Soft-Boiled (move)

Soft-Boiled タマゴうみ Egg Lay

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock Usable outside of battle

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM41 in Generation I Move Tutor in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Move Tutor in Pokémon Emerald

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jamming  0   Works great if the user goes first this turn.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII

Soft-Boiled (Japanese: タマゴうみ Egg Lay), formatted as Softboiled prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. It was TM41 in Generation I. It is the signature move of Chansey and Blissey.

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Effect

In battle

Generation I

	This move effect may be in need of research. Reason: Needs clarification on whether failure glitch occurs in the Japanese Pokémon Stadium You can discuss this on the talk page.

Softboiled restores up to 50% of the user's maximum HP. It will fail if the user's current HP is already equal to its maximum HP.

In the Generation I handheld games, Softboiled will also fail if the difference between the user's maximum HP and current HP is 255 modulo 256 (i.e. if this difference is 255 or 511). This does not occur in Pokémon Stadium.

Generation II onward

Soft-Boiled no longer fails if the difference between the user's maximum HP and current HP is 255 modulo 256.

Soft-Boiled can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, causing Egg Bomb to give an extra four appeal points if used in the next turn.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Soft-Boiled, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Outside of battle

Prior to Generation VII, Soft-Boiled can also be used outside of battle to transfer some of the user's HP to another party Pokémon. Each use will transfer 20% of the user's HP, up to the target's maximum HP. The move will not work if the user has 20% or less HP left.

Description

Games Description Stad Restores HP by 1/2 of the user's maximum HP. May also be used in the field. Stad2 Half of the user's maximum HP is restored. May also be used in the field. GSC Restores HP by 1/2 the user's max HP. RSEColo.XD Recovers up to half the user's maximum HP. FRLG Heals the user by up to half its full HP. It can be used to heal an ally. DP The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP. May be used in the field to heal HP. PBR The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP. PtHGSS The user restores its own HP by up to half of its maximum HP. It may also be used to heal an ally's HP. BWB2W2 The user restores its own HP by up to half of its maximum HP. May also be used in the field to heal HP. XYORAS The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP. May also be used in the field to heal HP. SMUSUMPE SwSh The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
113		Chansey		Fairy		Fairy		13	13	12	16	16	16	44
242		Blissey		Fairy		Fairy		10	10	12	16	16	16	44
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Machine
						I TM41	II --	III --	IV --	V --	VI --	VII --	VIII --
113		Chansey		Fairy		Fairy	✔
151		Mew		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Game
						FRLG	E	XD
035		Clefairy		Fairy		Fairy	✔	✔
036		Clefable		Fairy		Fairy	✔	✔
113		Chansey		Fairy		Fairy	✔	✔
151		Mew		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔	✔
173		Cleffa		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔	✔
175		Togepi		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔	✔
176		Togetic		Flying	Fairy	✔	✔
242		Blissey		Fairy		Fairy	✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Softboiled is a move with 15PP that ignores accuracy and evasion checks. It heals all team members in the same room as user for ¼ of their maximum HP. In hallways, this move targets Pokémon up two tiles away (or one in one-tile darkness). This move is affected by Taunt and Snatch.

In the Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare) games, Soft-Boiled restores HP of the user and teammates in the same room by 1/10 of their max HP instead.

In Super Mystery Dungeon, Soft-Boiled restores HP of the user and teammates in the same room by 40% of their max HP.

Description

Games Description MDRB Restores the HP of the user and team members in the same room by one quarter of their maximum HP. MDTDS Restores the HP of the user and team members in the room by 1/4 of their maximum HP. BSL おなじへやの なかまポケモンと じぶんの ＨＰを さいだいＨＰの １/１０だけ かいふくする MDGtI UNUSED SMD It restores your party's HP.* It restores the HP of you and your teammates in the same room.*

In the anime

	Chansey	Healing
The user produces a glowing egg that enters its target, healing it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Chansey	The egg in Chansey's pouch glows yellow and she raises her arms into the air. When she does, a yellow glow in the shape of Chansey's egg rises from her pouch into the air. It then floats over to the target and melts into its body. As it does, the target's body becomes outlined in yellow, healing it.
Brock's Chansey	The Brockster Is In!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Chansey
The user fires an egg into the air and it explodes, healing the target.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Chansey	Chansey fires the egg in her pouch into the air. The egg then explodes, and the dust from it circles around the target, healing it. A new egg takes its place as soon as Chansey fires the egg.
Daisy's Seych	Take a Chance on Chansey		Debut

• In Just My Luck...Shuckle, Crystal's Blissey was mentioned to have used Soft-Boiled, but the move was used off-panel.

In other generations

In battle

Core series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Side series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Outside of battle

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Although the man who gives TM41 (Soft-Boiled) in Generation I says that only Chansey can learn the move, it can also be taught to Mew.
• Although Soft-Boiled is available in Pokémon Emerald as a Move Tutor move, no Pokémon naturally available in the game can learn the move; all Pokémon capable of using the Move Tutor must be traded into the game from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen or caught using an event item.
• Male Pokémon can use this move despite its Japanese name being タマゴうみ Tamago Umi, which can be translated to "egg lay".
• In Generation III, the status screen erroneously states that the move has 100% accuracy, even though it targets the user (thus it ignores accuracy and evasion checks).
• In Generation III, if this move is used immediately after Brick Break, the egg that appears will be transparent rather than solid. This is only a graphical error and doesn't affect the execution of the move.
• In the 1.0 release of the English versions of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, whenever the player uses Soft-Boiled on a Pokémon that is fainted or at full health, the game erroneously states "This item can't be used on that POKéMON." In the 1.1 release, the word "item" was removed and the message correctly says "This can't be used on that POKéMON." This error does not exist in the Japanese versions, meaning it was a localization oversight.
• The TM for Soft-Boiled can be taught to the fewest number of Pokémon of any TM.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 生蛋 Sāangdáan Mandarin 生蛋 Shēng​dàn​ Dutch Halfgaar French E-Coque German Weichei Greek Μελάτη Θεραπεία Indonesian Bertelur Softboiled (DP190) Italian Covauova Korean 알낳기 Alnaki Polish Terapia Ciepłem Portuguese Brazil Cozidos (TCG, manga) Ovo da Cura Portugal Escalfar Serbian Meko kuvano Spanish Amortiguador Vietnamese Đẻ Trứng

Variations of the move Recover
Recover • Soft-Boiled • Milk Drink • Slack Off • Heal Order • Roost

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