Slowpoke Tail

This article is about the valuable item. For the ingredient related to this item, see Smoke-Poke Tail.

Slowpoke Tail おいしいシッポ Delicious Tail

Sprite from Pokémon Sleep

Introduced in Generation II Pocket Generation II Items Generation IV Key items (HGSS) Generation V Key items Generation VI Key items Generation VII Key items

The Slowpoke Tail (Japanese: おいしいシッポ Delicious Tail), formatted SlowpokeTail prior to Generation VI, is a valuable item exclusive to the Generation II games. They are the severed tails of Slowpoke.

Although the item exists in the game data of most core series games from Generation IV onward, and is otherwise referenced in many other games, it can only be obtained in the Generation II games.

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• In the core series games
  • Price
  • Effect
  • Description
  • Acquisition
  • Non-item appearances
• In the spin-off games
  • Pokémon GO
  • Pokémon Sleep
    • Price
    • Effect
    • Note
    • Acquisition
  • Detective Pikachu Returns
• In the manga
  • Pokémon Adventures
    • Gold, Silver & Crystal arc
    • Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc
• Trivia
• In other languages

Contents

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC $9800 $4900 HGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUM N/A N/A

Effect

The Slowpoke Tail serves no practical purpose other than to be sold.

Description

Games Description GSC Very tasty. Sell high. HGSS BWB2W2 A very tasty tail of something. It sells for a high price. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA SV A very tasty tail of something. It can be sold at a high price to shops.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Just a Souvenir Shop (before exposing Team Rocket)

Non-item appearances

In Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, a man near the Pokémon Center on Route 32 offers to sell the player a Slowpoke Tail for $1,000,000; however, it cannot be purchased, as this is more money than the player can carry in these games. Later, the player discovers Team Rocket harvesting Slowpoke Tails from Slowpoke in the Slowpoke Well in Azalea Town. After Team Rocket is defeated, the man in Route 32 disappears.

In Pokémon X and Y, Slowpoke Tail is one of the dishes served by Restaurant Le Yeah in Lumiose City.

In the Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon Special Demo Version, a Police Officer at the Hau'oli City Marina stakes out what he believes is a Slowpoke Tail deal; instead, the meeting is simply two people fawning over each other's Slowpoke.

In Pokémon Sun and Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, Peppered Slowpoke Tail on Salad, Slowpoke Tail Quiche, and Slowpoke Tail Sandwiches are listed on a shelf in the Thrifty Megamart, although the player cannot purchase any of them. Additionally, Slowpoke's Pokédex entry in Pokémon Sun states that its tail often breaks off without harming the Slowpoke, and that it grows back later, whereas its Pokémon Moon Pokédex entry states that dried Slowpoke tails are often used in Alolan home-cooked stews.

In the spin-off games

Pokémon GO

In Pokémon GO, Sierra appears to have a Slowpoke Tail hanging off the back corner of her bag.

Pokémon Sleep

Slowpoke Tail is available in Pokémon Sleep.

Price

Games Cost Sell price Sleep N/A 14 Dream Shards

Effect

Slowpoke Tail can be used as an ingredient in cooking, with a base Strength of 342. It can be used to cook the following recipes:

	Name	Recipe	Minimum pot size
	Grilled Tail Curry	Slowpoke Tail ×8 Fiery Herb ×25	33
	Slowpoke Tail Pepper Salad	Fiery Herb ×10 Slowpoke Tail ×10 Pure Oil ×15	35

Note

Games Description Sleep A very tasty tail of something. When it falls off, it grows back quickly.

Acquisition

Slowpoke Tail can be gathered by the player's helper Pokémon.

Detective Pikachu Returns

Detective Pikachu holding Slowpoke's tail

When Tim Goodman and Rachel Myers find Professor Gordon's Slowpoke stuck in some ice, they pulled it out, but its tail came off as it was stuck to the ice. Pikachu picked it up and asked Slowpoke if it was okay, only to see that its tail already grew back. Slowpoke lets Pikachu keep the dismembered tail.

Later, Tim and Pikachu encountered an angry and hungry Galarian Darmanitan. Pikachu used Slowpoke's tail as a snack to lure Darmanitan, who accidentally put Pikachu in its mouth with the tail. After Tim pulled Pikachu out, Darmanitan ate the Slowpoke tail and calmed down.

In the manga

Slowpoke Tails in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In Ursaring Major, Team Rocket had cut off the tails of a herd of Slowpoke by the Slowpoke Well near Azalea Town, planning to sell them for profit. However, they were stopped by Silver and his Ursaring before they could do so.

Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc

A pair of Team Skull Grunts sold grilled Slowpoke Tails at the Iki Town festival, with one of said Tails appearing in The Party Crasher and Guzma the Destroyer.

Trivia

• The first time that humans eating Pokémon is mentioned explicitly in the games is when a Team Rocket Grunt mentions the Slowpoke Tail's value as a delicacy.^{[citation needed]}

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	美味尾巴 Méihmeih Méihbā
	Mandarin	美味尾巴 Měiwèi Wěiba
French		Queue RamolossVII+ QueueramolosII–VI
German		Flegmon-RuteIV+ FlegmonruteII
Italian		Coda SlowpokeVII+ CodaslowpokeII–VI
Korean		맛있는꼬리 Masinneun KkoriIV+ 맛있는 꼬리 Masinneun KkoriII
Brazilian Portuguese		Cauda de Slowpoke
Spanish	Latin America	Cola de Slowpoke
	Spain	Cola de SlowpokeZA+ Cola SlowpokeSM–SV ColaslowpokeII-VI
Vietnamese		Đuôi của Yadon

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