Valuable item

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A valuable item is an item which generally serves no practical purpose other than to be sold, usually for a high price.

In Generation II and IV, it is possible to buy some of these items for a discount (but only one of each per day) on Mondays in the morning in the Goldenrod Tunnel.

In Pokémon Black, some of these items are sold in Black City, albeit for prices much higher than they can be sold for. Often, these items later become exchangeable items. In Generation V, mulches, flutes, and the Odd Keystone became valuable items due to losing their function. While most of these items can be sold at Poké Marts, those introduced in Generation V can only be sold to certain item maniacs. Besides Big Nuggets, Pearl Strings, and Comet Shards, the player can also sell normal Nuggets, Pearls, Big Pearls, Stardust, and Star Pieces to the maniac inside the Icirrus City Pokémon Center, for double the price presented below.

Valuable items that can be sold in Poké Marts

Item Gen. Sell price Maniac Sell price
(maniac)
Sell price
(valuable item buyer)
Other effects
Nugget Nugget I $5,000 Ore $10,000
Big Mushroom Big Mushroom II $2,500 Gourmet $5,000 $10,000 Give one to the Move Reminder in Two Island to relearn one move for one Pokémon.
Big Pearl Big Pearl II $4,000 Ore $7,500
Unknown Brick Piece II $25
Gold Leaf Gold Leaf II $500
Pearl Pearl II $1,000 Ore $1,400 $3,000
Silver Leaf Silver Leaf II $500
Slowpoke Tail Slowpoke Tail II $4,900
Star Piece Star Piece II $6,000 Ore $9,800 $14,000 In Pokémon Platinum, can be exchanged with Mr. Fuego for one of each color of shard.
In Pokémon Black and White, can be exchanged with a man in Anville Town for a PP Up on the weekends.
Stardust Stardust II $1,500 Ore $2,000 $4,000
Tiny Mushroom Tiny Mushroom II $250 Gourmet $500 $2,000 Give two to the Move Reminder in Two Island to relearn one move for one Pokémon.
Blue Shard Blue Shard III $500 Ore $3,000 Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Water StoneRSEORAS, a TM18 (Rain Dance)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSMUSUM.
Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2.
Green Shard Green Shard III $500 Ore $3,000 Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Leaf StoneRSEORAS, a TM07 (Hail)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSMUSUM.
Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2.
Red Shard Red Shard III $500 Ore $3,000 Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Fire StoneRSEORAS, a TM11 (Sunny Day)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSMUSUM.
Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2.
Shoal Salt Shoal Salt III $10 Gourmet $7,000 Four can be given to the old man in the first room of Shoal Cave along with four Shoal Shells to obtain a Shell Bell.
Shoal Shell Shoal Shell III $10 Ore $7,000 Four can be given to the old man in the first room of Shoal Cave along with four Shoal Salt to obtain a Shell Bell.
Yellow Shard Yellow Shard III $500 Ore $3,000 Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Thunder StoneRSEORAS, a TM37 (Sandstorm)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSMUSUM.
Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2.
Rare Bone Rare Bone IV $2,500 Rare Bone $10,000 $11,111 In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, counts as a Fossil towards Fossil count when dug up in the Underground.
Balm Mushroom Balm Mushroom V $7,500 Gourmet $25,000 $25,000 Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games.
Big Nugget Big Nugget V $20,000 Ore $30,000 Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games.
Comet Shard Comet Shard V $12,500 Ore $60,000 $30,000 Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games.
Pearl String Pearl String V $10,000 Ore $25,000 $27,500 Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games.
Pretty Feather Pretty Feather V $500
Relic Gold Relic Gold V $30,000 Billionaire $10,000 Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games, X, and Y.
Strange Souvenir Strange Souvenir VI $1,500
Beach Glass Beach Glass VII $400
Chalky Stone Chalky Stone VII $30
Lone Earring Lone Earring VII $300
Marble Marble VII $150
Polished Mud Ball Polished Mud Ball VII $600
Stretchy Spring Stretchy Spring VII $10
Tropical Shell Tropical Shell VII $1,000
Bag Tiny Bamboo Shoot SV Sprite.png Tiny Bamboo Shoot IX $375
Bag Big Bamboo Shoot SV Sprite.png Big Bamboo Shoot IX $1,500
All details are accurate to Generation IX games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual item's page.

Mulches

Main article: Mulch

Flutes

Main article: Flute

Flutes were considered valuable items only in Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X and Y.

Valuable items that can only be sold to item maniacs

The following items have only been made available in Generation V for the express purpose of being sold to the Billionare maniac in Undella Town. Like many valuable items introduced in Generation V, they cannot be sold normally in Poké Marts.

Item Sell price
Relic Band Relic Band $100,000
Relic Copper Relic Copper $1,000
Relic Crown Relic Crown $300,000
Relic Silver Relic Silver $5,000
Relic Statue Relic Statue $200,000
Relic Vase Relic Vase $50,000

Artwork

Underground

This is artwork of the items as seen in the Sinnoh Underground.

Mine Star Piece.png Mine Rare Bone 1.pngMine Rare Bone 2.png
Star Piece Rare Bone


Global Link

This is artwork of the items as seen on the Pokémon Global Link.

Dream Nugget Sprite.png Dream Big Nugget Sprite.png Dream Pearl Sprite.png Dream Big Pearl Sprite.png Dream Pearl String Sprite.png
Nugget Big Nugget Pearl Big Pearl Pearl String
Dream Shoal Shell Sprite.png Dream Shoal Salt Sprite.png Dream Stardust Sprite.png Dream Star Piece Sprite.png Dream Comet Shard Sprite.png
Shoal Shell Shoal Salt Stardust Star Piece Comet Shard
Dream Tiny Mushroom Sprite.png Dream Big Mushroom Sprite.png Dream Balm Mushroom Sprite.png Dream Rare Bone Sprite.png Dream Pretty Wing Sprite.png
Tiny Mushroom Big Mushroom Balm Mushroom Rare Bone Pretty Wing
Dream Relic Copper Sprite.png Dream Relic Silver Sprite.png Dream Relic Gold Sprite.png Dream Relic Vase Sprite.png Dream Relic Band Sprite.png
Relic Copper Relic Silver Relic Gold Relic Vase Relic Band
Dream Relic Statue Sprite.png Dream Relic Crown Sprite.png Dream Strange Souvenir Sprite.png
Relic Statue Relic Crown Strange Souvenir

Grand Underground

This is artwork of the items as seen in the Sinnoh Grand Underground.

Mine Star Piece BDSP.png Mine Rare Bone 1 BDSP.pngMine Rare Bone 2 BDSP.png
Star Piece Rare Bone


Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

This is artwork of the items as seen in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Bag Nugget SV Sprite.png Bag Big Nugget SV Sprite.png Bag Pearl SV Sprite.png Bag Big Pearl SV Sprite.png Bag Pearl String SV Sprite.png
Nugget Big Nugget Pearl Big Pearl Pearl String
Bag Stardust SV Sprite.png Bag Star Piece SV Sprite.png Bag Comet Shard SV Sprite.png Bag Tiny Mushroom SV Sprite.png Bag Big Mushroom SV Sprite.png
Stardust Star Piece Comet Shard Tiny Mushroom Big Mushroom
Bag Balm Mushroom SV Sprite.png Bag Rare Bone SV Sprite.png Bag Pretty Feather SV Sprite.png Bag Tiny Bamboo Shoot SV Sprite.png Bag Big Bamboo Shoot SV Sprite.png
Balm Mushroom Rare Bone Pretty Feather Tiny Bamboo Shoot Big Bamboo Shoot

In the anime

Main series

In Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!, a Pretty Wing was included in the full set of wings that was promised as a prize for winning the Club Battle tournament. The set was eventually won by Iris, who later sent it to the Village of Dragons.

In Defending the Homeland!, Clemont mentioned having used Big Mushrooms as a part of the new food he had just made for the group.

In Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!, Mallow found multiple Tiny and Big Mushrooms and Sophocles found a Star Piece during a Stoutland Search treasure hunt set up for Ash and his classmates by Olivia. In the dub, the Star Piece was incorrectly referred to as a Comet Shard.

A Nugget appeared in Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime?, where a man was seen polishing it, only to have it stolen by an item-snatching Gengar nicknamed "Greedy Rapooh".

In A Recipe for Success!, Mallow got some dried-up Big Mushrooms from Oranguru to be used at Aina's Kitchen.

Pokémon Evolutions

In The Discovery, a Nugget was held by a man overseeing the Nugget Bridge as he watched Green effortlessly defeat all the Trainers on the bridge.

In the manga

A Star Piece in Magical Pokémon Journey

Magical Pokémon Journey

In Hazel VS Almond!, Almond won a Star Piece in a contest held by Grandpa, giving it to Hazel.

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In Ursaring Major, Team Rocket had cut off the tails of a herd of Slowpoke by the Slowpoke Well near Azalea Town, planning to sell them for profit. However, they were stopped by Silver and his Ursaring before they could do so.

A Big Pearl appeared in Crossing Crobat, where it was retrieved by Janine as a part of a test to check the security of the Goldenrod Museum.

Black & White arc

A Big Mushroom appeared in A Week to Go and Old Wounds, where Shoko gave it to one of her Patrat to hold while demonstrating her Marvelous Bridge Patrat Show to Black.

Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc

A pair of Team Skull Grunts sold grilled Slowpoke Tails at the Iki Town festival, with one of said Tails appearing in The Party Crasher and Guzma the Destroyer.

Gallery

Trivia

  • The Slowpoke Tail is actually a useless item with no function past its monetary value. Although it is said that a Slowpoke will use its tail for fishing, a Slowpoke Tail has no effect on fishing at all, nor does it have any effect on Shellder despite the fact that contact with a Slowpoke's tail usually induces a spiral change.
  • The first time that humans eating Pokémon is mentioned explicitly in the games is when a Team Rocket member mentions the SlowpokeTail's value as a delicacy. In Pokémon X and Y, Slowpoke Tail is one of the dishes served by Restaurant Le Yeah in Lumiose City.
  • The Rare Bone and Thick Club share the same Bag sprite.
  • The Relic Gold and the Comet Shard are tied for the highest-selling items in the core series, selling for $30,000 each.

See also


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