Lum Berry

Lum Berry ラムのみ Lum Berry No.09

Size Firmness Tree 1.3" Super Hard Tag description Generation III Slow to grow. If raised with loving care, it may grow two berries. Generation IV This Berry's gradual process of storing nutrients beneficial to Pokémon health causes it to mature slowly. Effect Heals all status condition Name origin Design basis Plum (Japanese: プラム plum) Plum Growth time Generation III Sprout 12 hours Taller 24 hours Flowering 36 hours Berries 48 hours Generation IV Sprout 12 hours Taller 24 hours Flowering 36 hours Berries 48 hours Flavor Generation III Spicy 0     Dry 0     Sweet 0     Bitter 0     Sour 0     Generation IV Spicy 10   Dry 10   Sweet 10   Bitter 10   Sour 0

Lum Berry is a type of Berry introduced in Generation III.

Locations

Generation III

• Gentleman in Lilycove City.

Generation IV

• Growing on Route 212 when the player first arrives there.
• Pick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop.
• Sometimes given by the Berry Master.
• Growing in the Resort Area.
• Always found on wild Mew, Celebi or Shaymin.
• Given by a Juggler in Violet City in exchange for a Green Shard.^HGSS

Pokéwalker

• Very rarely found in Blue Lake after 3000+ steps.
• Rarely found in Town Outskirts after 1500+ steps.
• Always held by level 14 Pikachu; very rarely found in Yellow Forest after 9500+ steps.
• Rarely found in Winner's Path after 1000+ steps.

Growth and harvest

Generation III

A Lum Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 48 hours, with 12 hours per stage. A Lum tree will yield 1-5 berries.

Generation IV

A Lum Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 48 hours, with 12 hours per stage. A Lum tree will yield 2-5 berries.

Uses

In-Battle

A Lum Berry, if held by a Pokémon, can cure it of any status ailment instantly, or can be used as an item to cure any status ailment at any time.

Berry Blending

Berry Crushing

At 100% performance, this Berry will contribute 40 units of powder.

Poffin Cooking

At 100% performance, a Lum Berry can produce a Level 14 (maybe higher) Bitter Poffin when cooking alone.

In the anime

In Beating the Bustle and Hustle!, James said that there was Old Gateau and Lum Berries on the menu in the Sinnoh Pokémon Hustle Refreshment Room.

Two episodes later, the actual berries made an appearance. Team Rocket stole some from Lulu. Jessie was later going to use them in battle, but unknown to her, her Pokémon was the one who should eat it. Because of this, she was the one who ate it.

In An Egg Scramble! where it was one of the things Khoury was selling at his stall in the Johto Festival.

Trivia

• The Lum Berry is the only Berry with a unique growth period; all other Berries share theirs with at least two others. This is only true in Generation IV, however, as the Leppa Berry was the only Berry that grew in 16 hours in Generation III.

Names

← Persim Berry

Berries

Sitrus Berry →

This Pokémon article is part of Project BerryDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each berry in the Pokémon series.