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Soft-Boiled (move)

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Soft-Boiled
タマゴうみ Egg Lay
Softboiled V.png
Softboiled V OW.png
Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  0
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
  • Usable outside of battle
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Self: Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam  0  
A highly appealing move.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jamming  0  
Works great if the user goes first this turn.

Soft-Boiled (Japanese: タマゴうみ Egg Lay), formatted as Softboiled prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. It was TM41 in Generation I. It is the signature move of Chansey and Blissey.

Effect

In battle

Soft-Boiled restores up to 50% of the user's maximum HP. It will fail if the user's current HP is already equal to its maximum HP.

In Generation I core series only, a bug causes Soft-Boiled to fail if the difference between the user's current and maximum HP is 255 or 511 (any number that leaves a remainder of 255 when divided by 256), in addition to failing on a difference of 0. This was fixed in Pokémon Stadium and all future generations.

Soft-Boiled can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, causing Egg Bomb to give an extra four appeal points if used in the next turn.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Soft-Boiled, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Outside of battle

Prior to Generation VII, Soft-Boiled can also be used outside of battle to transfer some of the user's HP to another party Pokémon. Each use will transfer 20% of the user's HP, up to the target's maximum HP. The move will not work if the user has 20% or lower HP remaining.

Description

Games Description
Stad Restores HP by 1/2 of the user's maximum HP. May also be used in the field.
Stad2 Half of the user's maximum HP is restored. May also be used in the field.
GSC Restores HP by 1/2 the user's max HP.
RSEColoXD Recovers up to half the user's maximum HP.
FRLG Heals the user by up to half its full HP. It can be used to heal an ally.
DP The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP. May be used in the field to heal HP.
PBR The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP.
PtHGSS The user restores its own HP by up to half of its maximum HP. It may also be used to heal an ally's HP.
BWB2W2 The user restores its own HP by up to half of its maximum HP. May also be used in the field to heal HP.
XYORAS The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP. May also be used in the field to heal HP.
SM The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0113 Chansey NormalIC Big.png Fairy Fairy 13 13 12 16 16 16
0242 Blissey NormalIC Big.png Fairy Fairy 10 10 12 16 16 16
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By TM

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Machine
I
TM41 		II
-- 		III
-- 		IV
-- 		V
-- 		VI
-- 		VII
-- 		VIII
-- 		IX
--
0113 Chansey NormalIC Big.png Fairy Fairy ✔
0151 Mew PsychicIC Big.png style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By Move Tutor

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Game
FRLG E XD
0035 Clefairy NormalIC Big.png Fairy Fairy ✔ ✔
0036 Clefable NormalIC Big.png Fairy Fairy ✔ ✔
0113 Chansey NormalIC Big.png Fairy Fairy ✔ ✔
0151 Mew PsychicIC Big.png style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔
0173 Cleffa NormalIC Big.png style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔
0175 Togepi NormalIC Big.png style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered ✔ ✔
0176 Togetic NormalIC Big.png
FlyingIC Big.png 		Flying Fairy ✔ ✔
0242 Blissey NormalIC Big.png Fairy Fairy ✔ ✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


In the anime

Brock Chansey Softboiled.png
Chansey
Brock Chansey Softboiled heal.png
Healing
The user produces a glowing egg that enters its target, healing it.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Chansey The egg in Chansey's pouch glows yellow and it raises its arms into the air. When it does, a yellow glow in the shape of Chansey's egg rises from its pouch into the air. It then floats over to the target and melts into its body. As it does, the target's body becomes outlined in yellow, healing it.
Brock's Chansey The Brockster Is In! Debut


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

In battle

Core series games

Softboiled I.png Softboiled II.png Softboiled III.png Softboiled IV.png
Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV

Spin-off series games

Softboiled Stad.png Softboiled Stad2.png Softboiled Colo.png Softboiled XD.png
Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD
Softboiled PBR.png
Battle Revolution
Softboiled PMD RB.png
MD: Red and Blue

Outside of battle

Softboiled I OW.png Softboiled II OW.png Softboiled III OW.png Softboiled IV OW.png
Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV

Trivia

  • Although Soft-Boiled is available in Pokémon Emerald as a Move Tutor move, no Pokémon naturally available in the game can learn the move; all Pokémon capable of using the Move Tutor must be traded into the game from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen or caught using an event item.
  • Male Pokémon can use this move despite its Japanese name being タマゴうみ Tamago Umi, which can be translated to "egg lay".
  • In Generation III, the status screen erroneously states that the move has 100% accuracy, even though it targets the user (thus it ignores accuracy and evasion checks).
  • In Generation III, if this move is used immediately after Brick Break, the egg that appears will be transparent rather than solid. This is only a graphical error and doesn't affect the execution of the move.
  • In the 1.0 release of the English versions of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, whenever the player uses Soft-Boiled on a Pokémon that is fainted or at full health, the game erroneously states "This item can't be used on that POKéMON." In the 1.1 release, the word "item" was removed and the message correctly says "This can't be used on that POKéMON." This error does not exist in the Japanese versions, meaning it was a localization oversight.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 生蛋 Sāangdáan
Mandarin 生蛋 Shēng​dàn​
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Zachtgekookt
France Flag.png French E-Coque
Germany Flag.png German Weichei
Greece Flag.png Greek Μελάτη Θεραπεία
Indonesia Flag.png Indonesian Bertelur
Softboiled (DP190)
Italy Flag.png Italian Covauova
South Korea Flag.png Korean 알낳기 Alnaki
Poland Flag.png Polish Terapia Ciepłem
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Ovo da Cura
Cozidos (TCG)
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Escalfar
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Meko kuvano
Spain Flag.png Spanish Amortiguador
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Đẻ Trứng


Variations of the move Recover
StatusIC HOME.png Recover • Soft-Boiled • Milk Drink • Slack Off • Heal Order • Roost


Generation I TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25
26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50
Generation I HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05


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