your break @ E2, thus
keeping your work area level, wasting less possible wall damage in the future.
3) Always use the Pickaxe unless there is a 3 x 3 (give or take 1 - 4 spaces
or other crust types) section of rock or upper crust. In the case of rock,
hammer that spot twice. In the case of Upper crust, hammer once.
Then follow rule 2.
4) NEVER break a Lower Crust section that has a crack in it unless you
can SEE there is an item under it. If there is nothing under it, you don't
need to waste possible wall damage here then using that one or two
extra pick axe hits in an area that has an item.
-Point Five: Unearthing the item
When you finally see an item through the cracks, it's time to unearth
it with as little breaks as possible! The rules stated above are the
basic general idea: Break from highest to lowest using as much of
the break area as possible focused on unearthing the item.
-Point Six: PRACTICE!!!!
That is a general rule for life, but in this case, before asking yourself
overly technial questions, just practice using what I have outlined above.
You'll notice you'll start getting more and more items out of walls rather
than calculating each and every strike more than you have to.
Simple game: Simple idea: Simple technique, just requires a little mastery.
Also! Really important, if you dig up ALL the items in the section you
are digging up, you will receive a bonus to the sizes of your spheres!
It's not shown, but I beleive it's the only way to get sphere sizes 19+
Everyone has their own method of digging, this is mine. Works for me heh.
3) [Spheres Refining]
Now that you have a ton of spheres, you'll notice you'll run out of
room eventually. From here, you'll want to bury them in the ground.
Couple of general ideas:
1) Bury them where you will remember their location. Eg: Next to your
secret base
2) Bury them by color
3) Bury them in order from largest to smallest and vice versa
4) Do not bury anything that is less than size 10. Not worth it
in the long run
The Spheres will eventually fuse with one another if they match color and
also grow. You will obtain higher spheres and lose less of your combined
total by ordering them from largest to smallest. Simple as that
2) Combining Spheres
Burying largest to smallest is not nessessary! All the
spheres put into the ground ADD to the FIRST sphere you put
into the ground, so as long as the FIRST sphere is the sphere
you wish to build off of, it doesn't matter if you go largest to
smallest after that.
So basically, put the largest sphere first then all the small ones. Simple
4) [Capture The Flag]
Ah... capture the flag! By you and a friend (or more)
are next to each other when you go underground, you can
begin a possible game of capture the flag. Basically,
find your buddies base, steal their flag and take it
back to yours.
To get yours back just catch up to the person that stole it.
Here, I will give you a few general ideas to keep your base
better protected:
-Set your base up in a dead end. The reason behind this
is allowing other players less ways into your base and
making sure they WILL get trapped! Also, gives your
opponent less ways out of the base and takes more guess work
out of where they could have run off to.
-Dead ends are always next to another dead end... leading to a
trapping technique I call the death pit. I'll explain in the trapping
section.
-Invest in Maze decoration. This will make it harder for your opponent
to get TO your flag and make them spend MORE time
getting that flag.
In multi player mode, your opponent can see the traps you have
laid by just checking for them via pings! This makes it a bad
idea to actually lay traps right next to your secret base. Lay them
aways from your base, out of eye sight and remember to change your secret
base location after you challenge someone so it's less obvious.
You can't play CTF unless both of your bases are in the same
sect of the Underground.
If you move your secret base (via another digger drill) you
keep your flag earnings
When you get 10 flags and upgrade to a Golden Flag, you can use
the Radar by leaving the door to your base open, and you can
just scan for the areas you've buried spheres at. The game
itself alerts you when someone steps into your base on the
box at the top screen.
5) [Traps And How To Escape Them]
First off: FLOWER/LEAF TRAP SUCKS. PERIOD. Don't get them.
*ahem* moving on...
The art of trapping.... very delicate to perform well
and oh so awesome when set off just right. It is my PERSONAL
favorite thing to spend time on underground other than
mining and maze work. For
trapping, you want to definatly set yourself up in a dead
end, but NOT next to a corner. This way, you can have
less safe ways into your base and only one non-trapped way in.
Couple of general concepts:
1) Get ALOT of hurl traps!!!! These bad boys are the
skeleton of your trap system and lead to trapping combos!
2) Get ALOT of confusion traps!!! These are the second
part of your trap system and puts your opponent in a
horrible situation.
3) Get only the following traps: Fire, Hole, Stonefall and Bubble.
The other traps break alot easier.
How to escape each trap:
Fire/Leaf/Flower: Blow into the mic
Smoke: Wipe the smoke off the screen
Rock: Tap the rock untill it breaks
Foam: Tap each bubble untill they are all gone
6) [Trapping Method]
Going back to putting your base in a dead end...
By using a series of strategicly placed hurl traps,
you can throw your opponent into a dead end that is littered
with other traps and to add to the fun, the trap they get
throw into from the last hurl trap will be a CONFUSE trap!!!!
How fun is that? It would be to your best intrest to
have more than one possible death pit to throw an opponent
into, just incase a hapless wander just so happens to
stumble upon this pit-o-fun. Keep the traps on floor
limited though! After you lay 16, the first trap will
dissappear on the 17th trap.
7) [Items]
Totally, and utterly from the mind of Fire_Forever,
BIG ups to you man!
This is all the unearthable items. Good job Fire!
Blue Sphere
Use: Currency of the Underground
Size: 2x2 or 3x3
Rarity - Diamond: Common
Rarity - Pearl: Common
Claw Fossil
Use: Clone Anorith at the Museum
Size: Unknown
Rarity - Diamond: None / Uncommon
Rarity - Pearl: None / Very Rare
Damp Rock
Use: Hold Item. Extends duration of Rain Dance
Size: 3x3 Irregular
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Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare / Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare / Uncommon
Dome Fossil
Use: Clone Kabuto at the Museum
Size: Unknown
Rarity - Diamond: None / Very Rare
Rarity - Pearl: None / Uncommon
Draco Plate
Use: Hold Item. Boosts the power of Dragon moves.
Size: 4x3
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare
Dread Plate
Use: Hold Item. Boosts the power of Dark moves.
Size: 4x3
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare
Earth Plate
Use: Hold Item. Boosts the power of Ground moves.
Size: 4x3
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare
Everstone
Use: Hold Item. Prevents evolution / influences
Nature when breeding.
Size: 4x2
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare / Uncommon
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare / Uncommon
Firestone
Use: Used to evolve certain Pokemon.
Size: 3x3
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare / Uncommon
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare / Rare
Fist Plate
Use: Hold Item. Boosts the power of Fighting moves.
Size: 4x3
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare
Flame Plate
Use: Hold Item. Boosts the power of Fire moves.
Size: 4x3
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare
Green Shard
Use: Trade 10 for TM07 (Hail)
Size: Unknown
Rarity - Diamond: Rare / Uncommon
Rarity - Pearl: Uncommon
Green Sphere
Use: Currency of the Underground
Size: 2x2 or 3x3
Rarity - Diamond: Common
Rarity - Pearl: Common
Hard Stone
Use: Hold Item. Increases power of Rock moves.
Size: 2x2
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare / Uncommon
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare / Uncommon
Heart Scale
Use: Traded to the Move Tutor to relearn a move.
Size: 2x2 Irregular
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Rarity - Diamond: Uncommon
Rarity - Pearl: Uncommon
Heat Rock
Use: Hold Item. Extends the duration of Sunny Day.
Size: Unknown
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare / Uncommon
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare / Rare
Helix Fossil
Use: Clone Omanyte at the Museum
Size: Unknown
Rarity - Diamond: None / Uncommon
Rarity - Pearl: None / Very Rare
Icicle Plate
Use: Hold Item. Boosts the power of Ice moves.
Size: 4x3
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare
Icy Rock
Use: Hold Item. Extends the duration of Hail.
Size: Unknown
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare / Uncommon
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare / Rare
Insect Plate
Use: Hold Item. Boosts the power of Bug moves.
Size: 4x3
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare
Iron Plate
Use: Hold Item. Boosts the power of Steel moves.
Size: 4x3
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare
Note: This item looks a lot like junk rock!
When hit it will not make the "hard rock" sound,
however, it is still easy to miss.
Iron Ball
Use: Hold Item. Reduces Speed, removes Ground
immunity from Flying and Levitating Pokemon.
Size: Unknown
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare / Rare
Leaf Stone
Use: Used to evolve certain Pokemon.
Size: 4x3
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare / Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare / Uncommon
Light Clay
Use: Hold Item. Extends duration of
Reflect and Light Screen.
Size: Unknown
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare / Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare
Max Revive
Use: Fully restores a fainted Pokemon's HP.
Size: 3x3
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare
Meadow Plate
Use: Hold Item. Boosts the power of Grass moves.
Size: 4x3
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare
Mind Plate
Use: Hold Item. Boosts the power of
Psychic moves.
Size: 4x3
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare
*Moonstone
Use: Used to evolve certain Pokemon.
Size: 2x4 Irregular
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Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare / Uncommon
Odd Keystone
Use: Used to catch Spiritomb
Size: Unknown
Rarity - Diamond: None / Very Rare
Rarity - Pearl: None / Very Rare
Old Amber
Use: Clone Aerodactyl at the Museum
Size: Unknown
Rarity - Diamond: None / Rare
Rarity - Pearl: None / Rare
Pale Sphere
Use: Currency of the Underground
Size: 2x2 or 3x3
Rarity - Diamond: Uncommon
Rarity - Pearl: Uncommon
Prism Sphere
Use: Currency of the Underground
Size: 2x2 or 3x3
Rarity - Diamond: Uncommon
Rarity - Pearl: Uncommon
Rare Bone
Use: Can be sold for a 5,000 PokeDollars.
Size: 6x3
Rarity - Diamond: Very Rare / Rare
Rarity - Pearl: Very Rare / Rare
Although this FAQ is mainly for Digging And
trapping technique, I suppose I will also post
some of the basic information as to give the
guide a sense of totalness.
Fossils: Take them to the Museum in oreburg city.
The scientist across the counter will revive them.
Respawn Rate: Basically, you need to dig up the
spot that appears on the map or wait it out...
it's a VERY long respawn if you wait it out as the spot
that spawned needs to DEspawn...
So playing this game really early can be a
drag since the despawn time is a few hours at best.
How to remove all the rocks inside of your base:
You need to capture at least 50 flags to get the
top level flag. Then you will be able to remove
all the stones.
Anything else you want added that is pertaining to this
subject matter?
E-mail me at Scyther _ 332 At Yahoo Dot Com. Everything you
really need to know should already be covered, so please...
no extra details that are not required. Keep things
simple and you'll learn ALOT more. Hope you learned
somthing new! Have fun with your new skills!
BIG thanks to the following people for the
contributions that made the FAQ
possible:
Setomoto
Fire_Forver
TFHDeathUA709
VideoCrazy2
CjayC for the Site
