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
Generation IX	Other Items
Fling
Power	70
Effect	Poisons the target

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.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
GS C RS E FRLG ColoXD DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS BDSP	N/A	$50
SM USUM	N/A	$500
SwSh	$3,000	$500
SV	$3,000	$750

Effect

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
GS C	Powers up poison-type moves. (HOLD)
RS EColoXD	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.
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a small, poisonous barb that ups the power of Poison-type moves.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA	An item to be held by a Pokémon. This small, poisonous barb boosts the power of Poison-type moves.
SV	An item to be held by a Pokémon. This small poisonous barb boosts the power of the holder's Poison-type moves.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
GS C	Route 32 ^Fr	Held by wild Beedrill (2% chance)
RS E		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
DP Pt	Route 206	Held by wild Tentacool, wild Tentacruel, wild Qwilfish, wild Roselia, wild Budew, wild Skorupi, and wild Drapion (5% chance each)
HGSS	Route 32 ^Fr	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 USUM	Melemele Meadow	Ambush encounters (Tentacool on Hano Beach; Ekans on Route 2^USUM; Drapion in Ultra Space Wilds^USUM) Held by wild Beedrill^USUM, wild Tentacool, wild Tentacruel, wild Roselia^SM, wild Drapion^USUM, wild Venipede^SM, 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)
SwShIA		Cram-o-matic (Poison: 92-100 points)
SwShCT	Giant's Foot
SV		Delibird Presents (Cascarrafa Branch)
SVID		Item Printer

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet

In the TCG

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
Chinese	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

External links

On Smogon Itemdex:
- Generation II – III – IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.