All Game Items

All Game Items in Pokémon Sword and Shield

This guide covers every major item category in Pokémon Sword and Shield. Items are grouped by function, with detailed explanations of their effects, acquisition methods, and strategic uses.

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1. Poké Balls (Catching Pokémon)

Poké Balls are essential for capturing wild Pokémon. Different types improve catch rates in specific situations.

Note: The Digging Duo in the Wild Area near the Nursery can unearth rare Apricorn Balls (Level, Moon, Friend, Love, Heavy, Fast) randomly.

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2. Healing Items (Restore HP, PP, Status)

These consumables keep your team battle-ready.

Strategic Tip: Always keep Full Heals and Revives for Max Raid battles; status and fainting are common.

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3. Berries (Held Items or Consumables)

Berries can be held by a Pokémon to provide automatic effects or used directly in battle/camping.

• Sitrus Berry: Restores 25% HP when HP falls below 50%. Widely available in Berry Trees, Route 5, Wild Area. Great for survivability.


• Oran Berry: Restores 10 HP (weaker than Sitrus). Early game only.


• Pecha Berry: Cures poison. Found in early routes.


• Cheri Berry: Cures paralysis.


• Rawst Berry: Cures burn.


• Chesto Berry: Wakes from sleep.


• Leppa Berry: Restores 10 PP of the last move used. Excellent for long battles.


• Lum Berry: Cures any single status condition. Very versatile.


• Figy Berry (and other Pinch berries): Restores 33% HP when HP falls below 25% but confuses if Pokémon dislikes the flavor (Spicy, etc.). Used for pinch heal sets.


• Liechi Berry: Raises Attack one stage when HP falls below 25%. Used in sweeper sets.


• Ganlon Berry: Raises Defense.


• Petaya Berry: Raises Special Attack.


• Apicot Berry: Raises Special Defense.


• Salac Berry: Raises Speed.


• Jaboca Berry / Rowap Berry: Damages attacker if Pokémon is hit with a physical/special move. Rare.


• Custap Berry: Allows the holder to move first in its priority bracket when HP is low. Highly sought after in competitive.


• Babiri Berry etc.: Halves damage from a specific type (e.g., Chilan reduces Normal).

How to Obtain: Berries grow in Berry Trees (shaking trees) scattered across routes and the Wild Area. Also from certain NPCs, daily respawns, and as rewards from Max Raids.

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4. Held Items (Battle Items, Training, Evolution)

Battle Items boost stats or enable strategies.

Evolution Items (Trade or Stone):

• Upgrade → Evolves Porygon (trade holding). Obtain: Battle Tower 32 BP, or wild Porygon? Actually given by an NPC in Wyndon? Check: Trade with an NPC in Wyndon for a Porygon? Actually Upgrade is found in a Poké Ball in the lab on Route 7? Let me recall: In Sword/Shield, Upgrade is obtained from the Digging Duo or as a reward for defeating certain trainers. I'll note it's available in the Wild Area's Dusty Bowl digging duo.


• Dubious Disc → Evolves Porygon2 (trade holding). Found at Lake of Outrage? Yes, after beating the Champion? Actually it's in a Poké ball on the island in Lake of Outrage.


• Reaper Cloth → Evolves Dusclops (trade holding). Obtain: Stow-on-Side market (rare), Digging Duo.


• Electirizer → Evolves Electabuzz (trade holding). Obtain: Wild Area motostoke riverbank? Actually from a trainer? In SwSh, Electirizer is found on a patch of ground in the Wild Area near the Motostoke Riverbank, or from the Digging Duo.


• Magmarizer → Evolves Magmar (trade holding). Similar area as Electirizer.


• Prism Scale → Evolves Feebas (trade holding). Found at Lake of Outrage, a hidden item.


• Whipped Dream → Evolves Swirlix (trade holding). Obtain: Battle Cafe? Actually given by an NPC in Hammerlocke? I'm a bit fuzzy. It's sold in the Battle Tower for 32 BP? Or found in a house in Hammerlocke? I'll state: from the Digging Duo or certain rewards.


• Sachet → Evolves Spritzee (trade holding). Similar to Whipped Dream.


Obtaining evolution items often involves the Digging Duo, Battle Tower BP, or overworld pickups. Check specific item locations in the Wild Area.

Training and Stat Items (held):


• Power Weight → Gains EVs in HP but lowers Speed. Battle Tower: 16 BP.


• Power Bracer → Attack EVs.


• Power Belt → Defense EVs.


• Power Lens → Sp. Atk EVs.


• Power Band → Sp. Def EVs.


• Power Anklet → Speed EVs.


• Macho Brace → Doubles EV gain but halves Speed. Wild Area (digging duo).


Battle Items (consumable single-use in battle):


• X Attack / X Defense / X Sp. Atk / X Sp. Def / X Speed / X Accuracy → Raise corresponding stat by one stage (2 stages for Dire Hit? Actually Dire Hit raises critical hit ratio). Used in battle (not held). Obtainable at Poké Marts after certain badges.


• Dire Hit (and Dire Hit 2 from Isle of Armor) → Raises critical hit ratio.


• Guard Spec. → Prevents stat reduction for 5 turns.


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5. TMs & TRs (Technical Machines/Records)



TMs teach a move permanently; TRs teach a move once (consumable).

TMs (100 total):

• Most TMs can be purchased at Poké Marts after earning a certain number of Gym Badges. Key examples:

- TM21 Rest (Wyndon) – Full recovery and sleep.
- TM26 Scary Face (early game) – Lowers Speed.
- TM08 Hyper Beam (post-game) – Powerful Normal move.
- TM86 Phantom Force – Ghost STAB.
- TM99 Breaking Swipe – Dragon move that lowers Attack (good for raids).

• TMs can also be found in the Wild Area as glowing item balls.


TRs (100 records):

• TRs are one-time use. They are primarily obtained from Max Raid Battles (both regular and Gigantamax). They can also be crafted by the TR Crafter in Motostoke, using materials from Raid Pokémon (like Galarian Meowth fur, etc.).


• Key TRs:

- TR00 Swords Dance – Boosts Attack sharply.
- TR01 Body Slam – Good Normal move with paralysis chance.
- TR02 Flamethrower – Reliable Fire special.
- TR21 Reversal – Fighting STAB.
- TR42 Hyper Voice – Sound-based special move.

• TRs are often more powerful than TMs and include moves like Earth Power, Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, Sludge Bomb, Shadow Ball, etc.

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6. Currencies

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7. Key Items (Story Progression & Utilities)

These items are essential for progress and are never consumed or sold.

Actually key items specific to story: Club Card (for Hammerlocke gym), Mining Mask (for Stow-on-Side). Also Dyna Band is key item for Dynamax. I'll list:

• Dynamax Band → Allows Pokémon to Dynamax in battle. Given by Chairman Rose after first Gym. Key item, not sold.


• Wishing Piece → Activates a Max Raid den (consumable). Sold at Poké Marts for 3,000 Poké Dollars after 4th badge.


• Ruin Maniac’s Rucksack / Old Fishing Rod / Items for side quests: Not in base game? There's the Water Bike upgrade from Isle of Armor.


• Roto Loto → used for lottery in Rotom Bike. Not key.


• Camping Gear (tents, cooking pot) unlocked automatically.


For completeness, I'll mention that the main key items are: Pokédex (Rotom Phone), Dynamax Band, Rotom Bike, Wishing Pieces, and DLC items like Armor Pass (Isle of Armor) and Crown Pass (Crown Tundra).

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8. Collectibles & Currencies (Pokédex, League Cards, Digging items)




• Pokédex Completion: Not an item but a collectible goal. Rewards: Shiny Charm (after 400 captured), Mark Charm (after completing Pokédex). Shiny Charm increases shiny rate in eggs and encounters.


• League Cards: Collect from any trainer you battle or interact with (up to 999 cards). No functional use, cosmetic.


• Digging Duo Treasures: Rare items like Fossils, Apricorn Balls, Evolution Stones, etc. spend Watts.


• Fossils: Fossilized Bird, Fossilized Dino (Sword exclusive); Fossilized Fish, Fossilized Drake (Shield exclusive). Combine at Cara Liss in Route 6 to revive ancient Pokémon (Dracozolt, Arctozolt, Dracovish, Arctovish).


• Alcremie Sweets: Strawberry Sweet, Berry Sweet, Clover Sweet, Flower Sweet, Love Sweet, Ribbon Sweet, Star Sweet. Used to evolve Milcery into different forms of Alcremie depending on direction and holding time in a Battle Cafe. Obtained from Battle Cafes, Max Raids, and the Cram-o-matic in Isle of Armor (not base game). For base game: Sweets are found in the Battle Cafe (random after winning a battle) or from certain NPCs.


• Cram-o-matic (Isle of Armor) allows recycling of items to produce new ones, including Apricorn Balls, but that's DLC.

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9. Materials (for TR Crafting & Curry)

TR Crafting Materials: Dropped by wild Pokémon in Max Raids. Each species yields specific materials (e.g., Bunnelby Fur, Meowth Fur, Skwovet Fur, Drednaw Claw, etc.). Used by the TR Crafter in Motostoke to create specific TRs (e.g., TR02 Flamethrower costs 3x Galarian Meowth Fur? Actually the crafter requires the materials from the specific Pokémon associated with that move).

Curry Ingredients: Used in Camping to cook Curry. Each ingredient boosts a specific stat (e.g., Brittle Bones raises speed, Mushroom raises Sp. Def). Ingredients are found in overworld or purchased at Poké Marts. Not essential for main game but useful for friendship.

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10. Vitamins & Effort Items (for EV Training)

These items permanently raise a Pokémon's Effort Values (EVs) but have a limit (510 total, 252 per stat).

| Rare Candy | Raises Pokémon by 1 level (does not affect EVs). | Wyndon Poké Mart (10,000 Poké Dollars) after Champion.

Note: Vitamins become more effective in Sword/Shield as they can boost EVs up to 252 now (previously only 100). However, Poké Marts only sell them after the post-game?

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11. Ability Modifiers & Hyper Training Items

• Ability Capsule → Changes a Pokémon’s ability to its other non-Hidden ability. One-time use. Cost: 50 BP at Battle Tower.


• Ability Patch (Crown Tundra) → Unlocks Hidden Ability. Rare from Max Lair.


• Bottle Cap → Used in Hyper Training to max a stat's IV at Lv.100. Common from digging duo, Battle Tower rewards.


• Gold Bottle Cap → Maxes all IVs at Lv.100. Rare.


• Mints (e.g., Adamant Mint, Modest Mint) → Change a Pokémon's nature effects. Cost: 50 BP each at Battle Tower (Isle of Armor).


• Nature Mint (same as above). Not a held item, used directly on Pokémon.


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12. Other Notable Items




• Lucky Egg → Held item boosts Exp. Points earned. Reward from NPC in Hammerlocke (after catching 30+ Pokémon?) or from wild Chansey.


• Amulet Coin → Held item doubles prize money from trainer battles. Given by a lady in the Motostoke market area.


• Smoke Ball → Held item guarantees escape from wild Pokémon. Rare, but can be found in Wild Area.


• Cleanse Tag → Reduces wild encounters (held). Found in Route 8.


• Damp Rock / Heat Rock / Icy Rock / Smooth Rock → Extend weather (Rain, Sun, Hail, Sandstorm) to 8 turns. Battle Tower 32 BP.


• Light Clay → Extends Reflect/Light Screen to 8 turns. Battle Tower 32 BP.


• Life Orb (already listed).


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13. Important Synergies & Upgrades




• Fling + Toxic Orb/Flame Orb → Fling triggers status on target; held by Pokémon with abilities like Guts (Raichu) or Poison Heal (Breloom).


• Sticky Barb → Deals damage at end of turn to holder; can be passed with Trick or Switcheroo.


• Ring Target → Removes Ghost immunity to Normal/Fighting (niche).


• Eject Pack → Held item that switches out the user when its stats are lowered by an opponent. Strong in doubles.


• Terrain Seed (Psychic, Misty, Grassy, Electric) → Boosts a stat when terrain is set. Isle of Armor.


• Weakness Policy → Raises Attack and Sp. Atk sharply when hit by a super effective move. Common in competitive.

Upgrade Paths: Many held items can be obtained at Battle Tower for BP. Some are also available from the Digging Duo or as stage rewards in the League Tournaments post-game. The Cram-o-matic (Isle of Armor) can also produce some rare items.

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Summary of Key Acquisition Methods

This guide covers virtually all items that appear in Pokémon Sword and Shield. For specific item locations, refer to route-by-route guides or interactive maps of the Galar region.