Natures :: Generation 3+ content

Now you may have come across something in the Pokémon games called Natures, and wondered what they actually do. For each nature, you'll find that they either have an effect on the stats of the Pokémon, such as Hasty, or they'll have no effect, such as Hardy. The mechanics behind them are fairly simple, actually. Below is a table, colour coded to resemble how they're displayed in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Nature	Raise Stat	Lowers Stat	Liked Berry	Disliked Berry
Adamant	Attack	Special Attack	Spicy	Dry
Bashful	No Change	No Change	None Specific	None Specific
Bold	Defense	Attack	Sour	Spicy
Brave	Attack	Speed	Spicy	Sweet
Calm	Special Defense	Attack	Bitter	Spicy
Careful	Special Defense	Special Attack	Bitter	Dry
Docile	No Change	No Change	None Specific	None Specific
Gentle	Special Defense	Defense	Bitter	Sour
Hardy	No Change	No Change	None Specific	None Specific
Hasty	Speed	Defense	Sweet	Sour
Impish	Defense	Special Attack	Sour	Dry
Jolly	Speed	Special Attack	Sweet	Dry
Lax	Defense	Special Defense	Sour	Bitter
Lonely	Attack	Defense	Spicy	Sour
Mild	Special Attack	Defense	Dry	Sour
Modest	Special Attack	Attack	Dry	Spicy
Naive	Speed	Special Defense	Sweet	Bitter
Naughty	Attack	Special Defense	Spicy	Bitter
Quiet	Special Attack	Speed	Dry	Sweet
Quirky	No Change	No Change	None Specific	None Specific
Rash	Special Attack	Special Defense	Dry	Bitter
Relaxed	Defense	Speed	Sour	Sweet
Sassy	Special Defense	Speed	Bitter	Sweet
Serious	No Change	No Change	None Specific	None Specific
Timid	Speed	Attack	Sweet	Spicy

Should a nature affect your stats, you'll find that it'll increase the relevant stat by 10% of what it normally would be, and reduce the relevant stat by 10% of what it normally would be. So, for instance, you've got a Salamence that'd have 300 Attack with a Hardy nature, if it had an Adamant nature it'd have 330 Attack instead. Quite the increase.

You may also notice the columns regarding Berries. Should you give a Pokémon a Pokéblock or a Poffin that it likes, you'll find that it'll experience a sharper increase in that stat when fed the Block/Poffin. Similarly, if you feed a Pokémon a Pokéblock/Poffin that's typing is what it dislikes, you'll see the growth isn't as impressive as normal.

Thanks to TG-Espio and CrystalScizor10 for this!

Page written by f3raligatr. Additional contributions by Mulholland.

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COMMENTS

pokemasternick on Thu 09 Aug 2007 21:57:30 UTC.

sweet

ameiliaketchum on Sat 17 Nov 2007 22:59:47 UTC.

eehhe i knew this from the D/P guide book....eh its cool though

RyoMashii on Fri 02 Apr 2010 13:43:37 UTC.

I just noticed something! I feel so slow. >.< The stat that gets lowered is the corresponding flavor that the pokemon dislikes.

Mooseler on Sat 30 Oct 2010 23:30:26 UTC.

So to have a pokemon with no effected changes to its stats it would have to be Bashful, Docile, Hardy, Quirky, or Serious. Lame.

piplup princess on Thu 25 Nov 2010 01:56:43 UTC.

i know right, i always thought that nice guys finish last, and only the good die young, and i can see thats true for docile natured pokemon, they dont get any benefits from the nature, being docile/nice that is.

piplup princess on Thu 25 Nov 2010 01:57:17 UTC.

or at least i've been TOLD OF THAT

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