Old Rod
The Old Rod (Japanese: ボロのつりざお Worn-out Fishing Rod) is a Key Item introduced in Generation I. It allows the player to fish from bodies of water.
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Good Rod and Super Rod are more powerful versions of this item.
In the core series games
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Effect
The Old Rod allows the player to fish for low-level wild Pokémon from bodies of water.
Description
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Acquisition
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Appearance
Model from Generation VI |
In spin-off games
Pokémon: Magikarp Jump
In Pokémon: Magikarp Jump, Magikarp are fished with Old Rod, with the player being given increasingly better variants of Old Rod (So-So, Good, Great, Rare, Pro's, and Supreme) as they progress that can fish new Magikarp patterns.
In the anime
In the main series
In Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!, Cilan mentioned that Mr. Briney from Dewford Town was going to host the Old Rod Fishing Rally soon, prompting him to depart for Johto in order to participate in the said competition.
In Pokémon Origins
Red obtained an Old Rod from the Vermilion Fishing Guru in File 2: Cubone.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
The Old Rod has appeared in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.
In the TCG
- Main article: Old Rod (Neo Revelation 64)
The Old Rod was introduced as a Trainer card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Neo Series (the Japanese Neo Era). It was first released in the Awakening Legends expansion before debuting in English in the Neo Revelation expansion, with an illustration by Keiji Kinebuchi. A reprint with new artwork by Shizurow was included in the Japanese Offense and Defense of the Furthest Ends expansion, and then released in the English EX Dragon Frontiers expansion. Old Rod lets a player flip 2 coins. If both are heads, the player can search their discard pile for a Baby Pokémon (Neo Revelation only), Basic Pokémon, or Evolution card and put it into their hand. If both coins are tails, the player search their discard pile for a Trainer card instead and put it into their hand.
Trivia
- In Generation I, the only Pokémon that can be fished out by the Old Rod is Magikarp, all of which would be level 5.
In other languages
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So-So Old Rod
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Good Old Rod
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Great Old Rod
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Rare Old Rod
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Pro's Old Rod
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Supreme Old Rod
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See also
- Good Rod
- Super Rod
- Fishing Rod
- List of Key Items in Generation I
- List of Key Items in Generation II
- List of Key Items in Generation III
- List of Key Items in Generation IV
- List of Key Items in Generation VI
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