Kelpsy Berry

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Kelpsy Berry
ネコブのみ
Nekobu Fruit
Bag Kelpsy Berry Sprite.png
Kelpsy Berry
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation III
Pocket
Generation III Bag Berries pocket icon.png Berries (RSE)
Generation III Bag Berry Pouch pocket icon.png Berry Pouch (FRLG)
Generation IV Bag Berries pocket icon.png Berries
Generation V Bag Berries pocket icon.png Berries
Generation VI Bag Berries pocket icon.png Berries
Generation VII Bag Berries pocket icon.png Berries
Generation VIII Bag Berries pocket icon.png Berries
Generation IX Bag Berries pocket icon.png Berries
Flavor
Generation III
SPICY DRY SWEET BITTER SOUR SMOOTH
0 10 0 10 10 20
Generation IV/VIII
SPICY DRY SWEET BITTER SOUR SMOOTH
0 10 0 10 10 20
Natural Gift
Type Fighting
Power Gen. IV-V 70
Gen. VI+ 90
Fling
Power 10
Effect None

A Kelpsy Berry (Japanese: ネコブのみ Nekobu Fruit) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation III.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
RSEFRLG
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUM
BDSP
N/A $10
SwSh N/A $40
SV N/A $20

In the Generation V games, the Kelpsy Berry can be sold to the gourmet maniac on Route 5 for $20.

Effect

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the Kelpsy Berry cannot be used directly and only has a use as an ingredient for Pokéblocks.

From Pokémon Emerald, the Kelpsy Berry can be used from the Bag on a Pokémon to increase the Pokémon's friendship (+10 at friendship 0-99, +5 at friendship 100-199, +1SwSh onward/+2Emerald-USUM at friendship 200-255) and lowers its Attack EVs by ten points (but not below 0). In Generation IV only, this Berry reduces the EV to 100 if it was above 100 when used.

Ingredient

Berry Blending
RSE When blending with NPCs, Kelpsy Berries will produce the following Pokéblocks:
NPC NPCs' Berries Flavors (100 RPM) Feel
1 NPC Chesto Berry Dryness 23, Sourness 10 20
2 NPCs Chesto BerryRawst Berry Dryness 23, Sourness 10, Bitterness 10 20
3 NPCs Chesto BerryRawst BerryAspear Berry Dryness 23, Sourness 23 19
Blend Master Pamtre Berry Dryness 51, Sourness 12 43
ORAS Kelpsy Berries are blue Berries that have a low chance of producing a Pokéblock+.
Berry Crush
FRLGE Kelpsy Berries have a base Berry Powder of 100 and a difficulty of 100.
With two players, this Berry will contribute 200 units of Berry Powder at 100% silkiness.
Poffin Cooking
DPPt
BDSP
When used alone, Kelpsy Berries will produce Poffins with Dryness 8, Sourness 8 and smoothness 19 when cooked in 1 minute with no spills or burns.
Ice Cream Scoop
DW
Flavor 1 Flavor 2 Flavor 3
Easy to scoop DW Ice Cream Scoop Star.pngDW Ice Cream Scoop Star.png DW Ice Cream Scoop Star.pngDW Ice Cream Scoop Star.pngDW Ice Cream Scoop Star.pngDW Ice Cream Scoop Star.pngDW Ice Cream Scoop Star.png DW Ice Cream Scoop Star.pngDW Ice Cream Scoop Star.pngDW Ice Cream Scoop Star.pngDW Ice Cream Scoop Star.png
Stickiness DW Ice Cream Scoop Star.pngDW Ice Cream Scoop Star.pngDW Ice Cream Scoop Star.pngDW Ice Cream Scoop Star.pngDW Ice Cream Scoop Star.png DW Ice Cream Scoop Star.pngDW Ice Cream Scoop Star.png DW Ice Cream Scoop Star.png
Juice Shoppe
XY Kelpsy Berries are blue Berries in Group 3.
Composting
XY Kelpsy Berries are blue Berries.
Dye Houses
SMUSUM 15 Kelpsy Berries, Oran Berries, and Maranga Berries are used to dye any white or dyed clothing into pastel blue.
15 Kelpsy Berries, Apicot Berries, and Chesto Berries are used to dye any white or dyed clothing into pastel navy blue.
Curry
SwSh Kelpsy Berries have a rarity of 3.
Cram-o-matic
SwSh Kelpsy Berries are Fighting-type items and give 6 points towards the output value.

Exchange

Generation III

In Pokémon Emerald, the player can exchange a Kelpsy Berry for an Iron if the Favor Lady asks for 'something whamish' in the Lilycove City Pokémon Center.

Pokémon Dream World

In the Pokémon Dream World, the player could exchange Berries for Décor. The following Décor required Kelpsy Berries.

Catalogue Décor Price
Plain Catalogue Speaker 2 Kelpsy Berry 10 Kelpsy Berries
Iapapa Berry 15 Iapapa Berries

Description

Games Description
RS POKéblock ingredient. Plant in loamy soil to grow Kelpsy.
FRLG Can be ground up into powder as an ingredient for medicine.
E Makes a Pokémon friendly but lowers base Attack.
ColoXD An item brought over from a faraway place.
DPPt A Poffin ingredient. Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly, but it also lowers its base Attack stat.
HGSS
BWB2W2
Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly, but it also lowers its base Attack stat.
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
A Berry to be consumed by Pokémon. Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly but lowers its base Attack.
SwShBDSP A Berry to be consumed by Pokémon. Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly but lowers its Attack base points.
SV If a Pokémon is fed this Berry, it will grow more friendly, but it will lose base points for its Attack stat.

Tag information

  • No. 22
  • Size: 5.9" (15.0 cm)
  • Firmness: Hard
Games Description
RSE A rare variety shaped like a root. Grows a very large flower.
DPPt
BDSP
This Berry can be eaten as is or boiled to obtain an extract that adds a dash of flavor to food.

Curry information

Games Description
SwSh A Berry that can be eaten raw. But if you cook them down, the juices you extract will bring out the flavor of any dish.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
RSE Route 115 Route 123 (Berry Master), Sootopolis City
Mossdeep Game Corner (Dodrio Berry Picking Mini-Game)E
FRLG Joyful Game Corner (Dodrio Berry Picking Mini-Game)
Colo Trade
XD Trade
DPPt Routes 225, 230, and Fuego Ironworks Route 208 (Berry Master's house), Pal Park
Battle Frontier (Scratch-Off Card)
HGSS Fuchsia City
Battle Frontier (Scratch-Off Card)
Held by Erika's Victreebel during rematches
PW Hoenn Field, Beyond the Sea, Amity Meadow
BW Spin Trade (5 players)
B2W2 Route 5, Black Tower/White Treehollow
Join Avenue (Flower Shop)
Spin Trade (5 players)
DW Windswept Sky
XY Mutation of Chesto and Persim Berries
ORAS Defeat Lisia in a contest (given by Chaz) Route 123 (Berry Master), Sootopolis City
Hyper Rank Pokémon Contest Spectacular (given by fan)
PMC Lv. 1 Balloon Popping attraction
SM Route 10
USUM Route 10
SwSh Route 7, Rolling Fields, Bridge Field, Giant's Mirror, Hammerlocke Hills, Motostoke Riverbank, Workout Sea
BDSP Routes 225, 230, and Fuego Ironworks Route 208 (Berry Master's house)
Battle Park Exchange Service Corner
Picked up by walking Pokémon (Lonely, Docile, Timid, Quiet, Bashful, Calm, Gentle, Careful Natures)
SV Alfornada (ESP Training reward), Porto Marinada auction, Tera Raid Battles (4★, 5★)
East Province (Area Two), South Province (Area Four) (sparkling overworld items)

Growth

Generation III
AllTreeSeedIII.png
Planted
0 hours
AllTreeSproutIII.png
Sprouted
3 hours
KelpsyTreeTallerIII.png
Taller
6 hours
KelpsyTreeBloomIII.png
Flowering
9 hours
KelpsyTreeBerryIII.png
Berries
12 hours
A Kelpsy plant will yield 2-6 Berries.
Generation IV
AllTreeSeed.png
Planted
0 hours
AllTreeSprout.png
Sprouted
8 hours
KelpsyTreeTaller.png
Taller
16 hours
KelpsyTreeBloom.png
Flowering
24 hours
KelpsyTreeBerry.png
Berries
32 hours
A Kelpsy plant will yield 1-5 Berries. A growing Kelpsy plant's soil dries by 8% every hour, fully drying out in 13 hours.
Generation V
AllTreeSeed.png
Planted
0 hours
AllTreeSprout.png
Sprouted
12 hours
KelpsyTreeTaller.png
Taller
24 hours
KelpsyTreeBloom.png
Flowering
36 hours
KelpsyTreeBerry.png
Berries
48 hours
A Kelpsy plant will yield ? Berries.
Generation VI
Pokémon X and Y
AllTreeSeedVI XY.png
Planted
0 hours
KelpsyTreeSproutVI XY.png
Sprouted
8 hours
KelpsyTreeTallerVI XY.png
Growing
16 hours
KelpsyTreeBiggerVI XY.png
Bigger
24 hours
KelpsyTreeBuddingVI XY.png
Budding
32 hours
KelpsyTreeBloomVI XY.png
Bloom
40 hours
KelpsyTreeBerryVI XY.png
Berries
48 hours
A Kelpsy plant will yield 1-20 Berries. During its growth, watering the plant adds 0.5 Berries to the final harvest, weeding it adds 1.5, and removing a pest adds 3. Kelpsy plants attract Volbeat as pests. If grown next to each other, a Kelpsy Berry and a Wacan Berry may mutate into an Apicot Berry.
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
AllTreeSeedVI ORAS.png
Planted
0 hours
AllTreeSproutVI ORAS.png
Sprouted
8 hours
AllTreeTallerVI ORAS.png
Taller
16 hours
AllTreeBloomVI ORAS.png
Flowering
24 hours
KelpsyTreeBerryVI ORAS.png
Berries
32 hours
A Kelpsy plant will yield 2-26 Berries.
Generation VII
Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
AllTreeSeedVII.png
Planted
0 hours
AllTreeSproutVII.png
Sprouted
30 hours
AllTreeTallerVII.png
Taller
36 hours
AllTreeBloomVII.png
Flowering
44 hours
KelpsyTreeBerryVII.png
Berries
48 hours
A Kelpsy plant will yield 5 Berries if Isle Aplenny is at Phase 1, 9 Berries if it is at Phase 2, and 14 Berries if it is at Phase 3.
Generation VIII
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
AllTreeSeed.png
Planted
0 hours
AllTreeSprout.png
Sprouted
8 hours
KelpsyTreeTaller.png
Taller
16 hours
KelpsyTreeBloom.png
Flowering
24 hours
KelpsyTreeBerry.png
Berries
32 hours
A Kelpsy plant will yield 2-5 Berries.

Gallery

Artwork

Curry Ingredient Kelpsy Berry Sprite.png Kelpsy Berry BDSP.png Bag Kelpsy Berry SV Sprite.png
Ingredient artwork from Sword and Shield Artwork from
Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet


Sprites

TagKelpsyIII.png TagKelpsy.png
Berry Tag Sprite (Generation III) Berry Tag Sprite (Generation IV)

In the anime

A Kelpsy Berry in the anime

A Kelpsy Berry debuted in The Brockster Is In!, where Ash found it while looking for a Pecha Berry needed to cure a group of poisoned Pokémon.

Kelpsy Berries appeared in A Team-on-Team Tussle!.

In the manga

A Kelpsy Berry in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Diamond & Pearl arc

In Problematic Probopass and Mad Magnezone II, a Kelpsy Berry was seen among the many Berries that Cyrus's Probopass's Mini-Noses dug out of Lax's fur while trying to retrieve Cyrus's camera.

Trivia

Origin

The Kelpsy Berry's name may be based on kelp, and its design may be based on kelp or vanilla.

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese ネコブのみ Nekobu no Mi From コンブ kombu and 根 ne (root)
English Kelpsy Berry From kelp
German Setangbeere From Seetang (seaweed)
Spanish Baya Algama From alga
French Baie Alga From algue (algae)
Italian Baccalga From alga
Korean 시마열매 Sima Yeolmae From 다시마 dasima (kombu)
Chinese (Mandarin) 藻根果 Zǎogēn Guǒ* From 藻 zǎo (algae) and 根 gēn (root)
藍根藻果 Lángēnzǎo Guǒ* From 藍 lán (blue), 根 gēn (root), and 藻 zǎo (algae)
Chinese (Cantonese) 藻根果 Jóugān Gwó* From 藻 jóu (algae) and 根 gān (root)
Polish Kelpsyjagoda From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese Fruta Alga From alga
Vietnamese Quả Kelpsy From its English name

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