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Coba Berry
バコウのみ
Baco Fruit
Bag Coba Berry Sprite.png
Coba Berry
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation IV
Flavor
Generation IV/VIII
SPICYDRYSWEETBITTERSOURSMOOTH
010015030
Fling
Power10
EffectNone

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

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

Poffin Cooking
DPPt
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.

Exchange

Pokémon Dream World

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

Description

GamesDescription
DPPtA Poffin ingredient. If held by a Pokémon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Flying-type attack.
HGSSIf held by a Pokémon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Flying-type attack.
BWB2W2Weakens a supereffective Flying-type attack against the holding Pokémon.
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
SwShBDSPLA
If held by a Pokémon, this Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Flying-type attack.
SVIf a Pokémon holding this Berry is hit with a supereffective Flying-type move, the power of that move will be weakened.

Tag information

GamesDescription
DPPt
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

GamesDescription
SwShA Berry that's hard and bitter. It's blue in color, and chewing it makes your tongue bright blue.

Acquisition

Distribution

Growth

Generation IV

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

A Coba plant will yield ? Berries.

Generation VI
Pokémon X and Y

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

A Coba plant will yield 2-10 Berries.

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

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

A Coba plant will yield 2-5 Berries.

Gallery

Artwork

Sprites

TagCoba.png
Berry Tag Sprite (Generation IV)

In the anime

A Coba Berry in the anime

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

LanguageNameOrigin
Japaneseバコウのみ Baco no MiFrom ババコウ babaco
EnglishCoba BerryFrom babaco
FrenchBaie CobabaFrom babaco
GermanKobabeereFrom Babaco
ItalianBaccababaFrom babaco
SpanishBaya KoubaFrom babaco
Korean바코열매 Baco YeolmaeFrom 바바코 babaco
Chinese (Mandarin)棱瓜果 Léngguā GuǒFrom 五棱番木瓜 wǔléng-fānmùguā, babaco
Chinese (Cantonese)棱瓜果 Lìhnggwā GwóFrom 五棱番木瓜 nghlìhng-fāanmuhkgwā, babaco

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