White Herb

The White Herb (Japanese: しろいハーブ White Herb) is a type of held item introduced in Generation III. It restores all of the holder's decreased stats.

White Herb しろいハーブ White Herb

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Introduced in Generation III Pocket Generation III Items Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 10 Effect Restores lowered stats of the target

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price RSEFRLG ColoXD DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A $50 SMUSUM SwSh N/A $2,000 SV $20,000 $5,000 ZA $4,980 $750

Effect

If the stat stages of any of the holder's stats are negative, it consumes the White Herb and all negative stat stages are reset to be neutral.

If a multistrike move activates Tangling Hair, Gooey, or Weak Armor, a Pokémon will not consume the White Herb until after the final strike. If a Pokémon holding a White Herb activates multiple Pokémon's Tangling Hair or Gooey, it will not consume its White Herb until all of the Abilities have activated for that attack.

If a Pokémon with Weak Armor is hit by Knock Off, Thief, Covet, or a physical move from a Pokémon with Magician, its held White Herb will be knocked off or stolen before it has a chance to activate. If a Pokémon with Weak Armor is hit by Fling using a White Herb, the White Herb's effect will be applied before Weak Armor lowers its Defense. If a Pokémon uses a contact move that lowers its own stats (such as Superpower) on a Pokémon with Pickpocket, its held White Herb will be stolen before it has a chance to activate.

If the Pokémon with Defiant or Competitive is holding a White Herb, Defiant or Competitive will trigger before the White Herb, so the user will receive the Attack or Special Attack boost and then the lowered stat will be restored; if the same stat boosted by the Ability is lowered, the White Herb never has a chance to activate.

If a Pokémon with Contrary has one of its stats lowered by an O-Power, its held White Herb will not be activated until after a Pokémon uses a move.

Description

Games Description RSEColoXD A hold item that restores any lowered stat. FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. It restores any lowered stat in battle. It can be used only once. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It restores any lowered stat in battle. It can be used only once. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by a Pokémon. It will restore any lowered stat in battle. It can be used only once. SVZA An item to be held by a Pokémon. It will restore any lowered stat in battle—but only once.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods RSE Route 104 Battle Tower (35+ win streak)RS, Battle Frontier (48 BP)E Lavaridge Gym (held by Flannery's Torkoal during all battles and by her Magcargo and Camerupt during rematches)E Pickup (Lv. 41-60E) FRLG Trade Colo Prestige Precept Center (prize for defeating Justy's four junior Trainers) Mt. Battle (8,000 Poké Coupons) XD Citadark Isle (×2), Gateon Port (answer "Yes" to exactly one question), Realgam Tower (Battle CD 25 completion prize) Mt. Battle (6,000 Poké Coupons) Pickup (Lv. 41-60) DPPt Battle ParkDP/FrontierPt (32 BP) Pickup (Lv. 41-60) HGSS Cinnabar Gym (×3; held by Blaine's Pokémon) Battle Frontier (32 BP) PW Winner's Path BW Battle Subway (32 BP) B2W2 Battle Subway/PWT (16 BP) XY Battle Maison (32 BP) Grass ORAS Route 104, Sea Mauville Battle Maison (32 BP) SMUSUM Big Wave BeachUSUM Battle Tree (24 BP) SwSh Watchtower Ruins Battle Tower (15 BP) Pickup (Lv. 21-100) SwShIA Cram-o-matic (Grass: 32-40 points) SwShCT Hidden recurring item (Ballimere Lake) BDSP Battle Park (15 BP) Pickup (Lv. 21-100) SV Delibird Presents (Cascarrafa Branch, after earning 4 Gym Badges) Sparkling overworld item (North Province (Area Two)) Pickup (Lv. 21-100) ZA Reward for completing Side Mission 018: A Pan-tastic Pot of Tea Racine Construction

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: Black & White

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

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	白色香草 Baahksīk Hēungchóu
	Mandarin	白色香草 Báisè Xiāngcǎo * 白色藥草 Báisè Yàocǎo *
Finnish		Valkoyrtti
French		Herbe BlancheVI+ HerbeblancheIII–V
German		Schlohkraut
Italian		Erbachiara
Korean		하양허브 Hayang Herb
Polish		Białe Ziele
Brazilian Portuguese		Erva Branca
Spanish	Latin America	Hierba Blanca
	Spain	Hierba BlancaVI+ Hier. BlancaIII–V

External links

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

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