Pokemon Sword and Shield

Ganlon Berry Effect and How to Get It

Ganlon Berry Effect and How to Get It

Ganlon 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.

Ganlon Berry Effect

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Effect A Berry to be consumed by Pokemon. If a Pokemon holds one, its Defense stat will increase when it's in a pinch.

How to Get Ganlon Berry

Obtain by Shaking Berry Trees

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

Ganlon Berry Locations

Giant's Cap Bridge Field
Giant's Seat 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
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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

Ganlon Berry Competitive Analysis

Ganlon Berry increases the user's Def by one stage once its health is reduced to 25% or below.

Ganlon Berry Competitive Users

Henry Ganlon Berry User
Ganlon Berry's effect is appreciated by Pokemon that are weak to types that are dominated by physical attackers. Heatran is a key example of this as both Ground and Fighting-types have more physical attackers compared to special ones.

Heatran - Best Build for Ranked Battle

Ganlon Berry Uses

As a Curry Ingredient

Cooking Curry

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

List of Berry Flavors

As a Cram-O-Matic Item

Cram-o-Matic

You can also use Ganlon Berry 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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