Hondew Berry

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Hondew Berry ロメのみ Rome Fruit No. 24

Effect Makes a Pokémon more friendly, but lowers Special Attack EVs.E, Gen. IV+ Natural Gift Type Ground Power 90 Flavor Generation III   SPICY DRY SWEET BITTER SOUR   0 +1 -1 +1 -1 Generation IV             10 SPICY       10 DRY       0 SWEET       10 BITTER       0 SOUR       Growth Generation III Planted 0 hours Sprouted 3 hours Taller 6 hours Flowering 9 hours Berries 12 hours Generation IV Planted 0 hours Sprouted 8 hours Taller 16 hours Flowering 24 hours Berries 32 hours Size (in) Size (cm) Firmness 6.4" 16.2 cm Hard Bag description Generation III POKéblock ingredient. Plant in loamy soil to grow Hondew.RS Can be ground up into powder as an ingredient for medicine.FRLG Makes a Pokémon friendly but lowers base Sp.Atk.E An item brought over from a faraway place.ColoXD Generation IV A Poffin ingredient. Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly, but it also lowers its base Sp. Atk stat.DPPt Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly, but it also lowers its base Sp. Atk stat.HGSS Generation V Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly, but it also lowers its base Special Attack stat. Generation VI A Berry to be consumed by Pokémon. Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly but lowers its base Sp. Atk. Generation VII A Berry to be consumed by Pokémon. Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly but lowers its base Sp. Atk. Generation VIII A Berry to be consumed by Pokémon. Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly but lowers its Sp. Atk base points. Tag description Generation III A Berry that is very valuable and rarely seen. It is very delicious. Generation IV This somewhat-rare Berry projects an image of luxury, so it is favored as a gift item. Ice Cream Scoop Flavor 1 Flavor 2 Flavor 3 Scoop Stickiness Origin Name Honeydew Design Honeydew

A Hondew Berry (Japanese: ロメのみ Rome Fruit) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation III.

Locations

Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Four Hondew Berries can be found on Route 119 when the player first arrives there (Waterfall required). Sometimes given by the Berry Master on Route 123. Sometimes given by Kiri in Sootopolis City.

FireRed and LeafGreen

Wild hold item (Generation III)

Mini Games (Generation III)

Orre

Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Can be found in the Fight Area when the player first arrives there. Sometimes given by the Berry Master. Sometimes awarded after earning above 3500 points at Pal Park. Chance of winning from Scratch-Off Cards in the Battle Frontier.

HeartGold and SoulSilver Given by a Juggler in Fuchsia City in exchange for a Green Shard. Chance of winning from Scratch-Off Cards in the Battle Frontier.

Wild hold item (Generation IV)

Pokéwalker Very rarely found in Big Forest after 5000+ steps. Always held by level 5 Smoochum; commonly found in Amity Meadow after 2000+ steps.

Pokémon Battle Revolution

Mystery Dungeon series

Black and White

Black 2 and White 2 Join Avenue (Flower Shop). Buyable from a Pokémon Breeder on Route 5. Black Tower/White Treehollow (Area 10 reward)

Wild hold item (Generation V)

Dream World Can be found in the Windswept Sky.

X and Y Mutation of Aspear and Leppa Berries.

Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Growing on Route 123 when the player first arrives there. Sometimes given by the Berry Master on Route 123. Can be given by a fan after competing in a Hyper Rank Pokémon Contest Spectacular. Sometimes given by Kiri in Sootopolis City.

Wild hold item (Generation VI)

PokéMileage Club Can be obtained through the Lv. 1 Balloon Popping attraction.

Sun and Moon Can be found in the Berry pile in Route 10.

Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Can be found in the Berry pile in Route 10.

Wild hold item (Generation VII)

Sword and Shield

Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Legends: Arceus

Growth and harvest

Generation III

A Hondew Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 12 hours, with 3 hours per stage. A Hondew tree will yield 2-6 Berries.

Generation IV

A Hondew Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 32 hours, with 8 hours per stage. A Hondew tree will yield 1-5 Berries.

Generation VI

A Hondew Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 48 hours, with 8 hours per stage. A Hondew tree will yield 1-20 Berries. During its growth, watering the plant will add 0.5 Berries to the final harvest, weeding it will add 1.5, and removing a pest will add 3.

Generation VII

A Hondew Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 48 hours. A Hondew tree will yield 5-14 Berries.

Uses

Berry Blending

	Verdanturf	Fallarbor	Slateport	Lilycove
Hondew Berry	LiteBlue	LiteBlue	Gray	Indigo

Berry Crushing

At 100% performance, this Berry will contribute 200 units of powder.

Poffin Cooking

At 100% performance, a Hondew Berry can produce a Level 12 (maybe higher) Dry-Bitter Poffin when cooking alone.

Used on a Pokémon

This Berry increases a Pokémon's friendship by and lowers its Special Attack EVs by ten points (but not below 0). It can only be used outside of battle, and only has this effect in Pokémon Emerald and later games. In Generation IV only, this Berry reduces the EV to 100 if it was above 100 when used.

Artwork

Dream World artwork

In the manga

A Hondew Berry in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Emerald arc

In Sneaky Like Shedinja II, Emerald's Sceptile sliced some Hondew Berries with Leaf Blade so its Trainer could eat them.

Platinum arc

In The Final Dimensional Duel VII, Jupiter used a Hondew Berry to turn her Tangrowth's Natural Gift into a Ground-type move while battling against Marley's Arcanine.

Trivia

• While the names of the Hondew Berry indicate it to be based on a melon, it may also resemble a ripe opium pod.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ロメのみ Rome no Mi	From メロン melon
English	Hondew Berry	From honeydew
French	Baie Lonme	From melon
German	Honmelbeere	From Melone, melon
Italian	Baccamelon	From melone, melon
Spanish	Baya Meluce	From melón, melon
Korean	로매열매 Lome Yeolmae	From 매론 melon
Chinese (Mandarin)	哈密果 Hāmì Guǒ*	From 哈密瓜 hāmìguā, Hami melon
	黃斑蜜瓜 Huángbān Mìguā*	From 黃斑 huángbān (yellow spots) and 蜜瓜 mìguā (muskmelon)
Chinese (Cantonese)	哈密果 Hāmaht Gwó	From 哈密瓜 hāmahtgwā, Hami melon
Vietnamese	Quả Hondew	From its English name

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