Toxic Orb

	Pokémon Global Link artwork
	Introduced in Generation IV
Pocket
Generation IV	Items
Generation V	Items (Held items)
Generation VI	Items
Generation VII	Items
Generation VIII	Other Items
Generation IX	Other Items
Fling
Power	30
Effect	Badly poisons the target

The Toxic Orb (Japanese: どくどくだま Toxic Orb) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It badly poisons the holder.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS BDSP	N/A	$100
SM USUM	N/A	$2,000
SV	$15,000	$3,750

Effect

Held item

At the end of the turn, the Toxic Orb badly poisons its holder.

The Toxic Orb activates after the Pokémon would take damage from poison, so it does not take poison damage the turn it is poisoned by the Toxic Orb. The Toxic Orb activates after a Pokémon is cured of its status condition by affection, Hydration, or Shed Skin.

It can poison a Poison-type holder if its Ability is Corrosion.

Description

Games	Description
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a bizarre orb that badly poisons the holder in battle.
XY ORAS	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a bizarre orb that will badly poison the holder during battle.
SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a bizarre orb that will badly poison the holder during battle.
SV	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a bizarre orb that exudes toxins when touched and will badly poison the holder during battle.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
DP Pt		Battle Park^DP/Frontier^Pt (16 BP)
HGSS	Route 8 (held by Super Nerd Sam's Muk)	Battle Frontier (16 BP) Fighting Dojo (held by Chuck's Breloom during rematches)
BW		Battle Subway (16 BP)
B2W2	Reversal Mountain^B2	Battle Subway/PWT (16 BP) Held by wild Muk (1% chance, dark grass only)
XY ORAS		Battle Maison (16 BP)
SM USUM	Resolution Cave^USUM	Battle Tree (16 BP)
SwSh		Reward from Ball Guy for clearing Champion Cup tournament during post-game (1.8% chance)
SwShIA	Stepping-Stone Sea	Cram-o-matic (Poison: 22-30 points)
SwShCT		Reward from Ball Guy for clearing Galarian Star Tournament during post-game (1.8% chance)
BDSP		Battle Park (16 BP)
SV		Delibird Presents (Levincia Branch, after completing the main storyline)
SVID		Item Printer

Distribution

Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
SwSh	Cramorant Max Raid Battle items	All	February 10 to 28, 2021

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	劇毒寶珠 Kehkduhk Bóujyū
Chinese	Mandarin	劇毒寶珠 / 剧毒宝珠 Jùdú Bǎozhū
French		Orbe Toxique
German		Toxik-Orb
Italian		Tossicsfera
Korean		맹독구슬 Maengdok Guseul
Spanish		Toxisfera

External links

On Smogon Itemdex:
- Generation 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.