Big Mushroom

Items pocket · sells for $2,500

Effect

A large and rare mushroom. It is very popular among certain maniacal fan segments.

Follow the linked quests for story requirements. A listed source does not always mean you can get the item more than once.

Hidden items

• Pewter City (4 steps north and 2 steps west of the door to Pewter Northeast house)
• Route 27
• Mt. Silver (2 steps north and 5 steps east of the door to Mt. Silver Pokémon Center)
• Ruins of Alph (6 steps south and 1 step west of the door to Union Cave)
• Bellchime Trail (4 steps south and 2 steps east of the door to Bell Tower)
• Bellchime Trail (2 steps north and 14 steps east of the door to Ecruteak Bell Tower Barrier Station Corridor)

Bought or exchanged

• Route 9 (costs ₽3000) · see Route 9: the Paras mushroom picker (Repel → Zinc)

Gifts from people

• Vermilion City ×2 · see Vermilion City: after the construction-site clash, Vermilion City: the construction-site dispute (choose a side), Vermilion City: the seaside cook (Shoal Salt + Big Mushroom)

Wild Pokémon holding this item

These wild Pokémon can carry Big Mushroom. The hold chance is the base chance that the Pokémon has the item when encountered, before Ability effects such as Compound Eyes. The encounter chance shows how often that Pokémon appears for the listed method and time.

Locations are in rough story order for each Pokémon. Radio, swarm and other special encounters require the conditions shown; see the location page for details. Calendar encounters can replace ordinary encounter slots. Safari Zone entries depend on the selected area and, where noted, its objects and their development. “Not fixed” means no fixed encounter chance is listed. Contest weights are shown as weights, not percentages.

Wild Pokémon holding Big Mushroom

Pokémon	Hold chance	Locations
Paras	5%	View locations (5)
Parasect	5%	View locations (3)
Shroomish	5%	View locations (4)
Foongus	5%	View locations (1)
Morelull	5%	View locations (1)

Paras · 5% hold chance

Where to find Paras holding Big Mushroom

Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Mt. Moon · Mt. Moon / Mt. Moon, east building	Grass/cave, morning and day	12	5%
Mt. Moon · Mt. Moon / Mt. Moon, east building	Grass/cave, night	12	5%
Mt. Moon · Mt. Moon Square Entrance	Grass/cave, any time	12	10%
Route 16 · Route 16 East	Grass/cave, morning	27	4%
Route 16 · Route 16 East	Grass/cave, night	27	4%
Ilex Forest	Grass/cave, morning	6	20%
Ilex Forest	Grass/cave, day	6	20%
Ilex Forest	Grass/cave, night	6	20%
Ilex Forest · Forest of Time / Forest of Time, maze of clearings	Grass/cave, morning	6	20%
Ilex Forest · Forest of Time / Forest of Time, maze of clearings	Grass/cave, day	6	20%
Ilex Forest · Forest of Time / Forest of Time, maze of clearings	Grass/cave, night	6	20%
National Park	Bug-Catching Contest: Set 1: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays	10–17	10 (weight)
Safari Zone · Safari Zone: Swamp	Safari Zone: Swamp area selected, Grass, morning and day	15	Not fixed
Safari Zone · Safari Zone: Swamp	Safari Zone: Swamp area selected, Grass, morning and day	16	Not fixed
Safari Zone · Safari Zone: Swamp	Safari Zone: Swamp area selected, Grass, morning and day	17	Not fixed

Parasect · 5% hold chance

Where to find Parasect holding Big Mushroom

Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Route 16 · Route 16 East	Grass/cave, morning	30	1%
Route 16 · Route 16 East	Grass/cave, night	30	1%
Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park, Fixed Catch mode: Sunday	Grass/cave, morning and day	45–47	21%
Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park, Fixed Catch mode: Sunday	Grass/cave, night	45–47	21%
Cerulean Cave	Grass/cave, morning and day	38	20%
Cerulean Cave	Grass/cave, night	38	10%
Cerulean Cave · Cerulean Cave 2F	Grass/cave, morning and day	40	20%
Cerulean Cave · Cerulean Cave 2F	Grass/cave, night	40	20%
Cerulean Cave · Cerulean Cave B1F	Grass/cave, morning and day	45–47	21%
Cerulean Cave · Cerulean Cave B1F	Grass/cave, night	45–47	21%

Shroomish · 5% hold chance

Where to find Shroomish holding Big Mushroom

Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Viridian Forest	Headbutt: Common trees	3–4	5%
Viridian Forest	Headbutt: Rare trees	5–7	5%
Route 24	Grass/cave, morning	14	4%
Route 24	Grass/cave, day	14	4%
Route 24	Grass/cave, night	14	4%
Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park, Fixed Catch mode: Wednesday	Grass/cave, any time	20	5%
Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park, Fixed Catch mode: Friday	Grass/cave, any time	20	10%
Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park — standing Pokémon	Scripted wild battle; After the Cianwood Gym story opens the Resort Zone, enter Pal Park’s Fixed Catch mode for $10,000 with room for six more Pokémon in the PC. This standing Pokémon appears on Wednesday or Friday. Bring your own Poké Balls.	10	Not fixed
Ilex Forest	Grass/cave, morning	5	5%
Ilex Forest · Forest of Time / Forest of Time, maze of clearings	Grass/cave, morning	5–6	10%

Foongus · 5% hold chance

Where to find Foongus holding Big Mushroom

Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Viridian Forest	Grass/cave, night	5	10%

Morelull · 5% hold chance

Where to find Morelull holding Big Mushroom

Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Route 2	Grass/cave, night	8	9%

Used or asked for in

Someone in these places asks for this item or takes it: Vermilion Central house.

Changes and uses in Origin HeartGold

needed for the Vermilion City ingredients quest

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