Heart Scale

Items pocket · sells for $50

Effect

A pretty, heart-shaped scale that is extremely rare. It glows faintly in the colors of the rainbow.

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 south and 8 steps east of the door to Vermilion Central house)
• Route 32

Item balls on the ground

• Route 38
• Lake of Rage (16 steps north and 3 steps east of the door to Lake of Rage Fishing Guru house)

Prizes and menu choices (you get one of several)

• Radio Tower (one of several; chosen in a menu or by a draw) · see Goldenrod City: small extras
• Goldenrod Department Store 6F (one of several; paid with ₽300) · see Goldenrod City: small extras

Gifts from people

• Radio Tower 4F ×2 · see Radio Tower 4F → Goldenrod Gym: the Plain Badge, two ways
• Ilex Forest · see Violet City: the runaway Marill (→ Heart Scale, 2 PP Max), Ilex Forest: Bugsy's bug hunt with Honey (story; the more you catch, the better the reward), Ilex Forest: small extras
• Route 14 · see Route 15 → Route 14: the Cape Battle Marathon (missable)
• Route 47 · see Route 47: the Qwilfish poacher (→ Heart Scale)
• Two Island ×2 · see Two Island: small extras
• Saffron Copycat house 1F
• Violet City · see Violet City: the runaway Marill (→ Heart Scale, 2 PP Max)
• Cianwood City ×2 · see Route 41 → Cianwood City: the Whirl Islands Challenge (quiz and battle on four islands)
• Ecruteak Dance Theater · see Route 27 → Ecruteak City: the outpost guard's letter to Momo (before the Mineral Badge)
• Alto Mare Waters · see Alto Mare Waters / Mt. Mortar: small extras

Bought or exchanged

• Goldenrod Tunnel B1F (costs ₽5000) · see Goldenrod Underground: small extras
• Lavender House Of Memories (costs Big Pearl ×1) · see Lavender Town: trade Big Pearls for Heart Scales
• Four Island (costs Calcium ×1, Zinc ×1)
• Ecruteak Dance Theater (costs Guard's Letter ×1) · see Route 27 → Ecruteak City: the outpost guard's letter to Momo (before the Mineral Badge)

Found with Pickup

A Pokémon with Pickup can find this item at the levels below. Items go straight into the Bag, even if it already holds an item.

Pickup has a 10% activation chance per eligible check. The overall chance includes this check.

Pickup chance by level

Pokémon level	Chance after activation	Overall chance per eligible check
51–60	3%	≈0.3%
61–70	5%	≈0.5%
71–100	10%	≈1%

Full Pickup chart and how the rates work

Wild Pokémon holding this item

These wild Pokémon can carry Heart Scale. 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 Heart Scale

Pokémon	Hold chance	Locations
Luvdisc	50%	View locations (3)

Luvdisc · 50% hold chance

Where to find Luvdisc holding Heart Scale

Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Route 13	Surfing	25	30%
Route 13	Super Rod	40	5%
Route 20	Super Rod	40	5%
Alto Mare Waters	Surfing	30	4%

Used or asked for in

Someone in these places asks for this item or takes it: Blackthorn Move Tutor house, Route 42, Saffron Mr. Psychic house.

Changes and uses in Origin HeartGold

to remember moves in Saffron City

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