==================================================================== P O K É M O N G O L D / S I L V E R Berry Collecting Guide v1.2 By DragonSquallZ Updated: 31 August 2002 ==================================================================== -------------------- Introduction -------------------- Hi there readers! This is my the second faq I've written and once again it's for another popular game series. Always forgetting where to pick up the special once a day items within the game? I usually do. So, this guide is dedicated to when and where you'll be able to collect these special tree items. ++++++++++++++++++++ Contents ++++++++++++++++++++ - Disclaimer - Contacts - Updates 1. Getting Started - Why bother collecting? - Preparing your Pokémon - Preparing your item pack - How do I get berries? 2. Berry Using/Effect List - Berries - Equipping and Using Berries - Berry List - Apricorns - Using Apricorns - Apricorn List 3. Berry Location Guide - General Collecting Notes/Tips - Kanto League Berry Locations - Kanto Routes 01-28 - Kanto Towns/Cities - Route Berry Locations - Johto Routes 26-46 - Johto Towns/Cities - Quick Summary - Kanto World - Johto World - Total Pickings 4. Miscellaneous - Q&A - Credits -------------------- Disclaimer -------------------- This FAQ belongs to me, DragonSquallZ and was created for personal use only. It should not be used to make any profit. Don't rip off parts of this FAQ and use them in your own or use this FAQ as a guide for your own FAQ. You may print a copy of the entire FAQ or a part of it, provided you only use it for personal purposes. This FAQ is exclusive to these sites only *GameFAQs.com *NeoSeeker.com No hard feelings to all the other great FAQ sites out there. It's just that I find it annoying sending one update to multiple sites. -------------------- Contacts -------------------- Feel free to contact me with mistakes/tree locations/suggestions. If you ask a question don't expect an answer right away. I'm not online very much. There's two ways you can contact me: E-Mail - dragonsquallz@yahoo.co.nz ICQ - 71741337 Only message me on ICQ, don't ask for authorisation because I won't give it to you. -------------------- Updates -------------------- 03 May 2002 (v1.0) - Initial Release 07 Jun 2002 (v1.1) - Added One New Tree Location 31 Aug 2002 (v1.2) - Corrected Berry Holding error - Corrected Berry List Chart +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Part 1 - Getting Started +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Why bother collecting? ---------------------- As most pokémon masters should know, berries taken off certain trees have various beneficial effects for your pokémon. Most berries involve restoring bad statuses such as sleep and confusion. This is a great replacement for the store purchased status restoring items and therefore will help you save money. As well as finding berries you may also find apricorns. Handing PokéBall Maker Kurt apricorns you find along your journey will allow for him to make special PokéBalls for you. Pokéballs made by Kurt are unique from standard balls and cannot be found in any of the stores of the Pokémon World. Preparing Your Pokémon ---------------------- Although you can start berry hunting anytime you wish, it is helpful if your pokémon may aid you along the way. Certain HM moves will increase your collecting effectiveness. Collecting berries can be slow and tedious if you don't have quick shortcuts available. Because most berry trees are in the middle of travel routes it is a good idea to bring a pokémon with the HM move Fly. This will save you time as you travel from route to route. Also needed is a grass type pokémon with the HM move Cut learned. Some berries are located behind trees which need to be cut. I've only needed this twice but at these points you'll need to have a pokémon with the HM move Surf. One extremely useful berry is located across a small river. The second is still of significant importance. Preparing your item pack ------------------------ The most useful item when tree picking is definitely the Bicycle Key Item. This will double your walking speed and get you from location to location significantly faster. Almost all travel routes involve travelling through grass. Usually walking through the grass will probably bring you into a battle with wild pokémon. Using Repel/Super Repel/Max Repel will reduce the number of wild pokémon you battle and save you time travelling from tree-to-tree. How Do I Get Berries? --------------------- All berry and apricorn trees look exactly the same. They have a different look to the standard trees. Berry trees are about the same size as your on screen character. How will you know what the tree looks like? Talk to it. Speaking to the right tree will tell you it's a fruit-bearing tree. The next sentence will tell you either what kind of berry/apricorn you got or that there's nothing there. If you come up with nothing that means you've exceeded the daily tree picking limit. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Part 2 - Berry Using/Effect List +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Berries ======= Equipping and Using Berries --------------------------- Equipping your pokémon with items is a fairly straight forward process. There's two ways you can do this. Open the main menu and select POKéMON. This will bring up the list of pokémon you're currently using. Any pokémon holding items will have a pouch icon next to their image. Selecting the pokémon for equipping will bring up a set of options. Selecting ITEM will bring up a GIVE/TAKE item window. Select GIVE and choose the item you wish to equip your pokémon with. If the pokémon selected already has an equipped item you'll be asked whether you wish to switch items or not. The other way to equip a pokémon is to open the main menu and select ITEM. Choose the item of your choice and a set of options will appear. One of which is GIVE. This will give the selected item to a pokémon. Select a pokémon of your choice to give it to and then it's all ready! Using unheld berries is fairly easy. Open your item pack, select the item to be used and then a selection will open. Select USE, choose the pokémon you wish to use it on. Using held berries is a bit more complicated. Berries will automatically be used in battle given the right conditions. For example, when on very low HP the held Berry will automatically be used. Same applies to status restoring berries. If the held berry can restore the status inflicted it will be used. Berry List ---------- Below is a list of all the types of berries you'll be able to pick off trees in the Johto/Kanto world. Here's a rundown on the 2 columns Name - The name of the berry Effect - The effect the berry produces /---------------------------------------------------\ | Name | Effect | |---------------------------------------------------| | Berry | Restores 10 HP | | Bitter Berry | Removes Confusion | | Burnt Berry | Clears FRZ status | | Ice Berry | Clears BRN status | | Mint Berry | Clears SLP status | | Mystery Berry | Restores 5 PP to one move | | PRZCureBerry | Clears PRZ status | | PSNCureBerry | Clears PSN status | \---------------------------------------------------/ Before you ask, yes there are more berries than this such as the Gold Berry (restores 30 HP) and Miracle Berry (Clears all statuses). The ones listed above are only berries which you'll find on trees. Apricorns ========= Using Apricorns --------------- Apricorns have no use on their own to you. Handing Apricorns to Pokéball Maker Kurt in Azealea Town will allow for him to make a specialised pokéball for you. Apricorns are only found exclusively in the Johto World. There are time limitations to pokéball making. You can only give Kurt ONE apricorn per day. It takes the rest of the day to make a pokéball. The day after dropping the apricorn off you may be able to pick up the newly made pokéball and give him another apricorn for pokéball making. So to sum this up: ONE SPECIALISED POKÉBALL PER DAY One ball a day sounds very slow considering that you can hold up to 99 of each special ball. In fact if you give him an apricorn a day it'll take you 693 days or nearly 2 years to get 99 of each special pokéball! Apricorn List ------------- Below is a list of all the types of apricorns you'll be able to pick off trees in the Johto world. Here's a rundown on the columns Apricorn Colour - The colour of the apricorn. The letters in brackets are the way the colours are written within the game. Pokéball Made - The type of pokéball you'll get from Kurt from that particular colour apricorn. /-------------------------------------------------------------\ | Apricorn Colour | Pokéball Made | |-------------------------------------------------------------| | Black Apricorn (BLK) | Heavy Ball | | Blue Apricorn (BLU) | Lure Ball | | Green Apricorn (GRN) | Friend Ball | | Pink Apricorn (PNK) | Love Ball | | Red Apricorn (RED) | Level Ball | | White Apricorn (WHT) | Fast Ball | | Yellow Apricorn (YLW) | Moon Ball | \-------------------------------------------------------------/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Part 3 - Berry Location Guide +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ General Collecting Notes/Tips ----------------------------- First thing to take note of is you only get 1 item per tree per day. (in other words one berry from each tree once a day) This holds true until you do the Time Reset code which will also reset the berries you've picked so that you can repick them. For the oblivious people, you won't find any berries in caves, buildings or water. So don't bother trying to look. Your own PC is very useful for storing apricorns. You can pick up all seven different apricorns in one day but will only be able to hand Kurt one of them. Drop the apricorns you don't need in your PC. Bitter Berries are the only item in the game which can remove confusion unless you want to wait for it to wear off. So it's a good idea to stock up on these for the major battles. If you've got a fair stockpile of berries and are feeling a bit on the cheap side, you can sell off any of the store purchased status restore items like Antidote and Burn Heal for a little sum of cash. All berries sell off for $5 each. /----------------------------------------------------------------\ | Alright berry harvesters, ready to get collecting? I'll give a | | little description of the route and then list if and where any | | berries are on the route. | | | | For those of you who'd rather skip the descriptions, there's a | | quick summary in a later sub-section. | \----------------------------------------------------------------/ Kanto League Berry Locations ============================ ROUTES ------ Route 1: Pallet Town to Viridian City ------------------------------------- If travelling from Pallet to Viridian it's mainly an uphill track through some grass. If travelling from Viridian you can keep out of the grass by jumping down the ledges. Berries Available - Bitter Berry: Easier to pick this one up if you're travelling southwards because of legdes. From Viridian City travel south down Route 1 keeping as far left as possible. Route 2: Viridian City to Pewter City ------------------------------------- The Viridian Forest from Red/Blue has vanished and been replaced by a winding one way path with multiple hairpin bends. As well as the winding path there is a secondary straightforward path to the right with a few houses and the entrance to Digletts Cave. Entrance to the secondary path is only accessible if you have a pokémon with the CUT technique learned. Berries Available - PSNCureBerry: Taking the winding path will lead you to a clearing about halfway through it. The berry tree stands there. Route 3: Pewter City to Mount Moon ---------------------------------- If you're travelling across here for the first time you'll be forced to battle trainers because you can't avoid them. Be careful about jumping ledges. Hopping off the wrong one means restarting the route all over again. Berries Available - None Route 4: Mount Moon to Cerulean City ----------------------------------- Very little to see here other than a couple of items and trainers. It's only accesible if you travel from Pewter City and through Mount Moon. Berries Available - None Route 5: Cerulean City to Saffron City -------------------------------------- The building in the centre of the route was where the Day Care Centre used to be. In the lower right corner of the route you'll see the entrance to the Cerulean to Vermillion Underground Path which can let you bypass Saffron City and get you out on a route leading to Vermillion City. Berries Available - None Route 6: Saffron City to Vermillion City ---------------------------------------- The other side of the Cerluean to Vermillion Underground Path. Otherwise very little else here. Berries Available - None Route 7: Celadon City to Saffron City ------------------------------------- A surprisingly short route with few features other than the entrance of the locked Celadon to Lavender Underground Path. Berries Available - None Route 8: Lavender Town to Saffron City -------------------------------------- A fairly wide path with some trainers you can skip but using CUT on a few trees and moving through the grass. The Lavender Town to Celadon City Underground Path Entrance has been locked due to trouble caused by hooligans waiting outside it. Berries Available - PRZCureBerry: When leaving Lavender Town across this route wait until the path widens up and turns south. At this point head up and the tree is there. Route 9: Cerulean City to Rock Tunnel/Power Plant ------------------------------------------------- A number of trainers around here but don't worry. There's a Pokemon Centre at the entrance of the Rock Tunnel. To get to the Power Plant you'll need a pokemon with SURF to get across the water. Berries Available - None Route 10: Rock Tunnel to Lavender Town -------------------------------------- Another fairly short path with a couple of trainers. Berries Available - None Route 11: Vermillion City to Route 11/12 Intersection -------------------------------------------------------- This route consists of very thin pathways inside a huge grass area. Trainers are partially hidden in the grass. Berries Available - Berry: From the intersection travel west until the path widens. Go up and around the trainer onto the grass. The tree is slightly to the right off the grass. Route 12: Lavender Town to Route 13 and Route 11 ------------------------------------------------ Very little shrubbery here. It's a fishing path. There's a couple of items you can grab if you have pokémon with CUT and SURF. Berries Available - None Route 13: Links Routes 12 and 14 -------------------------------- A complex maze of single lane paths. A couple of trainers and hidden items but no shrubbery. Berries Available - None Route 14: Links Routes 13 and 15 -------------------------------- There's two pathways here. Both of which are quite wide. A couple of trees can be CUT here but there's nothing special behind them. Berries Available - None Route 15: Fuchsia City to Route 14 --------------------------------- There's an upper and lower path on this route. The upper path will let you bypass the trainers on the lower path but unfortunately you can only get on the upper path if you're travelling westwards and have a pokémon with CUT. Berries Available - None Route 16: Cycling Road Top Section ---------------------------------- Bikes only around here. The start of a downhill ride. A couple of trainers near the entrance. But not much else. Berries Available - None Route 17: Cycling Road Middle Section ------------------------------------- Still a while to ride. Paths splits into 3 ways but all lead to the bottom of the hill. Berries Available - None Route 18: Cycling Road Bottom Section ------------------------------------- If you're going uphill this may take a while. Nothing of major importance here. Berries Available - None Route 19: Fuchsia City to Seafoam Islands ----------------------------------------- There's about 10-20 steps before you need SURF to traverse the rest. This is mostly a sea route so there's no grass or berry trees anywhere around here. Berries Available - None Route 20: Seafoam Islands to Cinnibar Island -------------------------------------------- Definitely no trees around here. This whole route is covered up completely by water. Berries Available - None Route 21: Cinnibar Island to Pallet Town ---------------------------------------- Yet another sea route so yet again no berry trees. Berries Available - None Route 22: Viridian City to Victory Road Entrance ------------------------------------------------ Nothing much here but you'll have to cross either grass or water to walk up to the Victory Road Entrance. Berries Available - None Route 23: Victory Road to Indigo Plateau ---------------------------------------- What can I say about this route? It's 10 steps of opening clearing. Berries Available - None Route 24: Cerulean City to Route 25 ----------------------------------- Nothing here other than an item in the water you can find using your itemfinder (Berserk Gene). Berries Available - None Route 25: Route 24 to Sea Cottage --------------------------------- The five trainers on the Route 24 bridge from Red/Blue have moved themselves here. Other than that, no trees around here. Berries Available - None Route 26: Victory Road to Route 27 ---------------------------------- A fairly narrow route with some ledges and long grassy side paths. Berries Available - Ice Berry: It's slightly above the house which has a lady inside who will heal up your party. Route 27: Route 26 to Tohjo Falls --------------------------------- Mainly 2 step wide paths covered in grass and sprinkled with a few pokémon trainers. Berries Available - None Route 28: Victory Road to Mount Silver -------------------------------------- Only accessible after collecting all of the games sixteen badges. Lots of grass in winding forest pathways and has a movie stars secret escape house lurking behind CUT-able trees. Level 40+ pokémon lurk in the grass and there's a Pokémon Centre nearby the entrance to Mount Silver. Berries Available - None TOWNS ----- Pallet Town ----------- A tranquil setting of peace and purity. Berries Available - None Pewter City ----------- A stone gray city. Berries Available - Mint Berry: In the far top right corner of the city east of the closed Pewter City Mueseum lies two berry trees. - Ice Berry: See above Cerulean City ------------- A mysterious blue aura surrounds it. Berries Available - None Vermillion City ---------------- The port of exquisite sunsets. Berries Available - None Celadon City ------------ The city of rainbow dreams. Berries Available - None Lavender Town ------------- The noble purple town. Berries Available - None Saffron City ------------ Shining, golden land of commerce. Berries Available - None Fuchsia City ------------ Behold! It's passion pink! Berries Available - Burnt Berry: You'll need CUT for this. When you find the cities Pokémart stick to the left wall and travel upwards. Cinnibar Island --------------- The fiery town of burning desire Berries Available - None Viridian City ------------- The eternally green paradise. Berries Available - None Indigo Plateau -------------- The ultimate goal for trainers! Berries Available - None Johto League Berry Locations ============================ ROUTES ------ Route 29: New Bark Town to Cherrygrove City ------------------------------------------- Lots of unavoidable grass if travelling from New Bark to Cherrygrove (unless you shortcut through CUT-able trees). You can jump off ledges to save time if you're travelling the other way. Berries Available - Berry: It's on one of the highest reachable ledges on the route just outside Cherrygrove. A trainer stands about 3 steps away from the tree on the centre of the ledge. Route 30: Cherrygrove City to Route 31 -------------------------------------- Two paths on this route. One leads to Mr Pokémons house, the other leads to Route 31. The paths link together at Mr Pokémons house but you'll need CUT to use the link between them. Berries Available - Berry: There's another house north of Cherrygrove City. Alongside the left of the house is a berry tree. - PSNCureBerry: Keeping on the extreme right of the route will lead you Mr Pokémons house. Outside his house is another berry tree. Route 31: Route 30 to Violet City --------------------------------- Another route with grass which is only avoidable if you have pokémon with the CUT move. Berries Available - Bitter Berry: A chubby looking person will be standing next to the tree. Later in the game this man will give you TM 50 for having mail delivered to him. TM 50 is NIGHTMARE. Route 32: Violet City to Union Cave ----------------------------------- You'll pass the Ruins of Alph along the way to the cave. There's a Pokémon Centre just outside the cave. Watch out for Frieda on this route behind the centre on Fridays. Berries Available - None Route 33: Union Cave to Azealea Town ------------------------------------ Only one trainer on this route just outside Union Cave. Get his phone number and he'll call at times to tell you where a rare pokémon is. Berries Available - PSNCureBerry: This tree is about 10 steps south of the exit of Union Cave. Route 34: Ilex Forest to Goldenrod City --------------------------------------- Watch out for the Daycare (and Breeding) Centre along this route. Ditto (which are useful for breeding most pokémon) are found in the grass in this route. Berries Available - None Route 35: Goldenrod City to National Park ----------------------------------------- A few trainers on this route. There's a shortcut around the National Park to the right of the Park entrance which is only useable if you have CUT. Berries Available - MysteryBerry: When leaving Goldenrod you'll see a little lake of water. Crossing to the other side using a pokémon with SURF learned will lead you to this tree. Route 36: National Park to Violet City and Route 37 --------------------------------------------------- When you come here for the first time the intersection between the three destinations is blocked by a Suudowoodo. Find and use the SquirtBottle key item to gain access to the whole route. Berries Available - Ice Berry: You'll see this tree directly outside the National Park exit. Route 37: Route 36 to Ecruteak City ----------------------------------- Nothing of major dramas along this route. Berries Available - RED Apricorn: Remember the T-shaped intersection which was blocked by a Sudowodo? From the intersection head south and cling to the trees along the right hand side. You'll eventually stumble on 3 trees. - BLU Apricorn: See above - BLK Apricorn: See above Route 38: Eruteak City to Miltank Farm -------------------------------------- A few trainers (one tells of a rare pokémon location via phone) and some grass which you can't avoid. Berries Available - Berry: When leaving Ecruteak City you'll see a path between the fencing. Going through the gap and between the fence and the ledge will take you to the tree. Route 39: Miltank Farm to Olivine City -------------------------------------- Nothing on this route which makes travelling difficult other than one or two trainers. Berries Available - Mint Berry: Inside the Miltank Farm fence and to the right of the Moo Moo Milk sellers house. Route 40: Olivine City to Whirl Islands --------------------------------------- No berries on sea routes, ya know. Berries Available - None Route 41: Whirl Islands to Cianwood City ---------------------------------------- Water, water everywhere and not a tree to see. Berries Available - None Route 42: Ecruteak City to Mahogany Town ---------------------------------------- You'll need SURF to cross the body of water at the start of the route. The entrance to Mt Mortar is on the other side of the water. Berries Available - PNK Apricorn: Cross the water and you'll see a cave. Just below it are 3 trees which are blocked by a CUT-able tree. - GRN Apricorn: See above. - YLW Apricorn: See above. Route 43: Mahogany Town to Lake of Rage --------------------------------------- Grass. Lots of it. As well as lots of grass there's also quite a few pathways through to the Lake of Rage. Berries Available - Bitter Berry: From the southern entrance at Mahogany town ignore the main path and head straight up. You'll go into a gap between large trees and a mountain. Continue up and you'll see a girl trainer and a body of water. Cross the water using SURF across to the left and then use CUT to get into the tree enclosure. <(thanks to Sakuranbo Kisu for this one)> Route 44: Mahogany Town to Blackthorn City ------------------------------------------ Two paths seperated by a large lake. Getting a phone number off a fisherman in the area will alert you of when to catch Remoraids. Berries Available - Burnt Berry: From Mahogany Town keep going left until you hit the tall trees. Then head straight up and you'll see the berry tree. Route 45: Mountain Road Top Section ----------------------------------- No backtracking here. Plenty of ledges to jump and grass to move through. Some trainers here and there and often they're unavoidable. Berries Available - MysteryBerry: Keep as far right as possible when travelling down this path. You'll eventually reach a small lake where you can catch Dratini. To the bottom right corner of the lake is the berry tree. Route 46: Mountain Road Bottom Section -------------------------------------- See Route 45 description. Berries Available - Berry: From the MysteryBerry head left, avoiding going downhill. You'll find a cave entrance and two berry trees next to it. - PRZCureBerry: See Berry entry above. TOWNS ----- New Bark Town ------------- The town where the winds of a new beginning blow. Berries Available - None Cherrygrove City ---------------- The city of cute, fragrant flowers. Berries Available - None Violet City ----------- The city of nostalgic scents. Berries Available - PRZCureBerry: Just in the outskirts of the city. While travelling down towards Ruins of Alph/Union Cave you'll pass this tree. Azealea Town ------------ Where people and pokémon live in happy harmony. Berries Available - WHT Apricorn: Just outside of Pokeball Maker Kurts House Goldenrod City -------------- The festive city of opulent charm. Berries Available - None Ecruteak City ------------- A historical city where the past meets the present. Berries Available - None Olivine City ------------ The port closest to foreign lands. Berries Available - None Cianwood City ------------- A port surrounded by rough seas. Berries Available - None Mahogany Town ------------- Welcome to the home of the ninja. Berries Available - None Blackthorn City --------------- A quiet mountain retreat. Berries Available - None Quick Summary ============= So, you'd rather know just if a berry is on a route and don't care exactly where? This is a shortened version of above listing without descriptions of where the berry is on the route and skipping routes and cities without berries. Kanto World ----------- Route 01: Bitter Berry Route 02: PSNCureBerry Route 08: PRZCureBerry Route 11: Berry Route 26: Ice Berry Pewter City - Ice Berry - Mint Berry Fuchsia City - Burnt Berry Johto World ----------- Route 29: Berry Route 30: Berry PSNCureBerry Route 31: Bitter Berry Route 33: PSNCureBerry Route 35: MysteryBerry Route 36: Ice Berry Route 37: RED Apricorn BLU Apricorn BLK Apricorn Route 38: Berry Route 39: Mint Berry Route 42: PNK Apricorn GRN Apricorn YLW Apricorn Route 43: Bitter Berry Route 44: Burnt Berry Route 45: MysteryBerry Route 46: Berry PRZCureBerry Violet City - PRZCureBerry Azealea Town - WHT Apricorn Total Tree Pickings =================== For the curious, this is how many berries you'll get in a day if you collect every single berry from the list above. 5 x Berry + 3 x Bitter Berry + 2 x Burnt Berry + 3 x Ice Berry + 2 x Mint Berry + 2 x Mystery Berry + 3 x PRZCureBerry + 3 x PSNCureBerry -------------------- = 23 Berries And 1 of each of the seven apricorn varieties. 23 + 7 = 30 Berries +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Part 4 - Miscellaneous +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Q&A --- Any questions? I'll answer here. -------------------- Credits -------------------- * GameFreak and Nintendo for this fun game * CjayC for putting this on GameFAQs * Sakuranbo Kisu for a tree location i missed * The 20+ people who told me about the MysteryBerry holding mistake. You know who you are... * Gabe Davis for the Burnt/Ice berry effect correction