A guide for manipulating the Digging Pa to farm a large number of Watts.
The Digging Pa NPC is located on the north side of the Isle of Armor. Interacting with him gives you the option to trade Armorite Ore in return for attempts at his minigame, where you can earn a large amount of Watts.
Important - From here, we assume that you are familiar with key concepts described on the main page. If you are unsure about seed monitoring, advancement methods, or NPC calibration, please review the relevant sections before continuing.
In-game Requirements
Access to the Isle of Armor DLC.
Armorite Ore to give to the NPC.
Interacted with the NPC at least once to skip the introduction.
Figure 1 - RNG Tool Setup
Getting Started (Tool Setup)
Enter the IP address of your console in the main window and click Connect. This will automatically read your current seed and save file details.
Set your current weather condition inside the Encounter Settings section of the main window, this will make the process slightly more simple.
Avoid using Rain/Thunderstorm, these weather conditions are unsupported as they cause unnecessary instability.
At the top of the main owoow window, select Digging Pa to open the Digging Pa generator in a sub-window.
Enter your search filters, then enter the amount of advances you are willing to search through into the + field, usually you will find a result that produces a 500,000 in less than 100,000 advances.
Set the correct weather condition if you have not already done so. This should be set inside the Watt Trader sub window automatically if you followed step 2.
Select the Consider Menu Close? checkbox, but do not calibrate your NPC count yet as we require a specific in-game setup (explained below).
Figure 2 - Game Setup
Getting Started (Game Setup)
Head to the location pictured above, then interact with the Digging Pa NPC at least once to unlock to the fly point and get through their minigame introduction.
Check your weather condition by opening the map. If the current weather is Rain or Thunderstorm be sure to change it as these conditions cause instability.
Now you will need to position yourself optimally, this is done by using a movement technique that disrupts the NPCs "active" state and can achieved by doing the following:
Run towards the NPC and interact with them in one quick, smooth motion, then back out of the NPC dialogue.
If done correctly, you should see the advances occuring at a slow rate after backing out of the dialogue.
If done incorrectly, the NPC will activate after backing out of the dialogue, causing the usual, fast, NPC activation advances.
It may take a few attempts to get the NPC into the correct state, but this provides the most stable experience possible for this type of RNG manipulation.
Calibrate your NPC count as normal, the NPC count when standing next Digging Pa is variable and will change every day. Enter your calibrated NPC count into the Digging Pa sub window on owoow.
Perform a date advance to refresh the daily highlight item, this can be done using owoow's date skipping features or the PvP date skipping exploit.
Save the game. This will preserve the current NPC state upon resetting.
You will want to use the angle pictured in Figure 2 when attempting to interact with the Digging Pa NPC to avoid spawning unwanted Pokémon inside the close-by cave.
Advancing Towards a Target
Step-by-step instructions for hitting a target frame can be found here.
Figure 3 - Target Found!
Advancing to the Target
In this example, a frame that produces ~630,000 Watts can be seen in a cluster
between advances 143-154, these are the advances that we will aim to close the pause menu on and then interact with the NPC to lock in our desired result.
Step-by-Step
As we need to maintain our current positioning, advance towards the target using any method that does not cause the player to move.
Consider using wet weather or date skipping to advance large distances (for targets > 10,000 advances).
Stop advancing once you are ~1000 advances before your target, then click the Update Seeds button on the main window. Now close and re-open the Digging Pa sub window.
Ensure that the Consider Menu Close? checkbox is checked in the sub window, confirm that your NPC count and weather have been entered correctly, then search for your target again.
From this point, use animations to reach the exact target frame, then return to the main pause menu.
Unpause the game and interact with the Watt Trader NPC to lock in your desired item. To access your desired highlight item follow the steps directly below.
Figure 4 - Target Frame Hit!
In Figure 4 we closed the pause menu on the desired target frame and quickly interacted with the Digging PA. Now we need to select Dig me up some Watts to start the minigame, which should produce the expected reward.
Figure 5 - Result Found!
That's all there is to RNG manipulating the Digging Pa NPC (CFW)!