Nugget

Items pocket · sells for $5,000

Effect

A nugget of pure gold that gives off a lustrous gleam. 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

• Pewter City (8 steps south and 1 step east of the door to Pewter Northeast house)
• Cerulean City
• Fuchsia City (6 steps south and 3 steps east of the door to Fuchsia Southwest house)
• Route 26
• Route 27
• Cerulean Cave B1F (5 steps south and 11 steps west of the door to Cerulean Cave, inner room)
• Route 29
• Cherrygrove City (1 step north and 8 steps east of the door to Cherrygrove Pokémon Center)
• Cherrygrove City
• Route 30
• Ruins of Alph (2 steps south and 2 steps west of the door to Ruins of Alph Southwest Entrance First room)
• Route 35 (12 steps south and 5 steps west of the door to Route 35, National Park gatehouse)
• Route 39 (27 steps south and 1 step east of the door to Route 39 MooMoo Farm Stable)
• Mt. Mortar 1F, back cave (10 steps north and 4 steps east of the door to Mt. Mortar)

Item balls on the ground

• Whirl Islands B1F (3 steps south and 18 steps east of the door to Whirl Islands)
• Route 48

Prizes and menu choices (you get one of several)

• Radio Tower (one of several; chosen in a menu or by a draw) · see Radio Tower 2F: Buena's Password (daily; Blue Card points → prizes and her phone number)
• Radio Tower 2F (one of several; chosen in a menu or by a draw) · see Radio Tower 2F: Buena's Password (daily; Blue Card points → prizes and her phone number)

Gifts from people

• Four Island
• Goldenrod Department Store 2F · see Goldenrod City: the Purugly girl and Team Rocket's "act" (choice with two endings)
• Olivine City · see Olivine City: the "gold-laying Magikarp" con man (only if the S.S. Anne was saved)

Bought or exchanged

• Four Island (costs Iron ×1, Carbos ×1, Calcium ×1, Zinc ×1)

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
1–20	10%	≈1%
21–30	30%	≈3%

Full Pickup chart and how the rates work

Used or asked for in

Someone in these places asks for this item or takes it: National Park, Route 26, Route 38.

Changes and uses in Origin HeartGold

to learn Charm in the National Park

Other uses

Move tutor payments

• Charm · Nugget ×1 · National Park

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