Pickup (Ability)

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Flavor text Generation III May pick up items Generation IV The Pokémon may pick up items. Generation V Currently unknown Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Pickup (Japanese: ものひろい Pick Up Something) is an ability introduced in Generation III that allows the player to receive free items. Nine Pokémon have this ability.

After a battle, any Pokémon on the team that has this ability and is not already holding an item has a 10% chance of picking up an item. It can be retrieved through the normal means of taking a held item.

The ability was shown in the anime episode Showdown at Linoone and the manga chapter Find Munchlax!!.

Pokémon with Pickup

Single ability

#	Pokémon		Type
231		Phanpy	Ground

Dual ability

#	Pokémon		Type		Other ability

Items received

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Abilities first appeared in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. These are the items that Pokémon with this ability may pick up:

Item	Rarity
Super Potion	30%
Ultra Ball	10%
Full Restore
Full Heal
Nugget
Revive
Rare Candy
Protein	5%
PP Up	4%
King's Rock	1%

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the ability focused on berries, which are not as readily available in Kanto as they are in Hoenn:

Item	Rarity
Oran	15%
Aspear	10%
Cheri
Chesto
Pecha
Persim
Rawst
Nugget	5%
PP Up
Rare Candy
TM10 (Hidden Power)
Belue	1%
Durin
Pamtre
Spelon
Watmel

Pokémon Emerald

In Pokémon Emerald, the ability was changed to be affected by the Pokémon's level:

Level	30%	10%						5%	3%	1%
1-10	Potion	Antidote	Super Potion	Great Ball	Repel	Escape Rope	X Attack	Full Heal	Ultra Ball	Hyper Potion	Nugget
11-20	Antidote	Super Potion	Great Ball	Repel	Escape Rope	X Attack	Full Heal	Ultra Ball	Hyper Potion	Nugget	King's Rock
21-30	Super Potion	Great Ball	Repel	Escape Rope	X Attack	Full Heal	Ultra Ball	Hyper Potion	Rare Candy	King's Rock	Full Restore
31-40	Great Ball	Repel	Escape Rope	X Attack	Full Heal	Ultra Ball	Hyper Potion	Rare Candy	Protein	Full Restore	Ether
41-50	Repel	Escape Rope	X Attack	Full Heal	Ultra Ball	Hyper Potion	Rare Candy	Protein	Revive	Ether	White Herb
51-60	Escape Rope	X Attack	Full Heal	Ultra Ball	Hyper Potion	Rare Candy	Protein	Revive	HP Up	White Herb	TM44 (Rest)
61-70	X Attack	Full Heal	Ultra Ball	Hyper Potion	Rare Candy	Protein	Revive	HP Up	Full Restore	TM44 (Rest)	Elixir
71-80	Full Heal	Ultra Ball	Hyper Potion	Rare Candy	Protein	Revive	HP Up	Full Restore	Max Revive	Elixir	TM01 (Focus Punch)
81-90	Ultra Ball	Hyper Potion	Rare Candy	Protein	Revive	HP Up	Full Restore	Max Revive	PP Up	TM01 (Focus Punch)	Leftovers
91-100	Hyper Potion	Rare Candy	Protein	Revive	HP Up	Full Restore	Max Revive	PP Up	Max Elixir	Leftovers	TM26 (Earthquake)

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

The only changes in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl were a few tweaks to the items received:

Level	30%	10%						5%	3%	1%
1-10	Potion	Antidote	Super Potion	Great Ball	Repel	Escape Rope	Full Heal	Hyper Potion	Ultra Ball	Hyper Potion	Nugget
11-20	Antidote	Super Potion	Great Ball	Repel	Escape Rope	Full Heal	Hyper Potion	Ultra Ball	Revive	Nugget	King's Rock
21-30	Super Potion	Great Ball	Repel	Escape Rope	Full Heal	Hyper Potion	Ultra Ball	Revive	Rare Candy	King's Rock	Full Restore
31-40	Great Ball	Repel	Escape Rope	Full Heal	Hyper Potion	Ultra Ball	Revive	Rare Candy	Dusk Stone	Full Restore	Ether
41-50	Repel	Escape Rope	Full Heal	Hyper Potion	Ultra Ball	Revive	Rare Candy	Dusk Stone	Shiny Stone	Ether	White Herb
51-60	Escape Rope	Full Heal	Hyper Potion	Ultra Ball	Revive	Rare Candy	Dusk Stone	Shiny Stone	Dawn Stone	White Herb	TM44 (Rest)
61-70	Full Heal	Hyper Potion	Ultra Ball	Revive	Rare Candy	Dusk Stone	Shiny Stone	Dawn Stone	Full Restore	TM44 (Rest)	Elixir
71-80	Hyper Potion	Ultra Ball	Revive	Rare Candy	Dusk Stone	Shiny Stone	Dawn Stone	Full Restore	Max Revive	Elixir	TM01 (Focus Punch)
81-90	Ultra Ball	Revive	Rare Candy	Dusk Stone	Shiny Stone	Dawn Stone	Full Restore	Max Revive	PP Up	TM01 (Focus Punch)	Leftovers
91-100	Revive	Rare Candy	Dusk Stone	Shiny Stone	Dawn Stone	Full Restore	Max Revive	PP Up	Max Elixir	Leftovers	TM26 (Earthquake)