All Rare Candies Locations in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Rare Candies have been a staple of the Pokémon franchise. The incredibly rare items allow players to level up a Pokémon one level automatically. This can be extremely useful for levelling up Pokémon once they’re at a high level or to make the evolution/move learning process easier. 

As players would expect, Rare Candies are back in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (see our article for all the Pokemon BDSP differences & exclusives) and they’re found all over Sinnoh. However, some of their locations have been changed from the original 2007 games. This means that players will need to do some searching in order to find every single one in the Sinnoh remakes. 

Below, players can see where every available Rare Candy be found. 

Every Rare Candy in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

There are technically three ways of finding Rare Candies in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. The first is by finding them on the ground as usual. The second way is by using the Dowsing Machine in specific spots along routes. Finally, the third way is by catching a Pokémon with the Pick-Up ability and having them find Rare Candies for you. 

This article is going to focus on where to find the Rare Candies out in Sinnoh. Below, you can see the location of every available Rare Candy in the overworld. 

• Eterna City - Speak to Dawn’s Father, one of Rowan’s assistants 
• Route 214 - Surf across the pond at the northern part of the route 
• Route 218 - Surf to a small island and look behind some trees 
• Route 224 - Surf past the group of trees and find it next to a berry patch 
• Route 225 - Go to the bottom bridge past three trainers and two cuttable trees 
• Route 230 - Surf to the island in the middle of the water and Rock Smash past two rocks 
• Wayward Cave - In the northwestern part of the cave past two trainers. Pokémon with Flash required 
• Solaceon Ruins - Find the lowest room of the ruins by going up and down different staircases in the ruins in the northeastern part of Solaceon Town 
• Mt. Coronet - Inside of the Route 211 entrance past Celestic Town. Use Strength and then Rock Smash on the left side of the cave 
• Victory Road - Surf south past the running Ace Trainers and go up some stairs. This is the area of Victory Road with multiple bodies of water
• Stark Mountain - Past two Ace Trainers along the narrow path that’s accessed from the staircase the trainers are standing near

If you want to use the Dowsing Machine, you can find an additional set of Rare Candies along the following routes: 

• Route 207 
• Route 212 
• Route 225 
• Route 228
• Galactic HQ in Veilstone City 
• Great Marsh 
• Valor Lakefront 
• Mt. Coronet 
• Victory Road (2)

For the exact locations of every Rare Candy in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, you can check out YouTuber Pokémon Archives’ video on the subject. 

• Read more: How to find the TM for Flash in Pokémon BDSP

Featured image courtesy of Nintendo / The Pokémon Company.