Lavender Town: trade it for a Heart Scale
Big Pearl
Items pocket · sells for $3,750
Effect
A quite-large pearl that sparkles in a pretty silver color. It can be sold at a high price to shops.
Follow the linked quests for story requirements. A listed source does not always mean you can get the item more than once.
Hidden items
- Vermilion City (5 steps north and 6 steps east of the door to Vermilion Harbor)
- Route 19
- Cerulean Cave 2F (12 steps south and 1 step west of the door to Cerulean Cave)
- Union Cave (8 steps south of the door to Union Cave B1F)
- Cianwood Cave (24 steps south and 3 steps west of the door to Route 47)
Item balls on the ground
- Seafoam Islands B3F (3 steps north and 2 steps west of the door to Seafoam Islands B2F)
Gifts from people
- Violet City, east house ×2 · see Violet City: the Pokémon Academy class Q&A (→ TM67 Recycle or 2 Big Pearls)
- Viridian City · see Viridian City: Yellow's first Pokémon (the Gym's Virtue trial)
- Vermilion City · see Vermilion City: feed the Wingull and the Horsea
- Seven Island · see Seven Island: the Clamperl pearl scam
Bought or exchanged
- Goldenrod Tunnel B1F (costs Pearl ×6) · see Goldenrod Underground: small extras
- Route 12 Fishing Brother house (costs Net Ball ×5) · see Lavender Town: trade Big Pearls for Heart Scales, Route 12: the Fishing Guru's Super Rod
- Route 12 Fishing Brother house ×3 (costs Net Ball ×15) · see Lavender Town: trade Big Pearls for Heart Scales, Route 12: the Fishing Guru's Super Rod
- Route 12 Fishing Brother house ×9 (costs Net Ball ×45) · see Lavender Town: trade Big Pearls for Heart Scales, Route 12: the Fishing Guru's Super Rod
- Four Island (costs HP Up ×1, Protein ×1, Iron ×1, Carbos ×1, Calcium ×1, Zinc ×1)
Wild Pokémon holding this item
These wild Pokémon can carry Big Pearl. 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.
| Pokémon | Hold chance | Locations |
|---|---|---|
| Shellder | 5% | View locations (15) |
| Cloyster | 5% | View locations (3) |
| Clamperl | 5% | View locations (3) |
Shellder · 5% hold chance
| Location | Method / time / condition | Level | Encounter chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pallet Town | 20 | 10% | |
| Pallet Town | 40 | 30% | |
| Vermilion City | 20 | 10% | |
| Vermilion City | 40 | 30% | |
| Route 19 | 20 | 5% | |
| Route 20 | 20 | 10% | |
| Route 20 | 40 | 30% | |
| Seafoam Islands | , and | 27 | 4% |
| Seafoam Islands | , | 27 | 4% |
| Seafoam Islands · Seafoam Islands B1F | , | 32 | 10% |
| Seafoam Islands · Seafoam Islands B1F | , | 32 | 10% |
| Seafoam Islands · Seafoam Islands B1F | , | 32 | 10% |
| Seafoam Islands · Seafoam Islands B2F | , | 33 | 10% |
| Seafoam Islands · Seafoam Islands B2F | , | 33 | 10% |
| Seafoam Islands · Seafoam Islands B2F | , | 33 | 10% |
| Seafoam Islands · Seafoam Islands B3F | , | 34 | 10% |
| Seafoam Islands · Seafoam Islands B3F | , | 34 | 10% |
| Seafoam Islands · Seafoam Islands B3F | , | 34 | 10% |
| Route 21 | 20 | 10% | |
| Route 21 | 40 | 30% | |
| Cinnabar Island | 20 | 10% | |
| Cinnabar Island | 40 | 30% | |
| Route 26 | 20 | 10% | |
| Route 26 | 40 | 30% | |
| Route 27 | 20 | 10% | |
| Route 27 | 40 | 30% | |
| New Bark Town | 20 | 10% | |
| New Bark Town | 40 | 30% | |
| Route 41 | 20 | 10% | |
| Whirl Islands | , and | 24 | 4% |
| Whirl Islands | , | 24 | 4% |
| Whirl Islands · Whirl Islands B1F | , and | 24 | 4% |
| Whirl Islands · Whirl Islands B1F | , | 24 | 4% |
| Whirl Islands · Whirl Islands B2F | , | 24 | 4% |
| Whirl Islands · Whirl Islands B3F | , | 25 | 4% |
| Ice Path | , | 22 | 4% |
| Ice Path | , | 22 | 4% |
| Ice Path | , | 22 | 4% |
| Ice Path · Ice Path B1F | , | 22 | 4% |
| Ice Path · Ice Path B1F | , | 22 | 4% |
| Ice Path · Ice Path B1F | , | 22 | 4% |
| Ice Path · Ice Path B2F | , | 23 | 4% |
| Ice Path · Ice Path B2F | , | 23 | 4% |
| Ice Path · Ice Path B2F | , | 23 | 4% |
| Ice Path · Ice Path B3F | , | 23 | 4% |
| Ice Path · Ice Path B3F | , | 23 | 4% |
| Ice Path · Ice Path B3F | , | 23 | 4% |
| Route 47 | 20 | 10% | |
| Route 47 | 40 | 30% | |
| Alto Mare Waters | 10 | 15% |
Cloyster · 5% hold chance
| Location | Method / time / condition | Level | Encounter chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seafoam Islands · Seafoam Islands B4F / Seafoam Islands, inner room | , | 38 | 10% |
| Seafoam Islands · Seafoam Islands B4F / Seafoam Islands, inner room | , | 38 | 10% |
| Seafoam Islands · Seafoam Islands B4F / Seafoam Islands, inner room | , | 38 | 10% |
| Route 41 | 40 | 30% | |
| Five Island | 40 | 5% |
Clamperl · 5% hold chance
| Location | Method / time / condition | Level | Encounter chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Route 13 | 40 | 15% | |
| Route 21 | 20 | 5% | |
| Alto Mare Waters | 20 | 30% |
Used or asked for in
Someone in these places asks for this item or takes it: Four to Seven Island, houses, Lavender House Of Memories.
Changes and uses in Origin HeartGold
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