Pomeg Berry

	Pokémon Global Link artwork
	Introduced in Generation III
Pocket
Generation III	Berries (RSE)
Generation III	Berry Pouch (FRLG)
Generation IV	Berries
Generation V	Berries
Generation VI	Berries
Generation VII	Berries
Generation VIII	Berries
Generation IX	Berries
	Flavor
Generation III
Generation IV/VIII
Natural Gift
Type	Ice
Gen. VI+	90
Fling
Power	10
Effect	None

A Pomeg Berry (Japanese: ザロクのみ Zaroku Fruit) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation III.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
RS E FRLG DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM BDSP	N/A	$10
SwSh	N/A	$40
SV	N/A	$20

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

Effect

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the Pomeg Berry cannot be used directly and only has a use as an ingredient for Pokéblocks.

From Pokémon Emerald, the Pomeg Berry can be used from the Bag on a Pokémon to increase the Pokémon's friendship (+10 at friendship 0-99, +5 at friendship 100-199, +1^SwSh-/+2^E-USUM at friendship 200-254) and lowers its HP EVs by ten points (but not below 0). In Generation IV only, this Berry reduces the EV to 100 if it was above 110 when used.

Ingredient

Berry Blending

RS E

When blending with NPCs, Pomeg Berries will produce the following Pokéblocks:

NPC	Flavors (100 RPM)	Feel
1 NPC	Spiciness 23, Bitterness 10	20
2 NPCs	Spiciness 23, Bitterness 10, Sweetness 10	20
3 NPCs	Spiciness 23, Bitterness 23	19
Blend Master	Spiciness 51, Bitterness 12	43

ORAS

Pomeg Berries are red Berries that have a low chance of producing a Pokéblock+.

Berry Crush
FRLGE	Pomeg Berries have a base Berry Powder of 100 and a difficulty of 100. With two players, this Berry will contribute 200 units of Berry Powder at 100% silkiness.

Poffin Cooking
DP Pt BDSP	When used alone, Pomeg Berries will produce Poffins with Spiciness 8, Bitterness 8 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	Pomeg Berries are red Berries in Group 3.

Composting
XY	Pomeg Berries are red Berries.

Dye Houses
SM USUM	15 Pomeg Berries, Tamato Berries, and Cheri Berries are used to dye any white or dyed clothing into pastel red.

Curry
SwSh	Pomeg Berries have a rarity of 3.

Cram-o-matic
SwSh	Pomeg Berries are Ice-type items and give 6 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 Pomeg Berries.

Catalogue	Décor	Price
Plain Catalogue	Speaker 1	10 Pomeg Berries 15 Iapapa Berries

Description

Games	Description
RS	^P_O^K_éblock ingredient. Plant in loamy soil to grow Pomeg
FRLG	Can be ground up into powder as an ingredient for medicine.
E	Makes a Pokémon friendly but lowers base HP.
ColoXD	An item brought over from a faraway place.
DP Pt	A Poffin ingredient. Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly, but it also lowers its base HP.
HGSS BW B2W2	Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly, but it also lowers its base HP.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE	A Berry to be consumed by Pokémon. Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly but lowers its base HP.
SwSh BDSP LA	A Berry to be consumed by Pokémon. Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly but lowers its HP base points.
SV	If a Pokémon is fed this Berry, it will grow more friendly, but it will lose base points for its HP stat.

Tag information

No. 21
Size: 5.3" (13.5 cm)
Firmness: Very hard

Games	Description
RS E	However much it is watered, it only grows up to six Berries.
DP Pt BDSP	When this sweetly spicy Berry's thick skin is peeled, many pieces of the fruit spill out.

Curry information

Games	Description
SwSh	A Berry with sweet and spicy flesh. If you keep chewing it, its bitterness will slowly spread in your mouth.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
RS E	Routes 119 and 123	Route 123 (Berry Master), Sootopolis City Mossdeep Game Corner (Dodrio Berry Picking with 4 players)^E
FRLG		Joyful Game Corner (Dodrio Berry Picking with 4 players)
ColoXD		Trade
DP Pt	Routes 214 and 226, Fight Area	Route 208 (Berry Master's house) Pal Park (score of 3500-4150) Battle Frontier (Scratch-Off Card)
HGSS		Fuchsia City Pal Park (score of 3500-4150) Battle Frontier (Scratch-Off Card)
PW		Hoenn Field, Beyond the Sea, Amity Meadow
BW		Spin Trade (5 players)
B2W2		Route 5, Black Tower/White Treehollow Join Avenue (Flower Shop) Spin Trade (5 players)
DW*		Windswept Sky
XY		Mutation of Iapapa and Mago Berries
ORAS	Routes 119 and 123	Route 123 (Berry Master), Sootopolis City Hyper Rank Pokémon Contest Spectacular (given by fan)
PMC*		Balloon Popping (Lv. 3)
SM USUM		Berry piles (Route 10)
SwSh		Berry trees (Route 7, Bridge Field, Dappled Grove, Giant's Mirror, Hammerlocke Hills, Motostoke Riverbank) Max Raid Battles (Rolling Fields, Dappled Grove, East Lake Axewell, West Lake Axewell^Sh, South Lake Miloch^Sw, Giant's Seat, North Lake Miloch, Motostoke Riverbank^Sh, Bridge Field, Stony Wilderness, Dusty Bowl, Giant's Mirror, Hammerlocke Hills, Giant's Cap^Sh)
SwShIA		Berry trees (Insular Sea) Max Raid Battles (Fields of Honor, Soothing Wetlands, Forest of Focus, Challenge Beach, Brawlers' Cave, Challenge Road, Courageous Cavern, Training Lowlands, Workout Sea, Stepping-Stone Sea, Insular Sea, Honeycalm Sea)
SwShCT		Berry trees (Ballimere Lake) Max Raid Battles (Slippery Slope, Frostpoint Field, Giant's Bed, Snowslide Slope, Path to the Peak, Crown Shrine, Giant's Foot, Frigid Sea, Ballimere Lake)
BDSP	Routes 214 and 226, Fight Area	Route 208 (Berry Master's house) Battle Park Exchange Service Corner Picked up by walking Pokémon (Lonely, Docile, Timid, Quiet, Bashful, Calm, Gentle, Careful Natures)
SV		Alfornada (Emotional Spectrum Practice), Porto Marinada auction Tera Raid Battles (4★, 5★) Sparkling overworld item (East Province (Area Two), South Province (Area Four))
SVTM		Ogre Oustin'
SVID		Sparkling overworld item (Canyon Biome)

Growth

Generation III

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
3 hours

Taller
6 hours

Flowering
9 hours

Berries
12 hours

A Pomeg plant will yield 2-6 Berries.

Generation IV

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
8 hours

Taller
16 hours

Flowering
24 hours

Berries
32 hours

A Pomeg plant will yield 1-5 Berries. A growing Pomeg plant's soil dries by 8% every hour, fully drying out in 13 hours.

Generation V

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
12 hours

Taller
24 hours

Flowering
36 hours

Berries
48 hours

A Pomeg 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 Pomeg plant will yield 1-20 Berries. During its growth, watering the plant adds 0.5 Berries to the final harvest, weeding it adds 1.5, and removing a pest adds 3. Pomeg plants attract Ledyba as pests. If grown next to each other, a Pomeg Berry and a Kasib Berry may mutate into a Petaya Berry.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
8 hours

Taller
16 hours

Flowering
24 hours

Berries
32 hours

A Pomeg plant will yield 2-26 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 Pomeg plant will yield 5 Berries if Isle Aplenny is at Phase 1, 9 Berries if it is at Phase 2, and 14 Berries if it is at Phase 3.

Generation VIII
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
8 hours

Taller
16 hours

Flowering
24 hours

Berries
32 hours

A Pomeg plant will yield 2-5 Berries.

Gallery

Artwork


Ingredient artwork from Sword and Shield	Artwork from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl	Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

Sprites


Berry Tag Sprite (Generation III)	Berry Tag Sprite (Generation IV)

In animation

Pomeg flowers in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

While the Pomeg Berry itself has never been featured in animation, its flowers appeared in The Grass-Type is Always Greener!. Ash, his friends, and Cheryl found a Combee residing near them, thus giving them their first lead to the Amber Castle.

In the manga

A Pomeg Berry in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Diamond & Pearl arc

In A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium, a Pomeg Berry was a part of Diamond and Pearl's manzai routine. In the Chuang Yi translation, it was referred to as a Rowap Berry instead.

In Problematic Probopass and Mad Magnezone II, a Pomeg Berry was seen among the many Berries that Cyrus's Probopass's Mini-Noses dug out of Lax's fur while trying to retrieve Cyrus's camera.

Trivia

Due to its ability to lower a Pokémon's HP EVs, it is famous for the Pomeg glitch, which can lower the HP of a Pokémon which has low HP so that it underflows. The glitch occurs in Pokémon Emerald, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

Origin

The Pomeg Berry's design and name may be based on a pomegranate.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ザロクのみ Zaroku no Mi	From 石榴 zakuro, pomegranate
English	Pomeg Berry	From pomegranate
French	Baie Grena	From grenade, pomegranate
German	Granabeere	From Granatapfel, pomegranate
Italian	Baccagrana	From melagrana, pomegranate
Spanish	Baya Grana	From granada, pomegranate
Korean	유석열매 Yuseok Yeolmae	From 석류 (石榴) seokryu, pomegranate
Chinese (Mandarin)	榴石果 Liúshí Guǒ*	From 石榴 shíliú, pomegranate
Chinese (Mandarin)	紅榴 Hóngliú*	From 紅 hóng (red) and 石榴 shíliú (pomegranate)
Chinese (Cantonese)	榴石果 Làuhsehk Gwó	From 石榴 sehklàuh, pomegranate
Brazilian Portuguese	Fruta Marô	From romã, pomegranate
Vietnamese	Quả Pomeg*	From its English name
Vietnamese	Quả Lựu	From lựu, pomegranate

External links

On Smogon Itemdex:
- Generation III – IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

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