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Farm Unlimited Held Items from Wild Pokemon Exploit

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You can farm unlimited items from wild Pokemon! Read on to learn which Pokemon have the best held items, and how to farm them!

Farm Unlimited Items from Wild Pokemon Exploit

How to Farm Items from Wild Pokemon



Look for Pokemon with Held Items

In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, some wild Pokemon have a chance to hold a specific item. This could be especially helpful, since some Pokemon like Bisharp has a chance of holding a Leader's Crest.

Use Item-Stealing Moves on Wild Pokemon

Use Item Stealing moves

Moves that steal your opponent's held item like Thief, Covet, Trick, and Switcheroo can be used against wild Pokemon, and will take whatever item they are currently holding.

Use a Noivern with Frisk

Use Noivern with Frisk

Noivern's ability Frisk allows you to check first if the wild Pokemon is holding an item, and since Noivern has access to the move Thief, you can use it to steal the item after confirming that the wild Pokemon has the item you want.

Run Away After Using the Item-Stealing Move

After using the Item-Stealing move like Thief or Trick, you can run away from the battle and the item will be added to your inventory. You can then battle the same wild Pokemon again, and it will have the same item, so you can keep repeating this process!

Challenge the Same Pokemon Again

After running away, you can challenge the same Pokemon again to repeat the process. As long as you confirmed that the Pokemon is holding the item you want, it will always have that item again, regardless of how many times you steal the item from it! This works similarly to the Quick Ball Exploit.
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Money Farming

Happiny, Chansey and Blissey all have a chance of holding the Oval Stone, which can be sold for 1000 Pokedollars. This is a very fast and effective method to farm these items and bulk sell for quick money.
Money Farming Guide: How to Make Money Fast

Best Pokemon to Farm for Items

Best Held Items to Farm
Oval Stone Item Pokemon SVOval Stone Booster Energy Item Pokemon SVBooster Energy LeaderLeader's Crest

Select an item to jump to the Pokemon that can hold it's section

Happiny, Chansey, and Blissey for Oval Stone for Money Farming

Oval Stone Wild Held Item Rate

Pokemon Held Item Drop Chance
Blissey ImageBlissey Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Oval Stone ImageOval Stone 30 %
Chansey ImageChansey Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Oval Stone ImageOval Stone 30 %
Happiny ImageHappiny Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Oval Stone ImageOval Stone 5 %

You can farm Oval Stones from wild Happiny, Chansey, or Blissey, and sell them in bulk for a decent amount if you need Pokedollars.

Oval Stone Effect and Sell Price

Item Effect Sell Price
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Oval Stone ImageOval Stone An item to be held by a Pokemon. When held by Happiny it will evolve into Chansey when leveling up during the daytime. 500

Rare Spawns

The Chansey evolution line are rare spawns in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. In order to maximize the efficiency in finding one with an Oval Stone, you should take advantage of level 3 Normal Encounter Power.
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Paradox Pokemon for Booster Energy Farming

Booster Energy Wild Held Item Rate

Booster Energy Effect and Sell Price

Item Effect
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Booster Energy ImageBooster Energy An item to be held by a Paradox Pokémon. Activates the Protosynthesis or Quark Drive Ability of a Paradox Pokemon which boosts its highest stat.

Booster Energy can not be sold for Pokedollars, but farming them can still be useful especially for Ranked Battles or Tera Raids.

Use Koraidon or Miraidon When Farming Booster Energy

Use Koraidon or Miraidon

When farming for Booster Energy, start the battle using Koraidon or Miraidon to set up Harsh Sunlight or Electric Terrain, so that the wild Pokemon's Booster Energy does not get consumed. You can then use Item-Stealing moves afterwards to obtain the item.
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Bisharp for Leader's Crest Alternative Money Farming

Leader's Crest Wild Held Item Rate

Pokemon Held Item Hold % Chance
Bisharp ImageBisharp
Dark TypeSteel Type
LeaderLeader's Crest 100% Chance
(If Leading a pack of Pawniards)

Leader's Crest Effect and Sell Price

Item Effect Sell Price
LeaderLeader's Crest An item held by wild Bisharp that are leading a group of Pawniards. 750

Only Drops from Pack Leader Bisharps

Some Bisharps will spawn alone, while some with a pack of Pawniards. Only Bisharps that spawn with a pack of Pawniards will have a 100% chance of holding a Leader's Crest, while those alone will have no held item.
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2 Mochtown Mochtown almost 3 years

Id you want the item just catch the pokemon

1 Anonymous Anonymous almost 3 years

Booster energy can't be stolen, even when the holder is prevented from consuming it.

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