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New Pokemon Snap (Switch)

Sandygast Locations and How to Get All Stars

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This is a guide to Sandygast's Photodex entry in New Pokemon Snap (Pokemon Snap 2) for the Nintendo Switch. Here you can find out how to take one star, two star, three star, and four star photos for Sandygast, and how to get a diamond star rating!

Where to Find Sandygast

Photodex No. 97
SandygastSandygast
Type 1 Type 2
Pokemon Ghost Image Pokemon Ground Image

Levels Sandygast Appears In

Beach (Night) Lv. 1 Beach (Night) Lv. 2

Photodex Entry for Sandygast

1★ Photo Example 2★ Photo Example
1 Star Photo 1★ (Something's up) 2 Star Photo 2★ (That's a hit!)
3★ Photo Example 4★ Photo Example
3 Star Photo 3★ (Noteworthy behavior?) 4 Star Photo 4★ (You don't see this every day)

1~4 ★ Photos taken by the Game8 Walkthrough Team

Lental Region Photodex: List of All Pokemon

How to Get All Stars for Sandygast

How to Take Sandygast 1 Star Photo

Caption Name Something's up

Throw fluffruit to raise the sand heap

To get a 1 Star photo of Sandygast, simply take a close-up photo of the Pokemon after it emerges from the sand. In Beach (Night), you get Sandygast out of the sand by throwing fluffruit at the red shovel sticking out of the sand.

There are 2 Sandygast in the final area, extremely close to the path of the NEO-ONE, so it won't be difficult to get a close-up photo. Try to capture the photo as soon as you get the Sandygast to emerge, so that it's already facing somewhat in your direction.

How to Take Sandygast 2 Star Photo

Caption Name That's a hit!

Sandygast's reaction to fluffruit

To attain the 2 Star photo, you can capture Sandygast right as it emerges from the sand. However, if you already got Sandygast to emerge from the sand without taking the photo, you can also get the 2 Star photo by throwing another fluffruit at it and snapping a photo when it recoils from the impact.

How to Take Sandygast 3 Star Photo

Caption Name Noteworthy behavior?

Sleepy sand

Sandygast will yawn/widely open its mouth at random occurrences. Simply snap a close-up photo of it doing so for the 3 Star photo.

How to Take Sandygast 4 Star Photo

Caption Name You don't see this every day

Bigger! Even Bigger!

To take a 4 Star photo of Sandygast, you need to follow the steps to completing the Bigger! Even Bigger! request and capture a photo of the Pokemon as it grows larger each time Crabrawler tosses sand at it.

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Lental Region Photodex: List of All Pokemon

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Normal Type Fire Type Water Type Grass Type
Electric Type Ice Type Fighting Type Poison Type
Ground Type Flying Type Psychic Type Bug Type
Rock Type Ghost Type Dragon Type Dark Type
Steel Type Fairy Type - -
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