Shuca Berry

Shuca Berry シュカのみ Shuca Fruit

Pokémon Global Link artwork

Introduced in Generation IV Pocket Generation IV Berries Generation V Berries Generation VI Berries Generation VII Berries Generation VIII Berries Flavor Generation IV/VIII SPICY DRY SWEET BITTER SOUR SMOOTH 10 0 15 0 0 30 Natural Gift Type Ground Power Gen. IV-V 60 Gen. VI+ 80 Fling Power 10 Effect None

A Shuca Berry (Japanese: シュカのみ Shuca Fruit) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation IV.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A $10 SwSh N/A $40

In the Generation V games, the Shuca Berry can be sold to the gourmet maniac on Route 5 for $20.

Held item

If the holder is hit by a super effective Ground-type attack, it will consume its held Shuca Berry and halve the attack's damage. If the holder has Ripen, the damage is multiplied by 1/4.

Ingredient

Berry Blending ORAS Shuca Berries are yellow Berries that have a medium chance of producing a Pokéblock+.

Poffin Cooking DPPt BDSP When used alone, Shuca Berries will produce Poffins with Sweetness 13, Spiciness 8 and smoothness 29 when cooked in 1 minute with no spills or burns.

Ice Cream Scoop DW Flavor 1 Flavor 2 Flavor 3 Easy to scoop Stickiness

Juice Shoppe XY Shuca Berries are yellow Berries in Group 2.

Composting XY Shuca Berries are yellow Berries.

Curry SwSh Shuca Berries have a rarity of 5.

Cram-o-matic SwSh Shuca Berries are Ground-type items and give 4 points towards the output value.

Exchange

Pokémon Dream World

In the Pokémon Dream World, the player could exchange Berries for Décor. The following Décor required Shuca Berries.

Catalogue	Décor	Price
Pokémon Doll Catalogue	Chimchar Doll	15 Shuca Berries

Description

Games Description DPPt A Poffin ingredient. If held by a Pokémon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Ground-type attack. HGSS If held by a Pokémon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Ground-type attack. BWB2W2 Weakens a supereffective Ground-type attack against the holding Pokémon. XYORAS SMUSUM SwShBDSP If held by a Pokémon, this Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Ground-type attack.

Tag information

• No. 43
• Size: 1.7" (4.2 cm)
• Firmness: Soft

Games Description DPPt BDSP The sweetness-laden pulp has just the hint of a hard-edged and fragrant bite to it.

Curry information

Games Description SwSh A Berry with sweetness-laden pulp. It's delicious as is, but heating it up brings out a pleasant aroma.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods DPPt Pastoria City Battle Frontier (Scratch-Off Cards) Held by wild Ponyta (5% chance) HGSS Bought by player's Mom Battle Frontier (Scratch-Off Cards) Held by wild Ponyta and Rapidash (5% chance) PW Stormy Beach, Yellow Forest, Winner's Path BW Held by wild Rapidash (5% chance) B2W2 Join Avenue (Flower Shop) DW First completion of the tutorial (player will be given five of one of the damage-reducing Berries from Fennel) XY Yellow Berry trees, Inverse House ORAS Route 123 Inverse Battle Stop Master Rank Pokémon Contest Spectacular (given by fan) PMC Lv. 2 Poké Doll Grabber attraction SM Poni Wilds, Poni Plains USUM Poni Wilds, Poni Plains Sometimes dropped after ambush encounters with wild Heliolisk (Ultra Space Wilds) SwSh Lake of Outrage, Giant's Bed BDSP Pastoria City Picked up by walking Pokémon (Relaxed, Lax, Serious, Jolly, Naive, Modest, Mild, Rash Natures)

Growth

Generation IV

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
18 hours

Taller
36 hours

Flowering
54 hours

Berries
72 hours

A Shuca plant will yield 1-5 Berries. A growing Shuca plant's soil dries by 6% every hour, fully drying out in 17 hours.

Generation V

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
27 hours

Taller
54 hours

Flowering
81 hours

Berries
108 hours

A Shuca plant will yield ? Berries.

Generation VI
Pokémon X and Y

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
8 hours

Growing
16 hours

Bigger
24 hours

Budding
32 hours

Bloom
40 hours

Berries
48 hours

A Shuca plant will yield 3-20 Berries. During its growth, watering the plant adds 1 Berries to the final harvest, weeding it adds 0.5, and removing a pest adds 2. Shuca plants attract Combee as pests.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
8 hours

Taller
16 hours

Flowering
24 hours

Berries
32 hours

A Shuca plant will yield 2-10 Berries.

Generation VII
Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
30 hours

Taller
36 hours

Flowering
44 hours

Berries
48 hours

A Shuca plant will yield 2 Berries if Isle Aplenny is at Phase 1, 4 Berries if it is at Phase 2, and 6 Berries if it is at Phase 3.

Generation VIII
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
18 hours

Taller
36 hours

Flowering
54 hours

Berries
72 hours

A Shuca plant will yield 2-5 Berries.

Appearance

Artwork

Dream World artwork	Curry Ingredient Artwork

Sprites

Berry Tag Sprite (Generation IV)	Bag Sprite (Generation IV-VIII)	Bag Sprite (BDSP)	Bag Sprite (SV)

In the anime

A Shuca Berry in the anime

In The Guardian's Challenge!, a Shuca Berry was seen as a part of the meal Mallow made for Ash and his classmates' Pokémon.

In the manga

A Shuca Berry in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Diamond & Pearl arc

In Problematic Probopass and Mad Magnezone II, a Shuca Berry was seen among the many Berries that Cyrus's Probopass's Mini-Noses dug out of Lax's fur while trying to retrieve Cyrus's camera.

Black & White arc

In Fussing and Fighting, a Shuca Berry was a part of Professor Juniper's dinner.

Trivia

Origin

The Shuca Berry's design and name may be based on a cashew.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	シュカのみ Shuca no Mi	From カシュー cashew
English	Shuca Berry	From cashew nut
French	Baie Jouca	From noix de cajou, cashew nut
German	Schukebeere	From Kaschu, cashew
Italian	Baccanaca	From anacardo, cashew nut
Spanish	Baya Acardo	From anacardo, cashew nut
Korean	슈캐열매 Shewca Yeolmae	From 캐슈 cashew
Chinese (Mandarin)	腰木果 Yāomù Guǒ*	From 腰果 yāoguǒ, cashew nut
	蜜腰果 Mìyāo Guǒ*	From 蜜 mì (honey) and 腰果 yāoguǒ (cashew nut)
Chinese (Cantonese)	腰木果 Yīumuhk Gwó	From 腰果 yīugwó, cashew nut
Vietnamese	Quả Shuca	Transliteration of Japanese name

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation III – IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

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