Food are present in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games. As the name suggests, they are items that can be eaten by Pokémon to restore the Belly stat. Unsurprisingly, Food items are necessary for exploration, so when a Pokémon's stomach is empty, they will slowly lose HP until they get fed or faint, thus ruining any progress the Pokémon may have made through a dungeon. Food items can be found in nearly all places, be it in caves, forests, or mountains. Most dungeons will have an abundance of them. Food can also be bought in shops.
Basic[]
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2, the Banana and Chestnut were taken out and the Golden Apple was added.
Item
Effect
Price
Apple
Restores 50 belly points. Increases maximum belly by 5 if eaten when full.
25
Banana
Restores 50 belly points. Increases maximum belly by 5 if eaten when full.
N/A
Big Apple
Restores 100 belly points. Increases maximum belly by 10 if eaten when full.
50
Chestnut
Restores 10 belly points.
N/A
Grimy Food
Restores 30 belly points but causes a status condition.
N/A
Huge Apple
Completely restores the belly and raises maximum belly stat by 10.
100
Golden Apple
Completely restores belly and increases maximum belly by 50.
N/A
Gummies[]
Gummies restore a varying amount of Belly points, which also depends on type. See this page for more details.
Gummies are a special food item that raise a Pokémon's IQ when eaten; the different colors of Gummies affect Pokémon depending on their type(s). When the Gummi eaten matches the Pokémon's type, it gives the best IQ boost, 5 points (7 in Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team). The amount of IQ gained depends on the type matchups if it doesn't match the Pokémon's type. In RB, however, these values are added together on dual-type Pokémon.
+15 if eating a Wonder Gummi
+4 if eating a Gummi strong against Pokémon's type (Ground-type eating Blue Gummi)
+3 if eating a Gummi neutral against Pokémon's type
+2 if eating a Gummi weak against Pokémon's type (Grass-type eating Brown Gummi)
+1 if eating a Gummi ineffective against Pokémon's type (Ghost-type eating White Gummi)
Gummies have no effect on non-permanent team members, such as clients and Pokémon that accompany the player's team for storyline purposes (such as Bidoof in Mt. Horn and Grovyle in Treeshroud Forest).
Gummi
Effect
Black Gummi
Boosts IQ of Dark-type Pokémon.
Silver Gummi
Boosts IQ of Steel-type Pokémon.
Grey Gummi
Boosts IQ of Rock-type Pokémon.
White Gummi
Boosts IQ of Normal-type Pokémon.
Pink Gummi
Boosts IQ of Poison-type Pokémon.
Purple Gummi
Boosts IQ of Ghost-type Pokémon.
Royal Gummi
Boosts IQ of Dragon-type Pokémon.
Blue Gummi
Boosts IQ of Water-type Pokémon.
Sky Gummi
Boosts IQ of Flying-type Pokémon.
Green Gummi
Boosts IQ of Bug-type Pokémon.
Grass Gummi
Boosts IQ of Grass-type Pokémon.
Yellow Gummi
Boosts IQ of Electric-type Pokémon.
Gold Gummi
Boosts IQ of Psychic-type Pokémon.
Orange Gummi
Boosts IQ of Fighting-type Pokémon.
Red Gummi
Boosts IQ of Fire-type Pokémon.
Brown Gummi
Boosts IQ of Ground-type Pokémon.
Clear Gummi
Boosts IQ of Ice-type Pokémon.
Wonder Gummi
Boosts IQ of all Pokémon types.
Trick Gummi
Effect
Wander Gummi
Wonder Gummi lookalike item that causes Blinker status.
Seeds[]
In addition to their effects, all seeds restore the Belly stat by 5.
Gives the Eyedrop status, which reveals traps and invisible Pokémon.
Heal Seed
Cures all status effects.
Hunger Seed
Lowers max Belly by 5 when consumed by the leader. Otherwise, it inflicts the Hungry Pal status.
Joy Seed
Raises level by 1.
Life Seed
Raises max HP by 3 permanently.
Plain Seed
Does nothing.
Pure Seed
Warps a Pokémon to the room that contains the stairs to the next floor.
Quick Seed
Raises Movement Speed by one level.
Reviver Seed
Revives Pokémon that faint, becoming a Plain Seed after revival. The seed cannot be eaten to gain the effect- it only has to be in the bag or held.
Sleep Seed
Inflicts the Sleep status.
Stun Seed
Inflicts the Petrified status.
Totter Seed
Causes confusion.
Vanish Seed
User gains the Invisible status.
Vile Seed
Lowers the Defense and Special Defense stats to their lowest levels.
Violent Seed
Raises the Attack and Special Attack stats to their highest levels.
Warp Seed
Warps a Pokémon to a different spot on the floor.
X-Eye Seed
Inflicts the Cross-Eyed status.
Golden Seed
Raises a Pokémon's level by 5.
Trick Seed
Effect
Dough Seed
A lookalike item that may be mistaken for a Doom Seed. When eaten, it will cause the next floor to spawn more money.
Dropeye Seed
A lookalike item that that may be mistaken for an Eyedrop Seed. When eaten, it will impair a Pokémon's vision (thus causing the screen to shrink).
Reviser Seed
A lookalike item that that may be mistaken for a Reviver Seed. When used, it briefly revives a Pokémon before having them faint anyway as a result of laughter and embarrassment.
Slip Seed
A lookalike item that that may be mistaken for a Sleep Seed. When eaten, it allows a Pokémon to walk on water.
Via Seed
A lookalike item that may be mistaken for a Vile Seed. When eaten, it warps a Pokémon to a different spot on the floor.
Berries[]
All berries restore the belly stat by 5%.
The Oren Berry was added in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky.
Berry
Effect
Rawst Berry
Cures a burn.
Oran Berry
Restores up to 100 HP.
Chesto Berry
Cures sleep.
Pecha Berry
Cures poison.
Cheri Berry
Cures paralysis.
Sitrus Berry
Restores HP completely; increases max HP by 2 when HP is full.
Trick Berry
Effect
Oren Berry
A lookalike item that may be mistaken for an Oran Berry. When eaten, it deals 10 points of damage.
Medicine[]
Similarly to seeds, all medicines restore the Belly stat by 5 in addition to their other effects. The prompt to consume them gets replaced with "Ingest" instead of "Eat," but it's otherwise the same.
Medicine
Effect
Calcium
Boosts Special Attack.
Iron
Boosts Defense.
Protein
Boosts Attack.
Zinc
Boosts Special Defense.
Max Elixir
Recovers all PP.
Nectar
Boosts IQ.
Ginseng
Boosts the power of a set move (certain moves only). Does not work on linked moves.
Gabite Scale
Cures all status effects.
Trick Medicine
Effect
Mix Elixir
A lookalike item that may be mistaken for a Max Elixir. It recovers all of a Pokémon's PP when ingested, but only if the Pokémon is a Linoone.