Covet (move)

Covet ほしがる Covet

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  40 (max. 64) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Makes the appeal as good as those before it.

Super Contests Category  Cute Appeal  0   Steals the Voltage of the Pokémon that just went.

Covet on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Covet on Eevee's Movedex

Covet (Japanese: ほしがる Covet) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Generation III

Covet inflicts damage and steals the target's held item if it is holding any. If the target is not holding an item or the user is already holding an item, Covet only inflicts damage and will not be able to steal an item. Held mail cannot be stolen. The item cannot be stolen if the target has the Sticky Hold Ability.

The player's Pokémon's held item would not be stolen if Covet is used by a wild Pokémon.

Covet can steal a non-player character's Pokémon's items permanently. In link battles and Secret Bases items stolen will be returned at the end of the battle.

Generation IV

Same as Generation III. Additionally, all stolen held items will be returned to the player if the opponent manages to steal an item by using Thief or Covet.

Items cannot be stolen from Pokémon with the Ability Multitype, and the Griseous Orb cannot be stolen. If the target's consumable held item is triggered by Covet, such as a Chilan Berry or Focus Sash, it will not be stolen.

Like in link battles, items stolen in the Trainer Houses will be returned at the end of the battle.

Generation V

The power of Covet increased from 40 to 60. Covet no longer steals a Trainer's Pokémon's items permanently; however, a wild Pokémon's item is still permanently stolen by the player. Covet will now succeed with a Griseous Orb as long as neither the user nor the target is Giratina.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting	no			--				--
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal	42	45	no				no
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal	no			--				--
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal	no			--				--
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		Normal	29			29				29
264		Linoone	Normal		Normal	35			35				35
287		Slakoth	Normal		Normal	31			31				31
289		Slaking	Normal		Normal	31			31				31
300		Skitty	Normal		Normal	31			32		36	36
314		Illumise	Bug		Bug	37			45				45
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire	no				no
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	no
133		Eevee	Normal		Normal	no
155		Cyndaquil	Fire		Fire
161		Sentret	Normal		Normal	no
173		Cleffa	Normal		Normal	no
174		Igglybuff	Normal		Normal	no
190		Aipom	Normal		Normal	no
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark
417		Pachirisu	Electric		Electric	no
498		Tepig	Fire		Fire	no				no
509		Purrloin	Dark		Dark	no				no
511		Pansage	Grass		Grass	no				no
513		Pansear	Fire		Fire	no				no
515		Panpour	Water		Water	no				no
587		Emolga	Electric	Flying	no				no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 161 Sentret Normal Dream World - Pleasant Forest 417 Pachirisu Electric Dream World - Pleasant Forest Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other generations

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing sections and complete it. Reason: missing 3rd generation image(s).

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

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