Poison Barb

The Poison Barb (Japanese: どくバリ Poison Barb) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Poison-type moves.

Poison Barb
どくバリ
Poison Barb
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 70
Effect Poisons the target

In the core series games

Price
Games Cost Sell price
GSC
RSEFRLG
Colo.XD
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS		N/A50
SMUSUMN/A500
SwSh3,000500

Generations II and III

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

Generation IV onward

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

Description
Games Description
GSC Powers up poison-type moves. (HOLD)
RSEColo.XD A hold item that raises the power of Poison-type moves.
FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A small, poisonous barb that boosts the power of Poison-type moves.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2		 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a small, poisonous barb that ups the power of Poison-type moves.
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwSh		 An item to be held by a Pokémon. This small, poisonous barb boosts the power of Poison-type moves.

Acquisition
Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
GSC Route 32Fr Held by wild Beedrill (2% chance)
RSE Held by wild Cacnea (5% chance) and wild Roselia (5% chance)
FRLG Held by wild Arbok (5% chance)
Colo. Held by Shadow Qwilfish
XD Held by Shadow Beedrill
DPPt Route 206 Held by wild Tentacool, wild Tentacruel, wild Qwilfish, wild Roselia, wild Budew, wild Skorupi, and wild Drapion (5% chance each)
HGSS Route 32Fr Held by wild Beedrill, wild Tentacool, wild Tentacruel, wild Qwilfish, wild Roselia, wild Budew, and wild Skorupi (5% chance each)
BW Route 8 Held by wild Beedrill, wild Budew, wild Vespiquen, wild Venipede, and wild Whirlipede (5% chance each)
B2W2 Route 22 Held by wild Skorupi, wild Qwilfish, and wild Roselia (5% chance each)
DW Sparkling Sea
XY Route 4 Held by wild Tentacool, wild Qwilfish, wild Roselia, wild Budew, wild Skorupi, wild Drapion, and wild Venipede (5% chance each)
ORAS Held by wild Tentacool, wild Tentacruel, wild Roselia, and wild Skorupi (5% chance each)
SM Melemele Meadow Hano Beach (sometimes dropped after Tentacool ambush encounters)
Held by wild Tentacool, wild Tentacruel, wild Roselia, wild Venipede, and wild Mareanie (5% chance each)
USUM Melemele Meadow Route 2 (sometimes dropped after Ekans ambush encounters)
Hano Beach (sometimes dropped after Tentacool ambush encounters)
Ultra Space Wilds (sometimes dropped after Drapion ambush encounters)
Held by wild Beedrill, wild Tentacool, wild Tentacruel, wild Drapion, and wild Mareanie (5% chance each)
SwSh Stow-on-Side (bargain shop)
Held by wild Qwilfish, wild Roselia, wild Budew, wild Roserade, wild Vespiquen, wild Skorupi, wild Drapion, wild Mareanie, and wild Toxapex (5% chance each)
SwShIoA Cram-o-matic (Poison: 92-100 points)

In the TCG
Poison Barb
Main article: Poison Barb (Sun & Moon 124)

Poison Barb was introduced as a Pokémon Tool card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sun & Moon Series (the Japanese Sun & Moon Era) in the Sun & Moon expansion. When this Trainer card is attached to the player's Active Pokémon, if an opponent deals damage to that Pokémon, the Attacking Pokémon is now Poisoned.

In other languages
Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 毒針 Duhkjām
Mandarin 毒針 / 毒针 Dúzhēn
French Pic Venin
German Giftstich
Italian Velenaculeo
Korean 독바늘 Dokbaneul
Brazilian Portuguese Farpa Venenosa
Russian Отравленная Стрела Otravlennaya Strela
Spanish Flecha Venenosa
Thai เงี่ยงพิษ Barb Poison



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