Absorb Bulb

Held by wild Pokémon in 5 places.

An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts Sp. Atk if hit with a Water- type attack. It can only be used once.

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Where to farm it

5

Every wild place a Pokémon that may hold Absorb Bulb turns up, best odds first. The odds are how often each of them appears there times how often it holds the item, added up for every one you can meet at the same time. Hold chances are from the game's files as of August 2026.

Best odds
The Lab
Chapter 20
1 in 75encounters
  • CottoneeGrassFairy
    Tall grassLv. 36-40
    27% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  1. 2
    Cosmeos Valley
    Chapter 21
    1 in 75encounters
    • CottoneeGrassFairy
      Tall grassLv. 36-40
      27% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  2. 3
    Route 8
    Chapter 7
    1 in 132encounters
    • OddishGrassPoison
      Tall grassLv. 13-16
      15% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  3. 4
    Route 10
    Chapter 9
    1 in 167encounters
    • PetililGrass
      FlowersLv. 20-23
      12% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  4. 5
    Safari Zone
    Chapter 25
    1 in 192encounters, 2 Pokémon
    • OddishGrassPoison
      FlowersLv. 29-37
      10% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
    • OddishGrassPoisonAku Aku Oddish
      FlowersLv. 29-37
      0.13% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
  • Lead with Compound Eyes or Super LuckThe first Pokémon in your party, even a fainted one, turns a 5% item into 20% and a 50% one into 60%. At the best place above that takes Absorb Bulb from 1 in 75 to 1 in 19 encounters. Butterfree Venonat Yanma Joltik Nincada Scatterbug
  • Catch it, do not steal itIn this game Thief and Covet only keep the item until the battle ends; your Pokémon does not leave with it. A caught Pokémon keeps its item, so throw a ball and take the item from it in your party.
  • Check first with FriskA Frisk Pokémon names the foe's item when it comes in, so you only spend balls on the ones holding it. Put the Compound Eyes Pokémon first, fainted, and send Frisk in to battle.
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