Flavor

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Flavor is a group of attributes that all Berries, Pokéblocks, Poffins, and Apricorns have.

There are five flavors: spicy (Japanese: 辛い spicy), dry (Japanese: 渋い astringent), sweet (Japanese: 甘い sweet), bitter (Japanese: 苦い bitter), and sour (Japanese: 酸っぱい sour). Each flavor represents a specific contest condition and Pokéathlon performance stat, and is liked and disliked by different Pokémon depending on their Natures. The flavor is also consistently liked or disliked depending on which stat is raised or lowered; for example, all Pokémon who like spicy flavors will have a Nature that raises their Attack, while those that dislike spicy flavors will all have a Nature that lowers their Attack. Every Pokémon will like and dislike a certain flavor unless their Nature is Hardy, Docile, Serious, Bashful, or Quirky, in which case they will have no preference. However, bitter herbal medicine, as well as sweet Honey and the move Sweet Scent, ignore flavor preferences.

If a Pokémon consumes a Berry that may cause confusion, it will become confused if it dislikes the flavor. This is the only flavor-dependent mechanic to be retained in Generation V onward.

List of flavors

Flavor	Color	Contest	Pokéathlon	Stat affected
Flavor	Color	Contest	Pokéathlon	If liked ↑	If disliked ↓
Spicy	Red	Cool	Power	Attack
Dry	Blue	Beautiful	Skill	Special Attack
Sweet	Pink	Cute	Speed	Speed
Bitter	Green	Clever	Jump	Special Defense
Sour	Yellow	Tough	Stamina	Defense

Preferred flavor

From Generation III onward, each Nature uniquely boosts one stat and hinders another; the 25 Natures may also be arranged into a table as shown:

Nature table
No change ↘		Disliked flavor ↓
No change ↘		Spicy	Dry	Sweet	Bitter	Sour
Favorite flavor ↑	Spicy	Bashful	Adamant	Brave	Naughty	Lonely
	Dry	Modest	Docile	Quiet	Rash	Mild
	Sweet	Timid	Jolly	Hardy	Naive	Hasty
	Bitter	Calm	Careful	Sassy	Quirky	Gentle
	Sour	Bold	Impish	Relaxed	Lax	Serious

List of Berries by flavor

In Generation III

No.	Name	Spicy	Dry	Sweet	Bitter	Sour
01	Cheri	+1	0	0	0	-1
02	Chesto	-1	+1	0	0	0
03	Pecha	0	-1	+1	0	0
04	Rawst	0	0	-1	+1	0
05	Aspear	0	0	0	-1	+1
06	Leppa	+1	-1	0	0	0
07	Oran	0	0	0	0	0
08	Persim	0	0	0	0	0
09	Lum	0	0	0	0	0
10	Sitrus	0	0	0	0	0
11	Figy	+1	0	0	0	-1
12	Wiki	-1	+1	0	0	0
13	Mago	0	-1	+1	0	0
14	Aguav	0	0	-1	+1	0
15	Iapapa	0	0	0	-1	+1
16	Razz	0	+1	0	0	-1
17	Bluk	-1	0	+1	0	0
18	Nanab	0	-1	0	+1	0
19	Wepear	0	0	-1	0	+1
20	Pinap	+1	0	0	-1	0
21	Pomeg	+1	-1	0	+1	-1
22	Kelpsy	-1	+1	-1	0	+1
23	Qualot	+1	-1	+1	-1	0
24	Hondew	0	+1	-1	+1	-1
25	Grepa	-1	0	+1	-1	+1
26	Tamato	+1	+1	0	0	-2
27	Cornn	-2	+1	+1	0	0
28	Magost	0	-2	+1	+1	0
29	Rabuta	0	0	-2	+1	+1
30	Nomel	+1	0	0	-2	+1
31	Spelon	+3	+1	0	0	-4
32	Pamtre	-4	+3	+1	0	0
33	Watmel	0	-4	+3	+1	0
34	Durin	0	0	-4	+3	+1
35	Belue	+1	0	0	-4	+3
36	Liechi	+4	-4	+4	-1	-3
37	Ganlon	-4	+4	-4	+4	0
38	Salac	0	-4	+4	-4	+4
39	Petaya	+4	0	-4	+4	-4
40	Apicot	-4	+4	0	-4	+4
41	Lansat	0	0	0	0	0
42	Starf	0	0	0	0	0
43	Enigma	0	0	0	0	0

e-Reader Berries

No.	Name	Spicy	Dry	Sweet	Bitter	Sour
43	Pumkin	0	0	0	-4	+4
43	Drash	0	-4	+4	0	0
43	Eggant	-4	+4	0	0	0
43	Strib	+3	0	-3	+3	-3
43	Chilan	+3	-3	+3	0	-3
43	Nutpea	0	0	0	0	0
43	Ginema	-3	+3	0	-3	+3
43	Kuo	0	0	0	0	0
43	Yago	0	0	-4	+4	0
43	Touga	+4	0	0	0	-4
43	Niniku	-3	+3	-3	+3	0
43	Topo	0	-3	+3	-3	+3

In Generation IV

No.	Name	Spicy	Dry	Sweet	Bitter	Sour
01	Cheri	10	0	0	0	0
02	Chesto	0	10	0	0	0
03	Pecha	0	0	10	0	0
04	Rawst	0	0	0	10	0
05	Aspear	0	0	0	0	10
06	Leppa	10	0	10	10	10
07	Oran	10	10	0	10	10
08	Persim	10	10	10	0	10
09	Lum	10	10	10	10	0
10	Sitrus	0	10	10	10	10
11	Figy	15	0	0	0	0
12	Wiki	0	15	0	0	0
13	Mago	0	0	15	0	0
14	Aguav	0	0	0	15	0
15	Iapapa	0	0	0	0	15
16	Razz	10	10	0	0	0
17	Bluk	0	10	10	0	0
18	Nanab	0	0	10	10	0
19	Wepear	0	0	0	10	10
20	Pinap	10	0	0	0	10
21	Pomeg	10	0	10	10	0
22	Kelpsy	0	10	0	10	10
23	Qualot	10	0	10	0	10
24	Hondew	10	10	0	10	0
25	Grepa	0	10	10	0	10
26	Tamato	20	10	0	0	0
27	Cornn	0	20	10	0	0
28	Magost	0	0	20	10	0
29	Rabuta	0	0	0	20	10
30	Nomel	10	0	0	0	20
31	Spelon	30	10	0	0	0
32	Pamtre	0	30	10	0	0
33	Watmel	0	0	30	10	0
34	Durin	0	0	0	30	10
35	Belue	10	0	0	0	30
36	Occa	15	0	10	0	0
37	Passho	0	15	0	10	0
38	Wacan	0	0	15	0	10
39	Rindo	10	0	0	15	0
40	Yache	0	10	0	0	15
41	Chople	15	0	0	10	0
42	Kebia	0	15	0	0	10
43	Shuca	10	0	15	0	0
44	Coba	0	10	0	15	0
45	Payapa	0	0	10	0	15
46	Tanga	20	0	0	0	10
47	Charti	10	20	0	0	0
48	Kasib	0	10	20	0	0
49	Haban	0	0	10	20	0
50	Colbur	0	0	0	10	20
51	Babiri	25	10	0	0	0
52	Chilan	0	25	10	0	0
53	Liechi	30	10	30	0	0
54	Ganlon	0	30	10	30	0
55	Salac	0	0	30	10	30
56	Petaya	30	0	0	30	10
57	Apicot	10	30	0	0	30
58	Lansat	30	10	30	10	30
59	Starf	30	10	30	10	30
60	Enigma	40	10	0	0	0
61	Micle	0	40	10	0	0
62	Custap	0	0	40	10	0
63	Jaboca	0	0	0	40	10
64	Rowap	10	0	0	0	40

In Generation V

Spr	Name	Scoop			Stickiness
Spr	Name	Flavor 1	Flavor 2	Flavor 3	Flavor 1	Flavor 2	Flavor 3
	Cheri Berry	1	2	3	3	4	5
	Chesto Berry	1	3	2	3	5	4
	Pecha Berry	2	1	3	4	3	5
	Rawst Berry	2	3	1	4	5	3
	Aspear Berry	3	1	2	5	3	4
	Leppa Berry	2	3	5	4	5	1
	Oran Berry	2	3	4	1	2	3
	Persim Berry	2	3	4	2	3	4
	Lum Berry	2	3	3	4	4	5
	Sitrus Berry	1	4	2	5	4	1
	Figy Berry	1	3	4	5	1	2
	Wiki Berry	1	4	3	5	2	1
	Mago Berry	3	1	4	1	5	2
	Aguav Berry	3	4	1	1	2	5
	Iapapa Berry	4	1	3	2	5	1
	Razz Berry	1	2	3	1	2	3
	Bluk Berry	1	3	2	1	3	2
	Nanab Berry	2	1	3	2	1	3
	Wepear Berry	2	3	1	2	3	1
	Pinap Berry	3	1	2	3	1	2
	Pomeg Berry	2	4	5	5	1	2
	Kelpsy Berry	2	5	4	5	2	1
	Qualot Berry	4	2	5	1	5	2
	Hondew Berry	4	5	2	1	2	5
	Grepa Berry	5	2	4	2	5	1
	Tamato Berry	5	4	2	2	1	5
	Cornn Berry	3	2	1	3	2	1
	Magost Berry	1	2	3	1	2	3
	Rabuta Berry	1	3	2	1	3	2
	Nomel Berry	2	1	3	2	1	3
	Spelon Berry	1	2	3	2	3	4
	Pamtre Berry	1	3	2	2	4	3
	Watmel Berry	2	1	3	3	2	4
	Durin Berry	2	3	1	3	4	2
	Belue Berry	3	1	2	4	2	3
	Occa Berry	3	4	5	1	2	3
	Passho Berry	3	5	4	1	3	2
	Wacan Berry	4	3	5	2	1	3
	Rindo Berry	4	5	3	2	3	1
	Yache Berry	5	3	4	3	1	2
	Chople Berry	5	4	3	3	2	1
	Kebia Berry	3	4	5	1	2	3
	Shuca Berry	3	5	4	1	3	2
	Coba Berry	4	3	5	2	1	3
	Payapa Berry	4	5	3	2	3	1
	Tanga Berry	5	3	4	3	1	2
	Charti Berry	5	4	3	3	2	1
	Kasib Berry	3	4	5	1	2	3
	Haban Berry	3	5	4	1	3	2
	Colbur Berry	4	3	5	2	1	3
	Babiri Berry	4	5	3	2	3	1
	Chilan Berry	5	3	4	3	1	2
	Liechi Berry	3	4	5	2	3	4
	Ganlon Berry	3	5	4	2	4	3
	Salac Berry	4	3	5	3	2	4
	Petaya Berry	4	5	3	3	4	2
	Apicot Berry	5	3	4	4	2	3
	Lansat Berry	3	4	5	4	5	3
	Starf Berry	3	5	4	4	3	5
	Enigma Berry	3	4	5	3	4	5
	Micle Berry	4	3	5	3	5	4
	Custap Berry	4	5	3	3	4	5
	Jaboca Berry	3	4	5	5	3	4
	Rowap Berry	3	5	4	5	4	3

In Generation VI

Name	Color (XY)	Color (ORAS)
Cheri Berry	Red	Red
Chesto Berry	Purple	Blue
Pecha Berry	Pink	Pink
Rawst Berry	Green	Green
Aspear Berry	Yellow	Yellow
Leppa Berry	Red	Red
Oran Berry	Blue	Blue
Persim Berry	Pink	Pink
Lum Berry	Green	Green
Sitrus Berry	Yellow	Yellow
Figy Berry	Red	Red
Wiki Berry	Purple	Blue
Mago Berry	Pink	Pink
Aguav Berry	Green	Green
Iapapa Berry	Yellow	Yellow
Razz Berry	Red	Red
Bluk Berry	Purple	Blue
Nanab Berry	Pink	Pink
Wepear Berry	Green	Green
Pinap Berry	Yellow	Yellow
Pomeg Berry	Red	Red
Kelpsy Berry	Blue	Blue
Qualot Berry	Yellow	Pink
Hondew Berry	Green	Green
Grepa Berry	Yellow	Yellow
Tamato Berry	Red	Red
Cornn Berry	Purple	Blue
Magost Berry	Pink	Pink
Rabuta Berry	Green	Green
Nomel Berry	Yellow	Yellow
Spelon Berry	Red	Pink
Pamtre Berry	Purple	Blue
Watmel Berry	Pink	Green
Durin Berry	Green	Green
Belue Berry	Purple	Blue
Occa Berry	Red	Red
Passho Berry	Blue	Blue
Wacan Berry	Yellow	Yellow
Rindo Berry	Green	Green
Yache Berry	Blue	Blue
Chople Berry	Red	Red
Kebia Berry	Green	Green
Shuca Berry	Yellow	Yellow
Coba Berry	Blue	Blue
Payapa Berry	Purple	Red
Tanga Berry	Green	Green
Charti Berry	Yellow	Yellow
Kasib Berry	Purple	Pink
Haban Berry	Red	Red
Colbur Berry	Purple	Pink
Babiri Berry	Green	Green
Chilan Berry	Yellow	Yellow
Liechi Berry	Red	Yellow
Ganlon Berry	Purple	Blue
Salac Berry	Green	Green
Petaya Berry	Pink	Pink
Apicot Berry	Blue	Blue
Lansat Berry	Red	Pink
Starf Berry	Green	Green
Enigma Berry	Purple	Yellow
Micle Berry	Green	Green
Custap Berry	Red	Red
Jaboca Berry	Yellow	Yellow
Rowap Berry	Blue	Blue
Roseli Berry	Pink	Red
Kee Berry	Yellow	Pink
Maranga Berry	Blue	Yellow

List of Apricorns by flavor

	Spicy	Sour	Dry	Bitter	Sweet
Red Apricorn	Strong	Weak	—	—	—
Ylw Apricorn	—	Strong	Weak	—	—
Blu Apricorn	—	—	Strong	Weak	—
Grn Apricorn	—	—	—	Strong	Weak
Pnk Apricorn	Weak	—	—	—	Strong
Wht Apricorn	Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak
Blk Apricorn	Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong

Similar mechanics

In Generation V, Berries have Scoop and Stickiness attributes for the Dream World mini-game Ice Cream Scoop.

In Generation VI, Berries have color groups. These color groups are used when growing Berries or making Juice or Poké Blocks. Pokémon X and Y have six color groups: red, blue, purple, green, yellow, and pink. Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire have five color groups: red, yellow, blue, green, and pink; each of these again correspond to a contest condition.

Trivia

The bag descriptions of the Razz, Bluk, Nanab, Wepear, and Pinap Berries in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire state that they are spicy, sour, sweet, bitter, and sour, respectively, referencing their previous flavors in the Generation III and IV games.
- The reference in the Bluk Berry's description was not noticed, and as such, 渋い was translated as "sour" instead of as "dry" as in previous games.
In Generation III, the total sum of all flavor attributes is always zero (0).