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Salac Berry Effect and How to Get It

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Salac Berry Effect and How to Get It

Salac Berry is one of the Berries in Pokemon Sword and Shield, Isle of Armor, and the Crown Tundra DLC. Read on to learn more about this item's effects, how to get it, and how to use it competitively.

Salac Berry Effect

Salac Berry ImageSalac Berry
Effect A Berry to be consumed by Pokémon. If a Pokémon holds one, its Speed stat will increase when it’s in a pinch.

How to Get Salac Berry

Obtain by Shaking Berry Trees

You can get Salac Berry by shaking Berry trees found in Wild Areas and Routes.

Salac Berry Locations

Motostoke Riverbank Axew's Eye
Route 9

Pokemon May Also Fall From Trees

You can get more Berries by shaking a tree multiple times. However, the more you shake it, the higher the possibility that Pokemon will fall from the tree and challenge you into a battle.

It would also mean that the chances of getting Berries will decrease.

Normal Shake Possibility of Falling Pokemon
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Get as Max Raid Victory Reward

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You can get all kinds of Berries as a reward when winning Max Raids.

For more information on Max Raids and how to win them, see our guide!
How to Win Max Raid Battles

Salac Berry Competitive Analysis

Salac Berry raises its holder's Speed stat by one stage when its health drops to below 25%. This pinch Berry is useful for Pokemon that has no method of boosting its Speed stat in order to be effective.

A good way of using this is pairing it with Substitute to safely reach the HP threshold without being in danger of being knocked out.

Salac Berry Holders

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Xurkitree is an Ultra Beast with a towering Special Attack but lacks a viable Speed stat. Letting it hold Salac Berry and building it with a focus on being defensive is a great way of utilzing the Glowing Pokemon.

Salac Berry Uses

As a Curry Ingredient

Cooking Curry

Salac Berry can be used as an ingredient when cooking Curries at the Campsite! Using Salac Berry in your Curry will give it a Sweet, Bitter, and Sour flavor.

List of Berry Flavors

As a Cram-O-Matic Item

Cram-o-Matic

You can also use Salac Berries to produce an item at the Cram-O-Matic! The product you will get will depend on what items you combine the Berry with.

How to Use the Cram-o-Matic

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