Shuca Berry

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Berries

Coba Berry →

Shuca Berry シュカのみ Shuca Fruit No. 43

Effect Halves the damage taken from a supereffective Ground-type move. Natural Gift Type Ground Power 80 Flavor Generation IV             10 SPICY       0 DRY       15 SWEET       0 BITTER       0 SOUR       Growth Generation IV Planted 0 hours Sprouted 18 hours Taller 36 hours Flowering 54 hours Berries 72 hours Size (in) Size (cm) Firmness 1.7" 4.2 cm Soft Bag description Generation III — Generation IV A Poffin ingredient. If held by a Pokémon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Ground-type attack.DPPt If held by a Pokémon, it weakens a foe’s supereffective Ground-type attack.HGSS Generation V Weakens a supereffective Ground-type attack against the holding Pokémon. Generation VI If held by a Pokémon, this Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Ground-type attack. Generation VII Unknown Generation VIII Unknown Tag description Generation III — Generation IV The sweetness-laden pulp has just the hint of a hard-edged and fragrant bite to it. Ice Cream Scoop Flavor 1 Flavor 2 Flavor 3 Scoop Stickiness Origin Name Cashew Design Cashew

A Shuca Berry (Japanese: シュカのみ Shuca Berry) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation IV.

Locations

Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

FireRed and LeafGreen

Wild hold item (Generation III)

Mini Games (Generation III)

Orre

Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Sometimes given by the Aroma Lady in the westernmost house off Pastoria City. Chance of winning from Scratch-Off Cards in the Battle Frontier.

HeartGold and SoulSilver Bought by the player's Mom. Chance of winning from Scratch-Off Cards in the Battle Frontier.

Wild hold item (Generation IV) Rarely (5% chance) held by wild Ponyta or Rapidash.

Pokéwalker Very rarely found in Stormy Beach after 3500+ steps. Always held by level 15 Pikachu; very rarely found in Yellow Forest after 10000+ steps. Always held by level 5 Beldum; rarely found in Winner's Path after 8000+ steps.

Pokémon Battle Revolution

Mystery Dungeon series

Black and White

Black 2 and White 2 Join Avenue (Flower Shop)

Wild hold item (Generation V) Rarely (5% chance) held by wild Rapidash.

Dream World On the player's first visit to the Dream World, they will receive five of one of the damage-reducing Berries from Fennel.

X and Y Can be given by Psychic Inver at the Inverse House. Sometimes found on yellow Berry trees.

Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Growing on Route 123 in the Berry Master's garden when the player first arrives there. Can be given by Psychic Inver at the Inverse Battle Stop. Can be given by a fan after competing in a Master Rank Pokémon Contest Spectacular.

Wild hold item (Generation VI)

PokéMileage Club Can be obtained through the Lv. 2 Poké Doll Grabber attraction.

Sun and Moon Can be found in berry piles in northwest Poni Wilds and Poni Plains.

Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Wild hold item (Generation VII)

Sword and Shield

Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Legends: Arceus

The Shuca Berry can be found at the following events Generation IV
Rate	Event	Held by
100%	Ranch	Pikachu

The Shuca Berry can be found at the following events Generation V
Rate	Event	Held by
100%	Pokémon Adventure Camp	Shieldon

Growth and harvest

Generation IV

A Shuca Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 72 hours, with 18 hours per stage. A Shuca tree will yield 1-5 Berries.

Generation VI

A Shuca Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 48 hours, with 8 hours per stage. A Shuca tree will yield 3-20 Berries. During its growth, watering the plant will add 1 Berry to the final harvest, weeding it will add 0.5, and removing a pest will add 2.

Uses

Poffin Cooking

At 100% performance, a Shuca Berry can produce a Level 19 (maybe higher) Sweet-Spicy Poffin when cooking alone.

Artwork

Dream World artwork

In the anime

In The Guardian's Challenge!, a Shuca Berry was seen as a part of the meal Mallow made for Ash and his classmates' Pokémon.

In the manga

A Shuca Berry in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In Problematic Probopass and Mad Magnezone II, a Shuca Berry was seen amongst the many Berries that Cyrus's Probopass's Mini-Noses dug out of Lax's fur while trying to retrieve Cyrus's camera which Lax had hidden inside its fur.

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

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	シュカのみ Shuca no Mi	From カシュー cashew
English	Shuca Berry	From cashew nut
French	Baie Jouca	From noix de cajou, cashew nut
German	Schukebeere	From Kaschu, cashew
Italian	Baccanaca	From anacardo, cashew nut
Spanish	Baya Acardo	From anacardo, cashew nut
Korean	슈캐열매 Shewca Yeolmae	From 캐슈 cashew
Chinese (Mandarin)	腰木果 Yāomù Guǒ*	From 腰果 yāo​guǒ, cashew nut
	蜜腰果 Mìyāo​ Guǒ*	From 蜜 mì (honey) and 腰果 yāo​guǒ (cashew nut)
Chinese (Cantonese)	腰木果 Yīumuhk Gwó	From 腰果 yīugwó, cashew nut
Vietnamese	Quả Shuca	Transliteration of Japanese name

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Berries

Coba Berry →

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