Tanga Berry Effect and How to Get It

Tanga 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.

Tanga Berry Effect

Tanga Berry
Effect	If held by a Pokemon, this Berry will lessen the damage taken from one supereffective Bug-type attack.

How to Get Tanga Berry

Obtain by Shaking Berry Trees

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

Tanga Berry Locations

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

Get as Max Raid Victory Reward

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

Tanga Berry Competitive Analysis

Tanga Berry will reduce the damage taken from a super-effective Bug-type move by half. This item will see much use from Grass, Psychic, and Dark-type Pokemon who are weak against the skittery Bug-type Pokemon.

Although using Bug-type moves are fairly uncommon in battling, some moves like U-turn or Bug Buzz are used as coverage moves on some Pokemon, which makes Tanga Berry a viable held item in case you need protection from unexpected Bug-type moves.

Do note that facing Pokemon with Unnerve and As One will render this Berry useless, so watch out for Pokemon with these Abilities!

Tanga Berry Holders

Shiftry, Celebi, Calyrex, Zarude have 4x weakness to Bug-type moves due to their typing. A Tanga Berry will help them survive at least one Bug-type attack.

Tanga Berry Uses

As a Curry Ingredient

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

List of Berry Flavors

As a Cram-O-Matic Item

You can also use Tanga 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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