Rockruff Locations and How to Get All Stars

This is a guide to Rockruff'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 Rockruff, and how to get a diamond star rating!

Where to Find Rockruff

Photodex No.
Rockruff
Type 1	Type 2
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Levels Rockruff Appears In

Photodex Entry for Rockruff

1★ Photo Example	2★ Photo Example
1★ (Nice and calm)	2★ (Noteworthy behavior?)
3★ Photo Example	4★ Photo Example
3★ (You don't see this every day)	4★ (Happy vibes)

1~4 ★ Photos taken by the Game8 Walkthrough Team

Lental Region Photodex: List of All Pokemon

How to Get All Stars for Rockruff

How to Take Rockruff 1 Star Photo

Caption Name	Nice and calm

Simple Pose

This is the standard photo of Rockruff. Simply take a photo of the Pokemon without interacting with it to obtain its 1 Star photo. We recommend starting Badlands (Night) at Research Level 1 as Rockruff can be found a the beginning of the course.

How to Take Rockruff 2 Star Photo

Caption Name	Noteworthy behavior?

Reacting to the Geyser

To take Rockruff's 2 Star photo, start Badlands (Night) at Research Level 1. Wait for Rockruff and the others to gather around the pool of water. Take a photo of Rockruff reacting to the geyser to obtain its 2 Star photo.

How to Take Rockruff 3 Star Photo

Caption Name	You don't see this every day

Howling at Mandibuzz

Taking a 3 Star photo of Rockruff requires following the same steps when completing the Guardian of Friends Lentalk Request.

See the table below to learn how to take Rockruff's 3 Star photo!

1	Start Badlands (Night) at Research Level 2. Throw an Illumina Orb at the digging Digletts at the beginning of the course. Once at least three Digletts are near the boulder, light up the Crystabloom. Run a scan to take the alternate route.
2	As you go through the alternate route, you will see a Rockruff sleeping beside Tepig, Torchic, and Shinx. Hit Rockruff with a Fluffruit to wake it up.
3	Once Rockruff is awake, a Mandibuzz will fly in and try to scare the four Pokemon. Throw an Illumina Orb at Rockruff to get it to roar at the Mandibuzz and defend its friends. Zoom in on Rockruff and take a photo of it roaring to obtain its 3 star photo.

How to Take Rockruff 4 Star Photo

Caption Name	Happy vibes

Celebrating with Friends

To take a 4 Star photo of Rockruff, you need to follow the same steps above when obtaining its 3 Star photo.

See the table below to learn how to take Rockruff's 4 Star photo!

1	Start Badlands (Night) at Research Level 2. Throw an Illumina Orb at the digging Digletts at the beginning of the course. Once at least three Digletts are near the boulder, light up the Crystabloom. Run a scan to take the alternate route.
2	As you go through the alternate route, you will see a Rockruff sleeping beside Tepig, Torchic, and Shinx. Hit Rockruff with a Fluffruit to wake it up.
3	Once Rockruff is awake, a Mandibuzz will fly in and try to scare the four Pokemon. Throw an Illumina Orb at Rockruff to get it to roar at the Mandibuzz and defend its friends.
4	After Rockruff scares away the Mandibuzz, it will start to celebrate alongside its friends. Take its photo while celebrating to obtain Rockruff's 4 Star photo.

Star Meaning and How to Get a High Star Rating

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