Flavor

Flavor (Japanese: 味 flavor) is a special set of attributes that certain foods in the Pokémon world have. The affected foods include Berries, Pokéblocks, Poffins, Apricorns, Aprijuice, malasadas, and curry. There are five different flavors:

  • Spicy (Japanese: 辛い spicy)
  • Dry (Japanese: 渋い astringent)
  • Sweet (Japanese: 甘い sweet)
  • Bitter (Japanese: 苦い bitter)
  • Sour (Japanese: 酸っぱい sour)
Bitter redirects here. For the Generation II Berry, see Bitter Berry.

Most of the foods can have more than one flavor attributed to them.

The primary flavor mechanic is taste preferences: different Pokémon like and dislike different flavors, depending on their Nature. This usually influences the effectiveness of the food. The flavors that a Pokémon likes and dislikes correspond to the stat that its Nature raises or lowers. For example, all Pokémon who like spicy flavors have a Nature that raises their Attack, while those that dislike spicy flavors have a Nature that lowers it. Pokémon who have neutral Natures have no likes or dislikes.

Different flavors also represent different stats in most foods. For example, a Pokéblock that has a spicy flavor will raise a Pokémon's Cool condition. When this is combined with the taste preference aspect, if a Pokémon dislikes spicy foods and is fed a Pokéblock that is predominantly spicy, its Cool condition will raise less than if a Pokémon that likes spicy foods was fed the same Pokéblock.

Although they use the word "bitter", herbal medicines have no connection with flavor mechanics.

Flavor preferences

The flavor that a Pokémon likes or dislikes depends on its Nature, as shown in the table below. The liked and disliked flavors correspond to the stats each Nature raises and lowers.

Flavor table
No preferences ↘ Disliked flavor
Spicy Dry Sweet Bitter Sour
Liked flavor Spicy Bashful Adamant Brave Naughty Lonely
Dry Modest Docile Quiet Rash Mild
Sweet Timid Jolly Hardy Naive Hasty
Bitter Calm Careful Sassy Quirky Gentle
Sour Bold Impish Relaxed Lax Serious

Stats associated with flavors

The flavor of a food usually influences its effectiveness, but different foods generally affect different mechanics.

Stat Food
Condition Berries, Pokéblocks, and Poffins
Performance Apricorns and Aprijuice
Affection Malasadas

With the exception of malasadas, the flavor or flavors present in a food also represent which stats will be raised.

Flavor Associated stat
Condition Performance
Spicy Coolness Power
Dry Beauty Skill
Sweet Cuteness Speed
Bitter Cleverness Jump
Sour Toughness Stamina

Berries that may cause confusion also have a unique interaction with flavors. In-battle, these Berries restore HP, but if they are consumed by a Pokémon that dislikes the Berry's main flavor, the Pokémon will become confused. This is the only flavor-dependent mechanic that has been consistently carried forward since its introduction.

List of Berries by flavor

Generation III

When the player checks a Berry's tag, positive flavors (all flavors if every flavor is 0) are indicated by a red circle around the name of the flavors.

No. Spr Name Spicy Dry Sweet Bitter Sour
01 Cheri +1 0 0 0 -1
02 Chesto -1 +1 0 0 0
03 Pecha 0 -1 +1 0 0
04 Rawst 0 0 -1 +1 0
05 Aspear 0 0 0 -1 +1
06 Leppa +1 -1 0 0 0
07 Oran 0 0 0 0 0
08 Persim 0 0 0 0 0
09 Lum 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sitrus 0 0 0 0 0
11 Figy +1 0 0 0 -1
12 Wiki -1 +1 0 0 0
13 Mago 0 -1 +1 0 0
14 Aguav 0 0 -1 +1 0
15 Iapapa 0 0 0 -1 +1
16 Razz 0 +1 0 0 -1
17 Bluk -1 0 +1 0 0
18 Nanab 0 -1 0 +1 0
19 Wepear 0 0 -1 0 +1
20 Pinap +1 0 0 -1 0
21 Pomeg +1 -1 0 +1 -1
22 Kelpsy -1 +1 -1 0 +1
23 Qualot +1 -1 +1 -1 0
24 Hondew 0 +1 -1 +1 -1
25 Grepa -1 0 +1 -1 +1
26 Tamato +1 +1 0 0 -2
27 Cornn -2 +1 +1 0 0
28 Magost 0 -2 +1 +1 0
29 Rabuta 0 0 -2 +1 +1
30 Nomel +1 0 0 -2 +1
31 Spelon +3 +1 0 0 -4
32 Pamtre -4 +3 +1 0 0
33 Watmel 0 -4 +3 +1 0
34 Durin 0 0 -4 +3 +1
35 Belue +1 0 0 -4 +3
36 Liechi +4 -4 +4 -1 -3
37 Ganlon -4 +4 -4 +4 0
38 Salac 0 -4 +4 -4 +4
39 Petaya +4 0 -4 +4 -4
40 Apicot -4 +4 0 -4 +4
41 Lansat 0 0 0 0 0
42 Starf 0 0 0 0 0
43 Enigma 0 0 0 0 0

e-Reader Berries
No. Spr Name Spicy Dry Sweet Bitter Sour
43 Pumkin 0 0 0 -4 +4
43 Drash 0 -4 +4 0 0
43 Eggant -4 +4 0 0 0
43 Strib +3 0 -3 +3 -3
43 Chilan +3 -3 +3 0 -3
43 Nutpea 0 0 0 0 0
43 Ginema -3 +3 0 -3 +3
43 Kuo 0 0 0 0 0
43 Yago 0 0 -4 +4 0
43 Touga +4 0 0 0 -4
43 Niniku -3 +3 -3 +3 0
43 Topo 0 -3 +3 -3 +3

Generations IV and VIII

In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl, when the player checks a Berry's tag, the flavors are indicated by a pentagon.

In Pokémon Sword and Shield, the flavors are indicated through description text in the Bag when selecting Berries while cooking.

No. Spr Name Spicy Dry Sweet Bitter Sour
01 Cheri 10 0 0 0 0
02 Chesto 0 10 0 0 0
03 Pecha 0 0 10 0 0
04 Rawst 0 0 0 10 0
05 Aspear 0 0 0 0 10
06 Leppa 10 0 10 10 10
07 Oran 10 10 0 10 10
08 Persim 10 10 10 0 10
09 Lum 10 10 10 10 0
10 Sitrus 0 10 10 10 10
11 Figy 15 0 0 0 0
12 Wiki 0 15 0 0 0
13 Mago 0 0 15 0 0
14 Aguav 0 0 0 15 0
15 Iapapa 0 0 0 0 15
16 Razz 10 10 0 0 0
17 Bluk 0 10 10 0 0
18 Nanab 0 0 10 10 0
19 Wepear 0 0 0 10 10
20 Pinap 10 0 0 0 10
21 Pomeg 10 0 10 10 0
22 Kelpsy 0 10 0 10 10
23 Qualot 10 0 10 0 10
24 Hondew 10 10 0 10 0
25 Grepa 0 10 10 0 10
26 Tamato 20 10 0 0 0
27 Cornn 0 20 10 0 0
28 Magost 0 0 20 10 0
29 Rabuta 0 0 0 20 10
30 Nomel 10 0 0 0 20
31 Spelon 30 10 0 0 0
32 Pamtre 0 30 10 0 0
33 Watmel 0 0 30 10 0
34 Durin 0 0 0 30 10
35 Belue 10 0 0 0 30
36 Occa 15 0 10 0 0
37 Passho 0 15 0 10 0
38 Wacan 0 0 15 0 10
39 Rindo 10 0 0 15 0
40 Yache 0 10 0 0 15
41 Chople 15 0 0 10 0
42 Kebia 0 15 0 0 10
43 Shuca 10 0 15 0 0
44 Coba 0 10 0 15 0
45 Payapa 0 0 10 0 15
46 Tanga 20 0 0 0 10
47 Charti 10 20 0 0 0
48 Kasib 0 10 20 0 0
49 Haban 0 0 10 20 0
50 Colbur 0 0 0 10 20
51 Babiri 25 10 0 0 0
52 Chilan 0 25 10 0 0
53 Liechi 30 10 30 0 0
54 Ganlon 0 30 10 30 0
55 Salac 0 0 30 10 30
56 Petaya 30 0 0 30 10
57 Apicot 10 30 0 0 30
58 Lansat 30 10 30 10 30
59 Starf 30 10 30 10 30
60 Enigma 40 10 0 0 0
61 Micle 0 40 10 0 0
62 Custap 0 0 40 10 0
63 Jaboca 0 0 0 40 10
64 Rowap 10 0 0 0 40
65 Roseli 0 0 25 10 0
— Kee 30 30 10 10 10
— Maranga 10 10 30 30 10

List of Apricorns by flavor
Apricorn Spicy Sour Dry Bitter Sweet
Red Apricorn Strong Weak — — —
Yellow Apricorn — Strong Weak — —
Blue Apricorn — — Strong Weak —
Green Apricorn — — — Strong Weak
Pink Apricorn Weak — — — Strong
White Apricorn Weak Weak Weak Weak Weak
Black Apricorn Strong Strong Strong Strong Strong

Similar mechanics

In Generation V, each Berry can make three different "flavors" of ice cream for the Dream World mini-game Ice Cream Scoop. Each flavor has different Scoop and Stickiness attributes.

In Generation VI, Berries have color groups. These color groups are used when growing Berries or making Juice or Pokéblocks. Pokémon X and Y have six color groups: red, blue, purple, green, yellow, and pink. Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire have five color groups: red, yellow, blue, green, and pink; each of these again correspond to a Contest condition.

Trivia
  • The bag descriptions of the Razz, Bluk, Nanab, Wepear, and Pinap Berries from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire to Sword and Shield state that they are spicy, dry, sweet, bitter, and sour, respectively, referencing their flavors in the Generation III and IV games.
    • The reference in the Bluk Berry's description was not noticed, and as such, 渋い was initially translated as "sour" instead of as "dry" as in previous games. This was fixed in Sword and Shield.

In other languages
Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 口味 Háumeih
Mandarin 口味 Kǒuwèi
French Goût
German Geschmack
Italian Sapore
Korean 맛 Mat
Brazilian Portuguese Sabor
Spanish Sabor


Spicy

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 辣 Laaht
Mandarin 辣 Là
French Épicée
German Scharf
Italian Pepato
Korean 매운맛 Mae-unmat
Polish Pikantny
Brazilian Portuguese Picante
Spanish Picante
Vietnamese Vị cay

Dry

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 澀 Saap
Mandarin 澀 / 涩 Sè
French Sèche
German Trocken
Italian Secco
Korean 떫은맛 Tteolbeunmat
Brazilian Portuguese Amargo
Spanish Seco

Sweet

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 甜 Tìhm
Mandarin 甜 Tián
French Sucrée
German Süß
Italian Dolce
Korean 단맛 Danmat
Brazilian Portuguese Doce
Spanish Dulce
Vietnamese Vị ngọt

Bitter

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 苦 Fú
Mandarin 苦 Kǔ
French Amère
German Bitter
Italian Amaro
Korean 쓴맛 Sseunmat
Polish Gorzki
Spanish Amargo
Vietnamese Vị đắng

Sour

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 酸 Syūn
Mandarin 酸 Suān
French Acide
German Sauer
Italian Aspro
Korean 신맛 Sinmat
Brazilian Portuguese Azedo
Spanish Ácido

See also


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