Calcium
The Calcium (Japanese: リゾチウム Lysozyme) is a type of vitamin introduced in Generation I. It increases the Special Attack of a Pokémon.
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In the core series games
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In Hoenn, Calcium costs 
At Join Avenue's Market, Calcium can be bought in dozens at
Generation I to II
When used from the Bag on a Pokémon, adds 2560 Special Stat Experience to the target Pokémon per use, until it has 25600 Special Stat Experience. In Generation II, it also increases the Pokémon's friendship a little.
The Calcium is consumed upon use and cannot be used in battle.
Generation III to VII
When used from the Bag on a Pokémon, adds 10 Special Attack EVs to the target Pokémon per use, until it has 100 Special Attack EVs. It also increases the Pokémon's friendship a little.
The Calcium is consumed upon use and cannot be used in battle.
Generation VIII onward
Calcium can now be used even on a Pokémon that has 100 Special Attack EVs or more, allowing the Special Attack EVs to be raised to the single-stat cap of 252 or the total cap of 510 this way. This raises the limit to a maximum of 26 on a single Pokémon.
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Acquisition
In spin-off games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
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This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Super Mystery Dungeon cost, Rescue Team DX cost & location |
The Calcium appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, and Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon.
Effect
A consumable item that raises the Special Attack of Pokémon that ingests it by 3 and restores 5 Belly for it.
If thrown, it will grant the same effect as if it was consumed by the Pokémon it hits (it cannot be caught); if it is sticky, it will also deal 2 damage. Calcium can be blended into a drink at Spinda's Juice Bar, although it has no special effects.
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Appearance
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| Sprite from Red and Blue Rescue Team |
Sprite from Explorers series |
Sprite from Gates to Infinity |
Sprite from Super Mystery Dungeon |
Sprite from Rescue Team DX |
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Model from Super Mystery Dungeon |
Artwork from Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Artwork from Rescue Team DX
In the anime
Calcium debuted in The Joy of Pokémon, where Nurse Joy gave a whole bottle of these tablets to a giant Magikarp.
In The Clubsplosion Begins!, a full set of vitamins (excluding PP Up and PP Max) were announced as the prize for Don George's Clubsplosion tournament. They were awarded to Stephan after he defeated Montgomery in the finals in Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!.
In the manga
HeartGold & SoulSilver chapter
In Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down, several kinds of vitamins were seen being sold at the Safari Zone Gate.
In other languages
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