Pokemon Gold and Silver - Holdable Items
Each Pokemon can hold one item each and may use it during a battle. This is a list of holdable items used in battle.
Consumed once
All items, even consumed ones, are returned to their original owners after external or Stadium 2 battles. The condition is checked at the end of each round unless noted otherwise.
- Berry - When the holder's HP loses half of total HP, recovers 10 HP.
- Berry Juice - When the holder's HP loses half of total HP, recovers 20 HP.
- Gold Berry - When the holder's HP loses half of total HP, recovers 30 HP.
- Bitter Berry - When the holder is confused, it is no longer confused.
- Burnt Berry - When the holder is frozen, it is no longer frozen.
- Przcureberry - When the holder is paralyzed, it is no longer paralyzed.
- Psncureberry - When the holder is poisoned, it is no longer poisoned.
- Ice Berry - When the holder is burned, it is no longer burned.
- Mint Berry - When the holder is asleep, it is no longer asleep.
- MysteryBerry - When the PP of an attack reaches zero, it becomes 5 (or up to the maximum if it has fewer PP).
- MiracleBerry - When the holder is asleep, confused, burned, paralyzed, poisoned, or frozen, it removes that condition.
- Berserk Gene - When the holder is introduced in battle, as soon as a new round begins (before commands are chosen), its Attack is increased by 2 stages and then, unless it is already confused, the holder becomes confused for 255 turns (in Stadium 2, 1 to 4 turns). The item is then consumed. (Safeguard doesn't affect this confusion.)
Not consumed
Type-boosting items
These items, when held, increase the damage of attacks of the appropriate type by 10% (see Damage Formula).
- Pink Bow - Normal
- Polkadot Bow - Normal
- Blackbelt - Fighting
- Sharp Beak - Flying
- Poison Barb - Poison
- Soft Sand - Ground
- Hard Stone - Rock
- Silverpowder - Bug
- Spell Tag - Ghost
- Metal Coat - Steel
- Charcoal - Fire
- Mystic Water - Water
- Miracle Seed - Grass
- Magnet - Electric
- TwistedSpoon - Psychic
- Nevermeltice - Ice
- Dragon Fang* - Dragon
- Blackglasses - Dark
*In Gold/Silver/Crystal version, the Dragon Fang doesn't boost Dragon-type moves, but rather the Dragon Scale does; this behavior was corrected in Stadium 2.
Invoked in battle
- Brightpowder - Reduces the accuracy of certain attacks by the holder's opponent by 7.8%.
- Focus Band - If an attack by the opponent would cause the holder's HP to be reduced to zero, it may instead have 1 HP remaining (11.7% chance). Effective even in one-hit KOs. (If the holder had endured Fissure or Horn Drill, it can use Counter to return twice the HP lost.)
- King's Rock - If the holder using one of certain moves strikes first, the opponent may flinch (11.7% chance), if the attack didn't already cause flinching.
- Leftovers - At the end of every round, holder recovers 1/16 of total HP.
- Quick Claw - There is a 23.4% chance that the holder may strike first. If this chance succeeds and both active Pokemon hold this item, the one who strikes first is randomly determined (in internal battles, the player always strikes first in this case).
- Scope Lens - Increases the critical hit ratio.
Pokemon-Specific
- Lucky Punch - Increases Chansey's critical hit chances.
- Stick - Increases Farfetch'd's critical hit chances.
- Metal Powder - Ditto's Special Attack and Special Defense are multiplied by 1.5.
- Thick Club - Doubles the Attack of Cubone or Marowak.
- Light Ball - Doubles the Special Attack of Pikachu.
Miscellaneous
- Amulet Coin - Doubles money earned after a trainer battle if a Pokémon in party is holding this item. Doesn't affect money due to Pay Day.
- Smoke Ball - Holder is guaranteed to flee from a wild Pokemon.
- Everstone - Prevents holder from evolving.
- Exp.Share - Holder earns experience and Stat Exp in a battle, even when not battling.
- Lucky Egg - Experience earned by holder is multiplied by 1.5.
Not holdable
- Guard Spec. - Begins the effect of Mist.
- Dire Hit - Begins the effect of Focus Energy.
- X Attack - Increases Attack of current Pokemon by 1 stage.
- X Defend - Increases Defense of current Pokemon by 1 stage.
- X Speed - Increases Speed of current Pokemon by 1 stage.
- X Special - Increases Special Attack of current Pokemon by 1 stage.
- X Accuracy - Increases Accuracy of current Pokemon by 1 stage.
- Full Restore - Restores all HP and heals all status problems and confusion.
- Full Heal - Heals all status problems and confusion.
