Never-Melt Ice

Every wild place a Pokémon that may hold Never-Melt Ice 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.

2. 2
   Freezing Fissure

   Chapter 20

   1 in 84encounters

   • Cryogonal
     Cave floorLv. 36-40

     24% meet 5% hold it 20% with the lead
3. 3
   North Pole

   5%rate unknown

   • Snover
     SnowLv. 23-26

     5% hold it 20% with the lead
   • Vanillite
     SnowLv. 23-26

     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 Never-Melt Ice from 1 in 41 to 1 in 10 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.

• Route 15Behind the first cabin on this route, after ascending all staircases and just before entering the frozen lake.Chapter 19 On the map