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- This article relates only to the five colored glass flutes introduced in Generation III, for other flutes mentioned in-game see Poké Flute, Azure Flute or Time Flute
A flute (Japanese: ビードロ vidro) is a hand-blown glass instrument that produces sound when it is blown into. Originating in Portugal, these flutes are a common decoration in Japan, and in the Pokémon world have various effects depending on their color.
In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, volcanic ash can be collected in the Soot Sack by walking through the ash-covered grass on Route 113 and in the Jagged Pass. This ash can be used by a man on Route 113 to create these flutes as well as exclusive furniture for a player's secret base, with different items requiring different amounts of ash.
The flutes can be reused indefinitely, meaning that a player will only ever need to obtain one of each, though multiple copies can be obtained for trading to other games when held by a Pokémon.
In Pokémon Black and White, these items lost their function and became ordinary valuable items.
List of Flutes
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Black Flute くろいビードロ Black Vidro
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Cannot be bought
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Sell for: $200
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Description
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RSE
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A glass flute that keeps away wild Pokémon.
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DPPt HGSS
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A black flute made from blown glass. Its melody makes wild Pokémon less likely to appear.
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A toy flute made from black glass. A maniac will buy it for a high price.
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Blue Flute あおいビードロ Blue Vidro
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Cannot be bought
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Sell for: $50
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RSE
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A glass flute that awakens sleeping Pokémon.
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DPPt HGSS
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A blue flute made from blown glass. Its melody awakens a single Pokémon from sleep.
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BW
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A toy flute made from blue glass. A maniac will buy it for a high price.
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Red Flute あかいビードロ Red Vidro
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Cannot be bought
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Sell for: $100
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RSE
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A glass flute that snaps Pokémon out of attraction.
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DPPt HGSS
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A red flute made from blown glass. Its melody snaps a single Pokémon out of infatuation.
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A toy flute made from red glass. A maniac will buy it for a high price.
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White Flute しろいビードロ White Vidro
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Cannot be bought
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Sell for: $250
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RSE
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A glass flute that lures wild Pokémon.
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DPPt HGSS
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A white flute made from blown glass. Its melody makes wild Pokémon more likely to appear.
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A toy flute made from white glass. A maniac will buy it for a high price.
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Yellow Flute きいろビードロ Yellow Vidro
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Cannot be bought
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Sell for: $150
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Description
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RSE
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A glass flute that snaps Pokémon out of confusion.
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DPPt HGSS
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A yellow flute made from blown glass. Its melody snaps a single Pokémon out of confusion.
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BW
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A toy flute made from yellow glass. A maniac will buy it for a high price.
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Artwork
These are artwork of the items as seen in the Pokémon Dream World
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Black Flute
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Blue Flute
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Red Flute
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White Flute
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Yellow Flute
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Trivia
- These items are the only normal items that can be used multiple times without having multiple copies in the bag.
- Due to the bag having more pockets in Generation IV than in Generation III, the five flutes are the only set of similar items that cannot all be placed in the same pocket: the Black and White Flutes are in the items pocket, while the Red, Blue, and Yellow Flutes are in the battle items pocket.
- Therefore, whereas in Generation III the Blue Flute could be used both inside and outside of battle to awaken a sleeping Pokémon, due to its Generation IV placement it cannot be used outside battle at all. While the Red and Yellow Flutes could be selected for use outside of battle in Generation III, they remove effects on a Pokémon which it automatically recovers from as soon as it leaves the battlefield anyway, giving them no out-of-battle purpose whatsoever.
- In Generation V, the battle items pocket and items pocket were merged, thus reuniting the items. However, their individual uses have been removed, turning them into ordinary valuable items.
Each of these classes of flutes bears a different price:
- Black and White Flutes sell to the Undella Town collector for $8000
- Yellow, Red and Blue Flutes sell to the Undella Town collector for $7500
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