Salac 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	Fighting
Gen. VI+	100
Fling
Power	10
Effect	Raises Speed by one stage

A Salac Berry (Japanese: カムラのみ Camula 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 Salac Berry can be sold to the gourmet maniac on Route 5 for 20.

Effect

Held item

A Salac Berry raises the holder's Speed by one stage when the holder's HP drop to ¼ or below. If the holder has Gluttony, then it eats its Salac Berry when its HP drops to ½ or below. If the holder has Ripen, then its Speed rises by two stages.

When forcibly consumed via Fling, Pluck, Bug Bite, or Item Urge, it raises the Speed of the consumer by one stage.

Ingredient

Berry Blending

RS E

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

NPC	Flavors (100 RPM)	Feel
1 NPC	Sweetness 62, Sourness 49	50
2 NPCs	Sweetness 62, Sourness 62	40
3 NPCs	Sweetness 62, Sourness 49, Spiciness 10	34
Blend Master	Sweetness 88, Sourness 49	73

ORAS

Salac Berries are green Berries that have a medium-high chance of producing a Pokéblock+.

Berry Crush
FRLGE	Salac Berries have a base Berry Powder of 500 and a difficulty of 180. With two players, this Berry will contribute 1000 units of Berry Powder at 100% silkiness.

Poffin Cooking
DP Pt BDSP	When used alone, Salac Berries will produce Poffins with Sourness 28, Sweetness 18 and smoothness 39 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	Salac Berries are green Berries in Group 3.

Composting
XY	Salac Berries are green Berries.

Dye Houses
SM USUM	30 Salac Berries, Aguav Berries, and Rindo Berries are used to dye any white or dyed clothing into dark green.

Curry
SwSh	Salac Berries have a rarity of 10.

Cram-o-matic
SwSh	Salac Berries are Fighting-type items and give 12 points towards the output value.

Description

Games	Description
RS E	A hold item that raises Speed in a pinch.
FRLG	When held by a Pokémon, it raises the Speed stat in a pinch.
Colo.XD	A hold item that raises Speed in a pinch.
DP Pt	A Poffin ingredient. If held by a Pokémon, it raises its Speed stat in a pinch.
HGSS BW B2W2	If held by a Pokémon, it raises its Speed stat in a pinch.
XY ORAS SM USUMPE SwSh BDSP	A Berry to be consumed by Pokémon. If a Pokémon holds one, its Speed stat will increase when it's in a pinch.
SV	If a Pokémon holds one of these Berries, its Speed stat will be boosted should it find itself in a pinch.

Tag information

No. 38 ^RSEFRLG / No. 55 ^DPPt^BDSP
Size: 3.7" (9.5 cm)
Firmness: Very hard

Games	Description
RS E	A mysterious Berry. It is rumored to contain the power of the sky.
DP Pt BDSP	This Berry is surrounded by mystery. It is rumored to be imbued with the power of the sky.

Curry information

Games	Description
SwSh	A slightly rare Berry. The flesh underneath its bumpy skin is incredibly sweet and sour.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
RS E
FRLG
Colo.		Mt. Battle
XD	Reward for clearing Battle CDs 44 and 45	Mt. Battle
DP Pt
HGSS
PW		Treehouse
PBR		Shop
BW
B2W2		Join Avenue (Flower Shop)
XY		Mutation of Grepa and Roseli Berries
ORAS		Super-Secret Base (Gather Berries skill)
PMC		Lv. 3 Poké Doll Grabber attraction
SM		Poni Wilds
USUM		Poni Wilds
SwSh		Route 9, Axew's Eye, Motostoke Riverbank, Soothing Wetlands, Giant's Bed
BDSP	Ramanas Park (Tectonic Room)	Picked up by walking Pokémon (Hardy, Brave, Adamant, Naughty, Bold, Impish, Hasty, Sassy, Quirky Natures)
SV		Alfornada (ESP Training reward) Area Zero (sparkling overworld items)

Distribution

Version	Games	Distribution
Japanese	Ruby and Sapphire	Wishing Star Jirachi
North American	Ruby and Sapphire	Wishmaker Jirachi
European, Australian	Ruby and Sapphire	Channel Jirachi
Japanese	Ruby and Sapphire	Pokémon Stamp Ruby and Sapphire Absol
Japanese	Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen	2006 Tanabata Jirachi
Japanese	Diamond and Pearl	2007 Tanabata Jirachi
Korean	Diamond and Pearl	Nintendo of Korea Mew
North American	X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire	Jirachi
PAL	X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire	Jirachi

Growth

Generation III

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
24 hours

Taller
48 hours

Flowering
72 hours

Berries
96 hours

A Salac plant will yield 1-2 Berries.

Generation IV

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
24 hours

Taller
48 hours

Flowering
72 hours

Berries
96 hours

A Salac plant will yield 1-5 Berries. A growing Salac plant's soil dries by 4% every hour, fully drying out in 25 hours.

Generation V

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
36 hours

Taller
72 hours

Flowering
108 hours

Berries
144 hours

A Salac plant will yield ? Berries.

Generation VI
Pokémon X and Y

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
16 hours

Growing
32 hours

Bigger
48 hours

Budding
64 hours

Bloom
80 hours

Berries
96 hours

A Salac plant will yield 1-10 Berries. During its growth, watering the plant adds 0.2 Berries to the final harvest, weeding it adds 0.1, and removing a pest adds 1. Salac plants attract Burmy as pests. If grown next to each other, a Salac Berry and a Petaya Berry may mutate into a Maranga Berry.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
12 hours

Taller
24 hours

Flowering
36 hours

Berries
48 hours

A Salac plant will yield 2-13 Berries.

Generation VII
Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
54 hours

Taller
60 hours

Flowering
68 hours

Berries
72 hours

A Salac plant will yield 2 Berries if Isle Aplenny is at Phase 1, 5 Berries if it is at Phase 2, and 8 Berries if it is at Phase 3.

Generation VIII
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
24 hours

Taller
48 hours

Flowering
72 hours

Berries
96 hours

A Salac 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)

In the manga

A Salac Berry in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

FireRed & LeafGreen chapter

In Once More into the Unown, Blue used a Salac Berry on his Porygon2 so it could quickly infiltrate R's systems and free his grandfather and Green's parents from their shackles. It later reused the Berry's effect by using Recycle.

Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon chapter

In Going Ashore and Neighboring Akala Island, Moon used a Salac Berry on her Rowlet to increase his speed, allowing him to escape from Team Skull.

Trivia

Origin

The Salac Berry's name may be based on a salak. Its design may be based on a cactus.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	カムラのみ Camula no Mi	From Calamus zalacca (salak)
English	Salac Berry	From salak
French	Baie Sailak	From salak
German	Salkabeere	From Salakfrucht (salak)
Italian	Baccasalak	From salak
Spanish	Baya Aslac	From salak
Korean	캄라열매 Kamra Yeolmae	From Calamus zalacca (salak)
Chinese (Mandarin)	沙鱗果 / 沙鳞果 Shālín Guǒ*	From 沙叻 shālè (salak) and 蛇鱗果 shélínguǒ' (salak)
	酸甜椰 Suāntiányé*	From 酸甜 suāntián (sweet and sour) and 椰 yé' (palm)
	卡姆拉核心 Kǎmǔlā Héxīn*	Transliteration of Japanese name
Chinese (Cantonese)	沙鱗果 / 沙鳞果 Sālèuhn Gwó*	From 沙叻 sālahk (salak) and 蛇鱗果 sèhlèuhngwó' (salak)
Chinese (Cantonese)	酸甜椰 Syūntìhmyèh*	From 酸甜 syūntìhm (sweet and sour) and 椰 yèh' (palm)
Brazilian Portuguese	Fruta Salac	From salak
Vietnamese	Quả Cau	From cau, areca nut

External links

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

Berries

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Legends: Arceus-exclusive Berry

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This Pokémon article is part of Project BerryDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Berry in the Pokémon series.