Bluk Berry
A Bluk Berry (Japanese: ブリーのみ Burī Fruit) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation III.
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In the core series games
Price
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In the Generation V games, the Bluk Berry can be sold to the gourmet maniac on Route 5 for $500.
Effect
Bluk Berries cannot be used directly and only have a use as an ingredient, such as for Pokéblocks and Poffins.
Ingredient
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Exchange
Generation IV
In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, the player can exchange Bluk Berries for accessories at the Pick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop.
In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the player can exchange:
- 10 Bluk Berries for a Pink Flower
- 80 Bluk Berries for a Standing Mike
In Pokémon Platinum, the player can exchange:
- 10 Bluk Berries for Sweet Candy
Pokémon Dream World
In the Pokémon Dream World, the player could exchange Berries for Décor. The following Décor required Bluk Berries.
| Catalogue | Décor | Price |
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| Plain Catalogue | Elegant Sofa |  45 Bluk Berries 45 Razz Berries
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| Plain Catalogue | Elegant Bed | 40 Bluk Berries 20 Lum Berries 40 Nanab Berries
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| Plain Catalogue | Low Bookcase | 20 Bluk Berries 15 Lum Berries
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| Plain Catalogue | Manor House | 250 Bluk Berries 250 Razz Berries 250 Nanab Berries
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| Pokémon Doll Catalogue | Wooper Doll | 50 Bluk Berries
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| Pokémon Doll Catalogue | Togekiss Doll | 50 Bluk Berries
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Generation VIII
In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, the player can exchange Bluk Berries for Stickers at the Pick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop:
- 10 Bluk Berries for Ethereal Sticker A
Description
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Tag information
- No. 17
- Size: 4.3" (10.8 cm)
- Firmness: Soft
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Acquisition
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Growth
Planted
0 hours
Sprouted
1 hour
Taller
2 hours
Flowering
3 hours
Berries
4 hours
Planted
0 hours
Sprouted
2 hours
Taller
4 hours
Flowering
6 hours
Berries
8 hours
Planted
0 hours
Sprouted
3 hours
Taller
6 hours
Flowering
9 hours
Berries
12 hours
Pokémon X and Y
Planted
0 hours
Sprouted
4 hours
Growing
8 hours
Bigger
12 hours
Budding
16 hours
Bloom
20 hours
Berries
24 hours
Planted
0 hours
Sprouted
4 hours
Taller
8 hours
Flowering
12 hours
Berries
16 hours
Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
Planted
0 hours
Sprouted
6 hours
Taller
12 hours
Flowering
20 hours
Berries
24 hours
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Planted
0 hours
Sprouted
2 hours
Taller
4 hours
Flowering
6 hours
Berries
8 hours
Gallery
Artwork
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| My Pokémon Place artwork | Unused artwork from Scarlet and Violet |
Sprites
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| Berry Tag Sprite (Generation III) | Berry Tag Sprite (Generation IV) |
In spin-off games
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Pokémon Quest
A Bluk Berry is an ingredient that can be used in cooking to attract wild Pokémon in Pokémon Quest. It is considered a blue ingredient that is soft, small, and sweet.
Description
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Acquisition
Bluk Berry is a possible ingredient that can be obtained by completing expeditions on Tumblecube Island. As they are blue, Bluk Berries are most commonly found in the areas Backforth Brook, Belly Button Cave, and Hushed Highlands. THey can also be obtained randomly by recycling Power Stones.
Pokémon: Magikarp Jump
In Pokémon: Magikarp Jump, Bluk Berries can appear as food that can be consumed by Magikarp.
Pokémon Sleep
The Bluk Berry is available in Pokémon Sleep as one of the Berries that can be gathered by helper Pokémon and fed to Snorlax.
Effect
Bluk Berries raise Snorlax's Strength, doubling the effect if the Berry is Snorlax's favorite. The base amount of Strength raised by the Berry is determined by the level of the helper Pokémon that gathered it.
Note
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Acquisition
Bluk Berries can be gathered by Ghost-type helper Pokémon in the player's team. Like all Berries in the game, gathered Bluk Berries do not go into the player's inventory and instead are immediately eaten by Snorlax.
Gallery
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| Sprite from Pokémon Quest |
Sprite from Magikarp Jump |
Model from Detective Pikachu |
Sprite from Pokémon Sleep |
In animation
Pokémon the Series
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
Bluk Berries debuted in Now That's Flower Power!, where a Contest expert known as Mr. Big used them in his fireworks displays. However, May's Torchic managed to eat all of his freshly picked Berries, prompting May to search for more. It was also stated in this episode that eating Bluk Berries causes the hair of people and Pokémon to become shinier. Team Rocket overheard this and went in search of some for themselves.
In Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry, Bluk Berries were being sold at the Lilycove Berry Market.
In Berry, Berry Interesting, Bluk Berries were among the ingredients May used for her Pokéblocks.
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
In Cooking Up a Sweet Story!, Bluk Berries were in Abigail's Berry basket.
Bluk Berries appeared in Hungry for the Good Life!.
Pokémon the Series: XY
In Under the Pledging Tree!, Ash gave Bluk Berries to his Pokémon as a gift.
In A Performance Pop Quiz!, Bluk Berries were used as a part of the Anistar City Pokémon Showcase.
In Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, Bluk Berries were at the Nebel Plateau.
Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
Bluk Berries appeared in First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!.
Bluk Berries have made multiple appearances in the pile of Berries in Bewear's den during Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon.
Bluk Berries appeared in A Team-on-Team Tussle!.
Bluk Berries appeared in Lulled to La-La Land!.
Bluk Berries appeared in Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!, when Lana was on her first search for treasure on Akala Island.
In Currying Favor and Flavor!, where Ash and Pikachu found Bluk Berries inside a hollowed-out stump in Lush Jungle while looking for a Miracle Seed to be used as a dish ingredient.
In Real Life...Inquire Within!, Bluk Berries were included in the basket of Berries given to Ash and his classmates' Pokémon by Anela.
Pokémon Journeys: The Series
Bluk Berries appeared in The Tale of You and Glimwood Tangle!, where a trio of Impidimp threw them at Chloe, her Eevee, and a Galarian Ponyta.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Ruby & Sapphire arc
Multiple Bluk Berries appeared in Adding It Up with Plusle & Minun I, being one of the many kinds of Berries growing on the Abandoned Ship.
Diamond & Pearl arc
In Problematic Probopass and Mad Magnezone II, a Bluk Berry was seen amongst the many Berries that Cyrus's Probopass's Mini-Noses dug out of Lax's fur while trying to retrieve Cyrus's camera which Lax had hidden inside its fur.
In Lucky Lucario II, a Bluk Berry was seen amongst the Berries that Diamond used while making food for himself, his Pokémon, and Riley while training at Iron Island.
In Getting Past Gastrodon, Jupiter used a Bluk Berry to turn her Tangrowth's Natural Gift into a Fire-type move while battling against Candice's Abomasnow.
Black & White arc
A Bluk Berry appeared in Fussing and Fighting as a part of Professor Juniper's dinner.
Trivia
- The bag description for a Bluk Berry in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire and the Generation VII games state that the Berry is sour. This was fixed in Pokémon Sword and Shield, where it is correctly translated as dry.
- The Bluk Berry is present in the game data of Pokémon GO, but is unused.
Origin
The Bluk Berry's design and name may be based on blackberries.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ブリーのみ Burī no Mi | From ブラックベリー blackberry |
| English | Bluk Berry | From blackberry |
| French | Baie Remu | From mûre, blackberry |
| German | Morbbeere | From Brombeere, blackberry |
| Italian | Baccamora | From mora, blackberry |
| Spanish | Baya Oram | From mora, blackberry |
| Korean | 블리열매 Bly Yeolmae | From 블랙베리 blackberry |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 墨莓果 Mòméi Guǒ* | From 黑莓 hēiméi (blackberry) and 墨 mò (ink) |
| 藍莓 Lánméi* | From 藍莓 lánméi, blueberry | |
| 布利果 Bùlì Guǒ* | Transliteration of Japanese name | |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 墨莓果 Mahkmùih Gwó | From 黑莓 hākmùih (blackberry) and 墨 mahk (ink) |
| Polish | Czarny Owoc | Literally "Black Fruit" |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Fruta Roama | From amora, blackberry |
| Thai | ผลแบลร์ Phon Blae | From blackberry |
| Vietnamese | Quả Bluk | From its English name |
External links
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This Pokémon article is part of Project BerryDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Berry in the Pokémon series. |