Item

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Items (Japanese: どうぐ dōgu) have various uses, including healing, powering up, or helping one to catch Pokémon. Below is a list of item categories. (Some items have their own articles.)

Bag

Main article: Bag

• Description: The bag is a tool in many of the Pokémon games.

• Purpose: It holds all of the player's items.

• Location: Received automatically at the beginning.

• Instructions: Accessible through the main menu.

Trainer Card

Main article: Trainer card (game)

• Description: A card that every Trainer must have.

• Purpose: Displays information about a Trainer such as their name, Trainer ID number, money, Pokémon in the Pokédex and the amount of time they have been playing their game.

• Location: Received at the beginning.

• Instruction: Accessible through the main menu, by selecting the player's name.

Rewards

Badges

Main article: Badge

• Description: A symbol or an item trainers need to obtain

• Purpose:
  • Denotes that a Pokémon Trainer has defeated a Gym Leader
  • To qualify for a region's Pokémon League
  • In order to use a specific HM move outside battle
  • Affect Pokémon's behavior, makes Pokémon under a certain level to obey

• Location: Received after defeating a Gym Leader

• Instruction: Badges are displayed on the bottom of the card in Generation I,II,III, and in the badge case under the trainer card in Generation IV.

Frontier Symbols

Main article: Symbol

• Description: An item equivalent of a badge and Commemorative prints from Sinnoh's Battle Frontier. There are two levels of them for each: silver and gold.

• Purpose: Denotes that a Pokémon Trainer has defeated one of Hoenn's Frontier Brains

• Location: Received after defeating a Frontier Brain

• Instruction: Symbols are displayed on the Frontier Pass in Emerald Version

Commemorative Prints

Main article: Commemorative print

• Description: An item equivalent of a badge and symbols from Hoenn's Battle Frontier. There are two levels of them for each: silver and gold.

• Purpose: Denotes that a Pokémon Trainer has defeated one of Sinnoh's Frontier Brains

• Location: Received after defeating a Frontier Brain

• Instruction: Prints are displayed on the Vs. Recorder

Pokédex

Regional Pokédex

Main article: Pokédex

• Description: An invaluable electronic device

• Purpose: It provides a database of pertinent, informative entries on Pokémon found in a specific region. It automatically adds entry of captured Pokémon and is capable of tracking down roaming Pokémon (Prior to Generation IV, where the Marking Map was used instead).

• Location: Received from Professors

National Pokédex

Main article: National Pokédex

• Description: An upgraded version of the regional Pokédex

• Purpose: Records information from Pokémon around the nation, instead of just ones native to a particular region.

• Location: Upgraded after completing the regional Pokédex

Unown Dex

Main article: Unown Dex

• Description: A Pokédex upgrade present in Generation II

• Purpose: It is designed to display all 26 different types of Unown and the word that is associated with each form.

• Location: A scientist's aide will upgrade the player's Pokédex to support this mode after captured three different Unown and exiting the Ruins of Alph.

Running Shoes

Main article: Running Shoes

• Description: Running Shoes is an equipment in Generation III and Generation IV

• Purpose: Allows the player to run instead of walk

• Location: Received from the player's mother

• Instruction: Hold the B button and press the D-pad in any direction

Recovery items

Main article: Drink

Main article: Ether

Main article: Herbal medicine

Main article: Potion

Main article: Revive

Main article: Sacred Ash

Main article: Status ailment healing item

Main article: Ragecandybar

Stat-enhancing items

Evolution

Main article: Evolutionary stone

Main article: Evolution-inducing held item

In Battle

Main article: Battle item

Vitamins

Main article: Vitamin

Held items

Main article: Held item

Main article: Berries

Main article: In-battle effect item

Main article: Incense

Main article: Mail

Main article: Stat-enhancing item

Main article: EV-enhancing item

Type-enhancing items

Main article: Type-enhancing item

Main article: Plate

Tools

Balls

Balls such as the Poké Ball are a mechanism in which a captured Pokémon is kept. Poké Balls come in many varieties, each of different strength.

Escape Rope

Escape Ropes are used to return to the entrance of a cave or dungeon.

Experience-affecting item

Experience-affecting items such as the Exp. All and Exp. Share aid a Pokémon's growth.

Poké Doll and Fluffy Tail

The Poké Doll and Fluffy Tail provide easy escape from a wild Pokémon.

Repel

Repel prevents wild Pokémon from appearing. There are many different types, each with a different strength.

Cologne

Only in Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD, Cologne increases a Pokémon's happiness.

Honey

Honey attracts wild Pokémon to grassy patches and can be slathered on special trees in the Sinnoh region to attract rare Pokémon.

Move Machines

TMs and HMs provide a wider movepool for Pokémon to learn from. Some moves will have additional use outside of battle.

Items to sell or trade

Some items have no purpose other than to earn money for the player or otherwise help obtain other goods. These can specifically refer to Coins, Apricorns, and Shards, but other valuable items and exchangeable items can also be found.

Key items

Main article: Key item

Fossils

Main article: Dome and Helix Fossils

Main article: Old Amber

Main article: Claw and Root Fossils

Main article: Armor and Skull Fossils

Devices

PokéGear

Main article: PokéGear

• Description: An important item for Trainers. It looks like a large, advanced, wristwatch, with a symbol resembling an S or a backwards 2 (perhaps the Silph Co. logo) at the top.

• Purpose: It has several functions such as time, map, phone, radio. It's very useful for the player. Some of them will need to be unlocked during the game by receiving special expansion cards.

• Location: Received from mom at the beginning in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

• Instruction: Press the Start button and use the D-pad to choose PokéGear then press A button

• Counterpart: Pokétch in Sinnoh and PokéNav in Hoenn

PokéNav

Main article: PokéNav

• Description: An electronic device found in Hoenn. It look like a small, compact-disk-shaped device

• Manufacture: It was produced by the Devon Corporation under the orders of Mr. Stone.

• Purpose: It has 5 functions: Hoenn's map, Match Call*, Condition, Trainer's Eyes and Ribbons. They can also be to keep track of a Pokémon's condition for Contests.

• Location: Received from Mr. Stone after recovered the Devon Goodsfrom Team Aqua or Team Magma in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

• Instruction: Press the Start button and use the D-pad to choose PokéNav then press A button.

• Counterpart: PokéGear in Johto and Pokétch in Sinnoh

Pokétch

Main article: Pokétch

Decorations

Main article: Bed

Main article: Carpet

Main article: Pokémon doll

Main article: Game system

Main article: Plant

Main article: Poster

Main article: Chair

Main article: Cushion

Main article: Desk

Main article: Mat

Main article: Ornament

Scarves

Main article: Scarf

Flutes

Main article: Flute

Main article: Poké Flute

Main article: Time Flute

Super Contest items

Main article: Accessory

Main article: Backdrop

Mulch

Main article: Mulch

See also

• List of items by index number
• List of items in other languages

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.