Honey

Honey (Japanese: あまいミツ Sweet Honey) is an item that was introduced in Generation IV. This item is used on special, golden-colored trees in Sinnoh to attract Pokémon – most of which can only be caught in the wild by use of these trees.

Game mechanics

Once Honey is placed on one of the trees and at least 12 hours have passed, a Pokémon will appear on the tree. If a tree is left unchecked for 24 hours, both the honey and the Pokémon will be gone.

The location of the Honey Tree does not affect which Pokémon will appear. The amount of Honey applied and the amount of time passed before checking a tree will also not affect the resulting Pokémon.

Saving the game, resetting, and re-checking a tree after a Pokémon has appeared will not change the Pokémon, but its level, gender, nature, IVs, and other random values will change. This is helpful for finding a male or female Burmy, which will have different evolutions depending on their gender, or Combee, which only evolves if female.

Slathering the same tree will give a 90% chance of the finding the same set of Pokémon. Therefore, slathering different trees increases the chance of finding a Munchlax. Once a Munchlax is found, slathering that same tree, will give a 92% of finding more Munchlax.

If used in tall grass, a cave, or in water, the Honey will activate a Sweet Scent effect, immediately initiating battle with a Pokémon if possible.

Technical mechanics

Each of the 21 Honey trees throughout the game occupy 8 bytes in the save file starting from 0x72E4.

A005000000000000

The red value represents the countdown timer of playing time. This value starts at 1440 minutes and when it reaches 720 minutes, the Pokémon will be on the tree. Once the countdown timer gets to 0, the player must put more honey on the tree and time has expired. The counter decreases by 1 every minute while playing the game.

The light blue value represents the column from which Pokémon will appear.

The dark blue value represents the row from which the Pokémon will appear.

The green value represents how the next Pokémon will be determined.

The yellow value represents how much the tree will shake when the Pokémon is on it. This value is determined by the weight of the Pokémon. Some Pokémon such as Wurmple will not shake the tree at all, and the value will be 0. Other Pokémon such as Heracross will shake the tree quite a bit, and the value will be 2.

Determining the Pokémon

The Pokémon is determined by calling the game's pseudo-random number generator three times, once if the same tree was slathered, once for the column and once for the row. If the same tree is slathered multiple times, there is a 10% chance that a random column will be chosen and a 90% chance that the same column will be used.

When a random column is chosen, if the random number is between 0 and 10, a Pokémon from column 1 will be chosen. If the number is between 11 and 30, Munchlax will be chosen. If the number is between 31 and 100, a Pokémon from column 2 will be chosen.

For the row, if the number is between 0 and 5, Pokémon 6 is used. If the number is between 6 and 10, Pokémon 5 is used. If the number is between 11 and 20, Pokémon 4 is used. If the number is between 21 and 40, Pokémon 3 is used. If the number is between 41 and 60, Pokémon 2 is used. If the number is between 61 and 100, Pokémon 1 is used.

The chance of finding a Pokémon when a different tree is slathered can be calculated using the following formula:

Let P be the Pokémon to calculate.
Let C be the frequency of the column as listed in the Encounter Table.
Let R be the frequency of the Pokémon as listed in the Encounter Table.
Let E_P be the chance to find the Pokémon.

E_p = ( C₁ * R_1,P ) + ( C₂ * R_2,P ) + ( A₃ * R_3,P )

Example: Find the encounter rate of Burmy, in Diamond/Pearl.

• Burmy is on column 1, row 4 with a chance of 20% and column 2, row 2 with a chance of 5%.
• The chance of choosing column 1 is 10%, column 2 is 70%, and column 3 is 20%.

E_P = ( 0.10 * 0.20 ) + ( 0.70 * 0.05 ) + ( 0.20 * 0.0 )

E_P = 5.5%

The chance of finding a Pokémon when the same tree is slathered more than once in a row can be calculated using the following formula:

Let P be the Pokémon to calculate.
Let C be the column from the previous Pokémon encountered.
Let R be the chance to find the Pokémon for column C as listed in the Encounter Table.
Let X be the base chance to find the Pokémon as listed under Slathering a Tree (First Time).
Let E_P be the chance to find the Pokémon.

E_P = ( 0.90 * R ) + ( 0.10 * X )

Example: Find the encounter rate of Aipom, in Platinum, where the previous Pokémon encountered was Heracross.

• Encountering Heracross indicates that the Honey Tree previously used column 2.
• Aipom is on rows 4 and 5 on column 2, with a total chance of 40%.
• The base chance to find Aipom in Platinum is 34%.

E_P = ( 0.90 * 0.40 ) + ( 0.10 * 0.34 )

E_P = 39.4%

Encounter Table

This table displays the percentage chance for each row and column used by the game to determine which Pokémon will be on the Honey Tree.

Location

There are many units of Honey scattered throughout the region, but it is also for sale at the Floaroma Meadow for $100 each. Another way to find it easily is to use Combee's Template:A2.

Honey Tree Locations

• North and south areas of Route 205
• Route 206
• Route 207
• Route 208
• Route 209
• North and south areas of Route 210
• East area of Route 211
• North and south areas of Route 212
• Route 213
• Route 214
• Route 215
• Route 218
• Route 221
• Route 222
• Floaroma Meadow
• Valley Windworks
• Southeast corner of Eterna Forest
• Fuego Ironworks

Pokémon

Slathering a Tree

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Aipom	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	18%
	Aipom	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	34%
	Heracross	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	14%
	Heracross	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	28%
	Wurmple	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	28.5%
	Wurmple	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.5%
	Silcoon	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.5%
	Cascoon	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.5%
	Burmy Plant Cloak	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	5.5%
	Burmy Plant Cloak	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	4.5%
	Combee	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	4.5%
	Combee	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	7.5%
	Cherubi	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	9%
	Cherubi	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	5.5%
	Munchlax	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	20%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Slathering the Same Tree

• If the same tree is slathered in a row, identify which column the previous Pokémon originated from in the encounter table. The encounter rates are broken up by column.

Column 1

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Aipom	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	36.9%
	Aipom	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	57.4%
	Heracross	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	1.4%
	Heracross	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	2.8%
	Wurmple	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	7.35%
	Wurmple	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.5%
	Silcoon	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	4.55%
	Cascoon	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	4.55%
	Burmy Plant Cloak	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	18.55%
	Burmy Plant Cloak	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	9.45%
	Combee	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	9.45%
	Combee	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	5.25%
	Cherubi	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	18.9%
	Cherubi	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	18.55%
	Munchlax	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	2%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Column 2

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Aipom	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	19.8%
	Aipom	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	39.4%
	Heracross	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	19.4%
	Heracross	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	38.8%
	Wurmple	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	38.85%
	Wurmple	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.05%
	Silcoon	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.05%
	Cascoon	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.05%
	Burmy Plant Cloak	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	5.05%
	Burmy Plant Cloak	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	4.95%
	Combee	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	4.95%
	Combee	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	9.75%
	Cherubi	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	9.9%
	Cherubi	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	5.05%
	Munchlax	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	2%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Column 3

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Aipom	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	1.8%
	Aipom	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	3.4%
	Heracross	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	1.4%
	Heracross	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	2.8%
	Wurmple	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	2.85%
	Wurmple	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.05%
	Silcoon	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.05%
	Cascoon	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.05%
	Burmy Plant Cloak	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.55%
	Burmy Plant Cloak	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.45%
	Combee	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.45%
	Combee	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.75%
	Cherubi	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.09%
	Cherubi	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	0.55%
	Munchlax	D	P	Pt	Honey Trees	5-15	92%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

• Note: Due to the nature of the random number generation used in Pokémon, the randomness of encountering a Pokémon on a Honey Tree is not significantly random and therefore the percentages are estimated.

In the anime

Cheryl wanted to find Enchanted Honey in the Eterna Forest. With the help of Ash and his friends, and with her Mothim leading the way, she located the hive of a Vespiquen and its many worker Combee. After helping defend the hive from Team Rocket, the Vespiquen shared some of its Enchanted Honey with Cheryl, Ash, his friends, and some of their Pokémon. All of them loved the Enchanted Honey except Brock's Croagunk, who looked disgusted by the sweet flavor.

It was shown again in A Trainer and Child Reunion where it attracted a Munchlax.

Trivia

• In Pokémon Gold and Silver, beta text has been found that mentions an item called "Sweet Honey," which could be used to attract Pokémon. It was possibly replaced by the move Sweet Scent and the ability to use Headbutt on small trees throughout the Johto region.
• When the Galactic Grunts are holding up the man who sells honey, one of them makes the comment, "We must have it (Sweet Honey) to attract Pokémon in great numbers." This phrase has gone on to become a Internet meme.