How to Farm Watts Quickly (Crown Tundra Updated)

This is a guide on the easiest way to farm Watts fast in Pokemon Sword and Shield. Read on to learn more on where and how to collect and spend Watts.

What are Watts?

Instead of Poke Dollars, there is another currency that can be used in exchange for goods and services around the Wild Area. This special currency is called Watts.

How to Farm Watts Easily

Digging Pa is the Best Way

This feature is only available in The Isle of Armor DLC.

Farming Watts is now easier with Digging Pa thanks to the Isle of Armor DLC! For 7 of the Armorite Ores you can get from Raids, you can ask Digging Pa, the father of the Digging Duo, to dig up large amounts of Watts for you. We've even managed to get more than 500,000 Watts from one digging round, so if you have the Isle of Armor expansion, we recommend going to Digging Pa for your Watts!

You can get to Digging Pa easily by flying to Training Lowlands, where you'll appear almost right in front of him.

Digging Pa Location and Watts Earned

Get Armorite Ores through Raids

The fastest way to collect a lot of Armorite Ores is doing Max Raids. Unless it's a special Raid, you're guaranteed to get Armorite Ores, so it's the best way to get them!

Recommended Pokemon Dens
	Challenge Road By the rock past the grassy area, two levels below the Tower of Darkness. Raid Pokemon: Rockruff, Lycanroc, Chansey, Blissey
	Honeycalm Island All Dens on the Island. Raid Pokemon: Combee, Vespiquen, Chansey, Blissey

In the Max Raids above, the same Pokemon appear in the the normal and rare Dens, making them easy to clear for Armorite Ores.

Pokemon Dens in Wild Areas

If you don't have The Isle of Armor DLC, we find moving from Den to Den in the Wild Area and collecting Watts from all the glowing Dens to be the next best farming method. Once you've cleared the Pokemon League, you get 2,000 Watts from all Dens with light pillars, allowing you to quickly rake in Watts.

Complete the Max Raids you find

We strongly recommend challenging and beating the Max Raids you find. When you beat a Pokemon in a Max Raid, the light pillars and Dens will reset, so you can gather Watts all over again!

How to Win Max Raid Battles

Where to Collect Watts

Have Them Dug Up by Digging Pa

Digging Pa is only available in the Isle of Armor DLC.

Digging Pa, the father of the Digging Duo, can dig up Watts for you, in exchange for Armonite Ores.

You can get as much Watts as he can dig up before he gets tired, and you can have Watts dug up for free the first time you meet him.

Digging Pa Location and Watts Earned

Pokemon Dens without Light Pillars

The Pokemon Dens that are glowing with red light will give you Watts. You can only collect Watts once per glow, then the glow disappears and you'll have to find the next glowing Den. Press the A button by glowing Dens to collect Watts.

The number of Watts will increase when you clear the Pokemon League and become Champion!

Watts gained from glowing Dens

Pokemon Dens with Light Pillars

You can get a lot more Watts from the Pokemon Dens that have red or purple pillars of light than the normal glowing ones. These can be seen from afar, so try to prioritize these Dens when you are Watt hunting!

Watts gained from Dens with Light Pillars

Since the increase from 300 to 2,000 makes a huge difference, we strongly recommend defeating the Pokemon League or finishing the story!

Story Walkthrough

Catch or Defeat Brilliant Pokemon

There are Pokemon enveloped in a golden aura called a Brilliant Aura. These are referred to as Brilliant Pokemon. Catching or defeating a Brilliant Pokemon can grant you Watt rewards!

Brilliant Pokemon are easy to miss, as they are usually in the tall grass, so we recommend you check around tall grass areas when you're searching for Brilliant Pokemon.

However, if you want to speed up the spawning of Brilliant Pokemon, encounter and battle as many Pokemon as you can. The more times you battle, the greater the odds of a Brilliant Pokemon appearing are!

Brilliant Pokemon Spawn Rates

Brilliant Pokemon and Fishing

For fishing, you can tell the Pokemon is Brilliant even before casting your line, as the water will be sparkling.

To increase the rate for Brilliant Pokemon while fishing, you need to continue to defeat the Pokemon you fish up! If you fail to hook a Pokemon, run away, leave the area, or turn off the game, your map and the Brilliant Pokemon rate will be reset, so keep that in mind when fishing for Brilliant Pokemon!

Brilliant Pokemon often have better stats

A Brilliant wild Pokémon is often more powerful than normal, and might even know special Moves, so consider catching them rather than defeating them if you find a Pokemon you like!

Rotom Rally

You can get Watts from joining the Rotom Rally. Just approach the Watt Trader and choose Rotom Rally.

Watt Rewards Depends on the Score

The amount of watts you receive depends on the score you obtain from the rally. You can select the length of the rally before the race; the longer the rally you participate in, the bigger the watt rewards.

How to Use Watts

Get Rare Items from Watt Trader

Watt Trader is also available in the Crown Tundra. You can purchase items from Today's Highlight once a day, which includes Apricorns and items needed for evolving Pokemon.

Available Poke Ball and Wishing Piece

Available TRs

Upgrade the Dojo

If you have the Isle of Armor expansion pack, you need lots and lots of Watt to upgrade the Pokemon Dojo. It comes with some awesome rewards, like Vitamin drinks with bulk-discounts, so we recommend stopping by Honey and giving her as many Watts as you can spare.

All Pokemon Dojo Upgrades

Digging Duo

For 500 Watts, these two brothers will try to dig up rare items and fossils for you. They can be found near the Daycare in the Wild Area, so stop by and encourage them with some Watts!

Getting Rare Items From the Digging Duo

Buy Items from Wild Area NPCs

You can also exchange your Watts with characters selling Brilliant Finds for a mere 100 Watts around the Wild Area.

Approach the fishing NPC to trade your Watts for some rare finds!

Items from the Fisher

Items from the Mountain Climber

Watt Traders

Watt Traders are characters offering a variety of goods in exchange for Watts.

Goods that change Every Day

They offer a variety of goods that can help you win more rewards, or your Pokemon to learn moves, as Technical Machines (TMs) are available for Watt trade. Visit each Watt Trader every day as the items they offer change by the day.

Locations of All Watt Traders

Always Wishing Pieces and a Poke Ball

They will always carry Wishing Pieces and one of the possible Poke Balls from the list below:

List of Poke Balls and Where to Get Them

Available TRs

All TRs are available randomly through Watt Traders in the Wild Area. The shop line-up changes every day, so check all of them if you're looking for a specific Move!

Upgrade your Rotom Bike

Your Rotom-powered bike is already fast to begin with, but you can still upgrade your bike to give it a boost!

Exchange Watts for Upgrades

Just hand over your Watts to the Trader and he can give your Rotom Bike an upgrade. This will allow you to use the speed boost, activated by pressing B, after riding for a shorter duration.

This will help you finish Rotom Rallies in no time! The faster the Rotom Bike, the bigger the Watt rewards in the Rotom Rally!

Makeover

By exchanging your collected Watts, you can change the color of your biking outfit.

Color Matching

The color available is defined by the top Pokemon in your party, so you can choose the color you want by switching to a different Pokemon.

Where to Find Watt Traders

Watt Traders are around the Wild Area, so it is easy to spot them. They wear a white and black clothes that look like a Gym Uniform.

Near Flying Taxi stops

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Click the maps above for details!

Check out the Town Map to easily find them. By hovering over a location with your cursor, you can see which points are labeled 'Watt Trader'. Some of these locations are accessible via Flying Taxi. Look for the Wing icon above these locations, so you can jump there and buy what you need!

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