Pokémon Scarlet & Violet: Where to Find King’s Rock (& What It’s For)

To get King’s Rock in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, Trainers must save up a large sum of Pokédollars for a big purchase at Delibird Presents.

King’s Rock is an Evolution Item in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet needed to trade-evolve Slowpoke into Slowking. Fans familiar with the franchise will know that Slowpoke will inherently transform into Slowbro once certain conditions have been met. For instance, Scarlet & Violet require that the Water- and Psychic-type pocket monster reach Level 37 to evolve into their superior form.

On the other hand, Slowking is an alternate variant that is not more powerful but offers higher SpDef, which could be valuable in specific Tera Raid matchups. Therefore, knowing how to get King’s Rock could be vital for endgame Tera Raiders or those working towards completing their Paldean Dex.

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Obtaining King’s Rock in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

Delibird Presents in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet is the only way Trainers can acquire King’s Rock. More specifically, the Delibird Presents shops will sell this Evolution Item for ₽10,000, a hefty investment for a single resource. However, the vendors do not have the Rock in their stock from the start. Trainers must first fulfill the prerequisite of defeating four Gym Leaders and acquiring their corresponding Badges. Once this feat has been accomplished, they can visit Delibird Presents in any of the major towns of Mesagoza, Cascarrafa, or Levincia to buy King’s Rock.

Defeating Gym Leaders is an objective that Trainers will complete throughout the course of their playthrough. While exploration is a big part of the game, the open world of Pokémon Scarlet & Violet is somewhat bare. Thus, it should not be too long before players acquire four Gym Badges and unlock King’s Rock at the Delibird Presents branches of Paldea. The main challenge comes from procuring the funds needed to make the purchase. Fortunately, there are many ways to earn Pokédollars in Scarlet & Violet, with some methods more effective than others.

According to findings by Game8, one of the best approaches to making money in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet is farming rewards earned from Tera Raid battles. Those familiar with Raiding in the franchise will likely understand how Tera Raids work, in that Trainers must face and defeat a Terastallized pocket monster to earn rewards. The ability to enter these Raids is available after players receive their Rotom Phone, which is relatively early on in the game.

The higher the level of the Tera Raid, the more valuable the reward received. Once Trainers get the hang of the Raiding activity in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, they should be able to accumulate up enough Pokédollars to make the ₽10,000 purchase for the King’s Rock in no time.

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Source: Game8