Flavor

Bitter redirects here. For the Generation II Berry, see Bitter Berry.

Flavor (Japanese: 味 flavor) is a special set of attributes that certain foods in the Pokémon world have. The affected foods include Berries, Pokéblocks, Poffins, Apricorns, Aprijuice, malasadas, and curry. There are five different flavors:

• Spicy (Japanese: 辛い spicy)
• Dry (Japanese: 渋い astringent)
• Sweet (Japanese: 甘い sweet)
• Bitter (Japanese: 苦い bitter)
• Sour (Japanese: 酸っぱい sour)

Most of the foods can have more than one flavor attributed to them.

The primary flavor mechanic is taste preferences: different Pokémon like and dislike different flavors, depending on their Nature. This usually influences the effectiveness of the food. The flavors that a Pokémon likes and dislikes correspond to the stat that its Nature raises or lowers. For example, all Pokémon who like spicy flavors have a Nature that raises their Attack, while those that dislike spicy flavors have a Nature that lowers it. Pokémon who have neutral Natures have no likes or dislikes.

Different flavors also represent different stats in most foods. For example, a Pokéblock that has a spicy flavor will raise a Pokémon's Cool condition. When this is combined with the taste preference aspect, if a Pokémon dislikes spicy foods and is fed a Pokéblock that is predominantly spicy, its Cool condition will raise less than if a Pokémon that likes spicy foods was fed the same Pokéblock.

Although they use the word "bitter", herbal medicines have no connection with flavor mechanics.

Flavor preferences

The flavor that a Pokémon likes or dislikes depends on its Nature, as shown in the table below. The liked and disliked flavors correspond to the stats each Nature raises and lowers.

Flavor table
No preferences ↘		Disliked flavor
		Spicy	Dry	Sweet	Bitter	Sour
Liked flavor	Spicy	Hardy	Adamant	Brave	Naughty	Lonely
	Dry	Modest	Bashful	Quiet	Rash	Mild
	Sweet	Timid	Jolly	Serious	Naive	Hasty
	Bitter	Calm	Careful	Sassy	Quirky	Gentle
	Sour	Bold	Impish	Relaxed	Lax	Docile

Stats associated with flavors

The flavor of a food usually influences its effectiveness, but different foods generally affect different mechanics.

Stat	Food
Condition	Berries, Pokéblocks, and Poffins
Performance	Apricorns and Aprijuice
Affection	Malasadas

With the exception of malasadas, the flavor or flavors present in a food also represent which stats will be raised.

Flavor	Associated stat
	Condition	Performance
Spicy	Coolness	Power
Dry	Beauty	Skill
Sweet	Cuteness	Speed
Bitter	Cleverness	Jump
Sour	Toughness	Stamina

Berries that may cause confusion also have a unique interaction with flavors. In-battle, these Berries restore HP, but if they are consumed by a Pokémon that dislikes the Berry's main flavor, the Pokémon will become confused. This is the only flavor-dependent mechanic that has been consistently carried forward since its introduction.

List of Berries by flavor

Generation III

When the player checks a Berry's tag, the flavors are indicated by a red circle around the name of each flavor.

No.	Spr	Name	Spicy	Dry	Sweet	Bitter	Sour
01		Cheri	10	0	0	0	0
02		Chesto	0	10	0	0	0
03		Pecha	0	0	10	0	0
04		Rawst	0	0	0	10	0
05		Aspear	0	0	0	0	10
06		Leppa	10	0	10	10	10
07		Oran	10	10	10	10	10
08		Persim	10	10	10	10	10
09		Lum	10	10	10	10	10
10		Sitrus	10	10	10	10	10
11		Figy	10	0	0	0	0
12		Wiki	0	10	0	0	0
13		Mago	0	0	10	0	0
14		Aguav	0	0	0	10	0
15		Iapapa	0	0	0	0	10
16		Razz	10	10	0	0	0
17		Bluk	0	10	10	0	0
18		Nanab	0	0	10	10	0
19		Wepear	0	0	0	10	10
20		Pinap	10	0	0	0	10
21		Pomeg	10	0	10	10	0
22		Kelpsy	0	10	0	10	10
23		Qualot	10	0	10	0	10
24		Hondew	10	10	0	10	0
25		Grepa	0	10	10	0	10
26		Tamato	20	10	0	0	0
27		Cornn	0	20	10	0	0
28		Magost	0	0	20	10	0
29		Rabuta	0	0	0	20	10
30		Nomel	10	0	0	0	20
31		Spelon	40	10	0	0	0
32		Pamtre	0	40	10	0	0
33		Watmel	0	0	40	10	0
34		Durin	0	0	0	40	10
35		Belue	10	0	0	0	40
36		Liechi	40	0	40	0	10
37		Ganlon	0	40	0	40	0
38		Salac	0	0	40	0	40
39		Petaya	40	0	0	40	0
40		Apicot	0	40	0	0	40
41		Lansat	10	10	10	10	10
42		Starf	10	10	10	10	10
43		Enigma	40	40	40	40	40

e-Reader Berries

No.	Spr	Name	Spicy	Dry	Sweet	Bitter	Sour
43		Pumkin	0	0	0	0	40
43		Drash	0	0	40	0	0
43		Eggant	0	40	0	0	0
43		Strib	30	0	0	30	0
43		Chilan	30	0	30	0	0
43		Nutpea	10	10	10	10	10
43		Ginema	0	30	0	0	30
43		Kuo	10	10	10	10	10
43		Yago	0	0	0	40	0
43		Touga	40	0	0	0	0
43		Niniku	0	30	0	30	0
43		Topo	0	0	30	0	30

Generations IV and VIII

In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl, when the player checks a Berry's tag, the flavors are indicated by a radar chart.

In Pokémon Sword and Shield, the flavors are indicated through description text in the Bag when selecting Berries while cooking.

No.	Spr	Name	Spicy	Dry	Sweet	Bitter	Sour
01		Cheri	10	0	0	0	0
02		Chesto	0	10	0	0	0
03		Pecha	0	0	10	0	0
04		Rawst	0	0	0	10	0
05		Aspear	0	0	0	0	10
06		Leppa	10	0	10	10	10
07		Oran	10	10	0	10	10
08		Persim	10	10	10	0	10
09		Lum	10	10	10	10	0
10		Sitrus	0	10	10	10	10
11		Figy	15	0	0	0	0
12		Wiki	0	15	0	0	0
13		Mago	0	0	15	0	0
14		Aguav	0	0	0	15	0
15		Iapapa	0	0	0	0	15
16		Razz	10	10	0	0	0
17		Bluk	0	10	10	0	0
18		Nanab	0	0	10	10	0
19		Wepear	0	0	0	10	10
20		Pinap	10	0	0	0	10
21		Pomeg	10	0	10	10	0
22		Kelpsy	0	10	0	10	10
23		Qualot	10	0	10	0	10
24		Hondew	10	10	0	10	0
25		Grepa	0	10	10	0	10
26		Tamato	20	10	0	0	0
27		Cornn	0	20	10	0	0
28		Magost	0	0	20	10	0
29		Rabuta	0	0	0	20	10
30		Nomel	10	0	0	0	20
31		Spelon	30	10	0	0	0
32		Pamtre	0	30	10	0	0
33		Watmel	0	0	30	10	0
34		Durin	0	0	0	30	10
35		Belue	10	0	0	0	30
36		Occa	15	0	10	0	0
37		Passho	0	15	0	10	0
38		Wacan	0	0	15	0	10
39		Rindo	10	0	0	15	0
40		Yache	0	10	0	0	15
41		Chople	15	0	0	10	0
42		Kebia	0	15	0	0	10
43		Shuca	10	0	15	0	0
44		Coba	0	10	0	15	0
45		Payapa	0	0	10	0	15
46		Tanga	20	0	0	0	10
47		Charti	10	20	0	0	0
48		Kasib	0	10	20	0	0
49		Haban	0	0	10	20	0
50		Colbur	0	0	0	10	20
51		Babiri	25	10	0	0	0
52		Chilan	0	25	10	0	0
53		Liechi	30	10	30	0	0
54		Ganlon	0	30	10	30	0
55		Salac	0	0	30	10	30
56		Petaya	30	0	0	30	10
57		Apicot	10	30	0	0	30
58		Lansat	30	10	30	10	30
59		Starf	30	10	30	10	30
60		Enigma	40	10	0	0	0
61		Micle	0	40	10	0	0
62		Custap	0	0	40	10	0
63		Jaboca	0	0	0	40	10
64		Rowap	10	0	0	0	40
65		Roseli	0	0	25	10	0
—		Kee	30	30	10	10	10
—		Maranga	10	10	30	30	10

List of Apricorns by flavor

Apricorn		Spicy	Sour	Dry	Bitter	Sweet
	Red Apricorn	Strong	Weak	—	—	—
	Yellow Apricorn	—	Strong	Weak	—	—
	Blue Apricorn	—	—	Strong	Weak	—
	Green Apricorn	—	—	—	Strong	Weak
	Pink Apricorn	Weak	—	—	—	Strong
	White Apricorn	Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak
	Black Apricorn	Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong

Similar mechanics

In Generation V, each Berry can make three different "flavors" of ice cream for the Dream World mini-game Ice Cream Scoop. Each flavor has different Scoop and Stickiness attributes.

In Generation VI, Berries have color groups. These color groups are used when growing Berries or making Juice or Pokéblocks. Pokémon X and Y have six color groups: red, blue, purple, green, yellow, and pink. Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire have five color groups: red, yellow, blue, green, and pink; each of these again correspond to a Contest condition.

In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the Herba Mystica come in five flavors. These flavors mostly match the five flavors in previous games, as do the colors mostly match those associated with contest conditions; the exception is that "dry" (blue) is replaced with "salty" (white). Additionally, all sandwich ingredients have internal flavor values defined for these five flavors. When making a sandwich, the two most-prominent flavors in the ingredients used influence what type of Meal Powers are obtained from eating it.

Trivia

• The bag descriptions of the Razz, Bluk, Nanab, Wepear, and Pinap Berries from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire to Sword and Shield state that they are spicy, dry, sweet, bitter, and sour, respectively, referencing their flavors in the Generation III and IV games.
  • The reference in the Bluk Berry's description was not noticed, and as such, 渋い was initially translated as "sour" instead of as "dry" as in previous games. This was fixed in Sword and Shield.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 口味 Háumeih Mandarin 口味 Kǒuwèi French Goût German Geschmack Italian Sapore Korean 맛 Mat Brazilian Portuguese Sabor Spanish Sabor

Spicy

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 辣 Laaht Mandarin 辣 Là French Épicée German Scharf Italian Pepato Korean 매운맛 Mae-unmat Polish Pikantny Brazilian Portuguese Picante Spanish Picante Vietnamese Vị cay

Dry

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 澀 Saap Mandarin 澀 / 涩 Sè French Sèche German Trocken Italian Secco Korean 떫은맛 Tteolbeunmat Brazilian Portuguese Amargo Spanish Seco

Sweet

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 甜 Tìhm Mandarin 甜 Tián French Sucrée German Süß Italian Dolce Korean 단맛 Danmat Brazilian Portuguese Doce Spanish Dulce Vietnamese Vị ngọt

Bitter

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 苦 Fú Mandarin 苦 Kǔ French Amère German Bitter Italian Amaro Korean 쓴맛 Sseunmat Polish Gorzki Spanish Amargo Vietnamese Vị đắng

Sour

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 酸 Syūn Mandarin 酸 Suān French Acide German Sauer Italian Aspro Korean 신맛 Sinmat Brazilian Portuguese Azedo Spanish Ácido

See also

• List of Berries by growth time

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