Coba Berry

	Pokémon Global Link artwork
	Introduced in Generation IV
Pocket
Generation IV	Berries
Generation V	Berries
Generation VI	Berries
Generation VII	Berries
Generation VIII	Berries
Generation IX	Berries
	Flavor
Generation IV/VIII
Natural Gift
Type	Flying
Gen. VI+	80
Fling
Power	10
Effect	None

A Coba Berry (Japanese: バコウのみ Baco Fruit) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation IV.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM BDSP	N/A	$10
SwSh	N/A	$40
SV	N/A	$20

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

Effect

Held item

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

Ingredient

Berry Blending
ORAS	Coba Berries are blue Berries that have a medium chance of producing a Pokéblock+.

Poffin Cooking
DP Pt BDSP	When used alone, Coba Berries will produce Poffins with Bitterness 13, Dryness 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	Coba Berries are blue Berries in Group 2.

Composting
XY	Coba Berries are blue Berries.

Dye Houses
SM USUM	30 Coba Berries, Passho Berries, and Yache Berries are used to dye any white or dyed clothing into dark blue. 30 Coba Berries, Passho Berries, and Payapa Berries are used to dye any white or dyed clothing into dark navy blue.

Curry
SwSh	Coba Berries have a rarity of 5.

Cram-o-matic
SwSh	Coba Berries are Flying-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 Coba Berries.

Catalogue	Décor	Price
Pokémon Doll Catalogue	Treecko Doll	15 Coba Berries

Description

Games	Description
DP Pt	A Poffin ingredient. If held by a Pokémon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Flying-type attack.
HGSS	If held by a Pokémon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Flying-type attack.
BW B2W2	Weakens a supereffective Flying-type attack against the holding Pokémon.
XYORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA	If held by a Pokémon, this Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Flying-type attack.
SV	If a Pokémon holding this Berry is hit with a supereffective Flying-type move, the power of that move will be weakened.

Tag information

No. 44
Size: 10.9" (27.7 cm)
Firmness: Very hard

Games	Description
DP Pt BDSP	This Berry is said to be a new kind that is a cross of two Berries brought together by winds from far away.

Curry information

Games	Description
SwSh	A Berry that's hard and bitter. It's blue in color, and chewing it makes your tongue bright blue.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
DP Pt	Transfer from My Pokémon Ranch (held by Hayley's Tangela)	Pastoria City Battle Frontier (Scratch-Off Cards) Held by wild Sunkern (5% chance)
Ranch	Hayley's trades (held by Tangela)
HGSS		Bought by player's Mom Battle Frontier (Scratch-Off Cards) Held by wild Sunkern (5% chance)
PW		Stormy Beach
BW		Held by wild Sunkern (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		Inverse House Blue Berry trees
ORAS	Route 123	Inverse Battle Stop Master Rank Pokémon Contest Spectacular (given by fan)
PMC*		Poké Doll Grabber (Lv. 2)
SM USUM		Berry piles (Poni Wilds) Ambush encounters (Medicham in Ultra Space Wilds^USUM)
SwSh		Berry trees (Motostoke Riverbank)
SwShIA		Berry trees (Fields of Honor, Training Lowlands)
SwShCT		Berry trees (Giant's Bed)
BDSP		Pastoria City Picked up by walking Pokémon (Relaxed, Lax, Serious, Jolly, Naive, Modest, Mild, Rash Natures)
SV		Sparkling overworld item (North Province (Area One))

Distribution

Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
SwSh	Pokémon Center Curry Ingredients and Berries	Japan	November 15, 2019 to October 31, 2021

Growth

Generation IV

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
18 hours

Taller
36 hours

Flowering
54 hours

Berries
72 hours

A Coba plant will yield 1-5 Berries. A growing Coba 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 Coba 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 Coba 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. Coba plants attract Volbeat as pests.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Planted
0 hours

Sprouted
8 hours

Taller
16 hours

Flowering
24 hours

Berries
32 hours

A Coba 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 Coba 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 Coba plant will yield 2-5 Berries.

Gallery

Artwork


Ingredient artwork from Sword and Shield	Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

Sprites

Berry Tag Sprite (Generation IV)

In animation

Pokémon the Series

A Coba Berry in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

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

Trivia

Origin

The Coba Berry's design and name may be based on a babaco.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	バコウのみ Baco no Mi	From ババコウ babaco
English	Coba Berry	From babaco
French	Baie Cobaba	From babaco
German	Kobabeere	From Babaco
Italian	Baccababa	From babaco
Spanish	Baya Kouba	From babaco
Korean	바코열매 Baco Yeolmae	From 바바코 babaco
Chinese (Mandarin)	棱瓜果 Léngguā Guǒ	From 五棱番木瓜 wǔléng-fānmùguā, babaco
Chinese (Cantonese)	棱瓜果 Lìhnggwā Gwó	From 五棱番木瓜 nghlìhng-fāanmuhkgwā, babaco

External links

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

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