List of Pokémon by wild held item (Generation II)

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This is a list of Pokémon by the items they may be holding when encountered in the wild in Generation II, or when obtained in Generation I and traded to Generation II.

Generation I held items

In the Generation I games, there are no held items; however, Pokémon are holding an item by default when traded to a Generation II game. These items are determined by a value in the Pokémon data structure that has no effect in Generation I, and is set to that species' catch rate upon obtaining it. Therefore, a given Pokémon's catch rate translates into the item it will be holding by default when traded to Generation II. Because this value is set when the Pokémon is obtained, it does not change when a Pokémon evolves, so its held item depends on the evolutionary stage at which it was obtained.

Four species of Pokémon have different held items when traded to Generation II depending on whether they were caught in Pokémon Red and Blue (Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue in Japan) or Pokémon Yellow.

  • The first partner Pikachu's held item value is specially set to 163 (as opposed to Pikachu's regular catch rate of 190) when it is obtained, which causes it to hold a Light Ball when traded over.
  • A wild Kadabra's held item value is set to 96 upon capture (as opposed to 100), which gives it a TwistedSpoon when traded over.
  • Dragonair and Dragonite's actual catch rates are different, having been changed to 27 and 9 respectively in Pokémon Yellow, relative to previous games. Consequently, Dragonair caught in Pokémon Yellow will hold a Protein (index number 27) in Generation II, and wild Dragonite caught in Pokémon Yellow will hold an Antidote (index number 9) in Generation II; however, wild Dragonite do not appear in Pokémon Yellow, so the change to Dragonite's catch rate normally has no effect.

Gift Pokémon from Pokémon Stadium also have their held item set to a value other than their catch rate. The Pokémon obtained for clearing the Gym Leader Castle have their held item set to the Normal Box or Gorgeous Box, depending on whether it was cleared as Round 1 or Round 2. The Amnesia Psyduck has its held item set to the Normal Box.

Some catch rate values do not directly correlate into an item when traded. Instead, they correspond to Teru-sama, other glitch items, or Key Items. To compensate for this, the given value is converted into an entirely different number when traded to Generation II.

Items held in Generation II (including holding no item) will be conserved when traded to Generation I and will not be changed back to the Generation I item.

Because items are only set when a Pokémon is caught, evolving it does not change the held item. The "Gen I" header below contains data for held items the Pokémon would possess if it were caught in the wild without any evolution involved.

Generation II held items

Wild Pokémon in Generation II games can have no item (at a 75% chance) or hold a common item (approximately a 23% chance) or a rare item (approximately a 2% chance). When a Pokémon is encountered, there is a 192/256 chance that it will have no item, based on a randomly generated 8-bit value. If it will have a held item, a second random 8-bit value decides which item it will hold, with a 21/256 chance it will hold its rarer item.

Some Pokémon, such as Dragonite, have held items defined but cannot actually be found in the wild.

A Pokémon can be forced to hold its common item if a special flag is set for the encounter. This is used for Ho-Oh in Tin Tower and Snorlax in Vermilion City; it is also used for Lugia in Whirl Islands, but Lugia has no held items defined.

Held item table

    Gen I Gen II
#   Pokémon 100% 2% 23%
0001   Bulbasaur Bitter Berry - -
0002   Ivysaur Bitter Berry - -
0003   Venusaur Bitter Berry - -
0004   Charmander Bitter Berry - -
0005   Charmeleon Bitter Berry - -
0006   Charizard Bitter Berry - -
0007   Squirtle Bitter Berry - -
0008   Wartortle Bitter Berry - -
0009   Blastoise Bitter Berry - -
0010   Caterpie Berry (item) - -
0011   Metapod Berry (item) - -
0012   Butterfree Bitter Berry SilverPowder -
0013   Weedle Berry (item) - -
0014   Kakuna Berry (item) - -
0015   Beedrill Bitter Berry Poison Barb -
0016   Pidgey Berry (item) - -
0017   Pidgeotto Berry (item) - -
0018   Pidgeot Bitter Berry - -
0019   Rattata Berry (item) - -
0020   Raticate Berry (item) - -
0021   Spearow Berry (item) - -
0022   Fearow Berry (item) Sharp Beak -
0023   Ekans Berry (item) - -
0024   Arbok Berry (item) - -
0025   Pikachu Berry (item)RB
Light BallY
Berry (item) -
0026   Raichu Gold Leaf Berry (item) -
0027   Sandshrew Berry (item) - -
0028   Sandslash Berry (item) - -
0029   Nidoran♀ TM43 - -
0030   Nidorina Berry (item) - -
0031   Nidoqueen Bitter Berry - -
0032   Nidoran♂ TM43 - -
0033   Nidorino Berry (item) - -
0034   Nidoking Bitter Berry - -
0035   Clefairy MysteryBerry Moon Stone MysteryBerry
0036   Clefable Leftovers Moon Stone MysteryBerry
0037   Vulpix Berry (item) Burnt Berry Burnt Berry
0038   Ninetales Gold Leaf Burnt Berry Burnt Berry
0039   Jigglypuff Polkadot Bow - -
0040   Wigglytuff Gold Berry - -
0041   Zubat Berry (item) - -
0042   Golbat Berry (item) - -
0043   Oddish Berry (item) - -
0044   Gloom Berry (item) - -
0045   Vileplume Bitter Berry - -
0046   Paras Berry (item) Big Mushroom TinyMushroom
0047   Parasect Gold Leaf Big Mushroom TinyMushroom
0048   Venonat Berry (item) - -
0049   Venomoth Gold Leaf - -
0050   Diglett Berry (item) - -
0051   Dugtrio Gold Berry - -
0052   Meowth Berry (item) - -
0053   Persian Berry (item) - -
0054   Psyduck Berry (item) - -
0055   Golduck Gold Leaf - -
0056   Mankey Berry (item) - -
0057   Primeape Gold Leaf - -
0058   Growlithe Berry (item) Burnt Berry Burnt Berry
0059   Arcanine Gold Leaf Burnt Berry Burnt Berry
0060   Poliwag Berry (item) - -
0061   Poliwhirl Berry (item) King's Rock -
0062   Poliwrath Bitter Berry King's Rock -
0063   Abra TM09 - -
0064   Kadabra Berry (item)RB
TwistedSpoonY
- -
0065   Alakazam Gold Berry - -
0066   Machop Brick Piece - -
0067   Machoke Berry (item) - -
0068   Machamp Bitter Berry - -
0069   Bellsprout Berry (item) - -
0070   Weepinbell Berry (item) - -
0071   Victreebel Bitter Berry - -
0072   Tentacool Berry (item) - -
0073   Tentacruel Silver Leaf - -
0074   Geodude Berry (item) Everstone -
0075   Graveler Berry (item) Everstone -
0076   Golem Bitter Berry Everstone -
0077   Ponyta Berry (item) - -
0078   Rapidash Silver Leaf - -
0079   Slowpoke Berry (item) King's Rock -
0080   Slowbro Gold Leaf King's Rock -
0081   Magnemite Berry (item) Metal Coat -
0082   Magneton Silver Leaf Metal Coat -
0083   Farfetch'd Bitter Berry Stick -
0084   Doduo Berry (item) - -
0085   Dodrio Bitter Berry Sharp Beak -
0086   Seel Berry (item) - -
0087   Dewgong Gold Leaf - -
0088   Grimer Berry (item) Nugget -
0089   Muk Gold Leaf Nugget -
0090   Shellder Berry (item) Big Pearl Pearl
0091   Cloyster Silver Leaf Big Pearl Pearl
0092   Gastly Berry (item) - -
0093   Haunter Berry (item) - -
0094   Gengar Bitter Berry - -
0095   Onix Bitter Berry - -
0096   Drowzee Berry (item) - -
0097   Hypno Gold Leaf - -
0098   Krabby TM33 - -
0099   Kingler Silver Leaf - -
0100   Voltorb Berry (item) - -
0101   Electrode Silver Leaf - -
0102   Exeggcute Berry (item) - -
0103   Exeggutor Bitter Berry - -
0104   Cubone Berry (item) Thick Club -
0105   Marowak Gold Leaf Thick Club -
0106   Hitmonlee Bitter Berry - -
0107   Hitmonchan Bitter Berry - -
0108   Lickitung Bitter Berry - -
0109   Koffing Berry (item) - -
0110   Weezing Silver Leaf - -
0111   Rhyhorn Berry (item) - -
0112   Rhydon Silver Leaf - -
0113   Chansey Lucky Punch Lucky Egg -
0114   Tangela Bitter Berry - -
0115   Kangaskhan Bitter Berry - -
0116   Horsea TM33 Dragon Scale -
0117   Seadra Gold Leaf Dragon Scale -
0118   Goldeen TM33 - -
0119   Seaking Silver Leaf - -
0120   Staryu TM33 Star Piece Stardust
0121   Starmie Silver Leaf Star Piece Stardust
0122   Mr. Mime Bitter Berry MysteryBerry -
0123   Scyther Bitter Berry - -
0124   Jynx Bitter Berry Ice Berry Ice Berry
0125   Electabuzz Bitter Berry - -
0126   Magmar Bitter Berry Burnt Berry Burnt Berry
0127   Pinsir Bitter Berry - -
0128   Tauros Bitter Berry - -
0129   Magikarp Berry (item) - -
0130   Gyarados Bitter Berry - -
0131   Lapras Bitter Berry - -
0132   Ditto Metal Powder - -
0133   Eevee Bitter Berry - -
0134   Vaporeon Bitter Berry - -
0135   Jolteon Bitter Berry - -
0136   Flareon Bitter Berry - -
0137   Porygon Bitter Berry - -
0138   Omanyte Bitter Berry - -
0139   Omastar Bitter Berry - -
0140   Kabuto Bitter Berry - -
0141   Kabutops Bitter Berry - -
0142   Aerodactyl Bitter Berry - -
0143   Snorlax Leftovers Leftovers Leftovers
0144   Articuno BrightPowder - -
0145   Zapdos BrightPowder - -
0146   Moltres BrightPowder - -
0147   Dratini Bitter Berry Dragon Scale -
0148   Dragonair Bitter BerryRB
ProteinY
Dragon Scale -
0149   Dragonite Bitter BerryRB
AntidoteY
Dragon Scale -
0150   Mewtwo BrightPowder Berserk Gene -
0151   Mew Bitter Berry MiracleBerry -
0152   Chikorita - - -
0153   Bayleef - - -
0154   Meganium - - -
0155   Cyndaquil - - -
0156   Quilava - - -
0157   Typhlosion - - -
0158   Totodile - - -
0159   Croconaw - - -
0160   Feraligatr - - -
0161   Sentret - Berry (item) -
0162   Furret - Gold Berry Berry (item)
0163   Hoothoot - - -
0164   Noctowl - - -
0165   Ledyba - - -
0166   Ledian - - -
0167   Spinarak - - -
0168   Ariados - - -
0169   Crobat - - -
0170   Chinchou - - -
0171   Lanturn - - -
0172   Pichu - Berry (item) -
0173   Cleffa - Moon Stone MysteryBerry
0174   Igglybuff - - -
0175   Togepi - - -
0176   Togetic - - -
0177   Natu - - -
0178   Xatu - - -
0179   Mareep - - -
0180   Flaaffy - - -
0181   Ampharos - - -
0182   Bellossom - - -
0183   Marill - - -
0184   Azumarill - - -
0185   Sudowoodo - - -
0186   Politoed - King's Rock -
0187   Hoppip - - -
0188   Skiploom - - -
0189   Jumpluff - - -
0190   Aipom - - -
0191   Sunkern - - -
0192   Sunflora - - -
0193   Yanma - - -
0194   Wooper - - -
0195   Quagsire - - -
0196   Espeon - - -
0197   Umbreon - - -
0198   Murkrow - - -
0199   Slowking - King's Rock -
0200   Misdreavus - Spell Tag -
0201   Unown - - -
0202   Wobbuffet - - -
0203   Girafarig - - -
0204   Pineco - - -
0205   Forretress - - -
0206   Dunsparce - - -
0207   Gligar - - -
0208   Steelix - Metal Coat -
0209   Snubbull - - -
0210   Granbull - - -
0211   Qwilfish - - -
0212   Scizor - - -
0213   Shuckle - Berry (item) Berry (item)
0214   Heracross - - -
0215   Sneasel - Quick Claw -
0216   Teddiursa - - -
0217   Ursaring - - -
0218   Slugma - - -
0219   Magcargo - - -
0220   Swinub - - -
0221   Piloswine - - -
0222   Corsola - - -
0223   Remoraid - - -
0224   Octillery - - -
0225   Delibird - - -
0226   Mantine - - -
0227   Skarmory - - -
0228   Houndour - - -
0229   Houndoom - - -
0230   Kingdra - Dragon Scale -
0231   Phanpy - - -
0232   Donphan - - -
0233   Porygon2 - - -
0234   Stantler - - -
0235   Smeargle - - -
0236   Tyrogue - - -
0237   Hitmontop - - -
0238   Smoochum - Ice Berry Ice Berry
0239   Elekid - - -
0240   Magby - Burnt Berry Burnt Berry
0241   Miltank - Moomoo Milk Moomoo Milk
0242   Blissey - Lucky Egg -
0243   Raikou - - -
0244   Entei - - -
0245   Suicune - - -
0246   Larvitar - - -
0247   Pupitar - - -
0248   Tyranitar - - -
0249   Lugia - - -
0250   Ho-Oh - Sacred Ash Sacred Ash
0251   Celebi - MiracleBerry -

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