Charcoal

Charcoal もくたん Charcoal

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Introduced in Generation II Pocket Generation II Items Generation III Items Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 30

Charcoal (Japanese: もくたん Charcoal) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Fire-type moves.

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• In the core series games
  • Price
  • Effect
    • Generations II and III
    • Generation IV onward
  • Description
  • Acquisition
    • Distribution
      • As a held item
• Gallery
  • Artwork
• In the spin-off games
  • Pokémon: Magikarp Jump
  • Pokémon Pokopia
    • Acquisition
• In animation
  • Pokémon the Series
    • Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver
• In the manga
  • Pokémon Adventures
    • Gold, Silver & Crystal arc
• Merchandise
• Trivia
• In other languages
• External links

Contents

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC $9800 $4900 RSEFRLG ColoXD DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A $4,900 SMUSUM N/A $500 SwSh $3,000 $500 SV $3,000 $750 Champs 700 VP N/A

Effect

Generations II and III

Boosts the power of the holder's Fire-type moves by 10%.

Generation IV onward

Boosts the power of the holder's Fire-type moves by 20%.

Description

Games Description GSC Powers up fire-type moves. (HOLD) RSEColoXD A hold item that raises the power of Fire-type moves. FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A combustible fuel that boosts the power of Fire-type moves. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a combustible fuel that boosts the power of Fire-type moves. SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a combustible fuel that boosts the power of Fire-type moves. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a combustible fuel that boosts the power of the holder's Fire-type moves. Champs Boosts the power of the holder's Fire-type moves by 20%.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Azalea Town, Ruins of AlphC Azalea Town Poké Mart RSE Lavaridge Town FRLG Rocket Game Corner (1000 Coins) Colo Held by Shadow Quilava XD Held by Shadow Numel DPPt Route 227 HGSS Azalea Town, Ruins of Alph BW Nacrene City (if the player answers "Tepig"), Route 16 B2W2 Castelia City (if the player answers "Tepig"), Castelia City Held by wild Torkoal (5% chance) DW* Rugged Mountain XY Couriway Town Held by wild Torkoal (5% chance) ORAS Lavaridge Town Held by wild Vulpix and wild Torkoal (5% chance each) SMUSUM Wela Volcano ParkSM, Heahea CityUSUM Held by wild Torkoal and wild TurtonatorSUS (5% chance each) SwSh Motostoke (if the player chose Scorbunny) Stow-on-Side (bargain shop) Held by wild Vulpix, wild Ninetales, wild Torkoal, and wild TurtonatorSw (5% chance each) SwShIA Cram-o-matic (Fire: 102-110 points) SwShCT Freezington BDSP Route 227 SV Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch) SVID Item Printer ZA The Sewers (reward for completing Side Mission 057: "The Camerupt Entrepreneur") Champs Frontier Shop

Distribution

As a held item

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period DP Strongest Magmortar Japanese December 1 to 14, 2007 Pikachu Cafe Magmortar Korean June 29, 2008 Battle Series 2009 Arcanine Korean June 6 to 7, 2009

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Generation II	Artwork from Scarlet and Violet	Artwork from Champions

In the spin-off games

Charcoal in Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

In Pokémon: Magikarp Jump, Charcoal is a Friendship Item that can be purchased for 600. It summons Charizard as a helper Pokémon.

Pokémon Pokopia

In Pokémon Pokopia, the Charcoal is one of the lost relics that can be found.

Name		Description	Category	Classification	Tile Size	Paintable	Requirements	Favorites	Trade value	Replication cost
	Charcoal	Charcoal made by burning wood. Try hanging it up in a frame!	Other	N/A	1x1	No	N/A	Lots of fire	1000 (Standard) 1500 (Favorite)	???

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods Pokopia Appraise small lost relics.

In animation

Charcoal in Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver

Charcoal appeared in A Farfetch'd Tale. While traveling through Ilex Forest, Ash and his friends met a boy named Sylvester, who was trying to follow in his teacher's (father in the dub) footsteps in order to learn how to make "purifying charcoal". Brock explained that purifying charcoal is actually burnt wood, which can be used as fuel or to purify water and air. At the end of the episode, Ash and his friends received some charcoal as a gift.

In the manga

A Charcoal in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In The Last Battle IV, during the final battle against the Masked Man, Blaine used a piece of Charcoal to strengthen Entei's Fire-type moves.

Merchandise

Charcoal has been featured in a Flareon figure released on January 16, 2025 by The Pokémon Company International. It is part of the Evolving Personalities figure line.

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  Evolving Personalities (Flareon)

Trivia

• A man in Lavaridge Town states that Charcoal is used for making herbal medicine. In-game, however, it serves no medicinal purposes.
• Charcoal is the only type-enhancing item that can be bought at a Poké Mart.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	木炭 Muhktaan * 炭 Taan *
	Mandarin	木炭 Mùtàn * 木灰 Mùhuī *
Czech		Uhlík
French		Charbon
German		Holzkohle
Italian		Carbonella
Korean		목탄 Moktan
Polish		Węgiel Drzewny
Brazilian Portuguese		Carvão
Spanish		Carbón
Vietnamese		Than củi

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation II – III – IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

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