Charcoal

Charcoal (Japanese: もくたん Charcoal) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Fire-type moves.

Charcoal
もくたん
Charcoal

Pokémon Global Link artwork

Introduced in Generation II

Pocket
Generation II	Items
Generation III	Items
Generation IV	Items
Generation V	Items (Held items)
Generation VI	Items
Generation VII	Items
Generation VIII	Other Items

Fling
Power	30

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
GS C	9,800	4,900
RS E FRLG Colo.XD DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS	N/A	4,900
SM USUM	N/A	500
SwSh	3,000	500

Generations II and III

Boosts the power of the holder's Fire-type moves by 10%.

Generation IV onward

Boosts the power of the holder's Fire-type moves by 20%.

Description

Games	Description
GS C	Powers up fire-type moves. (HOLD)
RS EColo.XD	A hold item that raises the power of Fire-type moves.
FRLG	An item to be held by a Pokémon. A combustible fuel that boosts the power of Fire-type moves.
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a combustible fuel that boosts the power of Fire-type moves.
SM USUM SwSh	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a combustible fuel that boosts the power of Fire-type moves.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
GS C	Azalea Town, Ruins of Alph^C	Azalea Town Poké Mart
RS E	Lavaridge Town
FRLG		Rocket Game Corner (1000 Coins)
Colo.	Held by Shadow Quilava
XD	Held by Shadow Numel
DP Pt	Route 227
HGSS	Azalea Town, Ruins of Alph
BW	Nacrene City, Route 16
B2W2	Castelia City	Held by wild Torkoal (5% chance)
DW		Rugged Mountain
XY	Couriway Town	Held by wild Torkoal (5% chance)
ORAS	Lavaridge Town	Held by wild Vulpix and wild Torkoal (5% chance each)
SM	Wela Volcano Park	Held by wild Torkoal and wild Turtonator^S (5% chance each)
USUM	Heahea City	Held by wild Torkoal and wild Turtonator^US (5% chance each)
SwSh	Motostoke (if the player chose Scorbunny)	Stow-on-Side (bargain shop) Held by wild Vulpix, wild Ninetales, wild Torkoal, and wild Turtonator^Sw (5% chance each)
SwShIoA		Cram-o-matic (Fire: 102-110 points)
SwShCT	Freezington

In spin-off games

Charcoal in Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

In Pokémon: Magikarp Jump, Charcoal is a Friendship Item that can be purchased for 600. It summons Charizard as a helper Pokémon.

Artwork

Miracle Seed and Charcoal artwork from Generation II

In the anime

Charcoal in the anime

Charcoal appeared in A Farfetch'd Tale. While traveling through Ilex Forest, Ash and his friends met a boy named Sylvester, who was trying to follow in his father's footsteps in order to learn how to make "purifying charcoal". Brock explained that purifying charcoal is actually burnt wood, which can be used as fuel or to purify water and air. At the end of the episode, Ash and his friends received some charcoal as a gift.

In the manga

A Charcoal in Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal chapter

In The Last Battle IV, during the final battle against the Masked Man, Blaine used a Charcoal to power up the moves of Entei.

Trivia

A man in Lavaridge Town states that Charcoal is used for making herbal medicine. In-game, however, it serves no medicinal purposes.
Charcoal is the only type-enhancing item that can be bought at a Poké Mart.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	木炭 Muhktaan * 炭 Taan *
Chinese	Mandarin	木炭 Mùtàn * 木灰 Mùhuī *
French		Charbon
German		Holzkohle
Italian		Carbonella
Korean		목탄 Moktan
Polish		Węgiel Drzewny
Brazilian Portuguese		Carvão
Spanish		Carbón
Vietnamese		Than củi

External links

On Smogon's Itemdex:

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