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Nomel Berry
ノメルのみ
Nomel Fruit
Bag Nomel Berry Sprite.png
Nomel Berry
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation III
Flavor
Generation III
SPICY DRY SWEET BITTER SOUR SMOOTH
10 0 0 0 20 30
Generation IV/VIII
SPICY DRY SWEET BITTER SOUR SMOOTH
10 0 0 0 20 30
Fling
Power 10
Effect None

A Nomel Berry (Japanese: ノメルのみ Nomel Fruit) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation III.

In the core series games

Price

In the Generation V games, the Nomel Berry can be sold to the gourmet maniac on Route 5 for $500.

Effect

Nomel Berries cannot be used directly and only have a use as an ingredient, such as for Pokéblocks and Poffins.

Ingredient

Berry Crush
FRLGE Nomel Berries have a base Berry Powder of 150 and a difficulty of 130.
With two players, this Berry will contribute 300 units of Berry Powder at 100% silkiness.
Poffin Cooking
DPPt
BDSP 		When used alone, Nomel Berries will produce Poffins with Sourness 9, Spiciness 9 and smoothness 29 when cooked in 1 minute with no spills or burns.

Exchange

Generation III

In Pokémon Emerald, the player can exchange a Nomel Berry for an Iron if the Favor Lady asks for 'something wham-ish' in the Lilycove City Pokémon Center.

Generation IV

In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, the player can exchange Nomel Berries for accessories at the Pick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop.

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the player can exchange:

  • 20 Nomel Berries for a Googly Specs
  • 80 Nomel Berries for a Spotlight

In Pokémon Platinum, the player can exchange:

  • 50 Nomel Berries for a Retro Pipe
Pokémon Dream World

In the Pokémon Dream World, the player could exchange Berries for Décor. The following Décor required Nomel Berries.

Generation VIII

In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, the player can exchange Nomel Berries for Stickers at the Pick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop:

  • 10 Nomel Berries for Spark Sticker C

Description

Games Description
RSE POKéblock ingredient. Plant in loamy soil to grow Nomel.
FRLG Can be ground up into powder as an ingredient for medicine.
ColoXD An item brought over from a faraway place.
DPPt A Poffin ingredient. Bury it in soft soil to grow a Nomel Plant.
HGSS In the Sinnoh region, they like to make sweets known as Poffins with this Berry and feed them to their Pokémon.
BWB2W2 A Berry which is very rare in the Unova region. A maniac will buy it for a high price.
XY A Berry to be used in cooking. This Berry is very rare and hard to obtain in the Unova region.
ORAS
SMUSUMPE
SwShLA 		Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance your Toughness, this Berry is rare in other regions.
BDSP A Poffin ingredient. Bury it in soft soil to grow a Nomel Berry Plant.
SV Used to make Pokéblocks that will enhance Toughness. This Berry is rare in other regions.

Tag information

  • No. 30
  • Size: 11.2" (28.5 cm)
  • Firmness: Super hard
Games Description
RSE Quite sour. Just one bite makes it impossible to taste for three days.
DPPt
BDSP 		This Berry is quite sour overall, with the sourness especially concentrated at the pointed end.

Acquisition

Growth

Generation III

A Nomel plant will yield 2-4 Berries.

Generation IV

A Nomel plant will yield 2-10 Berries. A growing Nomel plant's soil dries by 10% every hour, fully drying out in 10 hours.

Generation V

A Nomel plant will yield ? Berries.

Generation VI
Pokémon X and Y

A Nomel plant will yield 3-15 Berries. During its growth, watering the plant adds 1 Berries to the final harvest, weeding it adds 1, and removing a pest adds 3. Nomel plants attract Combee as pests.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

A Nomel plant will yield 3-15 Berries.

Generation VII
Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon

A Nomel plant will yield 4 Berries if Isle Aplenny is at Phase 1, 8 Berries if it is at Phase 2, and 12 Berries if it is at Phase 3.

Generation VIII
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

A Nomel plant will yield 2-10 Berries.

Gallery

Artwork

Sprites

TagNomelIII.png TagNomel.png
Berry Tag Sprite (Generation III) Berry Tag Sprite (Generation IV)

In the anime

Nomel Berries in the anime

In Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry, slices of a Nomel Berry were handed out as free samples. Pikachu liked it, but Ash was overwhelmed by its sourness.

In PK23, Oshawott showed Meloetta, Pikachu, and Snivy a Nomel Berry plant in their search for a Rinka Berry, certain that it was a Rinka plant. When they told Oshawott it was the wrong plant, Oshawott stubbornly ate a Nomel Berry, only to find it was too sour. Meowth and Wobbuffet, who were following Meloetta, found the Berries and decided to eat them, only to be overwhelmed by its sourness.

Nomel Berries appeared in A Team-on-Team Tussle!.

In The Ol' Raise and Switch!, Nomel Berries were a part of a meal Lillie gave to Pikachu.

In SM064, a Nomel Berry was at the nest of a group of wild Passimian.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Diamond & Pearl arc

A Nomel Berry appeared in Chancing Upon Chingling, being one of the Berries that Diamond and Lax used to slip a Team Galactic Grunt at the Team Galactic HQ so that Diamond could take his clothes and disguise himself as a Grunt.

Black & White arc

A Nomel Berry appeared in Fussing and Fighting as a part of Professor Juniper's dinner.

Trivia

Origin

The Nomel Berry's design and name may be based on lemons.

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese ノメルのみ Nomel no Mi From lemon
English Nomel Berry From lemon
French Baie Tronci From citron, lemon
German Tronzibeere From Zitrone, lemon
Italian Baccalemon From limone, lemon
Spanish Baya Monli From limón, lemon
Korean 노멜열매 Nomel Yeolmae From 레몬 lemon
Chinese (Mandarin) 檬檸果 / 檬柠果 Méngníng Guǒ* From 檸檬 / 柠檬 níngméng, lemon
酸檸 Suānníng* From 酸 suān (sour) and 檸檬 níngméng (lemon)
Chinese (Cantonese) 檬檸果 Mùhngnìhng Gwó From 檸檬 nìhngmùhng, lemon

External links

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