Lum Berry

A Lum Berry (Japanese: ラムのみ Lum Fruit) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation III. It is the spiritual successor of the MiracleBerry from Generation II, having an identical effect when used on or by a Pokémon.

Lum Berry
ラムのみ
Lum Fruit
Bag Lum Berry Sprite.png
Lum Berry
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation III
Pocket
Generation III Bag Berries pocket icon.png Berries (RSE)
Generation III Bag Berry Pouch pocket icon.png Berry Pouch (FRLG)
Generation IV Bag Berries pocket icon.png Berries
Generation V Bag Berries pocket icon.png Berries
Generation VI Bag Berries pocket icon.png Berries
Generation VII Bag Berries pocket icon.png Berries
Generation VIII Bag Berries pocket icon.png Berries (SwShBDSP)
Generation VIII Bag Items pocket icon.png Items (LA)
Generation IX Bag Berries pocket icon.png Berries
Flavor
Generation III
SPICY DRY SWEET BITTER SOUR SMOOTH
10 10 10 10 10 20
Generation IV/VIII
SPICY DRY SWEET BITTER SOUR SMOOTH
10 10 10 10 0 20
Natural Gift
Type Flying
Power Gen. IV-V 60
Gen. VI+ 80
Fling
Power 10
Effect Heals all status conditions and confusion

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
RSEFRLG
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUM
BDSP
N/A $10
SwSh N/A $40
LA N/A $150
SV N/A $20

In the Generation V games, the Lum Berry can be sold to the gourmet maniac on Route 5 for $20.

Effect

Held Item

If the holder is affected by any non-volatile status condition or confusion, it will consume its Lum Berry and cure its status condition. When forcibly consumed via Fling, Pluck, or Bug Bite, it also cures the consumer of its non-volatile status condition or confusion.

Bag item

When used from the Bag on a Pokémon, it cures that Pokémon of its non-volatile status condition. This consumes the Lum Berry.

In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it can be used to cure any status condition on a Pokémon, or thrown near wild Pokémon to draw their attention.

Ingredient

Berry Blending
RSE When blending with NPCs, Lum Berries will produce the following Pokéblocks:
NPC NPCs' Berries Flavors (100 RPM) Feel
1 NPC   Bitterness 12 20
2 NPCs    Bitterness 10, Spiciness 10 20
3 NPCs     Bitterness 10, Dryness 10 19
Blend Master   Bitterness 38, Sourness 12 43
ORAS Lum Berries are green Berries that have a low chance of producing a Pokéblock+.
Berry Crush
FRLGE Lum Berries have a base Berry Powder of 30 and a difficulty of 50.
With two players, this Berry will contribute 60 units of Berry Powder at 100% silkiness.
Poffin Cooking
DPPt
BDSP
When used alone, Lum Berries will produce Poffins with Bitterness 9 and smoothness 19 when cooked in 1 minute with no spills or burns.
Ice Cream Scoop
DW
Flavor 1 Flavor 2 Flavor 3
Easy to scoop            
Stickiness               
Juice Shoppe
XY Lum Berries are green Berries in Group 2.
Composting
XY Lum Berries are green Berries.
Dye Houses
SMUSUM 15 Lum Berries, Hondew Berries, and Rawst Berries are used to dye any white or dyed clothing into pastel green.
Curry
SwSh Lum Berries have a rarity of 2.
Cram-o-matic
SwSh Lum Berries are Flying-type items and give 2 points towards the output value.

Exchange

Pokémon Dream World

In the Pokémon Dream World, the player could exchange Berries for Décor. The following Décor required Lum Berries.

Catalogue Décor Price
Plain Catalogue Elegant Bed   20 Lum Berries
  40 Bluk Berries
  40 Nanab Berries
Plain Catalogue Low Bookcase   15 Lum Berries
  20 Bluk Berries
Plain Catalogue Elegant Lamp   10 Lum Berries
Pokémon Doll Catalogue Squirtle Doll   20 Lum Berries
Pokémon Doll Catalogue Azurill Doll   20 Lum Berries
Pokémon Doll Catalogue Absol Doll   50 Lum Berries
Generation VIII

In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, the player can exchange Lum Berries for Stickers at the Pick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop:

  • 3 Lum Berries for Star Sticker E

Description

Games Description
RS A hold item that heals status in battle.
FRLG When held by a Pokémon, it will be used in battle to heal any problem.
E A hold item that heals any status problem in battle.
Colo.XD A hold item that heals any status change in battle.
DPPt A Poffin ingredient. It may be used or held by a Pokémon to recover from any status problem.
HGSS It may be used or held by a Pokémon to recover from any status problem.
BWB2W2 If held by a Pokémon, it recovers from any status problem.
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
SwShBDSP
A Berry to be consumed by Pokémon. If a Pokémon holds one, it can recover from any status condition during battle.
LA A Berry that can be fed to a Pokémon to cure any status conditions it may have. You can also throw this Berry near wild Pokémon to draw their attention.
SV If a Pokémon holds one of these Berries, it will be able to cure itself of any status condition it may have.

Tag information

  • No. 09
  • Size: 1.3" (3.4 cm)
  • Firmness: Super hard
Games Description
RSE Slow to grow. If raised with loving care, it may grow two Berries.
DPPt
BDSP
This Berry's gradual process of storing nutrients beneficial to Pokémon health causes it to mature slowly.

Curry information

Games Description
SwSh A Berry that has a well-balanced flavor, although it lacks sourness. It has a lot of nutrients that are good for Pokémon.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
RSE Held by wild MewE (100% chance) Lilycove City, Route 123 (Berry Master's house)
Mossdeep Game Corner (Pokémon Jump reward)E
FRLG Routes 8 and 23 Hidden recurring item (Berry Forest)
Joyful Game Corner (Pokémon Jump reward)
Colo. Agate Village
XD Realgam Tower (Battle CD 24 completion prize)
Reward for defeating Justy
Agate Village
DPPt Resort Area, Route 212
Route 226 (in-game trade)
Route 208 (Berry Master's house)
Pal Park (score of 3300-3499)
Held by wild Shaymin (100% chance)
HGSS Violet City
Can be stolen from Whitney's Miltank during battle
Pal Park (score of 3300-3499)
PW Blue Lake, Town Outskirts, Winner's Path, Yellow Forest
BW Route 3
Route 7 (in-game trade)
Village Bridge Restaurant, Lacunosa Town, White ForestW
B2W2 Accumula Town (in-game trade) Route 1, Pinwheel Forest, Moor of Icirrus, and Clay Tunnel
Join Avenue (Flower Shop)
Funfest Mission Big Harvest of Berries
DW* Spooky Manor, Pokémon Café Forest
XY Route 16
Green Berry trees
ORAS Route 123 Pretty Petal flower shop, Lilycove City, Route 123 (Berry Master's house), Super-Secret Base (Gather Berries)
Losing a Pokémon Contest Spectacular (gift from Lisia)
SMUSUM Berry piles (Routes 4, 5, 8, 16, and 17)
SwSh Berry trees (Routes 7 and 9, Axew's Eye, Giant's Cap)
Max Raid Battles (Rolling Fields, Dappled GroveSw, East Lake Axewell, South Lake Miloch, Giant's Seat, Bridge Field, Stony Wilderness, Dusty Bowl, Giant's Cap, Lake of Outrage)
SwShIA Berry trees (Fields of Honor)
Max Raid Battles (Fields of Honor, Soothing Wetlands, Forest of Focus, Challenge Beach, Challenge Road, Loop Lagoon, Training Lowlands, Potbottom Desert, Workout Sea, Stepping-Stone Sea, Insular Sea)
SwShCT Berry trees (Giant's Bed)
Max Raid Battles (Slippery Slope, Giant's Bed, Snowslide Slope, Crown Shrine, Giant's Foot, Ballimere Lake)
BDSP Resort Area, Route 212
Route 226 (in-game trade)
Route 208 (Berry Master's house)
LA Dropped by wild Burmy, Wormadam, Cherubi, Cherrim, Petilil, and Hisuian Lilligant
Farm (usual berry harvest)
SV Alfornada (Emotional Spectrum Practice)
Tera Raid Battles (2★, 3★, 4★)
Sparkling overworld item (Tagtree Thicket, North Province (Area Two))
SVID Sparkling overworld item (Coastal Biome)

Distribution

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period
SV Summer training support sets Japan July 22 to September 30, 2023
As a held item
Games Event Language/Region Distribution period
B2W2 Strongest Class Single Battle Dragonite Japanese September 15 to October 28, 2012
Strongest Class Dragonite Korean February 24 to May 5, 2013
BWB2W2 Ray Rizzo's Metagross English, French, German, Italian, Spanish Various
ORAS June 2015 Dragonite American June 22 to October 12, 2015

Growth

Generation III
 
Planted
0 hours
 
Sprouted
12 hours
 
Taller
24 hours
 
Flowering
36 hours
 
Berries
48 hours
A Lum plant will yield 1-2 Berries.
Generation IV
 
Planted
0 hours
 
Sprouted
12 hours
 
Taller
24 hours
 
Flowering
36 hours
 
Berries
48 hours
A Lum plant will yield 2-5 Berries. A growing Lum plant's soil dries by 8% every hour, fully drying out in 13 hours.
Generation V
 
Planted
0 hours
 
Sprouted
18 hours
 
Taller
36 hours
 
Flowering
54 hours
 
Berries
72 hours
A Lum plant will yield ? Berries.
Generation VI
Pokémon X and Y
 
Planted
0 hours
 
Sprouted
8 hours
 
Growing
16 hours
 
Bigger
24 hours
 
Budding
32 hours
 
Bloom
40 hours
 
Berries
48 hours
A Lum plant will yield 3-20 Berries. During its growth, watering the plant adds 1.2 Berries to the final harvest, weeding it adds 0.5, and removing a pest adds 3. Lum plants attract Burmy as pests. If grown next to each other, an Lum Berry and a Sitrus Berry may mutate into a Tamato Berry.
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
 
Planted
0 hours
 
Sprouted
8 hours
 
Taller
16 hours
 
Flowering
24 hours
 
Berries
32 hours
A Lum plant will yield 2-18 Berries.
Generation VII
Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
 
Planted
0 hours
 
Sprouted
30 hours
 
Taller
36 hours
 
Flowering
44 hours
 
Berries
48 hours
A Lum plant will yield 4 Berries if Isle Aplenny is at Phase 1, 7 Berries if it is at Phase 2, and 10 Berries if it is at Phase 3.
Generation VIII
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
 
Planted
0 hours
 
Sprouted
12 hours
 
Taller
24 hours
 
Flowering
36 hours
 
Berries
48 hours
A Lum plant will yield 2-5 Berries.

Gallery

Artwork

   
Ingredient artwork from Sword and Shield Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet


Sprites

     
Berry Tag Sprite (Generation III) Berry Tag Sprite (Generation IV) Bag sprite from Legends Arceus

In spin-off games

Pokémon Sleep

 
Lum Berry in Pokémon Sleep

The Lum Berry is available in Pokémon Sleep as one of the Berries that can be gathered by helper Pokémon and fed to Snorlax.

Effect

Lum Berries raise Snorlax's Strength, doubling the effect if the Berry is Snorlax's favorite. The base amount of Strength raised by the Berry is determined by the level of the helper Pokémon that gathered it.

Notes

Games Description
Sleep This Berry's gradual process of storing nutrients beneficial to Pokémon health causes it to mature slowly.

Acquisition

Lum Berries can be gathered by Bug-type helper Pokémon in the player's team. Like all Berries in the game, gathered Lum Berries do not go into the player's inventory and instead are immediately eaten by Snorlax.

In the anime

Main series

 
A Lum Berry in the anime

In Beating the Bustle and Hustle!, James mentioned that there was Old Gateau and Lum Berries on the menu in the Sinnoh Pokémon Hustle Refreshment Room.

Lum Berries physically debuted in Three Sides to Every Story!, where Team Rocket stole some from Lulu. Jessie was planning to use them in battle, but she did not know that Jessie's Yanmega should be the one eating them. Because of this, she ate the Berry herself.

In An Egg Scramble!, Khoury was selling Lum Berries at his stall in the Johto Festival.

In Crisis at Ferroseed Research!, Professor Malveaux ordered Case to prepare a treatment for Pikachu, which included Lum Berry extract.

In Grooming Furfrou!, Jessica presented a couple of Lum Berries.

In To Find a Fairy Flower!, a Lum Berry was pictured in a newspaper that Jessie was using to hide from Ash and his friends.

In Under the Pledging Tree!, Ash gave Lum Berries to his Pokémon as a gift.

In A Fork in the Road! A Parting of the Ways!, Lum Berries were growing in Dr. White's garden.

In Adventures in Running Errands!, Lum Berries were at a Pokémon Center.

In A Performance Pop Quiz!, Lum Berries were used as a part of the Anistar City Pokémon Showcase.

In Battling With a Clean Slate!, Ash and his friends used Lum Berries while making a feast at Professor Sycamore's laboratory.

In Alola to New Adventure!, Lum Berries were at a Berry market.

Lum Berries appeared in First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!.

A Lum Berry appeared in A Seasoned Search!.

Lum Berries appeared in A Team-on-Team Tussle!.

Lum Berries appeared in Lulled to La-La Land!.

In The Ol' Raise and Switch!, Lum Berries were part of a meal Lillie gave to Pikachu.

In SM064, a Lum Berry was at the nest of a group of wild Passimian.

In The Power of Us, Team Rocket was selling Lum Berries in Fula City. They played a key role in stopping the spread of Effect Spore gas that was causing trouble in the city, after Toren used them to create an improvisational cure.

In A Plethora of Pikachu!, Lum Berries were at the Pikachu Valley.

In Betrayed, Bothered, and Beleaguered!, Pikachu plucked a Lum Berry from a Lum tree, but it was snatched away by a Spearow. Although Mimey was able to retrieve it with Psychic, it remained uneaten as Pikachu had to defend Mimey from a Spearow flock.

In The Treasure After the Storm!, Friede used Lum Berries to calm down a group of angry Pokémon.

Multiple Lum Berries appeared in The Future I Choose!.

Pokémon: Paldean Winds

In Take a Breath, Eri used a Lum Berry to cure the Revavroom attached to the Caph Starmobile of its confusion after it had been enraged by a wild Squawkabilly.

In the manga

 
A Lum Berry in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Emerald arc

In Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming, Noland's rental Mawile and Emerald's rental Pinsir were both holding a Lum Berry, although neither was used. During Emerald and Noland's battle, Mawile's Lum Berry was swapped with Emerald's rental Linoone's Choice Band by Linoone's Trick.

In Moving Past Milotic, Emerald's Starmie was seen curing itself from sleep with its held Lum Berry during Emerald's Battle Pike challenge.

Platinum arc

In The Final Dimensional Duel VII, Platinum mentioned Lum Berries while telling Palmer about her research on Jupiter's Tangrowth's signature move, Natural Gift.

Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc

In Homecoming and the Brilliant Professional Golfer, Moon found a Lum Berry at Lush Jungle during her search for a special Mirage Berry. More Lum Berries were also in the pile of Berries gathered by local Pokémon willing to help her with her search.

In the TCG

 
Lum Berry
Main article: Lum Berry (EX Ruby & Sapphire 84)

Lum Berry is a Pokémon Tool card that was first introduced in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the Japanese ADV Era, as part of the Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip Constructed Starter Decks. If this Trainer card is attached to a Pokémon, that Pokémon recovers from all Special Conditions during Pokémon Checkup. This card has to be discarded afterwards.

Trivia

Origin

The Lum Berry's design and name may be based on plums.

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese ラムのみ Ramu no Mi From プラム puramu, plum
English Lum Berry From plum
French Baie Prine From prune
German Prunusbeere From Prunus, the subgenus of plums and apricots
Italian Baccaprugna From prugna, plum
Spanish Baya Ziuela From ciruela, plum
Korean 리샘열매 Risaem Yeolmae From 매실 maesil (plum) and 리 (李) ri, Sino-Korean reading for plum
Chinese (Mandarin) 木子果 Mùzi Guǒ* From 李 , plum
綠姆果 Lǜmǔ Guǒ* From 綠 (green) and possibly 萊姆 láimǔ (lime)
Chinese (Cantonese) 木子果 Muhkjí Gwó* From 李 léih, plum
Danish Lumbær Same as English name
Dutch Lumbes Same as English name
Finnish Lummarja Same as English name
Norwegian Lumbær Same as English name
Polish Lumjagoda Same as English name
Brazilian Portuguese Fruta Lum Same as English name
Russian Лам-ягода From English name
Swedish Lumbär Same as English name
Vietnamese Quả Ramu Transliteration of Japanese name

External links



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