Finding a cracked pot in 'Pokémon Violet' felt like uncovering a little secret — the game hides these broken clay bits in places that beg to be explored. In my playthrough they showed up as small, cracked pottery sprites on the ground you can interact with; sometimes they drop an item, sometimes they trigger a wild encounter. I learned to treat them like tiny side-quests: if something looks out of place near ruins, cliff ledges, or tucked into stonework, give it a poke.
My practical approach was to slow down and cruise the map on foot or with Miraidon, because a lot of cracked pots hide in corners vehicles speed right past. I’ve found several around old ruin sites, near the edges of towns and beaches, and tucked into caves or alcoves. Time of day seems to matter occasionally — a few pots only appeared during night in my save — so I’d flip between day and night for a few minutes if I suspected I’d missed one. I also saved before messing with a pot; if a spawn or item wasn’t desirable I soft-reset and tried again.
Community trackers and threads helped a ton. Folks on Reddit and fansites post coordinates for repeatable spawns, and that can save you a lot of wandering. For me, hunting cracked pots became one of those fun, slightly obsessive things: a mix of scavenger hunt and luck, and every time one yielded something neat I felt like I’d earned a tiny treasure. Happy hunting — they’re way more satisfying than they probably should be.