Softboiled (move)

Softboiled タマゴうみ Egg Lay

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock Usable outside of battle

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM41 in Generation I Move tutor in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Move tutor in Pokémon Emerald

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  0   Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.

Softboiled on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Softboiled on Eevee's Movedex

Softboiled (Japanese: タマゴうみ Egg Lay) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. In Generation I, as it was contained in TM41, it made TM41 the least-usable TM, only able to be used on two Pokémon. It is the signature move of Chansey and Blissey.

Effect

In battle

Generation I

Softboiled restores up to 50% of the user's current HP.

Softboiled will fail if the difference between the user's current and maximum HP is 0, or if (user's maximum HP - user's current HP) mod 256 = 255. If the user's current HP is greater than its maximum HP, Softboiled will set the user's current HP to equal its maximum HP.

In Stadium, Softboiled will fail only when the difference between the user's current and maximum HP is 0.

Generation II onward

Softboiled restores up to 50% of the user's current HP. Softboiled will fail only when the difference between the user's current and maximum HP is 0.

Outside of battle

Similar to Milk Drink, Softboiled can also be used outside of battle to take away some HP from the user and restore another party Pokémon's HP.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
113		Chansey	Normal		Normal	no			13			13			12				16
242		Blissey	Normal		Normal	no			10			10			12				16
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I TM41		II --		III --		IV --		V --
113		Chansey	Normal		Normal	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By move tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					FRLG	E	XD
035		Clefairy	Normal		Normal		✔	✔
036		Clefable	Normal		Normal		✔	✔
113		Chansey	Normal		Normal		✔	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic		✔	✔
173		Cleffa	Normal		Normal		✔	✔
175		Togepi	Normal		Normal		✔	✔
176		Togetic	Normal	Flying		✔	✔
242		Blissey	Normal		Normal		✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

	Chansey	Healing
The user produces a glowing egg that enters its target, healing it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Chansey	The egg in Chansey's pouch glows yellow and it raises its arms into the air. When it does, a yellow glow in the shape of Chansey's egg rises from its pouch into the air. It then floats over to the target and melts into its body. As it does, the target's body becomes outlined in yellow, healing it.
Brock's Chansey	The Brockster Is In!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Chansey
The user fires an egg into the air and it explodes, healing the target.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Chansey	Chansey fires the egg in its pouch into the air. The egg then explodes, and the dust from it circles around the target, healing it. A new egg takes its place as soon as Chansey fires the egg.
Daisy's Chansey	Take a Chance on Chansey		Debut
Blissey	Blissey slowly transfers half of its energy to heal an ally.
Crys's Blissey	VS. Shuckle		None

In other generations

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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

Trivia

• Mew is the only non-Normal type to learn Softboiled, and can only learn it by TM or move tutor.
• Clefairy and Clefable are capable of learning Softboiled via move tutor in Generation III, but are incompatible with the TM in Generation I.
• Although Softboiled is available in Emerald as a move tutor move, all Pokémon able to be tutored the move must either be traded into the game from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen or caught using an event item.
• Male Pokémon can use this move despite its Japanese name being "Egg Lay".

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 生蛋 Shēng​dàn​ Dutch Zachtgekookt French E-Coque German Weichei Greek Μελάτη Θεραπεία Italian Covauova Korean 알낳기 Alnaki Polish Terapia ciałem Brazilian Portuguese Ovo da Cura Serbian Meko Kuvano Spanish Amortiguador

Variations of the move Recover
Recover • Softboiled • Milk Drink • Slack Off • Heal Order • Roost

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