List of Pokémon items
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The Pokémon games, anime, and manga have a variety of items unique to their fictional world.
Unless noted otherwise, all of these items are fictional.
[edit] Assisting items
[edit] Berries
Berries were introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver. Berries can be used like typical RPG consumable items, to heal damage or negate status effects. They are different from typical consumable items in RPGs in that they can be given to a Pokémon to hold, in which case the Pokémon will use the item as soon as it is needed, thus saving a turn.
Beginning in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and onwards, Players become able to plant and water berries, in order to grow berry plants from which more berries can be picked. These games also introduce the ability to make Pokéblocks by spinning the berries in a Berry Blender.
Berries themselves have also greatly changed in Generation III (Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald). They no longer grow regularly in certain places - rather, picking a set of Berries uproots the plant. Berries have to be replanted in Loamy soil and watered regularly for them to grow. Many species of Berry also are given varied growing times, ranging from four hours to four days.
In Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, and Pokémon Emerald, players can crush berries with 2-5 other players via the Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter to make Berry Powder, which can be spent to buy rare items in Cerulean City. Some Berries in Pokémon Emerald have effects that differ from other Generation III games.
[edit] Elixirs and Ethers
Elixirs (referred to as Elixers in games prior to Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire) and Ethers have been essential to the Pokémon world since Pokémon Red and Blue. The counterpart to Potions, Elixirs and Ethers restore a Pokémon's Power Points (PP) rather than its HP (see Magic Point for related info). Power Points are essentially the number of times any given attack may be used. Each move is assigned a default maximum amount (e.g. Surf has 15 PP, Fire Blast has 5). Using Elixirs and Ethers allows players to refresh used PP during battles or when visiting a Pokémon Center for healing would not be convenient. While the ability to "hold" items was introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver, giving Pokémon the ability to use certain items autonomously, Elixirs and Ethers need to be used by the player specifically so there is no benefit beyond extra storage to having a Pokémon hold one. Incidentally, several berries were introduced from this point on, mimicking their effects.
While Elixirs and Ethers cannot be purchased in any of the games, they are a welcome item often found while traveling around. There are four types, restoring varying amounts of PP:
- Ether - Restores 10 PP to a selected move.
- Max Ether - Restores all PP to a selected move.
- Elixir - Restores 10 PP to all of a selected Pokémon's moves.
- Max Elixir - Restores all PP of a selected Pokémon's moves.
[edit] PokéFlute
The PokéFlute, first introduced in Pokémon Red and Blue, was initially a Key Item used to wake a sleeping Snorlax that was blocking forward progress. It could also be used in any battle, to wake up sleeping Pokémon.
In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, the Radio Tower in Lavender Town has a station devoted to PokéFlute music, which is also used to wake a sleeping Snorlax that is blocking forward progress.
The PokéFlute also appeared in Pokémon Snap, where it could awaken Snorlax from sleep, lure Pokémon out of hiding, and sometimes would make them dance or behave oddly—Pikachu unleash showers of sparks when they hear the music.
A PokéFlute appears in the Pokémon anime in episode #41, "Wake up! Snorlax!", when it is used to wake a Snorlax that is blocking an important river.
In chapter 22, "Vs. Victreebel," of Pokémon Adventures, a mechanical Pidgey tour guide in the Safari Zone rescues Red from being sacrificed as part of a Victreebel evolution ritual, by waking the assembled Bellsprouts and Weepinbells with a PokéFlute.
"Pokémon Flute" is a card in the first set of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, but doesn't wake Pokémon in that game.
[edit] Other flutes
While they are not specifically referred to as "PokéFlutes," flutes of various sorts play important roles in the Pokémon anime and manga, and video games.
In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, a glassblower near Lavaridge Town makes five different types of glass flutes, which are not referred to as PokéFlutes (although one has the same sleep awakening effect). In order to purchase these flutes, instead of using money one must get a Soot Sack and walk around the area the glassblower is at (Route 113). The grass there is covered with volcanic ash that spreads from the volcano nearby, and 1 ash is collected for every white patch of grass walked through, which proceeds to revert to the normal green color after, signifying no ash left on that patch. Once one leaves the area or enters a house (such as that of the glassblower), the ash will reappear where it was lost. These are the types of flutes one can buy and their ash prices:
- Blue Flute - Cures Pokémon afflicted by Sleep. - Cost: 250 ashes
- Yellow Flute - Cures Pokémon afflicted by Confusion. - Cost: 500 ashes
- Red Flute - Cures Pokémon afflicted by Attraction. - Cost: 750 ashes
- Black Flute - Reduces encounter rate of wild Pokémon. - Cost: 1000 ashes
- White Flute - Increases encounter rate of wild Pokémon. - Cost: 1000 ashes
In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the Blue Flute can be used to wake Pokémon in your party both in and out of battle, multiple times. Like the PokéFlute, it can be used as a replacement for "perishible" items used to cure "sleep". The only difference is that the Blue Flute wakes the Pokémon instantly, while the PokéFlute wakes the Pokémon only after the song is finished playing. The Red & Yellow flutes can be used to cure "Attraction" and "Confusion" in a similar way.
In the second Pokémon movie, the tune Melody plays on her unnamed flute reawakens Lugia after it is defeated, and repairs the damage done by Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno.
In Pokémon Colosseum, the Time Flute is used to summon Celebi to heal Shadow Pokémon (Pokémon that have been tainted by a dark power).
In Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, the event item Heaven's Pipe is used to create a staircase to the Beginning Dimension, where Arseus can be captured.
[edit] Potions
Potions are items used to restore the hit points (HP) of the player's Pokémon after taking damage. Potions, like Elixirs and Ethers, are staples of the role-playing game genre. In particular, Potions are health-restoring items, and are kept in spray bottles for spraying onto the Pokémon.
There are four different Potions, differing only in the amount of damage they can heal and their in-game cost:
- Potion - Restores 20 HP.
- Super Potion - Restores 50 HP.
- Hyper Potion - Restores 200 HP.
- Max Potion - Restores all of a Pokémon's HP.
In Pokémon Gold and Silver and Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, equipping Potions has no effect, presumably for the reason that a Pokémon would not be able to understand how to use a Potion. The trainer must instead equip a Berry that restores HP for the intended effect.
There are also other items similar in effect to potions that Pokémon can receive.
- Fresh Water - Restores 50 HP.
- Soda - Restores 60 HP.
- Lemonade - Restores 80 HP.
- Moo Moo Milk - Restores 100 HP.
- Full Restore - Same as Max Potion, but also heals status conditions.
- Energypowder - Restores 50 HP, but the bitter taste may make Pokémon dislike you.
- Energy Root - Restores 200 HP, but the bitter taste may make Pokémon dislike you.
- Ragecandybar - Restores 20 HP, and is exclusive to Pokemon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
[edit] Enhancing items
[edit] Elemental Stones
Elemental Stones (occasionally known as Evolution Stones) are crystals with the power of a certain element (for a very loose definition of element). There are 6 different Stones for evolving Pokémon. Fire, Water, and Thunder Stones evolve Pokémon of their element, for example Vulpix, Staryu, Pikachu and Eevee. The Moon Stone evolves fairy-like Pokémon, like Clefairy and Nidorina. Leaf Stones evolve plant types, such as Gloom and Weepinbell. The Sun Stone evolves nature Pokémon, such as Sunkern and Gloom. The sun stone was not in the first generation of games.
There are a handful of other stones related to evolution, including the King's Rock, which evolves Slowpoke into Slowking or Poliwhirl into Politoed when traded, the Everstone, which prevents a Pokémon from evolving, and, in Pokémon XD only, the Sun Shard and Moon Shard, which can evolve Eevee into Espeon or Umbreon, respectively.
The Diamond & Pearl versions added Light, Dark and Awakening stones: Light Stones are used to evolve Togetic and Roselia, Dark Stones are used to evolve Murkrow and Misdreavus, and Awakening Stones are used to evolve male Kirlias and female Snorunts.
[edit] Pokéblock
In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (and later games), a Pokéblock is a Pez-like candy for Pokémon made from berries. Trainers use a Berry Blender to make the berries into Pokéblocks. Its primary use is to raise a Pokémon's special Pokémon Contest attributes, although they can also be used for bait in the Safari Zone.
Depending on the flavor of the Pokéblock, it raises a different attribute of the Pokémon that eats it. Pokéblocks can be a combination of flavors, and thus raise more than one stat.
Pokéblocks are also used to evolve Feebas into Milotic, by raising the Feebas's beauty statistic to the maximum.
[edit] Rare Candies
Rare Candy is a rare item found in Pokémon games (hence the name). In the games, this item immediately raises a Pokémon to the next experience level. Contrary to popular belief, the use of Rare Candy does not ultimately leave a Pokémon weaker (With the exception of only using Rare Candies to level your pokémon up). When Rare Candy is used, the Pokémon receives no effort values, which are easily reclaimed later, meaning the Pokémon will have the exact same stats as it would have without Rare Candy. Rare Candy also makes an appearance in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
[edit] TMs and HMs
[edit] Technical Machines
Technical Machines, or TMs for short, are special machines that teach a Pokémon a new move, often a move it wouldn't normally learn on its own. They are usable only once, disappearing from a player's inventory afterwards. They are depicted in the trading card game as a small device that a trainer inserts their Poké Ball into; while in the manga, TMs are smaller boxes that are split in half, then held over the Pokémon's head to transmit the move directly into their mind. In Sapphire, Ruby, and all the video games thereafter TMs have been depicted as CDs, color-coded to indicate the type of move they teach. A related item, the TM Case, was introduced in FireRed and LeafGreen in order to hold the trainer's TMs.
Up until the fourth generation the games included only 50 TMs - each generation having some variance in what moves were available. Pearl and Diamond are the first to include 92 TMs, though the first fifty are the same as TMs as in the Advance Generation (Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, and LeafGreen). Approximately two-thirds of the TMs available in each game are given to the player by non-player characters or found throughout the world, with the rest being purchasable at stores - usually from a department store or from a Game Corner (a casino-like arcade). As with Pokémon, certain TMs are rare, one-of-kind, or hard-to-get (these TMs usually contain powerful moves). Not every TM is usable by every Pokémon, and some Pokémon, like Magikarp or Ditto, can't even use TMs. Conversely the rare Pokémon, Mew, is able to learn any move teachable through a TM or HM.
[edit] Hidden Machines
Hidden Machines (HMs) are similar to TMs, teaching moves to Pokémon, except that they may be used on multiple occasions. HM moves also have special uses outside of battle, for instance, Surf lets you cross over deep water, riding on your Pokémon like a living boat. Each HM is typically tied to a Gym Leader, and a player needs the corresponding Gym Badge to use an HM move outside of battle.
- Pokémon Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow have five HMs — they teach the moves Cut, Fly, Surf, Strength, and Flash.
- Gold, Silver, and Crystal have seven HMs — the five from Red, Blue, and Yellow, plus HMs 06 and 07, which teach Whirlpool and Waterfall, respectively.
- Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald have eight HMs — the same as Gold, Silver, and Crystal with a different HM 06 (Rock Smash instead of Whirlpool) plus HM 08, which teaches Dive.
- FireRed and LeafGreen have seven HMs. They are the same as in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, save for the lack of HM 08, which can still be obtained using a Gameshark or Action Replay. Also, it can be replaced by another move without having to go to the Move Deleter.
- Diamond and Pearl eliminated Flash (HM 05) for the first time and replaced it with the new move, Fog Clear. The total has also been brought back up to eight by adding another new technique, Rock Climb (HM 08), to the list.
[edit] Vitamins
Vitamins, or Nutrients, are items that were introduced in the original Pokémon Red and Blue, and have persisted in every sequel since. They are used to boost a Pokémon's stats. While considered rare items in terms of whether the player can find them while walking around in the world, they are able to be bought in shops - being one of the most expensive things a Trainer may purchase. Most Vitamins of a specific type can only be used 10 times on any given Pokémon. This cap essentially limits how much a player can "easily" increase their Pokémon's overall strength. In Pokémon Emerald a new attribute was added to certain Berries to counter the effects of Vitamins - lowering different stats. This is to benefit trainers who are concerned with a variable used to determine overall stats called Effort Values (EVs) or Effort Points. Vitamins and these Berries have a direct effect on EVs.
There are currently eight different types of Vitamins, up from the original six of Red and Blue:
- Protein - Increases the Attack stat.
- Iron - Increases the Defense stat.
- Calcium - Increases the Special Attack stat. Before Pokémon Gold and Silver were introduced, there was only a "Special" stat, Calcium was responsible for its augmentation.
- Zinc - Increases the Special Defense stat. Introduced with Gold and Silver due to the division of "Special" into its two new incarnations.
- Carbos - Increases the Speed stat.
- HP Up - Increases the HP stat.
- PP Up - Increases the amount of PP for a specific move by roughly 20%. (also see Elixirs and Ethers or Power Points for more specific information)
- PP Max - Raises the amount of PP for a specific move to its maximum allowable limit, equivalent to using three PP Up. PP Max was introduced in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.
[edit] General purpose tools
[edit] Pokégear
In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, the Pokégear is a general-purpose tool for Pokémon trainers, including the player. It is usually worn around the wrist (like a watch), hanging from the neck by a lanyard, or sometimes kept in the trainer's pocket.
The Pokégear starts off as a combination wristwatch and cell phone. The latter function is used by the player in the games to receive calls from computer-controlled Pokémon trainers. After obtaining a Map Card, the Pokégear can also double as a map of the Johto region.
The Pokégear can also act as a radio by adding a radio card from the Goldenrod Radio Tower to it. This not only allows the player to listen to different background music from the area's default tune, but it also allows him to hear programs such as the Lucky Number Show (a lottery) or Buena's Password (a memorization challenge). Certain radio stations can also attract or repel wild Pokémon.
In the Pokémon anime, the Pokégear only appears in a three-part episode of Pokémon Chronicles, titled The Legend of Thunder, and in Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown but later it is used by Misty in an episode of Advanced Battle.
The Pokémon Company licensed toy manufacturer TOMY to create a toy Pokégear, which included a radio, a watch, and other Pokémon related features. It was sold through the Japanese Pokémon Centers and their websites only.
[edit] Pokémon Digital Assistant
The Pokémon Digital Assistant (P*DA) is the digital organizer used by the protagonists of Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD. Much like the Pokédex, it keeps track of the Pokémon captured and snagged by the user. (As the P*DA's interface serves as these games' menu screens, game data such as money accumulated and time played are also available from the P*DA screen.)
By going to the Pre Gym in Phenac City, Strategy Memo information of Pokémon encountered is downloaded to P*DA. The Strategy Memo mode contains information on every Pokémon fought, including type, abilities, and size. This mode was greatly expanded upon in Pokémon XD.
Much like the Pokégear and Pokémon Emerald version of the PokéNav, the P*DA also has a connection to a network, used in this case to receive e-mail. NPCs use this to contact the protagonist.
In Pokémon XD, the P*DA can also be used to keep tabs on bait left in PokéSpots.
[edit] PokéNav
Introduced in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and appearing in Pokémon Emerald and the Pokémon anime, the PokéNav (short for Pokémon Navigator) is a general-purpose communication and navigation tool for Pokémon trainers, similar to the Pokégear in previous games.
In Ruby and Sapphire, it monitors the condition of the player's Pokémon, keeps profiles of other trainers defeated by the player (including keeping track of when a trainer is ready for a rematch), and keeps track of awards and ribbons won by the player's Pokémon, and has a map to keep track of the player's location in Hoenn. In Pokémon Emerald, it also doubles as a cell phone, allowing the player to call up computer-controlled Pokémon trainers for tips or rematch challenges.
In the Pokémon television series, Max carries the PokéNav belonging to his sister, May, since he is better at using it than she is. Typically, Max uses the PokéNav to help Ash decide which city to head to next.
[edit] Pokétch
The Pokétch (Short for Pokémon Watch) is a watch-like device reminiscent of the Pokégear from Gold and Silver and the PokéNav from Ruby and Sapphire from the upcoming games "Pokémon Diamond and Pearl". It has the most features of any of the gear devices, combining things that used to only be accessible in one area like the clock, and introducing brand new tools for advanced play like a Daycare Center monitor and step counter. It also includes The Shinou Map, the Item Finder, a Counter, a Wireless LinkUp locator and a Drawing Pad.
[edit] Key items
In all of the Pokémon games, key items are typical items ; they have little purpose in the story beyond delaying the player or guiding the player to a certain area or task. These items often make an appearance in the anime and manga as well (although they are not referred to as "key items" in those contexts), serving much the same role.
Some examples:
- Bike: Collapsible bikes that can fit inside a backpack were first introduced in Pokémon Red and Blue, and are used to cross bike-only paths or jump gaps, as well as cut down on travel time.
- Devon Scope: In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Pokémon Emerald, this allows the player to see and defeat the chameleon-like Pokémon, Kecleon, blocking his/her way. It supposedly works by emitting a sound that removes the Pokémon's invisibility.
- Fishing Rod: Fishing rods are used to fish for water Pokémon. They aren't generally needed to progress through the game, and are often optional items.
- Go-goggles: In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Pokémon Emerald, these goggles allow the player to see and pass through an obstructing sandstorm.
- Silph Scope: Found in Pokémon Red and Blue, Pokémon Yellow, and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, this scope, won from Giovanni in the basement of the Celadon Game Corner, allows the player to see and battle the Ghost Pokémon in Lavender Tower.
[edit] Poké Balls
A Poké Ball is a spherical device used by Pokémon trainers to capture new Pokémon and store them when they are not in use, and they appear in all of Pokémon's various incarnations. Poké Balls come in a variety of styles and types.
The Poké Ball is also one of the many logos used for Pokémon as a franchise.
[edit] Pokédex
In all of Pokémon's different incarnations, the Pokédex is an electronic encyclopedia of Pokémon-related information. In the games, the information about a Pokémon is added as soon as the player captures that Pokémon, and completing the Pokédex by capturing or trading for every single Pokémon at least once is one of the major goals.
In the anime and manga, the Pokédex is already a comprehensive resource, and often delivers exposition, describing a Pokémon or otherwise explaining what's going on. In the anime, it has a characteristic electronic-sounding voice.
Numerous different (real life) Pokédexes, ranging from electronic toys to mundane books, have been manufactured under license from The Pokémon Company.
Nearly every protagonist of a Pokémon game, anime, or manga has a Pokédex, but many later-generation protagonists supplement or, in the case of Wes in Pokémon Colosseum, supplant it with a general-purpose utility device, such as a Pokégear, PokéNav, or Pokémon Digital Assistant.
[edit] Snag Machine
The Snag Machine, in Pokémon Colosseum, is a device that allows a Pokémon trainer to steal Pokémon from another trainer (by capturing them in the usual way with a Poké ball), despite the usual prohibition against doing so.
In Pokémon Colosseum, the protagonist Wes uses it to steal the Shadow Pokémon from the trainers who have corrupted them, in order to purify the liberated Pokémon. His theft of the machine is what sets him on the course of events depicted in Pokémon Colosseum.
Later, in Pokémon XD, Michael, the protagonist, receives a new Snag Machine from Krane, his mother's boss, in order to rescue and purify Shadow Pokémon being created by the Cipher syndicate.
[edit] Zero-One
The Zero-One is a multi-terrain vehicle that Todd rides in Pokémon Snap, as he photographs Pokémon.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2; Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Publications
- Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0439154049
- Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Snap Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., 1999. ASIN B000CDZP9G
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Ruby Version & Sapphire Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., 2003. ISBN 1930206313
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Colosseum Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., March 2004. ISBN 193020647X
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 193020650X
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1930206585
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., September 22 2005. ISBN 1598120026
[edit] External Links
- Detailed explanation of Effort Values on Bulbapedia, a Pokémon wiki.
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