The one and only PICKUP THREAD

[PandaJJ]

It's about time. Share all your information about pickup to help your fellow players finding good stuff all around Kanto. Here is what I know based on testing on the PTS and live server:

 

Pickup only works in Kanto. Item drops seem to be purely based off the area you are in, although I'm not quite sure. I'm also not sure how an area is defined (is each route different? etc.) The pickup rate seems to be around 5-10%. Balls, repels and potions seem to be the most common. They increase in value the further you get into the game story-wise (pokeball -> great ball -> ultra ball, repel -> super repel -> max repel etc.) Random berries appear in some places. I also managed to pick up a miracle seed north of Cerulean on the PTS, so I suspect type-boosting items will be in different areas.

 

Let's do this!

 

EDIT: Just found a spell tag in the Lavender tower.

 

EDIT2: Okay, I'm gonna make a list, feel free to add your input. Stuff in brackets are not confirmed on the live server, only the PTS.

 

Route 1: (Potion), (Repel), (Poke Ball)

Route 2: Potion, Poke Ball, Antidote, Oran Berry

Viridian Forest: Potion, Pokeball, Antidote, Oran Berry

Mt. Moon: Potion, Repel, Poke Ball, Escape Rope, Tiny Mushroom, Big Mushroom, Everstone, Hard Stone, Moon Stone

Route 24: Potion, Repel, Persim Berry, Aspear Berry, (Miracle Seed)

Cerulean Cave: Super Potion, Hyper Potion, Super Repel, Max Repel, Great Ball, Ultra Ball, Black Belt, Metal Coat, Magnet, Twisted Spoon, Metal Powder, Tiny Mushroom, Big Mushroom

Power Plant: Potion, Super Potion, Super Repel, Great Ball, Light Ball, Magnet, Metal Coat, Thunderstone

Lavender tower: Super Potion, Super Repel, Great Ball, Spell Tag, Escape Rope

Route 7: Petaya Berry

Route 13: Great Ball, Figi Berry, Stick

Route 18: Super Repel, Great Ball, Ultra Ball, Iapapa Berry, Wiki Berry

Fuchsia City (Super Rod): Super Potion, Super Repel, Great Ball

Seafoam Island: Repel, Mystic Water, Nevermeltice, Water Stone

Victory Road: Hyper Potion, Super Repel, Hard Stone, Thick Club, Black Belt

Mt. Ember (outside): Super Repel, Charcoal, Hard Stone, Sharp Beak, Fire Stone

Mt. Ember (Inside): Hyper Potion, Super Potion, Ultra Ball, Black Belt, Fire Stone

Cape Brink: Ultra Ball, Miracle Seed, Sun Stone, Starf Berry

Berry Forest: Super Potion, Super Repel, Leftovers, Miracle Seed, Sun Stone, Leaf Stone, Sitrus Berry, Apicot Berry, Kelpsy Berry, Grepa Berry, Lansat Berry, (All EV-berries and stat-boosting berries)

Icefall Cave: Super Potion, Hyper Potion, Max Repel, Great Ball, Ultra Ball, Pearl, Big Pearl, Mystic Water, Nevermeltice, Water Stone

Lost Cave: Hyper Potion, Silk Scarf

Pattern Bush: Hyper Potion, Great Ball, Ultra Ball, Max Repel, Magost Berry, Cornn Berry

Five Isle Meadow: Super Potion, Super Repel, Great Ball, Up-Grade

Ruin Valley: Hyper Potion, Super Repel

Altering Cave: Super Potion, Max Repel, Ultra Ball, Berry Juice, Dragon Fang

Canyon Entrance: Hyper Potion, Super Repel, Max Repel, Ultra Ball, Kelpsy Berry, Qualot Berry, Pamtre Berry

Edited September 17, 2015 by PandaJJ

[patienceyeah]

was getting everstones in mt moon

[Vorred]

really misleading thread title, came here hoping to hit on girls and coolio with some 10/10 lines

 

words cant even express my disappointment 

[PandaJJ]

was getting everstones in mt moon

Thanks, added.

 

really misleading thread title, came here hoping to hit on girls and coolio with some 10/10 lines

 

words cant even express my disappointment 

Only your mind is misleading you. Coolio is still welcome to come with some pickup lines, though.

[fredrichnietze]

am disappointed

[spoiler]

this is a sound byte of me right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdEQmpVIE4A

rip smash

[/spoiler]

 

was expecting a dating thread that woulda gotten trashed and hidden. lots of coolio and think on alts and amanub hitting on grils and getting rejected by all but the crazies.

 

i cri

[PandaJJ]

Just wanted to note the following after having visited Cerulean Cave:

 

-In ceruleans cave you seem to have a higher chance of picking up an item. This might suggest the probability of picking up an item is not constant (needs more testing)

-Tiny mushroom and big mushroom were only picked up after defeating a parasect. Black belt was only picked up after defeating machoke. The other items were also found after defeating the same spieces of pokemon. This might suggest that the picked up item does not only depend on area, but on the pokemon you defeat.

[bl0nde]

Island 4 Icefall Cave (in order obtained):

Dewgong - Hyper Potion

Golbat - Ultra Ball

Seel - Mystic Water ("A teardrop-shaped gem that boosts the power of water-type moves.")

Golbat - Mystic Water

Golbat - Nevermeltice("A piece of ice that repels heat and boost ice-type moves)

Psyduck - Max Repel

 

Encounters: 35-40 (I will count exactly next time).

 

Viridian Forest (in order obtained):

Caterpie - Antidote

Caterpie - Potion

Weedle - Potion

Caterpie - Pokeball (regular)

Caterpie - Oran Berry

Caterpie - Pokeball (regular)

 

Encounters: 60

 

Bug?:not getting any money from paydaying weedle/caterpie and the payday text doesnt appear after use.

 

Power Plant (in order obtained):

Pikachu - Super Potion

Voltorb - Potion

 

Encounters: 22

Edited August 29, 2015 by bl0nde

[PandaJJ]

Thanks a lot Blonde! I will incorporate your results after doing some more testing about whether items are in fact pokemon dependent.

 

EDIT: Some results. I found 13 items from 118 encounters in Mt. Ember. I found 11 items from 100 encounters in Cerulean Cave. I think I was either lucky or biased yesterday, the pickup rate seems to be a contstant 10% (both of these experiments suggests 11%.) Here is a list of items I found in Cerulean Cave, in correct order and together with the pokemon I defeated:

 

Hyper Potion (Ditto)
Metal Coat (Ditto)
Magnet (Golbat)
Twisted Spoon (Golbat)
Max Repel (Electrode)
Hyper Potion (Parasect)
Super Potion (Magneton)
Black Belt (Parasect)
Super Potion (Magneton)
Metal Coat (Machoke)
Black Belt (Electrode)
Twisted Spoon (Parasect)
Metal Coat (Magneton)
Super Potion (Ditto)
Tiny Mushroom (Magneton)
Metal Powder (Parasect)
Great Ball (Ditto)
Metal Coat (Ditto)
Metal Powder (Magneton)
Metal Powder (Parasect)

 

Based on this, I can not conclude that items are pokemon dependent, it seems rather random to me. For now I will keep listing the items independent of pokemon.

Edited August 29, 2015 by PandaJJ

[bl0nde]

I think the pick up rate is around 10-11% too. I know for sure I was underestimating my icefall cave encounter count. I found the best way for me to keep up with the encounter count was to just count the PP. I was using a meowth and the moves are 20 PP each. easy peezy.

[FlareBlitzz]

Count me in.

 

Atleast I know what to do now.

 

EDIT : So how does pickup work anyone?

Edited August 29, 2015 by FlareBlitzz

[bl0nde]

1. Put a pokemon that knows the pick up ability at the front of your party and dont make it hold an item. [url=http://veekun.com/dex/abilities/pickup]list[/url]
2. Enter into a wild encounter in the kanto region or islands (not useable in hoenn I don't think.
3. faint the wild pokemon.
4. An item may now be generated and check your pokemon with pick up to see if it is holding a new item. If the pokemon is holding an item, take the item off so you can get more.

Repeat 2-4

[FlareBlitzz]

Was unsure about #3

Thanks.

[Crazyhell]

Find  Potion in mont Moon :/ ( RIP everstone farm )

[bl0nde]

Power Plant (in order obtained):

Pikachu - Super Potion

Voltorb - Potion

 

Encounters: 22

Power Plant (second visit. In order obtained):

pikachu -light ball
pikachu - thunderstone
pikachu - super potion
voltorb - super potion

 

Encounters: 43

 

edit:

Victory Road (in order obtained):

Geodude - thick club
Machop - thick club
Onix - Hard Stone
Onix - Hard Stone
Onix - Hyper Potion
Geodude - Super Repel

Encounters: 64
 

Edited August 30, 2015 by bl0nde

[Mothras]

Mt. Moon had Repel, Big Mushroom (off zubat, actually), Potion, Escape Rope.
Only location I tried so far tho. All zubats and geodudes.

No everstones /sobs.

[FlareBlitzz]

I got everstone potion repel off zubat

Bigmushroom off paras

 

Also, Petaya berry from oddish in that grass patch right of celadon (Route 7?)

[mattwa]

Route 18

 

Spearow -Iapapa berry, Great ball

Doduo -Ultra ball, Wiki berry, lapapa berry

Raticate -Wiki berry, Super repel

Rattata -Great ball

 

Encounters 60

[PandaJJ]

Updated. Thanks a lot to everbody who are contributing.

[KaynineXL]

How does pickup work? I had a feint pickup pokemon on the front of my party(the pickup sign was there) but pickup wasn't working? Can I not do this?

Edited September 1, 2015 by KaynineXL

[OldKeith]

How does pickup work? I had a fient pickup pokemon on the front of my party(the pickup sign was there) but pickup wasn't working? Can I not do this?

 

It needs to be alive...

[KaynineXL]

It needs to be alive...

Well, the Repel trick works with a feint Pokemon, so does Synchronize... So why should pickup be any different? 

[codylramey]

The lack of tms on this list is disturbing. Did they get added to the frontier or something?

[fredrichnietze]

The lack of tms on this list is disturbing. Did they get added to the frontier or something?

https://forums.pokemmo.eu/index.php?/topic/56260-tm-mart-location-guide/

[bl0nde]

I think this should be posted as a small guide for reference instead of a thread in general discussion once you feel like the majority of things have been found.

[Blue]

Route 13

Great ball , Figy Berry ,Stick

 

Lost cave

Silk scarf

Hyper potion

 

Mt. Ember(outside grass):

charcoal, hard stone, sharp beak, fire stone, super repel

 

Berry Forrest

 

Sitrus berry, Leftovers