Charcoal
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Charcoal (Japanese: もくたん Charcoal) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Fire-type moves.
In the core series games
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Effect
Generations II and III
Boosts the power of the holder's Fire-type moves by 10%.
Generation IV onward
Boosts the power of the holder's Fire-type moves by 20%.
Description
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Acquisition
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Distribution
As a held item
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Gallery
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Artwork from Generation II |
Artwork from Scarlet and Violet |
In the spin-off games

Pokémon: Magikarp Jump
In Pokémon: Magikarp Jump, Charcoal is a Friendship Item that can be purchased for 600. It summons Charizard as a helper Pokémon.
In the anime

Charcoal appeared in A Farfetch'd Tale. While traveling through Ilex Forest, Ash and his friends met a boy named Sylvester, who was trying to follow in his teacher's (father in the dub) footsteps in order to learn how to make "purifying charcoal". Brock explained that purifying charcoal is actually burnt wood, which can be used as fuel or to purify water and air. At the end of the episode, Ash and his friends received some charcoal as a gift.
In the manga

Pokémon Adventures
Gold, Silver & Crystal arc
In The Last Battle IV, during the final battle against the Masked Man, Blaine used a piece of Charcoal to strengthen Entei's Fire-type moves.
Trivia
- A man in Lavaridge Town states that Charcoal is used for making herbal medicine. In-game, however, it serves no medicinal purposes.
- Charcoal is the only type-enhancing item that can be bought at a Poké Mart.
In other languages
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