Valuable item

A valuable item is an item which generally serves no practical purpose other than to be sold, usually for a high price.

In Generation II and IV, it is possible to buy some of these items for a discount (but only one of each per day) on Mondays in the morning in the Goldenrod Tunnel.

In Pokémon Black, some of these items are sold in Black City, albeit for prices much higher than they can be sold for. Often, these items later become exchangeable items. In Generation V, mulches, flutes, and the Odd Keystone became valuable items due to losing their function. While most of these items can be sold at Poké Marts, those introduced in Generation V can only be sold to certain item maniacs. Besides Big Nuggets, Pearl Strings, and Comet Shards, the player can also sell normal Nuggets, Pearls, Big Pearls, Stardust, and Star Pieces to the maniac inside the Icirrus City Pokémon Center, for double the price presented below.

Valuable items that can be sold in Poké Marts

Item Gen. Sell price Maniac Sell price
(maniac)
Sell price
(valuable item buyer)
Other effects
Nugget Nugget I $5,000 Ore $10,000
Big Mushroom Big Mushroom II $2,500 Gourmet $5,000 $10,000 Give one to the Move Reminder in Two Island to relearn one move for one Pokémon.
Big Pearl Big Pearl II $4,000 Ore $7,500 $12,000
Unknown Brick Piece II $25
Gold Leaf Gold Leaf II $500
Pearl Pearl II $1,000 Ore $1,400 $3,000
Silver Leaf Silver Leaf II $500
Slowpoke Tail Slowpoke Tail II $4,900
Star Piece Star Piece II $6,000 Ore $9,800 $14,000 In Pokémon Platinum, can be exchanged with Mr. Fuego for one of each color of shard.
In Pokémon Black and White, can be exchanged with a man in Anville Town for a PP Up on the weekends.
Stardust Stardust II $1,500 Ore $2,000 $4,000
Tiny Mushroom Tiny Mushroom II $250 Gourmet $500 $2,000 Give two to the Move Reminder in Two Island to relearn one move for one Pokémon.
Blue Shard Blue Shard III $500 Ore $3,000 Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Water StoneRSEORAS, a TM18 (Rain Dance)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSMUSUM.
Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2.
Green Shard Green Shard III $500 Ore $3,000 Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Leaf StoneRSEORAS, a TM07 (Hail)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSMUSUM.
Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2.
Red Shard Red Shard III $500 Ore $3,000 Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Fire StoneRSEORAS, a TM11 (Sunny Day)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSMUSUM.
Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2.
Shoal Salt Shoal Salt III $10 Gourmet $7,000 Four can be given to the old man in the first room of Shoal Cave along with four Shoal Shells to obtain a Shell Bell.
Shoal Shell Shoal Shell III $10 Ore $7,000 Four can be given to the old man in the first room of Shoal Cave along with four Shoal Salt to obtain a Shell Bell.
Yellow Shard Yellow Shard III $500 Ore $3,000 Can be exchanged (alone or with other shards) for a Thunder StoneRSEORAS, a TM37 (Sandstorm)DP, BerriesHGSS, or a Bottle CapSMUSUM.
Can be given to a Move Tutor to teach one move to one PokémonPtB2W2.
Honey Honey IV $225 Gourmet $500 In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Honey can again be used to trigger a wild Pokémon battle in tall grass or caves, and can be slathered on Honey Trees in order to attract wild Pokémon.
Rare Bone Rare Bone IV $2,500 Rare Bone $10,000 $11,111 In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, counts as a Fossil towards Fossil count when dug up in the Underground.
Balm Mushroom Balm Mushroom V $7,500 Gourmet $25,000 $25,000 Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games.
Big Nugget Big Nugget V $20,000 Ore $30,000 Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games.
Comet Shard Comet Shard V $12,500 Ore $60,000 $30,000 Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games.
Pearl String Pearl String V $10,000 Ore $25,000 $27,500 Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games.
Pretty Feather Pretty Feather V $500
Relic Gold Relic Gold V $30,000 Billionaire $10,000 Cannot be sold to Poké Marts in the Generation V games, X, and Y.
Strange Souvenir Strange Souvenir VI $1,500
Beach Glass Beach Glass VII $400
Chalky Stone Chalky Stone VII $30
Lone Earring Lone Earring VII $300
Marble Marble VII $150
Polished Mud Ball Polished Mud Ball VII $600
Stretchy Spring Stretchy Spring VII $10
Tropical Shell Tropical Shell VII $1,000
Tiny Bamboo Shoot Tiny Bamboo Shoot IX $375
Big Bamboo Shoot Big Bamboo Shoot IX $1,500
All details are accurate to Generation IX games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual item's page.

Mulches

Main article: Mulch

Flutes

Main article: Flute

Flutes were considered valuable items only in Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X and Y.

Valuable items that can only be sold to item maniacs

The following items have only been made available in Generation V for the express purpose of being sold to the Billionaire maniac in Undella Town. Like many valuable items introduced in Generation V, they cannot be sold normally in Poké Marts.

Item Sell price
Relic Band Relic Band $100,000
Relic Copper Relic Copper $1,000
Relic Crown Relic Crown $300,000
Relic Silver Relic Silver $5,000
Relic Statue Relic Statue $200,000
Relic Vase Relic Vase $50,000

Artwork

Underground

This is artwork of the items as seen in the Sinnoh Underground.

Star Piece Rare Bone

Global Link

This is artwork of the items as seen on the Pokémon Global Link.

Nugget Big Nugget Pearl Big Pearl Pearl String
Shoal Shell Shoal Salt Stardust Star Piece Comet Shard
Tiny Mushroom Big Mushroom Balm Mushroom Rare Bone Pretty Wing
Relic Copper Relic Silver Relic Gold Relic Vase Relic Band
Relic Statue Relic Crown Strange Souvenir

Grand Underground

This is artwork of the items as seen in the Sinnoh Grand Underground.

Star Piece Rare Bone

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

This is artwork of the items as seen in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Nugget Big Nugget Pearl Big Pearl Pearl String
Stardust Star Piece Comet Shard Tiny Mushroom Big Mushroom
Balm Mushroom Rare Bone Pretty Feather Tiny Bamboo Shoot Big Bamboo Shoot

In animation

Big Mushrooms in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: Black & White

In Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!, a Pretty Wing was included in the full set of wings that was promised as a prize for winning the Club Battle tournament. The set was eventually won by Iris, who later sent it to the Village of Dragons.

Pokémon the Series: XY

In Defending the Homeland!, Clemont mentioned having used Big Mushrooms as a part of the new food he had just made for the group.

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

In Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!, Mallow found multiple Tiny and Big Mushrooms, and Sophocles found a Star Piece during a Stoutland Search treasure hunt set up for Ash and his classmates by Olivia. In the dub, the Star Piece was incorrectly referred to as a Comet Shard.

A Nugget appeared in Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime?, where a man was seen polishing it, only to have it stolen by an item-snatching Gengar nicknamed "Greedy Rapooh".

In A Recipe for Success!, Mallow got some dried-up Big Mushrooms from Oranguru to be used at Aina's Kitchen.

Gallery

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

A Balm Mushroom in Pokémon Horizons: The Series

In Food Fit for a Kingambit!, Balm Mushrooms were served as part of the Anything Goes Café's House Specials.

Pokémon Evolutions

In The Discovery, a Nugget was held by a man overseeing the Nugget Bridge as he watched Green effortlessly defeat all the Trainers on the bridge.

In the manga

A Star Piece in Magical Pokémon Journey

Magical Pokémon Journey

In Hazel VS Almond!, Almond won a Star Piece in a contest held by Grandpa, giving it to Hazel.

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In Ursaring Major, Team Rocket had cut off the tails of a herd of Slowpoke by the Slowpoke Well near Azalea Town, planning to sell them for profit. However, they were stopped by Silver and his Ursaring before they could do so.

A Big Pearl appeared in Crossing Crobat, where it was retrieved by Janine as a part of a test to check the security of the Goldenrod Museum.

Black & White arc

A Big Mushroom appeared in A Week to Go and Old Wounds, where Shoko gave it to one of her Patrat to hold while demonstrating her Marvelous Bridge Patrat Show to Black.

Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc

A pair of Team Skull Grunts sold grilled Slowpoke Tails at the Iki Town festival, with one of said Tails appearing in The Party Crasher and Guzma the Destroyer.

Gallery

Trivia

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