Pokemon Legends: Arceus - How to Break Rocks and Crystals

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The opening stages of Pokemon Legends: Arceus can be pretty slow, with the game perhaps holding the player's hand a little too tightly early on. After the first few story missions have been completed though, it loosens its grip just enough for players to get a fairly decent idea of what exactly the Hisui region's open-world has to offer, with the fourth main story mission giving players complete freedom to explore the Obsidian Fieldlands' entire first section.

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Players first visit this area during Pokemon Legends: Arceus' second mission, but are only able to explore a very small part of it on this occasion. Upon their return, however, they'll be able to check out additional areas like the Horseshoe Plains and the Sandgem flats, where they'll start to find shiny red crystals that contain valuable crafting materials. Unfortunately, however, the game doesn't actually tell players how to break these crystals right away.

In order to break crystals in Pokemon Legends: Arceus, players will need to throw their partner Pokemon at them using the ZR button. After emerging from its Poke Ball, the Pokemon will then charge into the crystal, and — providing they have space — the minerals harvested will be added to the player's satchel. They'll mainly be getting Tumblestones from these crystals, which, together with acorns, are one of the main ingredients for crafting Poke Balls.

As they gain access to new areas, players will start to find different colored crystals like black and blue. These provide colored Tumblestones, which can be used to craft different types of Poke Balls once players have gotten their hands on the appropriate crafting recipes. Every now and again they'll