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Tamato Berry Effect and How to Get It

Tamato Berry is a stat-reducing Berry and will reduce a Pokemon's Speed EVs by 10. This EV-lowering Berry is useful if you have accidentally allocated EV points on a Pokemon's Speed Stat or if you want to reset its EV stats completely.

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Tamato Berry Effect

Tamato Berry ImageTamato Berry
Effect A Berry to be consumed by Pokemon. Using it on Pokemon makes it more friendly but lowers its base Speed.

Used to Lower Speed EVs

Using a Tamato Berry will reduce a Pokemon's Speed EVs by 10. This EV-lowering Berry is useful if you have accidentally allocated EV points on a Pokemon's Speed EVs or if you want to reset its EV stats completely.

A situation where you might use Tamato Berry is if you decide to build a Pokemon for a Trick Room team, where having the lowest Speed stat as possible is crucial.

Additionally, using a Tamato Berry will increase the friendship of the Pokemon it is used on!

How to Build a Trick Room Team

List of Berries that Lower EVs

Berry Lowered Stats
Pomeg Berry ImagePomeg Berry HP ↓
Lowers it by 10 EVs
Kelpsy Berry ImageKelpsy Berry Atk ↓
Lowers it by 10 EVs
Qualot Berry ImageQualot Berry Defense ↓
Lowers it by 10 EVs
Hondew Berry ImageHondew Berry Sp. Atk ↓
Lowers it by 10 EVs
Grepa Berry ImageGrepa Berry Sp. Def ↓
Lowers it by 10 EVs
Tamato Berry ImageTamato Berry Speed ↓
Lowers it by 10 EVs

How to Get Tamato Berry

Obtain by Shaking Berry Trees

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

Tamato Berry Locations

Giant's Mirror Motostoke Riverbank
Watchtower Ruins Route 7

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
Steady Tree Shake.gif Unsteady Tree Shake.gif

Get as Max Raid Victory Reward

Max Raid Rewards.png
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

Tamato Berry Uses

As a Curry Ingredient

Cooking Curry

Tamato Berry can be used as an ingredient when cooking Curries at the Campsite! Using Tamato Berry in your Curry will give it a Spicy and Dry flavor.

List of Berry Flavors

As a Cram-O-Matic Item

Cram-o-Matic

You can also use Tamato 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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