Apricorn

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Artwork of all the Apricorns

Apricorns (Japanese: ぼんぐりのみ Bonguri Fruit) are special fruit that grow on trees in the Johto region. While they may be picked like Berries (and in fact may merely be specialized Berries), their use is not in being healing or stat-boosting held items, but instead as items to be used to create new Poké Balls.

Because Apricorn trees are sensitive, picking one before it is ripe or picking too many at a time can damage the entire tree, making Apricorns quite rare and valuable.

Kurt, a Poké Ball smith who lives in Azalea Town, can make each Apricorn into a different and special kind of Poké Ball which is unavailable elsewhere in the Pokémon world. While these Apricorn Balls are rarer than other kinds of Poké Ball, in older times, most all Poké Balls were made from Apricorns rather than manufactured as they are in current times.

Apricorns return in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, where they are kept in a special key item, the Apricorn Case, much as Berries were kept in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. Kurt again crafts them into the seven special Poké Balls which have not made an appearance since Generation II.

In Generation II, only one tree of each Apricorn was found across Johto, allowing players to get only seven Apricorns per day. This, along with the fact that he would make only one daily, vastly limited the usage of Kurt's Poké Balls. Kurt's ability to make multiple Balls of the same kind in a day in Crystal alleviated this somewhat, while the inclusion of more Apricorn trees in Johto and Kanto in the place of the trees containing the Generation II berries in Generation IV finally solved this issue.

List of Apricorns

Apricorn		Poké Ball		Locations	Pokéthlon
	Wht Apricorn (しろぼんぐり White Bonguri)		Fast Ball (スピードボール Speed Ball)	Pewter City Azalea Town* Route 38	None
	Red Apricorn (あかぼんぐり Red Bonguri)		Level Ball (レベルボール Level Ball)	Fuchsia City Route 37* Route 44	Power
	Blu Apricorn (あおぼんぐり Blue Bonguri)		Lure Ball (ルアーボール Lure Ball)	Pewter City Route 26 Route 36 Route 37*	Technique
	Blk Apricorn (くろぼんぐり Black Bonguri)		Heavy Ball (ヘビーボール Heavy Ball)	Route 1 Route 31 Route 33 Route 37* Route 43	None
	Pnk Apricorn (ももぼんぐり Pink Bonguri)		Love Ball (ラブラブボール Love Love Ball)	Route 2 Route 30 Route 33 Route 42*	Speed
	Grn Apricorn (みどぼんぐり Green Bonguri)		Friend Ball (フレンドボール Friend Ball)	Route 11 Route 29 Route 30 Route 35 Route 39 Route 42* Route 45 Route 46	Jump
	Ylw Apricorn (きぼんぐり Yellow Bonguri)		Moon Ball (ムーンボール Moon Ball)	Route 8 Violet City Route 42* Route 46	Stamina
*Indicates area where Apricorn is found in Generation II.

Apricorn Drinks

Apricorn Drinks are a new feature in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver when by using the Apricorn Shaker, players can make apricorns into a drink that is used to raise a Pokémon's Pokéthlon stats. This drink is used as counterparts to the Pokéblocks and Poffin of Hoenn and Sinnoh.

Trivia

• A woman in the Azalea Town Pokémon Center mentions that before Poké Balls became standardized, everyone used hollowed-out Apricorns to capture Pokémon. This is likely how Kurt mastered the trade.
• Apricorn Poké Balls have the same emerging animation as regular Poké Balls, and when a Pokémon contained in one is seen from the perspective of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, it will appear to be in a regular Poké Ball due to a lack of data for those Poké Balls.
• Because of their exclusive nature, Apricorn Poké Balls, unlike the other varieties, cannot be held by a Pokémon in Generation IV (this is untrue in Generation II, however).
• Apricorns have sprites for the Apricorn Case as well as in-bag sprites, indicating that the Apricorn Case may have been a later addition to the game. The in-bag sprites are used in the final game as sprites on the point-exchange menu in the Pokéthlon Dome.
• Green Apricorns are by far the most common type, while White Apricorns are the rarest, appearing in eight and three places, respectively.

An apricorn tree in Gold Silver and Crystal

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