Old Rod


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The Old Rod (Japanese: ボロのつりざお Worn-out Fishing Rod) is a Key Item introduced in Generation I. It allows the player to fish from bodies of water.

Good Rod and Super Rod are more powerful versions of this item.

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Effect
The Old Rod allows the undefined to fish for low-level wild Pokémon from bodies of water.

Description

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Acquisition

 * Vermilion City (from the )
 * (from the in the Pokémon Center)
 * Dewford Town (from the on the east side of the Gym)
 * Vermilion City (from the )
 * Jubilife City (from the in the gate to )
 * (from the in the Pokémon Center)
 * Ambrette Town (from the in the )
 * Dewford Town (from the on the east side of the Gym)
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 * Vermilion City (from the )
 * Jubilife City (from the in the gate to )
 * (from the in the Pokémon Center)
 * Ambrette Town (from the in the )
 * Dewford Town (from the on the east side of the Gym)
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 * (from the in the Pokémon Center)
 * Ambrette Town (from the in the )
 * Dewford Town (from the on the east side of the Gym)
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 * Dewford Town (from the on the east side of the Gym)
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Pokémon: Magikarp Jump
In Pokémon: Magikarp Jump, are fished with Old Rod, with the player being given increasingly better variants of Old Rod (So-So, Good, Great, Rare, Pro's, and Supreme) as they progress that can fish new Magikarp patterns.

In the main series
In Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!, mentioned that Mr. Briney from Dewford Town was going to host the Old Rod Fishing Rally soon, prompting him to depart for Johto in order to participate in the said competition.

In Pokémon Origins
obtained an Old Rod from the Vermilion Fishing Guru in File 2: Cubone.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
The Old Rod has appeared in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.

In the TCG


The Old Rod was introduced as a TCG Trainer card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Neo Series (the Japanese Neo Era). It was first released in the TCG Awakening Legends expansion before debuting in English in the TCG Neo Revelation expansion, with an illustration by Keiji Kinebuchi. A reprint with new artwork by Shizurow was included in the Japanese TCG Offense and Defense of the Furthest Ends expansion, and then released in the English TCG EX Dragon Frontiers expansion. Old Rod lets a player flip 2 coins. If both are heads, the player can search their discard pile for a Baby Pokémon (Neo Revelation only), Basic Pokémon, or Evolution card and put it into their hand. If both coins are tails, the player search their discard pile for a TCG Trainer card instead and put it into their hand.

Trivia

 * In Generation I, the only Pokémon that can be fished out by the Old Rod is, all of which would be level 5.