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Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen (FRLG)
Rare Candy Locations and How to Farm
★ Best Pokemon Tier List
☆ Best Teams to Beat the Story
★ Celadon Game Corner Guide
☆ Farm EXP, Money, and Duplicate Items!
★ Shiny Hunting Guide and Shiny Odds
☆ How to Get Lugia, Ho-Oh, and Deoxys
Rare Candies level up your Pokemon by 1 and increase your friendship slightly in Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen (FRLG). See all Rare Candy locations, how to get unlimited rare candies, its effects, when to use, and how to use them here!
List of Contents
Where to Get Rare Candies
All Rare Candy Locations
| Location | How to Get |
|---|---|
| Route 6 | Found east of the Saffron City Gate, hidden at the center of the platform, surrounded by fences. |
| Route 9 | Hidden in the sandy terrain in the northeast area of Route 9, just beside the ledge. |
| Route 12 | South of Snorlax, past the dock, hidden among the tall grass. Requires Cut. |
| Route 17 | On the right side of Bike Road, hidden underground on the tile row just above the third sign. |
| Mt. Moon | Found southeast of the cave once you enter. Inside a Poke Ball. |
| Cerulean City | Near the flowers found in the backyard of a house near the bridge. |
| Rocket Hideout | Inside a Poke Ball in the Rocket Hideout Puzzle. |
| Silph Co. | On the 10th floor, in the southwest room, where a bunch of items can be received. |
| Pokemon Tower | Behind the staircase, where Marowak blocks you off from going up. |
| Fuchsia City | Use Strength on the Boulder in the Warden's house to access the Rare Candy. |
| Pokemon Mansion | Hidden on the 3rd floor east of Scientist Braydon. Click on the tile just before the dead-end wall. |
| Victory Road | In the northeast corner of the cave upon entering Victory Road. Requires Strength to push the boulder away. |
| Cape Brink | Behind the house with a purple roof on the north end of the island. |
| Lost Cave | Found inside one of the rooms of the Lost Cave. Follow these directions → ↑↓↓→←↓← |
There are 14 Rare Candies that you can collect in the Kanto Region. The item can, however, be farmed through various methods.
Kanto Region Map and All Locations
How to Get Unlimited Candies
| How to Farm Rare Candies |
|---|
|
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Use the Mail Glitch Method
The easiest way to farm rare candies is by duplicating them in your inventory using the Mail Glitch Method. Follow our guide below to see how to do it!
Mail Glitch Guide: How to Duplicate Items
Get Meowth for Pickup
| Chance of an Item Picked Up | 10% or 0.10 |
|---|---|
| Chance of a Rare Candy | 5% or 0.05 |
| Total Chance | 0.5% or 0.005 |
One of the best ways to farm for Rare Candies is by having Meowth in your party. Meowth's ability, Pickup, gives a random item occasionally after a battle if it's in the party, regardless of whether it participated or not.
Get six Meowths in your party and fight against weak enemies to farm items like Berries, Gold Nuggets, PP Up, TM10 Hidden Power, and Rare Candies.
Meowth Location, Evolution, and Stats
Give Selphy Items in Resort Gorgeous
Once Selphy returns to Resort Gorgeous from the Lost Cave, she will be requesting various Pokemon for a random reward. One of these rewards is a Rare Candy, which you can farm infinitely.
Rare Candy Effects
Increases Pokemon Level By 1
Rare Candies increase a Pokemon's level by 1. This can work on any existing level and is great for helping a Pokemon reach level 100.
Rare Candies, however, do not increase EVs of the Pokemon, so you'll lose out on training for these values if you solely use the item to level up the Pokemon.
Increases Friendship Slightly
Giving a Pokemon some Rare Candy increases the friendship slightly. This is important for some evolutions and how effective some moves and status conditions are on a Pokemon.
When to Use Rare Candies
| When to Use Rare Candies |
|---|
|
|
The Pokemon Has No EXP on the Bar
| When to Use | When Not to Use |
|---|---|
 |
 |
It is recommended to use a Rare Candy when the Pokemon's EXP bar is close to empty. A Rare Candy simply fills the EXP bar to full, so you'll waste the extra EXP if you use it when it's close to leveling up.
Instead, level it up first before using a Rare Candy to maximize its value!
A Pokemon is Close to Evolving
| Pokemon | Evolved Form | |
|---|---|---|
 Charmeleon
(Lvl. 35) |
→ |
 Charizard
(Lvl. 36) |
It's best to level up a Pokemon when it's near evolution. If you have, for example, a Charmeleon at Lvl. 35, you can use a Rare Candy to immediately jump to Lvl. 36 and evolve to Charizard, which can help out in certain sections of the game, such as in Gyms.
During the Mid to Late Game (Lv. 40+)
Pokemon become significantly harder to level up once they reach level 40 onwards. Save your Rare Candies before then, as you'll waste using them on weaker Pokemon.
How to Use Rare Candies
Use Outside of Battle
Rare Candies can only be used outside of battles. Open the main menu, go to your bag, and use the Rare Candy on a Pokemon of your choice.
Rare Candy Game Data
| Rare Candy | |
|---|---|
|
|
| Type | Stat-Boosting |
| Description | A candy that is packed with energy. It raises the level of a Pokémon by one. |
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