Spell Tag

Items pocket · buy for $100, sells for $50

Effect

An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a sinister, eerie tag that boosts the power of Ghost-type moves 1.2 times.

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

Gifts from people

Pokémon Tower, upper floors · see Pokémon Tower: side battles and extras
Goldenrod Name Rater house · see Goldenrod City: the fortune-teller's "ideal Pokémon" reading (one per game)
Ecruteak Dance Theater · see Ecruteak City (Dance Theater): Sakura wants a Water Stone (→ Spell Tag; before the Rising Badge)

Shops

Goldenrod Department Store 1F · $100

Wild Pokémon holding this item

These wild Pokémon can carry Spell Tag. 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 Spell Tag
Pokémon	Hold chance	Locations
Shuppet	5%	View locations (1)
Duskull	5%	View locations (2)
Yamask	5%	View locations (1)
Sandygast	5%	View locations (1)

Shuppet · 5% hold chance

Where to find Shuppet holding Spell Tag
Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Lavender Town · Pokémon Tower, upper floors	,	24	10%

Duskull · 5% hold chance

Where to find Duskull holding Spell Tag
Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Lavender Town · Pokémon Tower, upper floors	,	25	10%
Safari Zone Gate · Pal Park, Fixed Catch mode: Monday	,	20	20%
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 Sunday, or Monday 07:00–18:59. Bring your own Poké Balls.	10	Not fixed

Yamask · 5% hold chance

Where to find Yamask holding Spell Tag
Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Route 15	,	24	8%

Sandygast · 5% hold chance

Where to find Sandygast holding Spell Tag
Location	Method / time / condition	Level	Encounter chance
Route 6	,	13	10%

Changes and uses in Origin HeartGold

Haunter evolves into Gengar

Evolution requirements

Primeape → Annihilape: level up holding Spell Tag (night)
Haunter → Gengar: level up holding Spell Tag (night)
Cubone → Alolan Marowak: level up holding Spell Tag
Marowak → Alolan Marowak: level up holding Spell Tag (night)
Corsola → Cursola: level up holding Spell Tag (night)
Dusclops → Dusknoir: level up holding Spell Tag (night)

Held by trainers’ Pokémon (26 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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