Deep Sea Tooth

The Deep Sea Tooth (Japanese: しんかいのキバ Deep-Sea Fang), formatted DeepSeaTooth prior to Generation VI and Deepseatooth in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, is a type of held item introduced in Generation III. It allows Clamperl to evolve into Huntail, and also boosts the Special Attack of a Clamperl that holds it.

Deep Sea Tooth
しんかいのキバ
Deep-Sea Fang
Bag Deep Sea Tooth Sprite.png
Deep Sea Tooth
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation III
Pocket
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Fling
Power 90

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
RSEFRLG
DPPtHGSS
BW
N/A $100
B2W2 $1000 $100
XYORAS N/A $100
SM N/A $1,000

Effect

Held item

In battle

If held by Clamperl, doubles its Special Attack.

Outside battles

Causes Clamperl to evolve into Huntail when traded while holding it. This consumes the Deep Sea Tooth.

Description

Games Description
RSE A hold item that raises the Sp. Atk of Clamperl.
FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A fang that gleams a sharp silver. It raises the Sp. Atk stat.
Colo.XD A hold item that raises the Sp. Atk of Clamperl.
DPPtHGSS An item to be held by Clamperl. A fang that gleams a sharp silver, it raises the Sp. Atk stat.
BWB2W2 An item to be held by Clamperl. A fang that gleams a sharp silver, it raises the Sp. Atk stat.
XYORAS
SM
An item to be held by Clamperl. This fang gleams a sharp silver and raises the holder's Sp. Atk stat.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
RSE Slateport Harbor (give Scanner to Captain Stern)
DPPt Held by wild Carvanha (5% chance) and wild Sharpedo (5% chance)
HGSS Route 20
PBR 14400 Poké Coupons
BW Route 13, Route 17 Route 13 (treasure hunter); held by wild Carvanha (5% chance), wild Sharpedo (5% chance), wild Huntail (5% chance), and wild Basculin (Red-Striped) (5% chance)
B2W2 Join Avenue (Antique Shop); White Forest (Store 1); held by wild Carvanha (5% chance), wild Sharpedo (5% chance), wild Huntail (5% chance), and wild Basculin (Red-Striped) (5% chance)
XY Azure Bay Held by wild Carvanha (5% chance), wild Sharpedo (5% chance), wild Huntail (5% chance), and wild Basculin (Red-Striped) (5% chance)
ORAS Held by wild Carvanha (5% chance) and wild Sharpedo (5% chance),
Crescent Isle, Mirage Caves (south of Route 107, north of Fallarbor Town, west of Route 115, north of Fortree City, north of Route 124, southeast of Route 129, south of Route 131, north of Route 132)
PMC Balloon Popping (Lv. 1)
SM Battle Tree (32 BP), held by wild Sharpedo (5% chance)

In spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

The Deepseatooth appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky.

Price

Games Cost Sell price
MDRB 3000  1 
MDTDS 1000  1 

Effect

If the player offers both a Link Cable and Deepseatooth at Luminous Cave or Luminous Spring, Clamperl can be evolved into Huntail. This consumes the Link Cable and Deepseatooth.

If thrown, it will deal 1 damage (2 if sticky). Using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.

Description

Games Description
MDRB It enables a certain kind of Pokémon to evolve. Give it to the Pokémon when it's ready to evolve.
MDTDS A supersharp fang with a subtle gleam. It allows a certain kind of Pokémon to evolve.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
MDRB Grand Sea (25F, if the player has none), Far-off Sea (51-75F)
MDTDS Treasure boxes, Job requests (★3-★9)
Happy Outlook (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F), Mt. Mistral (Kecleon Shop: 3F, 5F, 7F, 9F, 11F, 13F, 15F, 17F, 19F), Shimmer Hill (Kecleon Shop: 2F, 4F, 6F, 8F, 10F, 12F, 14F, 16F), Lost Wilderness (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F)

Appearance

   
Sprite from
Red Rescue Team and
Blue Rescue Team
Sprite from
Explorers of Time,
Darkness
, and Sky

In the anime

 
A Deep Sea Tooth in the anime

A Deep Sea Tooth and a Deep Sea Scale appeared in The Evolutionary War. They were used to evolve Keith and Nancy's Clamperl into a Huntail and a Gorebyss, respectively.

Two Deep Sea Teeth appeared in Showdown At Linoone as some of the items Tokin picked up.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 深海之牙 Sāmhói-jī Ngàh
Mandarin 深海之牙 Shēnhǎi-zhī Yá
  Finnish Syvänmerenhammas
  French Dent Océan
  German Abysszahn
  Italian Dente Abissi
Denteabissi*
  Korean 심해의이빨 Simhae-ui Ippal
  Spanish Diente Marino

External links


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