Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP)

Soft Sand Effect and How to Get

Soft Sand is one of the Held Items found in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP). See the effects of Soft Sand as well as how to find and get it.

Soft Sand Effect

Soft Sand ImageSoft Sand
Effect An item to be held by a Pokemon. It's a loose, silky sand boosts the power of Ground-type moves.

How to Get Soft Sand

Available on the Map

Mt. Coronet B1F

Mt. Coronet B1F


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Get from Behind Some Rocks

Pokemon BDSP - Soft Sand
You can find a Soft Sand at Mt. Coronet's B1F, which needs Defog to improve visibility. Use Rock Smash and then Strength on the rocks to access the small area where the Soft Sand is located.

As Held Item on Wild Pokemon

Diglett ImageDiglett
About 5% chance
Dugtrio ImageDugtrio
About 5% chance
Nincada ImageNincada
About 5% chance
Trapinch ImageTrapinch
About 5% chance

Increase Chances by using a Pokemon with Super Luck

We recommend bringing a Pokemon such as Absol, with the Super Luck Ability which increases the chance for Wild Pokemon to have a held item. Absol can also learn the move Thief to take the item from the opponent without the need of catching it. Just make sure Absol isn't holding any items beforehand.

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List of All Items and Effects

List of All Held Items

Adamant Orb Big Root Black Belt
Black Glasses Black Sludge Bright Powder
Charcoal Choice Band Choice Scarf
Choice Specs Damp Rock Draco Plate
Dragon Fang Dread Plate Earth Plate
Expert Belt Fist Plate Flame Orb
Flame Plate Focus Band Focus Sash
Grip Claw Griseous Orb Hard Stone
Heat Rock Icicle Plate Icy Rock
Insect Plate Iron Ball Iron Plate
Lagging Tail Leek Leftovers
Life Orb Light Ball Light Clay
Lucky Punch Lustrous Orb Magnet
Meadow Plate Mental Herb Metal Powder
Metronome Mind Plate Miracle Seed
Muscle Band Mystic Water Never-Melt Ice
Pixie Plate Poison Barb Power Herb
Quick Claw Quick Powder Scope Lens
Sharp Beak Shed Shell Shell Bell
Silk Scarf Silver Powder Sky Plate
Smooth Rock Soft Sand Soul Dew
Spell Tag Splash Plate Spooky Plate
Sticky Barb Stone Plate Thick Club
Toxic Orb Toxic Plate Twisted Spoon
White Herb Wide Lens Wise Glasses
Zap Plate Zoom Lens

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