▷Pokémon Sword & Shield: get rare items with Digger Brothers

Once you have entered the area enough, you may find two humble NPCs offering a very special service. For 500 watts, they'll dig a mine and give you a bunch of items. These are the Digger Brothers and for an additional fee they will become the closest thing to a slot machine in Pokémon Sword & Shield. There are a few wrinkles to these characters that the game doesn't explain. Let's talk about these characters and why finding them is so important.

How To Get Rare Items With The Digger Brothers | Wilds Mechanic Guide

le Digger Brothers are NPCs located in The Wilds, to the right of the Pokémon Nursery in the River motostoke region. When you find them, they'll be two outdoor NPCs in green standing side by side.

To 500 watts, the brothers will dig treasures for you. The treasures are random, but there is a crucial difference between the two brothers.

le left brother a low endurance, but is more likely to find rare objects.
le straight brother a more endurance, but will find more common articles.

Basically, the right brother finds more items, while the left brother finds rarer items. It doesn't always work that way - if you're unlucky the brother on the left might not bring you anything rare, and if you're really lucky the brother on the right might find something great.

Digger Brothers can find items you won't find anywhere else - including Evolution stones et Fossil Pokémon. You can also find rare treasures like star coins that you can sell for cash.

How to earn watts: Checking out Pokémon dens in the wild is a good way to easily earn Watts. There are two levels of lairs - Void and Max Raid. Empty dens do not have a beam of light, whereas Max Raid dens have beams of light that you can see from a distance.

It knows: 50 w
Max Raid Den: 300 w

Densities fill up periodically over time, so you can easily pick up over 1 people after checking out dens. You don't have to actually fight the Max Raid. You can cancel after recovering the Watts.

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As for the Digger Bros, they share most of their item stash. Because they share a lot of the same elements, you should always use the correct sibling. Use the left brother only if you are looking for rare items that the right brother does not have.

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