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Honey (Japanese: あまいミツ Sweet Honey) is a type of item introduced in Generation IV. It can be used to attract wild Pokémon.
==In the core series games==
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In the Generation V games, the Honey can be sold to the on for 500.
===Effect===
====Generation IV-VII====
When used in tall grass, caves, or while surfing, Honey triggers a wild Pokémon battle (like as a field move). In Generation VI, this will trigger a Horde Encounter if they are present in the area; however, in , it cannot cause a wild encounter if the overworld weather is not clear.
In Sinnoh, Honey can be slathered on Honey Trees in order to attract wild Pokémon.
=====Oddities=====
In only, using Honey (or Sweet Scent) inside a shop or Poké Mart will cause the descriptive text of purchasable items to vanish until the player opens the "SELL" menu or leaves the shop. This is known as the .
====Generation VIII onward====
In and , Honey serves no practical purpose other than to be sold.
In , Honey can again be used to trigger a wild Pokémon battle in tall grass or caves, and can be slathered on Honey Trees in order to attract wild Pokémon.
===Description===
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===Acquisition===
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| Routes , , , , , , and , Eterna Forest, Old Chateau, Floaroma Meadow, Solaceon Town, Great Marsh
| Floaroma Meadow (Honey Man)Held by (100% chance)
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| Floaroma Meadow, Lost Tower
| Floaroma Meadow (Honey Man)Held by (100% chance)
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| Black City/White Forest (Frederic)Held by (100% chance)
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| Join Avenue ()Held by (5% chance)
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| Hidden recurring item (Routes , , and , Pokémon Village)Pokémon Village ()Held by (5% chance)
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| Fallarbor TownAny Contest Spectacular Hall (random gift from a fan after completing a Contest)Held by (5% chance)
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| Melemele Meadow, Poni Meadow
| All Poké Marts (after completing 2 trials)Battle Buffet (score less than 25)Festival Plaza (General Store, Battle Store)Ambush encounters ( in Lush Jungle)Held by , , and (5% chance each)
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| Hidden recurring item (Rolling Fields, Dappled Grove, South Lake Miloch, North Lake Miloch, Bridge Field, Dusty Bowl)Possible gift after cooking curryHeld by (5% chance)
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| Hidden recurring item (Fields of Honor, Soothing Wetlands, Loop Lagoon, Insular Sea, Honeycalm Island)Max Raid Battles (Honeycalm Island)
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| Hidden recurring item (Giant's Bed, Ballimere Lake)
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| Routes , , , , , , and , Eterna Forest, Old Chateau, Floaroma Meadow, Solaceon Town, Great Marsh
| Floaroma Meadow (Honey Man)Held by (5% chance) and (50% chance)
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
Artwork from
==In the spin-off games== 
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
Though unavailable as an item in , Honey is mentioned as being a food produced by the and of Nectar Meadow, overseen by their queen and manager . Due to its nutritious properties, heads to Nectar Meadow to obtain some Honey for her ailing , despite being warned that the Pokémon are usually on edge during their Honey-making season. Misunderstood as a Honey thief, Budew is rescued in time by the player and partner from the angry Beedrill and Combee. After they are defeated, Vespiquen intervenes and resolves the misunderstanding, and gifts Budew with some Honey.
===Pokémon Quest===
Honey is an ingredient that can be used in to attract wild Pokémon in Pokémon Quest.
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====Acquisition====
Honey is a possible ingredient that can be obtained by completing expeditions. It can also be obtained randomly by recycling Power Stones.
===Pokémon Sleep===
Honey is available in Pokémon Sleep.
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====Effect====
Honey can be used as an ingredient in , with a base Strength of 101. It can be used to cook the following recipes:
	Name 	Recipe 	Minimum pot size
	"" Curry 	Honey ×12Fancy Apple ×11Fancy Egg ×8Soft Potato ×4 	35
	Mild Honey Curry 	Honey ×7 	7
	"" Fruit Salad 	Fancy Apple ×21Honey ×16Greengrass Corn ×12 	49
	"" Ginger Cookies	Honey ×14Warming Ginger ×12Soothing Cacao ×5Fancy Egg ×4 	35
	Craft Soda Pop 	Honey ×9 	9
	's Fruity Flan 	Honey ×20Fancy Egg ×15Fancy Apple ×10Moomoo Milk ×10 	55
	"" Smoothie 	Fancy Apple ×11Moomoo Milk ×9Honey ×7Soothing Cacao ×8 	35
	"" Chocolate Cake	Honey ×9Soothing Cacao ×8Moomoo Milk ×7 	24
	Big Malasada 	Pure Oil ×10Moomoo Milk ×7Honey ×6 	23
	"" Macarons 	Soothing Cacao ×25Fancy Egg ×25Honey ×17Moomoo Milk ×10 	77
	Éclair 	Soothing Cacao ×30Moomoo Milk ×26Rousing Coffee ×24Honey ×22	102
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====Acquisition====
Honey can be gathered by the player's helper Pokémon.
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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In Some Enchanted Sweetening!, Honey was slathered on a tree, attracting several wild and Pokémon as well Ash's Aipom and Cheryl's . The Honey appeared to have been slathered by Cheryl, who wanted to catch a male Burmy to help her find the Enchanted Honey. Cheryl later explained to the group that Enchanted Honey was Honey gathered by in the Amber Castle, located deep in Eterna Forest, which is said to be hundreds of times sweeter than normal Honey. With the help of and , and with her leading the way, she located the hive of a and its many worker Combee. After helping defend the hive from , the Vespiquen shared some of its Enchanted Honey with Cheryl, Ash, his friends, and some of their Pokémon. All of them loved the Enchanted Honey, except for Brock's Croagunk, who looked disgusted by the sweet flavor.
In A Trainer and Child Reunion!, Honey was used by in an attempt to catch Aaron's Vespiquen. It instead attracted a .
In Strategy Begins at Home!, Honey was planted on a tree by a young boy named Nathaniel, which attracted a .
In a flashback in Historical Mystery Tour!, it was revealed that used Honey to attract his Heracross. He repeated this same scenario in an illusionary adventure that a sent him to.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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In Honey for Combee, as , , and ventured into Floaroma Meadow, Diamond and his Pokémon smelled Honey and ran off to lick it off a tree, only to be attacked by a swarm of angry , whom the Honey had been meant for. Later, the trio ventured into the Valley Windworks, where they met Mars, who filled the Windworks control room with in order to do away with them. Pearl and Platinum ended up outside the building and were able to uncover Diamond's location inside the building and save him thanks to a group of Combee being attracted by the scent of Honey on Diamond and his Pokémon.
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
In Find Munchlax!!, a used Honey in an attempt to lure out a . However, the Honey instead ended up being eaten away by Hareta.
==In the TCG==
Sweet Honey was introduced as an in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese subset and the English expansion, with artwork by ORBITALLINK Inc. It allows the player to choose one of their Pokémon, flip a coin until they get tails, and heal 40 damage from that Pokémon for each heads.
Additionally, Honey is held by Combee from . It allows the player to search their discard pile for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto their Bench when Combee is moved from their hand onto their Bench.
==Trivia==
* The Honey is present in the game data of Pokémon GO, but is unused.
* Honey may originally have been planned for Generation II, where unused text refers to an item called Sweet Honey (Japanese: あまいミツ Sweet Honey).
* Regular honey has been seen in various Pokémon canons, even before its official debut in Generation IV:
** In A Sappy Ending, certain trees that produce honey-like sap were featured. Like the Honey in the games, this sap was also shown being capable of attracting wild Pokémon, like , , and .
** In Wake Up—You're Snorlax!, used some honey that had fallen on his Bulbasaur to wake up a sleeping Snorlax. As a result, the awoken Snorlax ended up chasing Red until he eventually it.
==In other languages==
==See also==
* Honey Tree
Category:Food
Category:Items that affect appearance of wild Pokémon
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