Ripen (Ability)
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Ripen (Japanese: じゅくせい Ripen) is an Ability introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature Ability of Applin, Flapple, and Appletun.
Effect
In battle
Ripen doubles the effects from held Berries when eaten in battle. This affects Berries that restore HP or PP (such as Figy Berry and Leppa Berry), Berries that reduce damage (such as Occa Berry), Berries that raise stats (such as Starf Berry), and Berries that deal damage to Pokémon attacking the holder (such as Rowap Berry).
The only Berries that have in-battle effects that Ripen does not effect (although the message will still show for these) are the status condition-healing Berries (e.g. the Persim Berry and Lum Berry), the Lansat Berry (i.e. Ripen will not make it increase the critical hit stage by 4), the Micle Berry, and the Custap Berry.
Due to a glitch, when a Pokémon with Ripen uses certain non-Berry items or is targeted by a flung item that inflicts a secondary effect, Ripen displays a message and plays its animation, but has no other effect. The items affected are as below:
| Sprite | Item | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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Absorb Bulb | — |
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Adrenaline Orb | — |
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Berry Juice | — |
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Blunder Policy | — |
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Cell Battery | — |
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Eject Button | — |
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Eject Pack | — |
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Electric Seed | — |
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Focus Band | — |
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Flame Orb | Flung only |
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Grassy Seed | — |
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King's Rock | Flung only |
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Leftovers | — |
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Light Ball | Flung only |
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Luminous Moss | — |
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Mental Herb | — |
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Mirror Herb | — |
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Misty Seed | — |
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Poison Barb | Flung only |
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Power Herb | — |
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Psychic Seed | — |
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Quick Claw | — |
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Razor Fang | Flung only |
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Room Service | — |
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Snowball | — |
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Throat Spray | — |
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Toxic Orb | Flung only |
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Weakness Policy | — |
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White Herb | — |
Outside of battle
Ripen has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Ripen
| # | Pokémon | Types | First Ability | Second Ability | Hidden Ability | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0840 | 
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Applin |
Grass | Dragon | Ripen | Gluttony | Bulletproof |
| 0841 | 
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Flapple |
Grass | Dragon | Ripen | Gluttony | Hustle |
| 0842 | 
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Appletun |
Grass | Dragon | Ripen | Gluttony | Thick Fat |
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later.
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