*Pokémon Pokopia* is arguably the first real Nintendo Switch 2 sensation, but it doesn't spell out everything about its various systems right away. Case in point: upgrading abilities. *Pokopia* showers you with a handful of important abilities during its tutorial, and then doles out some more over the course of its story, but what it doesn't make clear up front is that you can upgrade those abilities to make them much more useful. Rock Smash is one of them. At first, you can punch through most types of materials to clear them out and collect what's inside of them, but you'll also encounter some harder or bigger types of rocks that can't be smashed. What gives? Keep reading to find out how to fix that problem. SEE ALSO: 10 of the coolest and weirdest 'Pokémon Pokopia' builds we've seen so far ## How to upgrade Rock Smash in *Pokémon Pokopia* Upgrading your abilities in *Pokopia* is kind of an involved process if you're starting from the beginning.…