Held item
A held item is an item held by Pokémon on direction from their trainer. This capability was first introduced in Generation II, though the thought of held items may extend as far back as Pokémon Yellow, where many Farfetch'd and Kadabra, upon trading to a Generation II game, are revealed to have held items, a Stick and a Twisted Spoon, respectively. Held items range from Berries that can be used in battle to recover to items that can be used to enhance the power of certain moves. Most other items may be held as well, such as Poké Balls and Revives.
The following is a list of items made solely to be held items, grouped by purpose and listed in alphabetical order.
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Type enhancing items
These items, when held, will enhance the potency of attacks that correspond to the item by 10%. For example, if a Pokémon holds Mystic Water and uses a Water-type attack, the power of the Water-type attack will be increased by 10%.
If these items are sold, Poké Marts will pay File:Pokébuck sign.gif50 for them with the exception of Charcoal, for which Poké Marts will pay File:Pokébuck sign.gif4,900 for.
In Generation II, several of these items can only be obtained from the Weekday Siblings.
File:BlackBeltSprite.png Black Belt
- Found: Wesley at Lake of Rage (Generation II), Route 115 (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Fighting
File:BlackglassesSprite.png Blackglasses
Also referred to as "Black Glasses".
- Found: Dark Cave (Generation II), Route 116 (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Dark
File:CharcoalSprite.png Charcoal
- Found: Azalea Town (Generation II), Lavaridge Town (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Fire
File:DragonFangSprite.png Dragon Fang
- Found: Dragon's Den (Generation II), Meteor Falls (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Dragon
File:HardStoneSprite.png Hard Stone
- Found: Arthur on Route 36 (Generation II), Trick House (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Rock
File:MagnetSprite.png Magnet
- Found: Sunny on Route 37 (Generation II), Trick House (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Electric
File:MetalCoatSprite.png Metal Coat
- Found: S.S. Aqua (Generation II), Memorial Pillar (Generation III), Iron Island (Generation IV)
- Type enhanced: Steel
- Notes: If held by a Onix or a Scyther when they are traded, the Pokémon will evolve into Steelix or Scizor, respectively.
File:MiracleSeedSprite.png Miracle Seed
- Found: Route 32 (Generation II), Petalburg Woods (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Grass
File:MysticWaterSprite.png Mystic Water
- Found: Cherrygrove City (Generation II), Weather Institute (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Water
File:NevermelticeSprite.png Nevermeltice
- Found: Ice Path (Generation II), Shoal Cave (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Ice
Pink Bow
- Found: Tuscany on Route 29 and Johto Radio Tower (Generation II)
- Type enhanced: Normal
- Notes: Replaced by Silk Scarf in Generation III.
File:PoisonBarbSprite.png Poison Barb
- Found: Frieda on Route 32 (Generation II), Wild Pokémon (Arbok, Cacnea, Roselia) (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Poison
Polkadot Bow
- Found: Traded Pokémon (Generation II)
- Type enhanced: Normal
- Notes: Replaced by Silk Scarf in Generation III.
File:SharpBeakSprite.png Sharp Beak
- Found: Monica on Route 40 (Generation II), Wild Pokémon (Doduo, Dodrio, Fearow) (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Flying
File:SilkScarfSprite.png Silk Scarf
- Found: Dewford Town and Lost Cave (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Normal
- Notes: Succeeded both Pink Bow and Polkadot Bow from Generation II.
File:SilverpowderSprite.png Silverpowder
Also referred to as "Silver Powder".
- Found: Wild Pokémon (Generation II), Route 120 (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Bug
File:SoftSandSprite.png Soft Sand
- Found: Route 34 (Generation II), Route 109 (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Ground
File:SpellTagSprite.png Spell Tag
- Found: Santos in Blackthorn City (Generation II), Wild Ghost-type Pokémon (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Ghost
File:TwistedspoonSprite.png Twistedspoon
Also referred to as "Twisted Spoon".
- Found: Kadabra traded from Pokémon Yellow (Generation II), Wild Abra and Kadabra (Generation III)
- Type enhanced: Psychic
Stat enhancing items
These items, when held, will increase certain stats of Pokémon. Some can only be used by specific Pokémon.
File:LightBallSprite.png Light Ball
- Found: Starting Pikachu from Pokémon Yellow traded into Generation II, wild Pikachu (RSE)
- Stat enhanced: Special Attack power of Pikachu
- Notes: In Pokémon Emerald, if a female Pikachu or Raichu holds this item while in the daycare with a compatible male Pokémon, the Pichu that hatches from the eventual egg will have the move Volt Tackle, which is otherwise unavailable.
File:SoulDewSprite.png Soul Dew
- Found: Latios or Latias on Southern Island (RSE)
- Stat enhanced: Special Attack power of Latias, Special Defense of Latios.
File:StickSprite.png Stick
- Found: Wild Farfetch'd (Generation II), Vermilion City (Generation III)
- Stat enhanced: Critcal hit ratio of Farfetch'd
File:ThickClubSprite.png Thick Club
- Found: Wild Cubone and Marowak (Generation II and Generation III)
- Stat enhanced: Attack power of Cubone and Marowak
Evolution items
These items, when held by a Pokémon, will cause it to undergo evolution when activated by another event, such as gaining a level or being traded.
File:Deepseascale.png Deepseascale
- Found: Gift from Captain Stern after finding the Scanner on the Abandoned Ship.
- Pokémon affected: Causes Clamperl to evolve into Gorebyss when traded.
File:Deepseatooth.png Deepseatooth
- Found: Gift from Captain Stern after finding the Scanner on the Abandoned Ship.
- Pokémon affected: Causes Clamperl to evolve into Huntail when traded.
File:DragonScale.png Dragon Scale
- Found: Wild Horsea, Seadra, Dratini, and Dragonair (Generation III)
- Pokémon affected: Causes Seadra to evolve into Kingdra when traded.
File:EeriePatch.png Eerie Patch
File:ElectroBooster.png Electro Booster
- Found: Wild Elekid (DP)
- Pokémon affected: Causes Electabuzz to evolve into Electivire when traded.
File:KingsRock.png King's Rock
- Found: Slowpoke Well (GSC)
- Pokémon affected: Causes Poliwhirl to evolve into Politoed when traded, causes Slowpoke to evolve into Slowking when traded.
- Notes: Also raises chances of causing opponents to flinch.
File:MagmaBooster.png Magma Booster
File:Protector.png Protector
File:RoundStone.png Round Stone
File:SharpClaw.png Sharp Claw
File:SharpFang.png Sharp Fang
File:SpiritWorldCloth.png Spirit World Cloth
File:Up-Grade.png Up-Grade
Breeding items
These items, when held, will cause a different Pokémon to emerge from the egg produced at the daycare. While regularly, a Marill that is bred will produce another Marill, when it is holding one of the specific incenses, it will produce an Azurill egg. This is true for all Baby Pokémon introduced beyond Generation II.
File:ClearIncenseSprite.png Clear Incense
- Found: ??? (Generation IV)
- Pokémon affected: Causes Chimecho to produce a Chingling egg while at the Pokémon Daycare.
File:EerieIncenseSprite.png Eerie Incense
- Found: ??? (Generation IV)
- Pokémon affected: Causes Mr. Mime to produce a Mime Jr. egg while at the Pokémon Daycare.
File:FlowerIncenseSprite.png Flower Incense
- Found: Route 212 (Generation IV)
- Pokémon affected: Causes Roselia and Roserade to produce a Budew egg while at the Pokémon Daycare.
File:FullStomachIncenseSprite.png Full Stomach Incense
- Found: Tobari City (Generation IV)
- Pokémon affected: Causes Snorlax to produce a Munchlax egg while at the Pokémon Daycare.
File:LaxIncenseSprite.png Lax Incense
- Found: Mt. Pyre and Lost Cave (Generation III)
- Pokémon affected: Causes Wobbuffet to produce a Wynaut egg while at the Pokémon Daycare.
- Notes: Also slightly lowers opponent's acuracy.
File:LuckyIncenseSprite.png Lucky Incense
- Found: ??? (Generation IV)
- Pokémon affected: Causes Chansey and Blissey to produce a Happiny egg while at the Pokémon Daycare.
File:RockIncenseSprite.png Rock Incense
- Found: ??? (Generation IV)
- Pokémon affected: Causes Sudowoodo to produce a Bonsly egg while at the Pokémon Daycare.
File:SeaIncenseSprite.png Sea Incense
- Found: Mt. Pyre and Lost Cave (Generation III), Route 204 (Generation IV)
- Pokémon affected: Causes Marill and Azumarill to produce an Azurill egg while at the Pokémon Daycare.
- Notes: Also enhances Water-type moves by 5%.
File:SmallWaveIncenseSprite.png Small Wave Incense
- Found: Route 210 (Generation IV)
- Pokémon affected: Causes Mantine to produce a Mantyke egg while at the Pokémon Daycare.
Types of items | |
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General | Evolution stones • Fossils • Flutes • Shards • Held items Evolution items • Escape items • Exchangeable items • Valuable items Battle items • Scents • Nectars • Candy • Ingredients |
Medicine | Status condition healing items • Vitamins • Feathers Mints • Mochi • Drinks • Herbal medicine |
Berry and Apricorn | Poké Balls • Apricorns • Berries • Mulch |
Aesthetic | Decorations • Accessories • Backdrops • Props • Décor Clothing (XY • SMUSUM • LGPE • SwSh • BDSP • LA • SV) |
Other | Mail • Key Items • Event items Wonder Launcher items • Rotom Powers |
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