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Items (Japanese: どうぐ dōgu) have various uses, including healing, powering up, or helping one to catch Pokémon. Below is a list of item categories. (Some items have their own articles.)

Bag

Main article: Bag
  • Description: The bag is a tool in many of the Pokémon games
  • Purpose: It holds all of the main character's items.
  • Location: Received automatically at the beginning

Trainer Card

Main article: Trainer card (game)
File:Trainercard.png
Red's Trainer card
  • Description: A piece of plastic that every trainer must have.
  • Purpose: displays information about a Trainer such as Trainer's name, Trainer ID number, money, Pokémon in Pokédex, and the amount of time they have been playing their game...
  • Location: Received at the beginning.
  • Instruction: Press the Start button and use the D-pad to choose player's name then press A button.

Badges

Main article: Badge
  • Description: A symbol or an item trainers need to collect.
  • Purpose:
  • Location: Received after defeated a Gym Leader
  • Instruction: Badges are displayed on the bottom of the card in Generation I,II,III, and in the badge case under the trainer card

Frontier Symbols

Main article: Symbol
 
A gold symbol

Commemorative Prints

Main article: Commemorative prints
File:FactoryGoldprintm.PNG
A gold Commemorative prints

Pokédex

Region Pokédex

Main article: Pokédex
  • Description: An invaluable electronic device.
  • Purpose: It provides a database of pertinent, informative entries on Pokémon found in a specific region. It automatically adds entry of captured Pokémon and is capable of tracking down fled Pokémon.
  • Location: Received from Professors.

National Pokédex

Main article: National Pokédex
  • Description: An upgraded version of the regional Pokédex.
  • Purpose: It records information from Pokémon around the nation, instead of ones native to a particular region.
  • Location: Upgraded after completed region Pokédex.
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A completed Unown Dex, in alphabetical order

Unown Dex

Main article: Unown Dex
  • Description: A Pokédex upgrade present in Generation II.
  • Purpose: It is designed to display 26 different types of Unown and the word that is associated with each form.
  • Location: A scientist's aide will upgrade the player's Pokédex to support this mode after capturing three different Unown and exiting the Ruins of Alph.

Running Shoes

Main article: Running Shoes
  • Description: Running Shoes is an equipment in Generation III and Generation IV
  • Purpose: allow the player to run instead of walk
  • Location: Received from the player's mother
  • Instruction: holding the B button and pressing the D-pad in any direction

Recovery Items

Main article: Drink
Main article: Ether
Main article: Herbal medicine
Main article: Potion
Main article: Revive
Main article: Sacred Ash
Main article: Status ailment healing item
Main article: Ragecandybar

Stat/Skill Boosters

Evolution

Main article: Evolutionary stone
Main article: Evolution-inducing held item

In Battle

Main article: Battle item

Vitamins

Main article: Vitamin

Held Items

Main article: Held item
Main article: Berries
Main article: In-battle effect item
Main article: Incense
Main article: Mail
Main article: Stat-enhancing item
Main article: EV-enhancing item

Type Boosters

Main article: Type-enhancing item
Main article: Plate

Tools

Balls

Main article: Poké Ball

Escape Rope

Main article: Escape Rope

Exp. All

Main article: Experience-affecting items

Poké Doll

Main article: Pokémon doll#Generation I

Fluffy Tail

Main article: Fluffy Tail

Repel

Main article: Repel

Shoal Salt

Main article: Shoal Salt

Shoal Shell

Main article: Shoal Shell

Cologne

Main article: Cologne

Sweet Honey

Main article: Sweet Honey

TMs

Main article: TM

HMs

Main article: HM

Sell/Trade

Main article: Valuable item
Main article: Exchangable item
Main article: Coin
Main article: Apricorn
Main article: Shard

Key Items

Main article: List of key items in Generation I
Main article: List of key items in Generation II
Main article: List of key items in Generation III
Main article: List of key items in Pokémon Colosseum
Main article: List of key items in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Main article: List of key items in Generation IV

Fossils

Main article: Dome and Helix Fossils
Main article: Old Amber
Main article: Claw and Root Fossils
Main article: Armor and Skull Fossils

PokéGear*

Main article: PokéGear
File:PokeGear anime.PNG
Misty's PokéGear
  • Description: An important item for Trainers. It looks like a large, advanced, wristwatch, with a symbol resembling an S or a backwards 2 (perhaps the Silph Co. logo) at the top.
  • Purpose: It has several functions such as time,map,phone,radio...very useful for the player.Some of them will need to be unlocked during the game by receiving special expansion cards.
  • Instruction: Press the Start button and use the D-pad to choose PokéGear then press A button.

PokéNav

Main article: PokéNav

Pokétch

Main article: Pokétch

Decorations

Main article: Bed
Main article: Carpet
Main article: Pokémon doll
Main article: Game system
Main article: Plant
Main article: Poster
Main article: Chair
Main article: Cushion
Main article: Desk
Main article: Mat
Main article: Ornament

Scarves

Main article: Scarf

Flutes

Main article: Flute
Main article: Poké Flute
Main article: Time Flute

Super Contest items

Main article: Accessory
Main article: Backdrop

Mulch

Main article: Mulch

See also