Charcoal

Charcoal もくたん Charcoal

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Charcoal (Japanese: もくたん Charcoal) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Fire-type moves.

In the core series games

Price

Effect

Generations II and III

Boosts the power of the holder's Fire-type moves by 10%.

Generation IV onward

Boosts the power of the holder's Fire-type moves by 20%.

Description

Acquisition

Distribution

As a held item

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Generation II	Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In the spin-off games

Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

In Pokémon: Magikarp Jump, Charcoal is a Friendship Item that can be purchased for 600. It summons Charizard as a helper Pokémon.

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver

Charcoal appeared in A Farfetch'd Tale. While traveling through Ilex Forest, Ash and his friends met a boy named Sylvester, who was trying to follow in his teacher's (father in the dub) footsteps in order to learn how to make "purifying charcoal". Brock explained that purifying charcoal is actually burnt wood, which can be used as fuel or to purify water and air. At the end of the episode, Ash and his friends received some charcoal as a gift.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In The Last Battle IV, during the final battle against the Masked Man, Blaine used a piece of Charcoal to strengthen Entei's Fire-type moves.

Merchandise

Charcoal has been featured in a Flareon figure released on January 16, 2025 by The Pokémon Company International. It is part of the Evolving Personalities figure line.

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  Evolving Personalities (Flareon)

Trivia

• A man in Lavaridge Town states that Charcoal is used for making herbal medicine. In-game, however, it serves no medicinal purposes.
• Charcoal is the only type-enhancing item that can be bought at a Poké Mart.

In other languages

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation II – III – IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.