Coba Berry

Coba Berryバコウのみ Baco Fruit
Current
Information
Introduced in	Generation IV
Type	Berry
Buying price	Cannot be bought
Selling price	40
Flavors	Generation IV (№ 44): Spicy: 0, dry: 10, sweet: 0, bitter: 15, sour: 0
Firmness	Very Hard
Size	10.9"
Fling power	10
Natural Gift	Type: Flying Power: 80
Cram-o-matic input	Type: Flying Value points: 4
Pockets
Gen. IV	Berries
Gen. IV	Berries
Gen. V	Berries
Gen. V	Berries
Gen. VI	Berries
Gen. VI	Berries
Gen. VII	Berries
Gen. VII	Berries
Gen. VIII	Berries
Gen. VIII	Berries

The Coba Berry is a Berry introduced in Generation IV.

Details

In-Battle Effect

If the holder is hit by a supereffective Flying-type move, the Coba Berry is consumed and the damage taken is halved.

If Pluck is used on a Pokémon holding a Coba Berry with weakness to Flying-type moves, the Coba Berry is activated and consumed before the attacker steals the Berry.

Berry Information

Generation IV
Growth Time	Hours per Stage		Yield
72 Hours	18		Minimum: 1 Maximum: 5
Image	Tag Description
	This Berry is said to be a new kind that is a cross of two Berries brought together by winds from far away.
Poffin Level and Flavor (When Cooked Alone)
Level ≤20; Bitter-Dry Flavor
Generation VI (XY)
Growth Time	Hours per Stage		Yield
48 Hours	8		Minimum: 3 Maximum: 20
Color: Blue	Berry Fields Pest
	Volbeat
	Juice Shoppe Group
	2
Generation VI (ORAS)
Growth Time	Hours per Stage		Yield
32 Hours	8		Minimum: 2 Maximum: 10
Color		Pokéblock+ Rate
Blue		Medium
Generation VII
Growth Time			Yield
48 Hours (30 + 6 + 8 + 4)			Minimum: 2 Maximum: 6
Associated Festival Plaza Dye		Dark Blue, Dark Navy Blue
Generation VIII (SWSH)
Artwork	Curry Description
	A Berry that's hard and bitter. It's blue in color, and chewing it makes your tongue bright blue.
	Berry Flavor Values		Curry Flavor (When Cooked Alone)
	Dry 1, Bitter 2		Bitter
Generation VIII (BDSP)
The Coba Berry has no data in BDSP.

Description

Games	Description
DPPt	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.
BWB2W2	Weakens a supereffective Flying-type attack against the holding Pokémon.
XYORAS SMUSUMPE SWSH	If held by a Pokémon, this Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Flying-type attack.

Locations

Games	Location
DPPt	Pastoria City (from an Aroma Lady) Battle Frontier Pokémon Scratch-Off Corner Held by wild Sunkern (5%)
HGSS	New Bark Town (Mom's savings) Battle Frontier Pokémon Scratch-Off Corner Held by wild Ponyta and Sunkern (5% each)
BW	Held by wild Sunkern (5%)
B2W2	Join Avenue Flower Shop
XY	Frost Cavern outside, Route 17 (Use Air Cutter, Blizzard or Twister if a blue Berry tree is present in the background of a battle) Route 18 (from Inver)
ORAS	Route 123 Berry Master's garden Mauville City Inverse Battle Stop (from Inver) Contest Hall (can be obtained from a fan after completing a Contest)
SMUSUM	Poni Wilds (Berry pile) Ultra Space Wilds (can be dropped after battling Medicham)USUM
SWSH	Motostoke Riverbank (shaking Berry Trees)
SWSH	Fields of Honor, Challenge Beach, Training Lowlands (shaking Berry Trees)
SWSHCT	Giant's Bed (shaking Berry Trees)

Events

Games	Location
DP	Held by Pokémon Ranch Tangela

Appearances

Anime

In "The Guardian's Challenge!", a Coba Berry was included in the lunch Mallow made for her classmates' Pokémon.

Origin

The Coba Berry is based on a babaco, which it also gets its name from. Its name and color may also reference the pigment cobalt blue. Its ability to lessen damage from a Flying-type attack may be based on how babaco grow at high altitudes.