Focus Band
Items pocket · buy for $200, sells for $100
Effect
An item held by a Pokémon. If the holder takes a hit that would KO it, it has a 10% chance to hang on with 1 HP.
Follow the linked quests for story requirements. A listed source does not always mean you can get the item more than once.
Item balls on the ground
- Cherrygrove City (8 steps south and 20 steps west of the door to Cherrygrove Southwest house)
Prizes and menu choices (you get one of several)
- Battle Frontier (one of several; paid with BP)
Shops
- Ecruteak Poké Mart · $200
Wild Pokémon holding this item
These wild Pokémon can carry Focus Band. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Machop | 5% | View locations (6) |
| Machoke | 5% | View locations (5) |
| Machamp | 5% | View locations (3) |
Machop · 5% hold chance
| Location | Method / time / condition | Level | Encounter chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Moon · Mt. Moon / Mt. Moon, east building | , and | 8 | 10% |
| Mt. Moon · Mt. Moon / Mt. Moon, east building | , | 8 | 10% |
| Diglett’s Cave | , | 13 | 5% |
| Diglett’s Cave | , | 13 | 10% |
| Diglett’s Cave | , | 13 | 5% |
| Rock Tunnel | , | 19 | 10% |
| Rock Tunnel | , | 19 | 10% |
| Rock Tunnel | , | 19 | 10% |
| Mt. Mortar | , | 14 | 20% |
| Mt. Mortar | , | 14 | 20% |
| Mt. Mortar | , | 14 | 20% |
| Mt. Mortar · Mt. Mortar 2F | , | 15 | 10% |
| Mt. Mortar · Mt. Mortar B1F | , and | 15 | 10% |
| Mt. Mortar · Mt. Mortar B1F | , | 15 | 10% |
| Alto Mare Waters | , and | 12 | 10% |
| Safari Zone · Safari Zone: Wasteland | : Wasteland area selected, , and | 16 | Not fixed |
| Safari Zone · Safari Zone: Wasteland | : Wasteland area selected, , and | 17 | Not fixed |
Machoke · 5% hold chance
| Location | Method / time / condition | Level | Encounter chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Tunnel | , | 28 | 4% |
| Rock Tunnel | , | 28 | 4% |
| Rock Tunnel | , | 28 | 4% |
| Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park, Fixed Catch mode: Sunday | , and | 45 | 10% |
| Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park, Fixed Catch mode: Sunday | , | 45 | 10% |
| Cerulean Cave | , and | 39–40 | 24% |
| Cerulean Cave | , | 39–40 | 2% |
| Cerulean Cave · Cerulean Cave 2F | , and | 39–42 | 16% |
| Cerulean Cave · Cerulean Cave 2F | , | 39 | 10% |
| Cerulean Cave · Cerulean Cave B1F | , and | 45 | 10% |
| Cerulean Cave · Cerulean Cave B1F | , | 45 | 10% |
| Mt. Mortar · Mt. Mortar 2F | , | 35 | 10% |
| Mt. Mortar · Mt. Mortar B1F | , and | 35 | 10% |
| Mt. Mortar · Mt. Mortar B1F | , | 35 | 10% |
| Safari Zone · Safari Zone: Wasteland | : Wasteland area selected, , | 17 | Not fixed |
Machamp · 5% hold chance
| Location | Method / time / condition | Level | Encounter chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park, Fixed Catch mode: Sunday | , and | 49 | 4% |
| Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park, Fixed Catch mode: Sunday | , | 49 | 4% |
| Route 15 | Scripted wild battle; Accept Lara’s invitation after the Route 18 Tauros scene, then enter the Route 15 Cape Battle Marathon. This is a first-stage battle. Finish this stage before Sabrina’s Pokémon Tower scene starts the Saffron takeover, which cancels an unfinished marathon. One chance per Pokémon; losing allows a retry. | 55 | Not fixed |
| Cerulean Cave · Cerulean Cave B1F | , and | 49 | 4% |
| Cerulean Cave · Cerulean Cave B1F | , | 49 | 4% |
Other uses
Held by trainers’ Pokémon (3 teams)
A trainer's held item is not necessarily obtainable. Check the battle location and story conditions on their team page.
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