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Heat Rock Effect and How to Get It

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Heat Rock

This is a page on the Battle Item Heat Rock and its location in Pokemon Sword and Shield, Isle of Armor, and the Crown Tundra DLC. Read on to see its effect, how to get it, and how to use it competitively.

Heat Rock Effect

Heat Rock ImageHeat Rock
Effect An item to be held by a Pokemon. It extends the duration of the move Sunny Day when used by the holder.

How to Get Heat Rock

Locations

Places This Item Can Be Found
Hammerlocke

You can talk to a man in a suit in Hammerlocke. He gives you an Item for each day you visit him. You can receive Heat Rock on your first day of visit.

How to Get It

Go to the right side of Hammerlocke.
Enter the house in the middle.
Talk to the man in suit. He will give you the item.

List of Items You Can Get From the Man in Suit

First Day Heat Rock
Second Day Damp Rock
Third Day Icy Rock
Fourth Day Smooth Rock
Utility Umbrella

Obtain from the Digging Duo

Stamina Brother.jpg

You have a chance to obtain Heat Rock from the Digging Duo located near the nursery in the Wild Area. Note that you can only get this item from the right brother, the one with more stamina.
How to Get Rare Items From the Digging Duo
However, you have to pay 500 Watts for them to start digging up random items for you, with the chance of receiving Heat Rock.

You will need lots of Watts for the target item to appear. Click the link below to learn how to get Watts easily.
How to Farm Watts Quickly

How to Use Heat Rock

In some cases, sun-centric teams will need a way to extend the sunlight's duration without wasting turns on using Sunny Day again or switching a Pokemon with Drought in and out of the field again.

Heat Rock can be held by these weather-setting Pokemon to increase sunlight's duration from five turns to eight turns.

Pokemon relying on Chlorophyll will benefit from sunlight-setting Pokemon holding Heat Rock as this allows them to be active in the field and continue pressuring their opponents for a few more turns.

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