 | Berries and Pokéblocks |
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Berries have advanced from the G/S/C days. Back then, you picked a berry, used it and waited for it to grow again. Those berries could be used for healing and making pokeballs only. They had very unoriginal names too: berry, psncureberry, bitter berry.
The R/S berries have much more "unique" names, playing on names of acual fruits and vegetables: rawst (straw), nomel (lemon) and watmel (watermelon) etc.. These berries can be used for much more than just healing, although they cannot be made into pokéballs. Berries can be used for making pokéblocks for pokémon contests, they can increase stats of pokémon when their HP is low and they can still heal. Unfortunately, some berries cannot be gotten without a GameShark or Pro Action Replay and some berries are impossibly hard to find (liechi).
Another good thing about berries in R/S is the ability to grow them. The one-of a kind berries (pamtre, spelon, belue, watmel, durin) can be planted and watered to produce more. These special berries must be watered many times to produce more than 1. A girl in the Pretty Flower Shop in near Rustboro will give you the Wailmer Pail which is used to water berries.
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Pokéblocks are also a new thing in R/S. They come with the contests and raise the condition of your pokémon. Different colours have different tastes and raise different stats. Refer to the table below for details. Pokéblocks are actually candies for pokémon.
| Berries in R/S have different tastes. They can be spicy, sweet, sour, bitter or dry. Keep this chart in mind when you're blending berries. Certain natures of pokémon like and dislike certain tastes. If you give dry berries to a pokémon with a nature that hates dry blocks, it will say "xxxxxx disdainfully ate the pokéblock". If it likes dry pokéblocks it will say "xxxxxx happily ate the pokéblock". "xxxxxx ate the pokéblock" will be displayed if it has a nature that is neutral to dry pokéblocks. If it doesn't like the pokéblock, then it's gonna take some really high quality pokéblocks or many low quality pokéblocks to max out beauty (feebas). Spicy blocks (cool) will give your pokémon more in the preliminary judging if it's in a cool contest. There are colours besides these 5. See below. |
| These are other colours of other berries that are achieved by mixing different berries (e.g.- Cheri & Aspear). As you can see, some of them raise quite a few attributes. Gold is only achieved by mixing a Leichi berry with others. The latter are very high level blocks and their berries are either very difficult or even impossible to get so do not expect them anytime soon. |
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Here is a final table telling all the berries and their effects. Click on the name to see the picture.
| # | Name | Size | Taste | Effect | Description |
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| 01 | Cheri | 0.8" | Spicy | Recovers paralysis | Blooms with delicate pretty flowers. The bright red BERRY is very spicy |
| 02 | Chesto | 3.1" | Dry | Awakens | The BERRY's thick skin and fruit are very tough. It is dry-tasting all over. |
| 03 | Pecha | 1.6" | Sweet | Cures poison | Very sweet and delicious. Also very tender - handle with care. |
| 04 | Rawst | 1.3" | Bitter | Heals burns | If the leaves grow long and curly, the BERRY seems to grow very bitter. |
| 05 | Aspear | 2.0" | Sour | Thaws frozen pokémon | The hard BERRY is dense with a rich juice. It is quite sour. |
| 06 | Leppa | 1.1" | Spicy, Sweet, Bitter, Sour | Restores 10 PP | Grows slower than CHERI and others. The smaller the BERRY, the tastier |
| 07 | Oran | 1.4" | All | Restores 10 HP | A peculiar BERRY with a mix of flavours. BERRIES grow in half a day. |
| 08 | Persim | 1.9" | All | Snaps confusion | Loves sunlight. The BERRY's color grows vivid when exposed to the sun. |
| 09 | Lum | 1.3" | All | Cures any status condition | Slow to grow. If raised with loving care, it may grow two BERRIES. |
| 10 | Sitrus | 3.7" | All | Restores 30 HP | Closely related to ORAN. The large BERRY has a well-rounded flavour. |
| 11 | Figy | 3.9" | Spicy | Recovers 1/8 HP but confuses certain natures (hold) | The BERRY, which looks chewed up, brims with spicy substances. |
| 12 | Wiki | 4.5" | Dry | Recovers 1/8 HP but confuses certain natures (hold) | The BERRY is said to have grown lumpy to help POKéMON grip it. |
| 13 | Mago | 5.0" | Sweet | Recovers 1/8 HP but confuses certain natures (hold) | The BERRY turns curvy as it grows. The curvier, the sweeter and tastier |
| 14 | Aguav | 2.5" | Bitter | Recovers 1/8 HP but confuses certain natures (hold) | The flower is dainty. It is rare in its ability to grow without light. |
| 15 | Iapapa | 8.8" | Sour | Recovers 1/8 HP but confuses certain natures (hold) | The BERRY is very big and sour. It takes at least a day to grow. |
| 16 | Razz | 4.7" | Spicy, Dry | Pokéblock ingredient | The red BERRY tastes slightly spicy. It grows quickly in just four hours. |
| 17 | Bluk | 4.3" | Dry, Sweet | Pokéblock ingredient | The BERRY is blue one the outside, but it blackens the mouth when eaten. |
| 18 | Nanab | 3.0" | Sweet, Bitter | Pokéblock ingredient | This BERRY was the seventh discovered in the world. It is sweet. |
| 19 | Wepear | 2.9" | Bitter, Sour | Pokéblock ingredient | The flower is small and white. It has a delicate balance of bitter and sour. |
| 20 | Pinap | 3.1" | Spicy, Sour | Pokéblock Ingredient | Weak against |
| 21 | Pomeg | 5.3" | Spicy, Sweet, Bitter | Pokéblock Ingredient | However much it is watered, it only grows up to six BERRIES |
| 22 | Kelpsy | 5.9" | Dry, Bitter, Sour | Pokéblock Ingredient | A rare variety shaped like a root. Grows a very large flower |
| 23 | Qualot | 4.3" | Spicy, Sweet, Sour | Pokéblock Ingredient | Loves water. Grows strong even in locations with constant rainfall. |
| 24 | Hondew | 6.4" | Spicy, Dry, Bitter | Pokéblock Ingredient | A BERRY that is very valuable and rarely seen. It is very delicious. |
| 25 | Grepa | 5.9" | Dry, Sweet, Sour | Pokéblock Ingredient | Despite its tenderness and round shape, the BERRY is unimaginably sour. |
| 26 | Tamato | 7.9" | Spicy, Dry | Pokéblock Ingredient | The BERRY is lip-bendingly spicy. It takes time to grow |
| 27 | Cornn | 3.0" | Dry, Sweet | Pokéblock Ingredient | A BERRY from an ancient era. May not grow unless planted in quantity |
| 28 | Magost | 5.5" | Sweet, Bitter | Pokéblock Ingredient | A BERRY that is widely said to have a finely balanced flavor. |
| 29 | Rabuta | 8.9" | Bitter, Sour | Pokéblock Ingredient | A rare variety that is overgrown with hair. It is quite bitter. |
| 30 | Nomel | 11.2" | Spicy, Sour | Pokéblock Ingredient | Quite sour. Just one bite makes it impossible to taste for three days. |
| 31 | Spelon | 5.2" | Spicy, Dry | Pokéblock Ingredient | The vividly red BERRY is very spicy. Its warts secrete a spicy substance. |
| 32 | Pamtre | 9.6" | Dry, Sweet | Pokéblock Ingredient | Drifts on the sea from somewhere. It is thought to grow elsewhere. |
| 33 | Watmel | 9.8" | Sweet, Bitter | Pokéblock Ingredient | A huge BERRY, with some over 20 inches discovered. Exceedingly sweet |
| 34 | Durin | 11.0" | Bitter, Sour | Pokéblock Ingredient | Bitter to even look at. It is so bitter, no one has ever eaten it as is. |
| 35 | Belue | 11.8" | Spicy, Sour | Pokéblock Ingredient | It is glossy and looks delicious, but it is awfully sour. Takes time to grow. |
| 36 | Liechi | 4.4" | Spicy, Sweet, Sour | When HP is below 1/3, raises attack | A mysterious BERRY. It is rumored to contain the power of the sea. |
| 37 | Ganlon | 1.3" | Dry, Bitter | When HP is below 1/3, raises defense | A mysterious BERRY. It is rumored to contain the power of the land |
| 38 | Salac | 3.7" | Sweet, Sour | When HP is below 1/3, raises Speed | A mysterious BERRY. It is rumored to contain the power of the sky |
| 39 | Petaya | 9.3" | Spicy, Bitter | When HP is below 1/3, raises sp. attack | A mysterious BERRY. It is rumored to contain the power of all living things. |
| 40 | Apicot | 3.0" | Dry, Sour | When HP is below 1/3, raises sp. defense | A very mystifying BERRY. No telling what may happen or how it can be used. |
| 41 | Lansat | 3.6" | All | When HP is below 1/3, raises critical hit Ratio | Said to be a legendary BERRY. Holding it supposedly brings joy. |
| 42 | Starf | 6.0" | All | When HP is below 1/3, raises random stat sharply | So strong, it was abandoned at the world's edge. Considered a mirage. |
| 43 | Enigma | ??.?" | All | Pokéblock Ingredient | A completely enigmatic BERRY. Appears to have the power of stars. |
| E-reader berries | |||||
| 44 | Chilan | 10.7" | Spicy, Sweet | Pokéblock Ingredient | This sparse berry grows quickly. It's skin is quite tough |
| 45 | Nutpea | 4.9" | All | Pokéblock Ingredient | This berry is rigid and cracks open when the center is squeezed. |
| 46 | Pumkin | 1.9" | Sour | Pokéblock Ingredient | This berry is amazingly sour. It's heavy due to it's dense filling. |
| 47 | Drash | 5.3" | Sweet | Pokéblock Ingredient | When this berry ripens, it falls and sticks into the ground. |
| 48 | Eggant | 1.6" | Dry | Pokéblock Ingredient | This berry is very dry tasting, especially the parts not exposed to the sun. |
| 49 | Strib | 1.6" | Spicy, Bitter | Pokéblock Ingredient | It grows slowly but abundantly. Makes a soothing sound when shaken. |
| 50 | Ginema | 2.5" | Sour, Dry | Pokéblock Ingredient | If you peel the thin shell of this berry, it becomes a perfectly round fruit. It has a very bitter and sour taste. |
| 51 | Kuo | 8.6" | All | Pokéblock Ingredient | ??? |
With the e-reader, there are now more berries (up to 51; Nintendo is making more) that can be obtained. There are two sets so far, the second one only having two.