One more question: I'm about to take on Corey's gym. About how much longer do I have before I have access to the mining kit? Also, since I'm going to keep soft resetting until I can find a Skull Fossil, is there any particularly good area to keep resetting the rocks in? Thanks!
After you defeat Corey and the next Gym leader you will have access to the mining kit. I'd recommend soft resetting in the area under the Grand Stair as there are a lot of rocks. If you mine all of them, Citrine Mountain outside of the Power Plant across Beryl Bridge has a few rocks as well.
