Destiny Knot

Destiny Knot あかいいと Red Thread

Pokémon Global Link artwork

Introduced in Generation IV Pocket Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 10

The Destiny Knot (Japanese: あかいいと Red Thread) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A $100 SMUSUM SwSh N/A $2,000 SV $20,000 $5,000

Effect

In battle

If the holder becomes infatuated, the Pokémon that the holder is in love with becomes infatuated as well.

Outside of battle

From Generation VI onward, if held by a Pokémon in a Day Care, Nursery, or during a picnic, any Eggs produced by that Pokémon will inherit 5 of their individual values (IVs) at random from either of their parents, instead of the 3 they normally would. Each IV is independently inherited from a random parent.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSS A long, thin, bright red string to be held by a Pokémon. If the holder becomes infatuated, the foe does too. BWB2W2 A long, thin, bright-red string to be held by a Pokémon. If the holder becomes infatuated, the foe does too. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by a Pokémon. If the holder becomes infatuated, the opposing Pokémon will be, too. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. Should the holder of this bright-red thread become infatuated, the Pokémon it is infatuated with will be similarly afflicted.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods DPPt Route 224 HGSS Route 27 BW Opelucid City B2W2 Castelia City Funfest Mission (Where are Fluttering Hearts?) XY Cyllage City Lumiose City (from Beauty Aimee after defeating her) ORAS Sea Mauville (10% chance to receive from Young Couple Lois & Hal after a rematch) Any Contest Hall (from fan after winning Master Rank) Pickup(Lv. 51-100) PMC* Graffiti Eraser (Lv. 1) SMUSUM Route 14USUM Battle Royal Dome (48 BP) Pickup (any level) SwSh Hammerlocke (10 BP) Pickup (Lv. 21-100) SwShIA Workout Sea Cram-o-matic (Fairy: 82-90 points) BDSP Route 224 Pickup (Lv. 21-100) SV Event Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch, after earning 4 Gym Badges) Pickup (Lv. 21-100)

Distribution

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period SV Poké Times Valentines Day Items All February 14 to March 14, 2023

As a held item

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period XYORAS Serena's Fennekin Japanese February 26 to March 31, 2015 2015 Tanabata Jirachi Japan July 18 to August 16, 2015

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	紅線 Hùhngsin
	Mandarin	紅線 / 红线 Hóngxiàn
French		Nœud Destin
German		Fatumknoten
Italian		Destincomune
Korean		빨간실 Ppalgan Sil
Spanish	Latin America	Hilo Destino
	Spain	Lazo Destino

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation 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.