Charcoal

Charcoal (Japanese: もくたん Charcoal) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Fire-type moves.

Charcoal
もくたん
Charcoal
Bag Charcoal Sprite.png
Charcoal
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
Generation II Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation III Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation IV Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation V Bag Items pocket icon.png Items (Held items)
Generation VI Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation VII Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation VIII Bag Other Items pocket icon.png Other Items
Generation IX Bag Other Items pocket icon.png Other Items
Fling
Power 30

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
GSC $9800 $4900
RSEFRLG
Colo.XD
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
BDSP
N/A $4,900
SMUSUM N/A $500
SwSh $3,000 $500
SV $3,000 $750

Effect

Generations II and III

Boosts the power of the holder's Fire-type moves by 10%.

Generation IV onward

Boosts the power of the holder's Fire-type moves by 20%.

Description

Games Description
GSC Powers up fire-type moves. (HOLD)
RSEColo.XD A hold item that raises the power of Fire-type moves.
FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A combustible fuel that boosts the power of Fire-type moves.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a combustible fuel that boosts the power of Fire-type moves.
SMUSUM
SwSh
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a combustible fuel that boosts the power of Fire-type moves.
SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a combustible fuel that boosts the power of the holder's Fire-type moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
GSC Azalea Town, Ruins of AlphC Azalea Town Poké Mart
RSE Lavaridge Town
FRLG Rocket Game Corner (1000 Coins)
Colo. Held by Shadow Quilava
XD Held by Shadow Numel
DPPt Route 227
HGSS Azalea Town, Ruins of Alph
BW Nacrene City, Route 16
B2W2 Castelia City Held by wild Torkoal (5% chance)
DW* Rugged Mountain
XY Couriway Town Held by wild Torkoal (5% chance)
ORAS Lavaridge Town Held by wild Vulpix and wild Torkoal (5% chance each)
SMUSUM Wela Volcano ParkSM, Heahea CityUSUM Held by wild Torkoal and wild TurtonatorSUS (5% chance each)
SwSh Motostoke (if the player chose Scorbunny) Stow-on-Side (bargain shop)
Held by wild Vulpix, wild Ninetales, wild Torkoal, and wild TurtonatorSw (5% chance each)
SwShIA Cram-o-matic (Fire: 102-110 points)
SwShCT Freezington
BDSP Route 227
SV Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch)
SVID Item Printer

Distribution

As a held item
Games Event Language/Region Distribution period
DP Strongest Magmortar Japanese December 1 to 14, 2007
Pikachu Cafe Magmortar Korean June 29, 2008
Battle Series 2009 Arcanine Korean June 6 to 7, 2009

Gallery

Artwork

   
Artwork from
Generation II
Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet

In the spin-off games

 
Charcoal in Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

In Pokémon: Magikarp Jump, Charcoal is a Friendship Item that can be purchased for 600 . It summons Charizard as a helper Pokémon.

In the anime

 
Charcoal in the anime

Charcoal appeared in A Farfetch'd Tale. While traveling through Ilex Forest, Ash and his friends met a boy named Sylvester, who was trying to follow in his teacher's (father in the dub) footsteps in order to learn how to make "purifying charcoal". Brock explained that purifying charcoal is actually burnt wood, which can be used as fuel or to purify water and air. At the end of the episode, Ash and his friends received some charcoal as a gift.

In the manga

 
A Charcoal in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In The Last Battle IV, during the final battle against the Masked Man, Blaine used a piece of Charcoal to strengthen Entei's Fire-type moves.

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 木炭 Muhktaan *
Taan *
Mandarin 木炭 Mùtàn *
木灰 Mùhuī *
  Czech Uhlík
  French Charbon
  German Holzkohle
  Italian Carbonella
  Korean 목탄 Moktan
  Polish Węgiel Drzewny
  Brazilian Portuguese Carvão
  Spanish Carbón
  Vietnamese Than củi

External links



  This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.