Pickup (Ability)

Pickup (Japanese: ものひろい Pickup) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Generation III-IV
Pickup has no effect during battle.

Generation V onward
At the end of the turn in which another Pokémon used a one-time use item (including throwing an item with or using ), a Pokémon with Pickup will collect the item if they are not holding anything. If more than one Pokémon has Pickup or, the faster Pokémon will restore an item first. If multiple items can be collected, the Pokémon will collect the item most recently consumed.

A single Pokémon's Pickup will not activate more than once per turn.

Pickup cannot collect an item if the Pokémon that consumed the item is no longer on the field at the end of the turn, or if the item has already been recovered (such as with, another Pokémon's Pickup, or Harvest). Pickup cannot collect an item that a Pokémon consumed before switching out, even if it switched back in again before the end of the turn. Pickup cannot collect items that have been destroyed with, eaten with or , or knocked off with. A popped Air Balloon cannot be collected.

A Pokémon may only have one consumed item at a time; if a Pokémon consumes an item, obtains another item and consumes it, the original consumed item cannot be collected, even if the second item is collected or restored then swapped away. If the Pokémon obtains another item after consuming an item, Pickup can still collect the old item as long as the Pokémon does not consume the new one.

Outside of battle
After winning a battle, any Pokémon on the team that has this Ability and is not already holding an item has a 10% chance of creating a held item for itself, even if the Pokémon was not used in battle. This Ability is still active while the Pokémon is fainted.

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
In, the Ability focuses on , which are not as readily available in Kanto and the Sevii Islands as they are in Hoenn.

Pokémon Emerald
In, the Ability was changed to be affected by the Pokémon's level.

Battle Pyramid
In addition, the Battle Pyramid has a separate list of items that can be received; this table, however, is instead based on the number of floors/rounds the player has completed inside the Pyramid.

The Pickup table and the item balls on the ground share this same pool of items.

Each time the player enters a floor, a Pokémon with Pickup will have a small chance of finding an item that can appear on that floor (other than Poké) as long as it is not holding an item. In Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, Pickup will not activate prior to obtaining the Treasure Bag.

Pickup works for Makuhita Dojo, even though items do not spawn on the ground.

Description

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In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 * In Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming, the  that  used during his  match against  was revealed to have Pickup as its Ability by Emerald's Pokédex.

In other languages
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