Pomeg Berry

Pomeg Berry ザロクのみ Zaroku Berry No.21

Size Firmness Tree 5.3" Very Hard Tag description Generation III However much it is watered, it only grows up to six berries. Generation IV When this sweetly spicy Berry's thick skin is peeled, many pieces of the fruit spill out. Effect Makes a Pokémon more friendly, but lowers HP effort value.EDPPt Name origin Design basis Pomegranate Pomegranate Growth time Generation III Sprout 3 hours Taller 6 hours Flowering 9 hours Berries 12 hours Generation IV Sprout 8 hours Taller 16 hours Flowering 24 hours Berries 32 hours Flavor Generation III Spicy +1     Dry -1     Sweet 0     Bitter +1     Sour -1     Generation IV Spicy 10   Dry 0   Sweet 10   Bitter 10   Sour 0

Pomeg Berry is a type of berry introduced in Generation III.

Locations

Generation IV

• Growing on Route 214 when the player first arrives there.
• Sometimes given from the Berry Master.
• Given by a Juggler in Fuschia City in exchange for a Red Shard (HG/SS)

Growth and harvest

Generation III

Pomeg Berries mature from planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 12 hours, with 3 hours per stage.

Generation IV

Pomeg Berries mature from planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 32 hours, with 8 hours per stage. A Pomeg tree will yield 1-6 Berries.

Berry Blending

Berry Crushing

Poffin Cooking

At 100% performance, a Pomeg Berry can produce a Level 12 (maybe higher) Spicy-Bitter Poffin when cooking alone.

In the anime

While the Berry itself has never been featured prominently, its flowers are where Ash, his friends, and Cheryl find Combee, their first clue to the Amber Castle, at the end of The Grass-Type is Always Greener!.

Trivia

• Due to its ability to lower a Pokémon's EVs in HP, it is famous for the Pomeg glitch.

Names

← Pinap Berry

Berries

Kelpsy 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.