Pokemon Items
All 512 items across every category
Pokemon items are objects that can be used in or out of battle to aid Pokemon. Held items provide passive effects during battle – from boosting a move's power to restoring HP each turn. Other items include evolution stones, Poke Balls, medicines, and competitive staples like Choice Band, Leftovers, and Life Orb. Understanding items is essential for building effective competitive teams.
Held Items72 items
Mega Stones47 items
Vitamins41 items
Evolution32 items
Z-Crystals29 items
Species-Specific22 items
Type Enhancement22 items
Nature Mints21 items
Type-Reducing Berries18 items
Jewels18 items
Plates17 items
Memories17 items
Status Cures14 items
Poke Balls13 items
Special Balls13 items
Healing13 items
Stat Boosts9 items
In-a-Pinch9 items
Training8 itemsMedicine7 items
EV Training7 items
Apricorn Balls7 items
Held Items (Negative)6 items
Catching Bonus6 items
Revival5 itemsPicky Healing5 items
Scarves5 itemsUnused5 items
PP Recovery4 itemsOther4 items
Flutes3 items
Choice Items3 itemsGameplay3 itemsPlot Advancement2 itemsLoot2 itemsBaking Only1 itemsEffort Drop1 itemsCollectibles1 items| Sprite | Item▲ | Category▴▾ | Buy▴▾ | Sell▴▾ | Gen▴▾ | Usage▴▾ | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ability Capsule | Vitamins | 10,000 | 5,000 | VI | – | Switches a Pokémon between its two possible (non-Hidden) Abilities. |
 | Ability Patch | Vitamins | 20 | 10 | VIII | – | A patch that allows a Pokémon with a regular Ability to have a rare Ability. |
 | Ability Shield | Held Items | 20,000 | 10,000 | IX | 0.3% | Held: Protects the holder from having its Ability changed or suppressed. |
 | Abomasite | Mega Stones | – | – | VI | – | Held: Allows Abomasnow to Mega Evolve into Mega Abomasnow. |
 | Absolite | Mega Stones | – | – | VI | – | Held: Allows Absol to Mega Evolve into Mega Absol. |
 | Absorb Bulb | Held Items | 4,000 | 2,000 | V | – | Held: Raises the holder’s Special Attack by one stage when it takes Water-type damage. |
| Adamant Crystal | Gameplay | – | – | VIII | – | Held by Dialga: Changes Dialga to Origin Forme. | |
 | Adamant Mint | Nature Mints | 20 | 10 | VIII | – | When a Pokémon smells this mint, its Attack will grow more easily, but its Sp. Atk will grow more slowly. |
 | Adamant Orb | Species-Specific | – | – | IV | – | Boosts the damage from Dialga’s Dragon-type and Steel-type moves by 20%. |
 | Adrenaline Orb | Held Items | 4,000 | 2,000 | VII | – | Makes wild Pokémon more likely to summon allies. Held: increases the holder’s Speed by one stage when affected by Intimidate. |
 | Aerodactylite | Mega Stones | – | – | VI | – | Held: Allows Aerodactyl to Mega Evolve into Mega Aerodactyl. |
 | Aggronite | Mega Stones | – | – | VI | – | Held: Allows Aggron to Mega Evolve into Mega Aggron. |
 | Aguav Berry | Picky Healing | 80 | 40 | III | – | Held: Consumed at 1/2 max HP to restore 1/8 max HP. Confuses Pokémon that dislike bitter flavor. |
 | Air Balloon | Held Items | 4,000 | 2,000 | V | 2.1% | Held: Grants immunity to Ground-type moves, Spikes, and Toxic Spikes. Consumed when the holder takes damage from a move. |
 | Alakazite | Mega Stones | – | – | VI | – | Held: Allows Alakazam to Mega Evolve into Mega Alakazam. |
 | Aloraichium Z Held | Z-Crystals | – | – | VII | – | Held: Allows Alola Raichu to upgrade Thunderbolt into Stoked Sparksurfer. |
 | Altarianite | Mega Stones | – | – | VII | – | Held: Allows Altaria to Mega Evolve into Mega Altaria. |
 | Ampharosite | Mega Stones | – | – | VI | – | Held: Allows Ampharos to Mega Evolve into Mega Ampharos. |
 | Amulet Coin | Training | 10,000 | 5,000 | III | – | Held: Doubles the money earned from a battle. Does not stack with Luck Incense. |
| Antidote | Status Cures | 200 | 100 | III | – | Cures poison. |
 | Apicot Berry | In-a-Pinch | 80 | 40 | III | – | Held: Consumed at 1/4 max HP to boost Special Defense. |
 | Assault Vest | Held Items | 1,000 | 500 | VI | 4.1% | Raises the holder’s Special Defense to 1.5×. Prevents the holder from selecting a status move. |
 | Audinite | Mega Stones | – | – | VII | – | Held: Allows Audino to Mega Evolve into Mega Audino. |
 | Awakening | Status Cures | 200 | 100 | III | – | Cures sleep. |
 | Babiri Berry | Type-Reducing Berries | 80 | 40 | IV | – | Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Steel-type attack to halve the damage. |
 | Banettite | Mega Stones | – | – | VI | – | Held: Allows Banette to Mega Evolve into Mega Banette. |
 | Beast Ball | Special Balls | – | – | VII | – | Tries to catch a wild Pokémon. Success rate is 5× for Ultra Beasts and 0.1× for all other Pokémon. |
 | Beedrillite | Mega Stones | – | – | VII | – | Held: Allows Beedrill to Mega Evolve into Mega Beedrill. |
 | Berry Juice | Healing | 200 | 100 | III | – | Restores 20 HP. |
 | Berry Sweet | Evolution | 500 | 250 | VIII | – | A berry-shaped sweet. When a Milcery holds this, it spins around happily. |
 | Big Malasada | Status Cures | 350 | 175 | VII | – | Cures major status ailments and confusion. |
 | Big Nugget | Loot | 40,000 | 20,000 | V | – | Sell to Ore Collector for 30000 Pokédollars. |
 | Big Root | Held Items | 4,000 | 2,000 | IV | – | Held: Increases HP recovered from draining moves, Ingrain, and Aqua Ring by 3/10 (30%). |
 | Binding Band | Held Items | 4,000 | 2,000 | V | – | Held: Doubles the per-turn damage of multi-turn trapping moves. |
 | Black Belt | Type Enhancement | 1,000 | 500 | III | – | Held: Fighting-Type moves from holder do 20% more damage. |
 | Black Glasses | Type Enhancement | 1,000 | 500 | III | – | Held: Dark-Type moves from holder do 20% more damage. |
 | Black Sludge | Held Items | 4,000 | 2,000 | IV | 2.8% | Held: Poison-type holder recovers 1/16 (6.25%) max HP each turn. Non-Poison-Types take 1/8 (12.5%) max HP damage. |
 | Blastoisinite | Mega Stones | – | – | VI | – | Held: Allows Blastoise to Mega Evolve into Mega Blastoise. |
 | Blazikenite | Mega Stones | – | – | VI | – | Held: Allows Blaziken to Mega Evolve into Mega Blaziken. |
 | Blue Flute | Flutes | 20 | 10 | III | – | Cures sleep. |
 | Blue Orb | Plot Advancement | – | – | III | – | Summons Kyogre to the Embedded Tower. |
| Blue Scarf | Scarves | 100 | 50 | III | – | Raises the holder’s Beauty while in a contest. |
 | Bluk Berry | Baking Only | 20 | 10 | III | – | Used for creating PokéBlocks and Poffins. |
 | Blunder Policy | Held Items | 4,000 | 2,000 | VIII | 0.3% | Raises Speed sharply when a Pokémon misses with a move because of accuracy. |
 | Bold Mint | Nature Mints | 20 | 10 | VIII | – | When a Pokémon smells this mint, its Defense will grow more easily, but its Attack will grow more slowly. |
 | Booster Energy | Held Items | – | – | IX | 3.5% | Held: Activates Protosynthesis or Quark Drive without weather or terrain. |
 | Brave Mint | Nature Mints | 20 | 10 | VIII | – | When a Pokémon smells this mint, its Attack will grow more easily, but its Speed will grow more slowly. |
 | Bright Powder | Held Items | 4,000 | 2,000 | III | 0.1% | Held: Increases the holder’s evasion by 1/9 (11 1/9%). |
| Bug Gem | Jewels | 200 | 100 | V | – | Held: When the holder uses a damaging Bug-type move, the move has 1.5× power and this item is consumed. |
 | Bug Memory | Memories | 1,000 | 500 | VII | – | Held: Changes Silvally to its Bug form. Changes Multi-Attack’s type to Bug. |
 | Buginium Z Held | Z-Crystals | – | – | VII | – | Held: Allows a Pokémon to use the Z-move equivalents of its Bug moves. |
 | Burn Drive | Species-Specific | – | – | V | – | Grants Genesect a red, Fire-type Techno Blast. |
 | Burn Heal | Status Cures | 200 | 100 | III | – | Cures a burn. |
 | Calcium | Vitamins | 10,000 | 5,000 | III | – | Raises Special Attack effort and happiness. |
 | Calm Mint | Nature Mints | 20 | 10 | VIII | – | When a Pokémon smells this mint, its Sp. Def will grow more easily, but its Attack will grow more slowly. |
 | Cameruptite | Mega Stones | – | – | VII | – | Held: Allows Camerupt to Mega Evolve into Mega Camerupt. |
 | Carbos | Vitamins | 10,000 | 5,000 | III | – | Raises Speed effort and happiness. |
 | Careful Mint | Nature Mints | 20 | 10 | VIII | – | When a Pokémon smells this mint, its Sp. Def will grow more easily, but its Sp. Atk will grow more slowly. |
 | Casteliacone | Status Cures | 350 | 175 | V | – | Cures any status ailment and confusion. |
 | Cell Battery | Held Items | 4,000 | 2,000 | V | – | Held: Raises the holder’s Attack by one stage when it takes Electric-type damage. |
| Charcoal | Type Enhancement | 1,000 | 500 | III | – | Held: Fire-Type moves from holder do 20% more damage. |
 | Charizardite X | Mega Stones | – | – | VI | – | Held: Allows Charizard to Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard X. |
 | Charizardite Y | Mega Stones | – | – | VI | – | Held: Allows Charizard to Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard Y. |
 | Charti Berry | Type-Reducing Berries | 80 | 40 | IV | – | Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Rock-type attack to halve the damage. |
 | Cheri Berry | Medicine | 80 | 40 | III | – | Held: Consumed when paralyzed to cure paralysis. |
 | Cherish Ball | Special Balls | – | – | IV | – | Tries to catch a wild Pokémon. |
 | Chesto Berry | Medicine | 80 | 40 | III | – | Held: Consumed when asleep to cure sleep. |
 | Chilan Berry | Type-Reducing Berries | 80 | 40 | IV | – | Held: Consumed when struck by a Normal-type attack to halve the damage. |
 | Chill Drive | Species-Specific | – | – | V | – | Grants Genesect a white, Ice-type Techno Blast. |
 | Chipped Pot | Evolution | 38,000 | 19,000 | VIII | – | A peculiar teapot that can make a certain species of Pokémon evolve. It may be chipped, but tea poured from it is delicious. |
| Choice Band | Choice Items | 4,000 | 2,000 | III | 9.3% | Held: Increases Attack by 50%, but restricts the holder to only one move. |
 | Choice Scarf | Choice Items | 4,000 | 2,000 | IV | 11.5% | Held: Increases Speed by 50%, but restricts the holder to only one move. |
 | Choice Specs | Choice Items | 4,000 | 2,000 | IV | 6.8% | Held: Increases Special Attack by 50%, but restricts the holder to only one move. |
 | Chople Berry | Type-Reducing Berries | 80 | 40 | IV | – | Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Fighting-type attack to halve the damage. |
 | Cleanse Tag | Training | 5,000 | 2,500 | III | – | Prevents wild encounters of level lower than your party’s lead Pokémon. |
 | Clear Amulet | Held Items | 30,000 | 15,000 | IX | 0.4% | Held: Prevents the holder's stats from being lowered by other Pokémon. |
 | Clever Wing | Vitamins | 300 | 150 | V | – | Increases Special Defense effort by 1. |
 | Clover Sweet | Evolution | 500 | 250 | VIII | – | A clover-shaped sweet. When a Milcery holds this, it spins around happily. |
 | Coba Berry | Type-Reducing Berries | 80 | 40 | IV | – | Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Flying-type attack to halve the damage. |
 | Colbur Berry | Type-Reducing Berries | 80 | 40 | IV | – | Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Dark-type attack to halve the damage. |
 | Cornerstone Mask | Held Items | – | – | IX | – | Held by Ogerpon: Changes Ogerpon to Cornerstone Mask form (Rock type). |
 | Courage Candy | Vitamins | 20 | 10 | VII | – | A candy that is packed with energy. When given to a Pokémon, it will increase that Pokémon’s Sp. Def stat. |
 | Courage Candy L | Vitamins | 20 | 10 | VII | – | A big candy that is packed with energy. When given to a Pokémon at Lv. 30 or higher, it will increase that Pokémon’s Sp. Def stat. |
 | Courage Candy Xl | Vitamins | 20 | 10 | VII | – | A huge candy that is packed with energy. When given to a Pokémon at Lv. 60 or higher, it will increase that Pokémon’s Sp. Def stat. |
 | Covert Cloak | Held Items | 20,000 | 10,000 | IX | 0.8% | Held: Protects the holder from the secondary effects of opposing moves. |
 | Cracked Pot | Evolution | 1,600 | 800 | VIII | – | A peculiar teapot that can make a certain species of Pokémon evolve. It may be cracked, but tea poured from it is delicious. |
 | Custap Berry | In-a-Pinch | 80 | 40 | IV | – | Held: Consumed at 1/4 max HP when using a move to go first. |
 | Damp Rock | Held Items | 4,000 | 2,000 | IV | – | Held: Rain Dance by the holder lasts 8 rounds instead of 5. |
 | Dark Gem | Jewels | 200 | 100 | V | – | Held: When the holder uses a damaging Dark-type move, the move has 1.5× power and this item is consumed. |
 | Dark Memory | Memories | 1,000 | 500 | VII | – | Held: Changes Silvally to its Dark form. Changes Multi-Attack’s type to Dark. |
 | Darkinium Z Held | Z-Crystals | – | – | VII | – | Held: Allows a Pokémon to use the Z-move equivalents of its Dark moves. |
 | Dawn Stone | Evolution | 3,000 | 1,500 | IV | – | Evolves a male Kirlia into Gallade or a female Snorunt into Froslass. |
 | Decidium Z Held | Z-Crystals | – | – | VII | – | Held: Allows Decidueye to upgrade Spirit Shackle into Sinister Arrow Raid. |
 | Deep Sea Scale | Species-Specific | 2,000 | 1,000 | III | – | Doubles Clamperl’s Special Defense. Traded on a Clamperl: Holder evolves into Gorebyss. |
 | Deep Sea Tooth | Species-Specific | 2,000 | 1,000 | III | – | Doubles Clamperl’s Special Attack. Traded on a Clamperl: Holder evolves into Huntail. |
 | Destiny Knot | Held Items | 4,000 | 2,000 | IV | – | Held: Infatuates opposing Pokémon when holder is inflicted with infatuation. |
 | Diancite | Mega Stones | – | – | VII | – | Held: Allows Diancie to Mega Evolve into Mega Diancie. |
 | Dire Hit | Stat Boosts | 1,000 | 500 | III | – | Increases the chance of a critical hit in battle. Raises happiness. |
 | Dive Ball | Special Balls | 1,000 | 500 | III | – | Tries to catch a wild Pokémon. Success rate is 3.5× when underwater, fishing, or surfing. |
 | Douse Drive | Species-Specific | – | – | V | – | Grants Genesect a blue, Water-type Techno Blast. |
Understanding Pokemon Items
Items in the Pokemon series serve a wide variety of purposes, from healing your team to powering up attacks in competitive battles. Held items in particular have become a cornerstone of competitive team building, as the right item can transform a Pokemon's effectiveness.
Competitive Held Items
The most impactful held items in competitive play include Leftovers (1/16 HP recovery per turn), Choice Band/Specs/Scarf (1.5x stat boost but locked to one move), Life Orb (1.3x damage at the cost of 10% HP per attack), and Eviolite (1.5x both defenses for not-fully-evolved Pokemon). Heavy-Duty Boots prevent entry hazard damage, making them essential for hazard-weak Pokemon.
Evolution Items
Many Pokemon require specific items to evolve. Evolution stones like Fire Stone, Water Stone, and Thunder Stone trigger evolution when used on compatible Pokemon. Trade-held items like Metal Coat (Scizor), Dragon Scale (Kingdra), and Protector (Rhyperior) cause evolution when the holding Pokemon is traded.
Mega Stones & Z-Crystals
Mega Stones, introduced in Generation VI, allow specific Pokemon to Mega Evolve during battle, gaining boosted stats and sometimes new abilities or types. Z-Crystals from Generation VII enable one-time powerful Z-Moves. While both mechanics are limited to their respective generations, they remain important for formats that allow them.
Berries & Recovery Items
Type-reducing berries (Yache Berry, Occa Berry, etc.) halve the damage of a super-effective hit of a specific type. Pinch berries like Sitrus Berry restore HP when it falls below a threshold. These consumable items add another layer of prediction and counterplay to competitive battles.