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When activated in [[tall grass]], Honey acts in a manner similar to the move {{m|Sweet Scent}}, starting a [[wild Pokémon]] battle. The same is true in [[Pokémon X and Y]], but if the area has [[Horde Encounter]]s, using Honey will trigger one.

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Honey is first obtained after the player saves a Honey-selling man from [[Team Galactic]] in [[Floaroma Meadow]], near [[Floaroma Town]]. He will reward the player with some of his Honey. From then onwards, the player will be able to purchase Honey one at a time from him in Floaroma Meadow for {{PDollar}}100 each.

Multiple units of Honey (two in {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}}, six in {{v2|Platinum}}) are hidden in Floaroma Meadow and may be found using the {{DL|Pokétch|Dowsing Machine}} Pokétch app. In Platinum, after the initial six hidden Honeys are found, two will regenerate in the same locations each day thereafter.<ref>[http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/946308/56280 Liquefy's Hidden Items Guide for Platinum]</ref>

Honey can also be obtained easily through the use of {{p|Combee}}'s special Ability, {{a|Honey Gather}}. If a Combee is not already [[held item|holding an item]], it can randomly collect Honey after a battle, with the odds of finding Honey increasing as the Combee levels up. {{pkmn2|wild|Wild}} Combee are always holding a unit of Honey.

In [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2]], Honey can be purchased at [[Join Avenue]] {{DL|Join Avenue|Market}}s.

==Honey trees==

There are 21 Honey trees spread throughout Sinnoh. Four of them have a chance to attract {{p|Munchlax}}; these trees are selected based on player information when the game begins, and cannot be changed short of starting a new game. Any tree has a 90% chance to attract a Pokémon from one of two groups of Pokémon, described below. Munchlax trees have a 1% chance of attracting a Munchlax and a 9% chance of not attracting any Pokémon, while all other trees have a 10% chance of not attracting any Pokémon.

The Pokémon is determined at the time of slathering the tree. Saving the game, resetting, and re-checking a tree after a Pokémon has appeared will not change the Pokémon, but its [[level]], [[gender]], [[Nature]], [[individual values|IVs]], and other random values will change.

===Locations===

===Pokémon groups===

Whereas most areas only need to choose a random Pokémon for the player to encounter, honey trees must first choose one of three groups of Pokémon (shown in the table below) before choosing which Pokémon therein for the player to encounter. For most honey trees, only two of the groups (A and B) can actually be chosen. These trees also have a 10% chance of not producing a Pokémon when honey is slathered on them. Munchlax trees, however, have a 1% chance of finding a Munchlax and a 9% chance of not producing an encounter.

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! style="background: #{{items color light}}" colspan=2 | [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|{{color|{{diamond color}}|Diamond}}/{{color|{{pearl color}}|Pearl}}]]

! style="background: #{{items color light}}; padding: 0px 10px" rowspan=2 | Group C<br>({{tt|0%/1%|1% if the tree is a Munchlax tree}})

! style="background: #{{items color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" colspan=2 | [[Pokémon Platinum Version|{{color|{{platinum color dark}}|Platinum}}]]

|- style="background: #{{items color light}}"

! Group A (20%) || Group B (70%) || Group A (20%) || Group B (70%)

When honey is slathered on a tree, if that tree is also the last tree that was slathered, there is a 90% chance that the game will pick the same group as it did the last time. If the tree's last slathering did not produce any Pokémon, it will be treated as if the tree had selected Group A.

===Shaking===

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! style="background: #{{items color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Shakes

! style="background: #{{items color light}}" | Group A

! style="background: #{{items color light}}" | Group B

! style="background: #{{items color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | {{tt|Group C|Munchlax}}

===Pokémon===

==Flavor text==

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{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|XY}}|A sweet honey with a lush aroma that attracts wild Pokémon when it is used in tall grass, in caves, or on special trees.}}

 

* The feature was originally planned for [[Pokémon Gold and Silver beta|Pokémon Gold and Silver]]. In the games' code, there is unused text that mentions an item called "Sweet Honey", which could be used to attract Pokémon by slathering it on a tree and waiting about a day. It was possibly replaced by the [[move]] {{m|Sweet Scent}} and the ability to use {{m|Headbutt}} on small trees throughout the [[Johto]] region.

* Although it is obtainable in all games after Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Honey serves no purpose in these games beyond its "{{m|Sweet Scent}}" effect.

* Despite its Japanese name, Pokémon who do not like sweet [[flavor]]s can still be attracted with this item.

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