Wacan Berry

	Pokémon Global Link artwork
	Introduced in Generation IV
Pocket
Generation IV	Berries
Generation V	Berries
Generation VI	Berries
Generation VII	Berries
Generation VIII	Berries
Generation IX	Berries
	Flavor
Generation IV/VIII
Natural Gift
Type	Electric
Gen. VI+	80
Fling
Power	10
Effect	None

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A Wacan Berry (Japanese: ソクノのみ Sokuno Fruit) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation IV.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM BDSP	N/A	$10
SwSh	N/A	$40
SV	N/A	$20

In the Generation V games, the Wacan Berry can be sold to the gourmet maniac on Route 5 for $20.

Effect

Held item

If the holder is hit by a super effective Electric-type attack, it will consume its held Wacan Berry and halve the attack's damage. If the holder has Ripen, the damage is multiplied by 1/4.

Ingredient

Berry Blending
ORAS	Wacan Berries are yellow Berries that have a medium chance of producing a Pokéblock+.

Poffin Cooking
DP Pt BDSP	When used alone, Wacan Berries will produce Poffins with Sweetness 13, Sourness 8 and smoothness 29 when cooked in 1 minute with no spills or burns.

Ice Cream Scoop

DW

	Flavor 1	Flavor 2	Flavor 3
Easy to scoop
Stickiness

Juice Shoppe
XY	Wacan Berries are yellow Berries in Group 2.

Composting
XY	Wacan Berries are yellow Berries.

Dye Houses
SM USUM	30 Wacan Berries, Aspear Berries, and Iapapa Berries are used to dye any white or dyed clothing into dark yellow.

Curry
SwSh	Wacan Berries have a rarity of 5.

Cram-o-matic
SwSh	Wacan Berries are Electric-type items and give 4 points towards the output value.

Exchange

Pokémon Dream World

In the Pokémon Dream World, the player could exchange Berries for Décor. The following Décor required Wacan Berries.

Catalogue	Décor	Price
Pokémon Doll Catalogue	Totodile Doll	15 Wacan Berries

Description

Games	Description
DP Pt	A Poffin ingredient. If held by a Pokémon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Electric-type attack.
HGSS	If held by a Pokémon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Electric-type attack.
BW B2W2	Weakens a supereffective Electric-type attack against the holding Pokémon.
XYORAS SM USUMPE SwShBDSP	If held by a Pokémon, this Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Electric-type attack.
SV	If a Pokémon holding this Berry is hit with a supereffective Electric-type move, the power of that move will be weakened.

Tag information

No. 38
Size: 9.8" (25.0 cm)
Firmness: Very soft

Games	Description
DP Pt BDSP	Energy from lightning strikes is drawn into the plant, making the Berries grow big and rich.

Curry information

Games	Description
SwSh	A pretty-looking yellow Berry. Its sour-sweet flavor and cute appearance are perfect for sweets. Jam made of these Berries is also delicious.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
DP Pt	Transfer from My Pokémon Ranch (held by Hayley's Finneon)	Pastoria City Battle Frontier (Scratch-Off Cards) Held by wild Buizel and wild Floatzel (5% chance each)
Ranch	Hayley's trades (held by Finneon)
HGSS	Pewter City (in-game trade)	Bought by player's Mom Battle Frontier (Scratch-Off Cards) Held by wild Buizel and wild Floatzel (5% chance each)
PW		Hoenn Field, Winner's Path
BW		Held by wild Buizel and wild Floatzel (5% chance)
B2W2		Join Avenue (Flower Shop)
DW*	First completion of the tutorial (player will be given five of one of the damage-reducing Berries from Fennel)
XY		Route 18, Inverse House Yellow Berry trees
ORAS	Route 123	Inverse Battle Stop Master Rank Pokémon Contest Spectacular (given by fan)
PMC*		Poké Doll Grabber (Lv. 1)
SM USUM	Held by Totem Araquanid^USUM	Berry piles (Poni Wilds, Poni Plains) Ambush encounters (Floatzel in Ultra Space Wilds^USUM)
SwSh		Berry trees (Hammerlocke Hills)
SwShCT		Berry trees (Giant's Bed)
BDSP		Pastoria City Picked up by walking Pokémon (Relaxed, Lax, Serious, Jolly, Naive, Modest, Mild, Rash Natures)
SV		Sparkling overworld item (Socarrat Trail)

Distribution

Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
SwSh	Pokémon Center Curry Ingredients and Berries	Japan	November 15, 2019 to October 31, 2021

As a held item

Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
BW B2W2	Pokémon Adventure Camp Fossil Tirtouga	Japanese	July 21, 2012 to September 30, 2013

Growth

Generation IV

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
18 hours

Taller
36 hours

Flowering
54 hours

Berries
72 hours

A Wacan plant will yield 1-5 Berries. A growing Wacan plant's soil dries by 6% every hour, fully drying out in 17 hours.

Generation V

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
27 hours

Taller
54 hours

Flowering
81 hours

Berries
108 hours

A Wacan plant will yield ? Berries.

Generation VI
Pokémon X and Y

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
8 hours

Growing
16 hours

Bigger
24 hours

Budding
32 hours

Bloom
40 hours

Berries
48 hours

A Wacan plant will yield 3-20 Berries. During its growth, watering the plant adds 1 Berries to the final harvest, weeding it adds 0.5, and removing a pest adds 2. Wacan plants attract Combee as pests. If grown next to each other, a Wacan Berry and a Kelpsy Berry may mutate into an Apicot Berry.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
8 hours

Taller
16 hours

Flowering
24 hours

Berries
32 hours

A Wacan plant will yield 2-10 Berries.

Generation VII
Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
30 hours

Taller
36 hours

Flowering
44 hours

Berries
48 hours

A Wacan plant will yield 2 Berries if Isle Aplenny is at Phase 1, 4 Berries if it is at Phase 2, and 6 Berries if it is at Phase 3.

Generation VIII
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
18 hours

Taller
36 hours

Flowering
54 hours

Berries
72 hours

A Wacan plant will yield 2-5 Berries.

Gallery

Artwork


Ingredient artwork from Sword and Shield	Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

Sprites

Berry Tag Sprite (Generation IV)

In the spin-off games

Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

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A Wacan Berry in Magikarp Jump

In Pokémon: Magikarp Jump, Wacan Berries can appear as food that can be consumed by Magikarp.

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards named or holding a Wacan Berry.

Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Bidoof		Mysterious Treasures		73/123	Secret of the Lakes

In the manga

A Wacan Berry in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Diamond & Pearl arc

In Problematic Probopass and Mad Magnezone II, a Wacan Berry was seen among the many Berries that Cyrus's Probopass's Mini-Noses dug out of Lax's fur while trying to retrieve Cyrus's camera.

Trivia

Origin

The Wacan Berry's design may be based on a candle tree. Its name may be based on a candle tree or a wax candle.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ソクノのみ Sokuno no Mi	From 蝋燭の木 rōsoku-no-ki, candle tree
English	Wacan Berry	From wax candle
French	Baie Parma	From the genus Parmentiera
German	Kerzalbeere	From Kerzenbaum, candle tree
Italian	Baccaparmen	From the genus Parmentiera
Spanish	Baya Gualot	From guajilote, candle tree
Korean	초나열매 Chona Yeolmae	From 양초나무 yangchonamu, candle tree
Chinese (Mandarin)	燭木果 / 烛木果 Zhúmù Guǒ	From 蠟燭木 làzhúmù, candle tree
Chinese (Cantonese)	燭木果 Jūkmuhk Gwó	From 蠟燭木 laahpjūkmuhk, candle tree
Polish	Wacanjagoda	From its English name

External links

On Smogon Itemdex:
- Generation IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

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