Finding items on the map
Walking around can uncover more than wild Pokémon. Here is what the map checks and what the two handheld tools do.
How discovery checks work
The map makes a completed discovery check periodically while you move. It does not roll on every arrow tap. About 32.7% of normal completed checks reach the discovery pool, and most of those become a wild Pokémon encounter. You only need a handheld tool for buried items and coins, and it has to be equipped first (see equipping items). Wild Pokémon and Eggs can appear without one.
The two tools
- Itemfinder: in a city with a moderate temperature, an item appears on about 2.7% of completed checks. It finds nothing where it is too hot or too cold.
- Dowsing Machine: works in every climate and finds an item on about 7.5% of completed checks.
What an item find can contain
| Chance | Reward |
|---|---|
| 54.5% | Common item, often a Berry, Shard, Pearl or Rare Bone |
| 27.25% | 1 to 3 coins |
| 7.5% | Uncommon item: rarer Berries, Balm Mushroom, Pearl String, Sapphire, Autumn Leaf |
| 5% | Comet Shard |
| 3.5% | Relic Band |
| 2% | Relic Copper |
| 0.25% | Lucky Egg or Relic Crown |
These percentages describe the reward after your tool has found something. A find waits for 90 seconds, so collect it instead of leaving the page.
Eggs and wild Pokémon
Eggs are chosen to suit the types found on the current map, and appear on about 1.15% of normal completed checks. Map wild Pokémon enter battle at level 100 or lower, keep Tackle plus three random moves matching their type, and if you catch one those are the moves it keeps. See what lives where on the places pages.