Soft-Boiled (move)

Soft-Boiled タマゴうみ Egg Lay

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock Usable outside of battle

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM41 in Generation I Move Tutor in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Move Tutor in Pokémon Emerald

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jamming  0   Works great if the user goes first this turn.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Soft-Boiled (Japanese: タマゴうみ Egg Lay), formatted as Softboiled prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. It was TM41 in Generation I. It is the signature move of Chansey, Blissey and, in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Happiny as well.

Effect

In battle

Generation I

	This move effect may be in need of research. Reason: Needs clarification on whether failure glitch occurs in the Japanese Pokémon Stadium You can discuss this on the talk page.

Softboiled restores up to 50% of the user's maximum HP. It will fail if the user's current HP is already equal to its maximum HP.

In the Generation I handheld games, Softboiled will also fail if the difference between the user's maximum HP and current HP is 255 modulo 256 (i.e. if this difference is 255 or 511). This does not occur in Pokémon Stadium.

Generation II onward

Soft-Boiled no longer fails if the difference between the user's maximum HP and current HP is 255 modulo 256.

Softboiled can be used as the first move of a Pokémon Contest combination, causing Egg Bomb to score double the normal appeal if used in the next turn.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Soft-Boiled, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Category  Status PP  10 Agile Strong Power  —  —  — Accuracy  —%  —%  —% Action speed modifier Self  0  -3  +5 Target  0  0  0 Additional effect Heal  50%  30%  70%    ?  ?    ?  ? Heals the user by a percentage of its total HP

Outside of battle

Prior to Generation VII and in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Soft-Boiled can also be used outside of battle to transfer some of the user's HP to another party Pokémon. Each use will transfer 20% of the user's HP, up to the target's maximum HP. The move will not work if the user has 20% or less HP left.

Description

Games Description Stad Restores HP by 1/2 of the user's maximum HP. May also be used in the field. Stad2 Half of the user's maximum HP is restored. May also be used in the field. GSC Restores HP by 1/2 the user's max HP. RSEColoXD Recovers up to half the user's maximum HP. FRLG Heals the user by up to half its full HP. It can be used to heal an ally. DP The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP. May be used in the field to heal HP. PBR The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP. PtHGSS The user restores its own HP by up to half of its maximum HP. It may also be used to heal an ally's HP. BWB2W2 The user restores its own HP by up to half of its maximum HP. May also be used in the field to heal HP. XYORAS The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP. May also be used in the field to heal HP. SMUSUMPE SwSh The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP. BDSP The user restores its own HP by up to half of its max HP. It may also be used to heal an ally’s HP outside of battle. LA The user restores its own HP.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0113		Chansey		Fairy		Fairy		13	13	12	16	16	16	44SwShBDSP 34LA	44
0242		Blissey		Fairy		Fairy		10	10	12	16	16	16	44SwShBDSP 34LA	44
0440		Happiny		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered								34LA
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Machine
						I TM41	II --	III --	IV --	V --	VI --	VII --	VIII --	IX --
0113		Chansey		Fairy		Fairy	✔
0151		Mew		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Game
						FRLG	E	XD
0035		Clefairy		Fairy		Fairy	✔	✔
0036		Clefable		Fairy		Fairy	✔	✔
0113		Chansey		Fairy		Fairy	✔	✔
0151		Mew		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
0173		Cleffa		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
0175		Togepi		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
0176		Togetic		Flying	Fairy	✔	✔
0242		Blissey		Fairy		Fairy	✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Explorers of Time and Darkness and Sky, Softboiled is a move with 15PP that ignores accuracy and evasion checks. It heals all team members in the same room as user for ¼ of their maximum HP. In hallways, this move targets Pokémon up two tiles away (or one in one-tile darkness). This move is affected by Taunt and Snatch.

In the Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare) games, Soft-Boiled restores HP of the user and teammates in the same room by 1/10 of their max HP instead.

In Super Mystery Dungeon, Soft-Boiled restores HP of the user and teammates in the same room by 40% of their max HP.

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Soft-Boiled is Blissey's second move. It is obtained by evolving at level 4 and upgrading Heal Pulse into it instead of Safeguard. The user throws an egg to an ally; healing the user and the designated ally. Holds 2 uses in reserve and cannot be used more than once every 2s. At level 10, the attack can hold an extra use in reserve.

Description

Games Description MDRB Restores the HP of the user and team members in the same room by one quarter of their maximum HP. MDTDS Restores the HP of the user and team members in the room by 1/4 of their maximum HP. BSL おなじへやの なかまポケモンと じぶんの ＨＰを さいだいＨＰの １/１０だけ かいふくする MDGtI UNUSED SMD It restores your party's HP.* It restores the HP of you and your teammates in the same room.*

In the anime

Chansey Healing
The user produces a glowing egg that enters its target, healing it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	The egg in Chansey's pouch glows yellow and she raises her arms into the air. When she does, a yellow glow in the shape of Chansey's egg rises from her pouch into the air. It then floats over to the target and melts into its body. As it does, the target's body becomes outlined in yellow, healing it.
Brock's Chansey	The Brockster Is In!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Chansey
The user fires an egg into the air and it explodes, healing the target.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Chansey fires the egg in her pouch into the air. The egg then explodes, and the dust from it circles around the target, healing it. A new egg takes its place as soon as Chansey fires the egg.
Daisy's Seych	Take a Chance on Chansey		Debut

• In Just My Luck...Shuckle, Crystal's Blissey was mentioned to have used Soft-Boiled, but the move was used off-panel.

In other generations

In battle

Core series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Outside of battle

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Although the man who gives out TM41 in Generation I says that only Chansey can learn Soft-Boiled, it can also be taught to Mew.
• Although Soft-Boiled is available in Pokémon Emerald as a Move Tutor move, no Pokémon naturally available in the game can learn the move; all Pokémon capable of using the Move Tutor must be traded into the game from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen or caught using an event item.
• Male Pokémon can use this move despite its Japanese name being タマゴうみ Tamago Umi, which can be translated to "egg lay".
• In Generation III, the status screen erroneously states that the move has 100% accuracy, even though it targets the user (thus it ignores accuracy and evasion checks).
• In Generation III, if this move is used immediately after Brick Break, the egg that appears will be transparent rather than solid. This is only a graphical error and doesn't affect the execution of the move.
• In the 1.0 release of the English versions of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, whenever the player uses Soft-Boiled on a Pokémon that is fainted or at full health, the game erroneously states "This item can't be used on that POKéMON." In the 1.1 release, the word "item" was removed and the message correctly says "This can't be used on that POKéMON." This error does not exist in the Japanese versions, meaning it was a localization oversight.
• The TM for Soft-Boiled can be taught to the fewest number of Pokémon of any TM.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 生蛋 Sāangdáan Mandarin 生蛋 Shēngdàn Czech Změknutí Dutch Halfgaar French E-Coque German Weichei Greek Μελάτη Θεραπεία Indonesian Bertelur Softboiled (DP190) Italian Covauova Korean 알낳기 Alnaki Polish Terapia Ciepłem Portuguese Brazil Cozidos (games, TCG, manga) Ovo da Cura Portugal Escalfar Serbian Meko kuvano Spanish OvocuraciónIX+ AmortiguadorI–VIII Vietnamese Đẻ Trứng

Variations of the move Recover
Recover • Soft-Boiled • Milk Drink • Slack Off • Heal Order • Roost

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