Valuable item
A valuable item is an item which generally serves no practical purpose other than to be sold, usually for a high price.
In Generation II and IV, it is possible to buy some of these items for a discount (but only one of each per day) on Mondays in the morning in the Goldenrod Tunnel.
In Pokémon Black, some of these items are sold in Black City, albeit for prices much higher than they can be sold for. Often, these items later become exchangeable items. In Generation V, mulches, flutes, and the Odd Keystone became valuable items due to losing their function. While most of these items can be sold at Poké Marts, those introduced in Generation V can only be sold to certain item maniacs. Besides Big Nuggets, Pearl Strings, and Comet Shards, the player can also sell normal Nuggets, Pearls, Big Pearls, Stardust, and Star Pieces to the maniac inside the Icirrus City Pokémon Center, for double the price presented below.
Valuable items that can be sold in Poké Marts
| Item | Gen. | Sell price | Maniac | Sell price (maniac) |
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Nugget | I | $5,000 | Ore | $10,000 | — | |
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Big Mushroom | II | $2,500 | Gourmet | $5,000 | $10,000 | Give one to the Move Reminder in Two Island to relearn one move for one Pokémon. |
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Big Pearl | II | $4,000 | Ore | $7,500 | — | |
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Brick Piece | II | $25 | — | |||
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Gold Leaf | II | $500 | — | |||
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Pearl | II | $1,000 | Ore | $1,400 | $3,000 | |
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Silver Leaf | II | $500 | — | |||
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Slowpoke Tail | II | $4,900 | — | |||
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Star Piece | II | $6,000 | Ore | $9,800 | $14,000 | In Pokémon Platinum, can be exchanged with Mr. Fuego for one of each color of shard. In Pokémon Black and White, can be exchanged with a man in Anville Town for a PP Up on the weekends. |
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Stardust | II | $1,500 | Ore | $2,000 | $4,000 | |
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Tiny Mushroom | II | $250 | Gourmet | $500 | $2,000 | Give two to the Move Reminder in Two Island to relearn one move for one Pokémon. |
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Blue Shard | III | $500 | Ore | $3,000 | — | Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Water StoneRSEORAS, a TM18 (Rain Dance)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSMUSUM. Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2. |
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Green Shard | III | $500 | Ore | $3,000 | — | Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Leaf StoneRSEORAS, a TM07 (Hail)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSMUSUM. Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2. |
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Red Shard | III | $500 | Ore | $3,000 | — | Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Fire StoneRSEORAS, a TM11 (Sunny Day)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSMUSUM. Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2. |
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Shoal Salt | III | $10 | Gourmet | $7,000 | — | Four can be given to the old man in the first room of Shoal Cave along with four Shoal Shells to obtain a Shell Bell. |
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Shoal Shell | III | $10 | Ore | $7,000 | — | Four can be given to the old man in the first room of Shoal Cave along with four Shoal Salt to obtain a Shell Bell. |
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Yellow Shard | III | $500 | Ore | $3,000 | — | Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Thunder StoneRSEORAS, a TM37 (Sandstorm)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSMUSUM. Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2. |
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Rare Bone | IV | $2,500 | Rare Bone | $10,000 | $11,111 | In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, counts as a Fossil towards Fossil count when dug up in the Underground. |
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Balm Mushroom | V | $7,500 | Gourmet | $25,000 | $25,000 | Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games. |
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Big Nugget | V | $20,000 | Ore | $30,000 | — | Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games. |
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Comet Shard | V | $12,500 | Ore | $60,000 | $30,000 | Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games. |
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Pearl String | V | $10,000 | Ore | $25,000 | $27,500 | Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games. |
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Pretty Feather | V | $500 | — | |||
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Relic Gold | V | $30,000 | Billionaire | $10,000 | — | Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games, X, and Y. |
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Strange Souvenir | VI | $1,500 | — | |||
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Beach Glass | VII | $400 | — | |||
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Chalky Stone | VII | $30 | — | |||
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Lone Earring | VII | $300 | — | |||
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Marble | VII | $150 | — | |||
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Polished Mud Ball | VII | $600 | — | |||
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Stretchy Spring | VII | $10 | — | |||
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Tropical Shell | VII | $1,000 | — | |||
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Tiny Bamboo Shoot | IX | $375 | — | |||
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Big Bamboo Shoot | IX | $1,500 | — | |||
| All details are accurate to Generation IX games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual item's page. | |||||||
Mulches
- Main article: Mulch
Flutes
- Main article: Flute
Flutes were considered valuable items only in Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X and Y.
Valuable items that can only be sold to item maniacs
The following items have only been made available in Generation V for the express purpose of being sold to the Billionare maniac in Undella Town. Like many valuable items introduced in Generation V, they cannot be sold normally in Poké Marts.
| Item | Sell price | |
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Relic Band | $100,000 |
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Relic Copper | $1,000 |
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Relic Crown | $300,000 |
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Relic Silver | $5,000 |
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Relic Statue | $200,000 |
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Relic Vase | $50,000 |
Artwork
Underground
This is artwork of the items as seen in the Sinnoh Underground.
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| Star Piece | Rare Bone |
Global Link
This is artwork of the items as seen on the Pokémon Global Link.
Grand Underground
This is artwork of the items as seen in the Sinnoh Grand Underground.
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| Star Piece | Rare Bone |
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
This is artwork of the items as seen in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
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| Nugget | Big Nugget | Pearl | Big Pearl | Pearl String |
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| Stardust | Star Piece | Comet Shard | Tiny Mushroom | Big Mushroom |
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| Balm Mushroom | Rare Bone | Pretty Feather | Tiny Bamboo Shoot | Big Bamboo Shoot |
In the anime
Main series
In Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!, a Pretty Wing was included in the full set of wings that was promised as a prize for winning the Club Battle tournament. The set was eventually won by Iris, who later sent it to the Village of Dragons.
In Defending the Homeland!, Clemont mentioned having used Big Mushrooms as a part of the new food he had just made for the group.
In Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!, Mallow found multiple Tiny and Big Mushrooms and Sophocles found a Star Piece during a Stoutland Search treasure hunt set up for Ash and his classmates by Olivia. In the dub, the Star Piece was incorrectly referred to as a Comet Shard.
A Nugget appeared in Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime?, where a man was seen polishing it, only to have it stolen by an item-snatching Gengar nicknamed "Greedy Rapooh".
In A Recipe for Success!, Mallow got some dried-up Big Mushrooms from Oranguru to be used at Aina's Kitchen.
A Pretty Wing
Big Mushrooms
Tiny Mushrooms
A Star Piece
A Nugget
Pokémon Evolutions
In The Discovery, a Nugget was held by a man overseeing the Nugget Bridge as he watched Green effortlessly defeat all the Trainers on the bridge.
In the manga
Magical Pokémon Journey
In Hazel VS Almond!, Almond won a Star Piece in a contest held by Grandpa, giving it to Hazel.
Pokémon Adventures
Gold, Silver & Crystal arc
In Ursaring Major, Team Rocket had cut off the tails of a herd of Slowpoke by the Slowpoke Well near Azalea Town, planning to sell them for profit. However, they were stopped by Silver and his Ursaring before they could do so.
A Big Pearl appeared in Crossing Crobat, where it was retrieved by Janine as a part of a test to check the security of the Goldenrod Museum.
Black & White arc
A Big Mushroom appeared in A Week to Go and Old Wounds, where Shoko gave it to one of her Patrat to hold while demonstrating her Marvelous Bridge Patrat Show to Black.
Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc
A pair of Team Skull Grunts sold grilled Slowpoke Tails at the Iki Town festival, with one of said Tails appearing in The Party Crasher and Guzma the Destroyer.
Gallery
Slowpoke Tails
A Big Pearl
A Big Mushroom
Trivia
- The Slowpoke Tail is actually a useless item with no function past its monetary value. Although it is said that a Slowpoke will use its tail for fishing, a Slowpoke Tail has no effect on fishing at all, nor does it have any effect on Shellder despite the fact that contact with a Slowpoke's tail usually induces a spiral change.
- The first time that humans eating Pokémon is mentioned explicitly in the games is when a Team Rocket member mentions the SlowpokeTail's value as a delicacy. In Pokémon X and Y, Slowpoke Tail is one of the dishes served by Restaurant Le Yeah in Lumiose City.
- The Rare Bone and Thick Club share the same Bag sprite.
- The Relic Gold and the Comet Shard are tied for the highest-selling items in the core series, selling for $30,000 each.
See also
| Types of items | |
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| General | Evolution stones • Fossils • Flutes • Shards • Held items Evolution items • Escape items • Exchangeable items • Valuable items Battle items • Scents • Nectars • Candy • Ingredients |
| Medicine | Status condition healing items • Vitamins • Feathers Mints • Mochi • Drinks • Herbal medicine |
| Berry and Apricorn | Poké Balls • Apricorns • Berries • Mulch |
| Aesthetic | Decorations • Accessories (Normal • Great • Ultra • Master) Backdrops • Props • Décor Clothing (XY • SMUSUM • LGPE • SwSh • BDSP • LA • SV) |
| Other | Mail • Key Items • Event items Wonder Launcher items • Rotom Powers |
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