Nomel Berry

Nomel Berry ノメルのみ Nomel Fruit

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Introduced in Generation III Pocket Generation III Berries (RSE) Generation III Berry Pouch (FRLG) Generation IV Berries Generation V Berries Generation VI Berries Generation VII Berries Generation VIII Berries Flavor Generation III SPICY DRY SWEET BITTER SOUR SMOOTH 10 0 0 0 20 30 Generation IV/VIII SPICY DRY SWEET BITTER SOUR SMOOTH 10 0 0 0 20 30 Natural Gift Type Dragon Power Gen. IV-V 70 Gen. VI+ 90 Fling Power 10 Effect None

A Nomel Berry (Japanese: ノメルのみ Nomel Fruit) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation III.

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• In the core series games
  • Price
  • Effect
    • Ingredient
    • Exchange
      • Generation III
      • Generation IV
      • Pokémon Dream World
      • Generation VIII
  • Description
    • Tag information
  • Acquisition
  • Growth
• Gallery
  • Artwork
  • Sprites
• In animation
  • Pokémon the Series
    • Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
    • Pokémon the Series: Black & White
    • Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
• In the manga
  • Pokémon Adventures
    • Diamond & Pearl arc
    • Black & White arc
• Trivia
  • Origin
• Names
  • Notes
• External links
• Related articles

Contents

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price RSEFRLG DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A $10

In the Generation V games, the Nomel Berry can be sold to the gourmet maniac on Route 5 for $500.

Effect

Nomel Berries cannot be used directly and only have a use as an ingredient, such as for Pokéblocks and Poffins.

Ingredient

Berry Blending RSE When blending with NPCs, Nomel Berries will produce the following Pokéblocks: NPC NPCs' Berries Flavors (100 RPM) Feel 1 NPC Sourness 25, Spiciness 12 25 2 NPCs Sourness 25, Dryness 12 23 3 NPCs Sourness 25, Sweetness 12 22 Blend Master Sourness 51, Spiciness 25 48 ORAS Nomel Berries are yellow Berries that have a low chance of producing a Pokéblock+.

Berry Crush FRLGE Nomel Berries have a base Berry Powder of 150 and a difficulty of 130. With two players, this Berry will contribute 300 units of Berry Powder at 100% silkiness.

Poffin Cooking DPPt BDSP When used alone, Nomel Berries will produce Poffins with Sourness 9, Spiciness 9 and smoothness 29 when cooked in 1 minute with no spills or burns.

Ice Cream Scoop DW Flavor 1 Flavor 2 Flavor 3 Easy to scoop Stickiness

Juice Shoppe XY Nomel Berries are yellow Berries in Group 1.

Composting XY Nomel Berries are yellow Berries.

Exchange

Generation III

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

Generation IV

In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, the player can exchange Nomel Berries for accessories at the Pick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop.

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the player can exchange:

• 20 Nomel Berries for a Googly Specs
• 80 Nomel Berries for a Spotlight

In Pokémon Platinum, the player can exchange:

• 50 Nomel Berries for a Retro Pipe

Pokémon Dream World

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

Catalogue	Décor	Price
Plain Catalogue	Ultra Ball Rug	35 Nomel Berries 35 Pamtre Berries 35 Rabuta Berries
Plain Catalogue	Heated Table	40 Nomel Berries 40 Rabuta Berries
Plain Catalogue	Stepped Bookcase	20 Nomel Berries 15 Pamtre Berries
Plain Catalogue	Bonsai Plant	80 Nomel Berries 80 Spelon Berries
Plain Catalogue	Fire Fan	20 Nomel Berries
Pokémon Doll Catalogue	Snorunt Doll	50 Nomel Berries

Generation VIII

In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, the player can exchange Nomel Berries for Stickers at the Pick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop:

• 10 Nomel Berries for Spark Sticker C

Description

Games Description RSE POKéblock ingredient. Plant in loamy soil to grow Nomel. FRLG Can be ground up into a powder as an ingredient for medicine. ColoXD An item brought over from a faraway place. DPPt A Poffin ingredient. Bury it in soft soil to grow a Nomel Plant. HGSS In the Sinnoh region, they like to make sweets known as Poffins with this Berry and feed them to their Pokémon. BWB2W2 A Berry which is very rare in the Unova region. A maniac will buy it for a high price. XY A Berry to be used in cooking. This Berry is very rare and hard to obtain in the Unova region. ORAS SMUSUMPE SwShLA Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance your Toughness, this Berry is rare in other regions. BDSP A Poffin ingredient. Bury it in soft soil to grow a Nomel Berry Plant. SV Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Toughness. This Berry is rare in other regions.

Tag information

• No. 30
• Size: 11.2" (28.5 cm)
• Firmness: Super hard

Games Description RSE Quite sour. Just one bite makes it impossible to taste for three days. DPPt BDSP This Berry is quite sour overall, with the sourness especially concentrated at the pointed end.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods RSE Route 123 (Berry Master), Sootopolis City Mossdeep Game Corner (Dodrio Berry Picking with 4 players)E FRLG Joyful Game Corner (Dodrio Berry Picking with 4 players) ColoXD Trade DPPt Route 208 (Berry Master's house), Amity Square (found by walking Pokémon, given by a manPt) Spin Trade (5 players)Pt HGSS Fuchsia City Spin Trade (5 players) PW White Lake BWB2W2 Transfer from Dream World DW* Dream Park XY Trade ORAS Route 123 (Berry Master), Sootopolis City Hyper Rank Pokémon Contest Spectacular (given by fan) BDSP Amity Square (found by walking Pokémon)

Growth

Generation III

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
6 hours

Taller
12 hours

Flowering
18 hours

Berries
24 hours

A Nomel plant will yield 2-4 Berries.

Generation IV

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
6 hours

Taller
12 hours

Flowering
18 hours

Berries
24 hours

A Nomel plant will yield 2-10 Berries. A growing Nomel plant's soil dries by 10% every hour, fully drying out in 10 hours.

Generation V

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
9 hours

Taller
18 hours

Flowering
27 hours

Berries
36 hours

A Nomel plant will yield ? Berries.

Generation VI
Pokémon X and Y

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
4 hours

Growing
8 hours

File:NomelTreeBiggerVI XY.png
Bigger
12 hours

Budding
16 hours

Bloom
20 hours

Berries
24 hours

A Nomel plant will yield 3-15 Berries. During its growth, watering the plant adds 1 Berries to the final harvest, weeding it adds 1, and removing a pest adds 3. Nomel plants attract Combee as pests.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
4 hours

Taller
8 hours

Flowering
12 hours

Berries
16 hours

A Nomel plant will yield 3-15 Berries.

Generation VII
Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
6 hours

Taller
12 hours

Flowering
20 hours

Berries
24 hours

A Nomel plant will yield 4 Berries if Isle Aplenny is at Phase 1, 8 Berries if it is at Phase 2, and 12 Berries if it is at Phase 3.

Generation VIII
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
6 hours

Taller
12 hours

Flowering
18 hours

Berries
24 hours

A Nomel plant will yield 2-10 Berries.

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl	Unused artwork from Scarlet and Violet

Sprites

Berry Tag Sprite (Generation III)	Berry Tag Sprite (Generation IV)

In animation

Nomel Berries in PK23

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

In Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry, slices of a Nomel Berry were handed out as free samples. Pikachu liked it, but Ash was overwhelmed by its sourness.

Pokémon the Series: Black & White

In PK23, Oshawott showed Meloetta, Pikachu, and Snivy a Nomel Berry plant in their search for a Rinka Berry, certain that it was a Rinka plant. When they told Oshawott it was the wrong plant, Oshawott stubbornly ate a Nomel Berry, only to find it was too sour. Meowth and Wobbuffet, who were following Meloetta, found the Berries and decided to eat them, only to be overwhelmed by its sourness.

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

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

In The Ol' Raise and Switch!, Nomel Berries were a part of a meal Lillie gave to Pikachu.

In SM064, a Nomel Berry was at the nest of a group of wild Passimian.

In the manga

A Nomel Berry in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Diamond & Pearl arc

A Nomel Berry appeared in Chancing Upon Chingling, being one of the Berries that Diamond and Lax used to slip a Team Galactic Grunt at the Team Galactic HQ so that Diamond could take his clothes and disguise himself as a Grunt.

Black & White arc

A Nomel Berry appeared in Fussing and Fighting as a part of Professor Juniper's dinner.

Trivia

Origin

The Nomel Berry's design and name may be based on lemons.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ノメルのみ Nomel no Mi	From lemon
English	Nomel Berry	From lemon
German	Tronzibeere	From Zitrone (lemon)
European Spanish, Latin American Spanish	Baya Monli	From limón (lemon)
French	Baie Tronci	From citron (lemon)
Italian	Baccalemon	From limone (lemon)
Korean	노멜열매 Nomel Yeolmae	From 레몬 lemon
Chinese (Traditional)	檬檸果 Méngníng Guǒ / Mùhngnìhng Gwó	From 檸檬 / 柠檬 níngméng / nìhngmùhng (lemon)
Chinese (Simplified)	檬柠果 Méngníng Guǒ
Chinese (Taiwan)	酸檸 Suānníng	From 酸 suān (sour) and 檸檬 níngméng (lemon)

External links

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

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