Hey team,

I was trying to do the excavation unlock quest where we have to collect 6 rock fragments. With no rock smash pokemon in my party and only pickaxe. The specific rocks where not giving me the fragments, it could be a scripting bug that in code you check for 151 happiness and with no pokemon it could return false just for this case and tools part is not handled in it.

After I got a rock smasher, I was able to find the fragments.

Thank you.
Regards,
Mello

Good day @Melloique

Thank you for taking the time to make this thread.

In order to receive the fragments required to unlock Excavation, you must first break the rock with your rock smasher (or via using the Pickaxe tool) and then inspect rock pebbles on the ground where the rock was. To clarify, the fragments do not come from the rock themselves and at this time, there does not appear to be a bug with the Pickaxe tools.

I hope this information finds you well and clarifies any confusion there may have been.

Regards,

Bitterblade