Item maniac

An item maniac (Japanese: 道具マニア item maniac) is a person who will purchase certain items from the player at a higher price than what they would be sold for to a Poké Mart. Some items can only be sold to item maniacs. They appeared in Generation V.

Unova

Gourmet maniac

A Maid in a trailer on Route 5 will sniff out any gourmet cooking ingredients in the player's Bag and offer money for them.

For Berries, she offers different amounts depending on their relative rarity.

• Common: All Berries not listed below
• Uncommon: Razz, Bluk, Magost, Nanab, Wepear, Pinap, Cornn, Rabuta, Nomel, Spelon, Pamtre, Watmel, Durin, Belue
• Rare: Lansat, Starf, Enigma, Micle, Custap, Jaboca, Rowap

She gives the following amounts:

Gourmet maniac
Any common Berry 20	Sweet Heart 100
Stick 200	Fresh Water 200
Leftovers 200	Lucky Egg 200
Soda Pop 300	Lemonade 350
TinyMushroom 500	Honey 500
Any uncommon Berry 500	Moomoo Milk 500
Berry Juice 1500	Casteliacone 2000
Lava Cookie 4000	Old Gateau 4000
Big Mushroom 5000	RageCandyBar 6000
Shoal Salt 7000	Rare Candy 10000
BalmMushroom 25000	Any rare Berry 30000

The prices she offers for Vending Machine drinks and Moomoo Milk are the same as what the player pays at Vending Machines and Driftveil Market, respectively. All offers are higher than the prices offered at a Poké Mart.

Ore maniac

A Gentleman inside the Icirrus City Pokémon Center will offer to buy a variety of stones, gems, and other ore-based items from the player.

Ore maniac
Any Gem 200	Any Shard 200
Hard Stone 500	Everstone 1000
Any weather rock 1000	Float Stone 1000
Pearl 1400	Oval Stone 1500
Stardust 2000	Any Evolution stone 3000
Odd Keystone 3000	Shoal Shell 7000
Big Pearl 7500	Star Piece 9800
Nugget 10000	Pearl String 25000
Big Nugget 30000	Comet Shard 60000

Billionaire maniac

A man from the Riches's house, who is dressed as a Black Belt, appears in Undella Town. He will purchase Relic items and flutes from the player.

Billionaire maniac
Relic Copper 1000	Relic Silver 5000
Blue Flute 7000	Red Flute 7500
Yellow Flute 7500	Black Flute 8000
White Flute 8000	Relic Gold 10000
Relic Vase 50000	Relic Band 100000
Relic Statue 200000	Relic Crown 300000

Rare Bone maniac

A shady man in a house on Route 18 will buy Rare Bones from the player.

Rare Bone maniac
Rare Bone 10000

Mulch maniac^B2W2

In Black 2 and White 2, a Pokémon Breeder at the end of Mistralton City's runway will buy Mulch from the player.

Mulch maniac
Growth Mulch 1000	Damp Mulch 1000
Stable Mulch 1000	Gooey Mulch 1000

Trivia

• Unlike Poké Marts, item maniacs will only buy items one at a time, regardless of how many of the item the player has.
• In Pokémon Black and White, there is an oversight where the ore maniac will not recognize a Leaf Stone as an acceptable ore, although he will recognize all other Evolution stones as such. This was fixed in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.
• The ore maniac can be found at the Stone Emporium in Lumiose City in Pokémon X and Y, repeating the phrase he says when the player first talks to him in Icirrus City.

In other languages

Language Title French Collectionneur d'objets German Sammler Italian Collezionista di strumenti Korean 도구마니아 Dogu mania Spanish Coleccionista

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