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As loyal remakes toPokemon Diamond/Pearl,Pokemon Brilliant DiamondandPokemon Shining Pearlbring back Pokemon Contests and Poffin cooking. In order to win Pokemon Super Contests, players need to raise their Pokemon’s conditions, which can be accomplished by feeding them Poffins.
Similar to the Pokeblocks inPokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emeraldand their remakes (Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire), Poffins come in five different flavors inBrilliant DiamondandShining Pearl. The ingredients used to cook Poffins are berries. Depending on the flavor of the berry, this will either generate a Dry, Sweet, Spicy, Sour, or Bitter Poffin. By feeding the right flavor of Poffin to a Pokemon, their score will increase in the Visual Competition of Pokemon Contests.
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Getting the Poffin Case
Poffin making will not be readily available at the start ofBrilliant Diamond&Shining Pearl. In fact, before players can even startmakingPoffins, they will need to get the Key Item, thePoffin Case.
Once players have receivedthe second gym badge from Gardenia, they will be directed toHearthome City. Players will need to find thePokemon Fan Club, which is abuilding with an orange/red roofto the right of Hearthome’sPokemart.Go inside and speak to theChairmanand he will talk about Poffins before handing over a Poffin Case.
Cooking Poffins
With the Poffin Case in hand,backtrack to the Pokemart and enter the building to the left. This is thePoffin Houseand it is where players can cook Poffins. Speak to the woman wearing an apron to start cooking.
Similar to cooking curry inPokemon Sword/Shield,players will be prompted to select berries. If cooking Poffins alone, players will be allowed to cook up tofour berries at a time. Once selected, use the left joystick to stir the batterin the direction of the arrows.
Poffin Cooking is split into3 stages. Atstage 1, the batter is easy to stir and easy to spill. Instage 2, the batter will be a little darker and be harder to stir and spill. Bystage 3, the mixture requires faster stirring but is now impossible to spill.
When complete,players will receive a Poffin. The higher the Poffin’s level, the better it will raise the condition. This can be accomplished by mixing different berries ofthe same flavor. Adding four of the same type of berries will yield aFoul Poffin. By using at leastone unique berryamong thethree other berries, players will get a Poffin that will raise the condition.
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Below is the list of Poffin flavors, conditions, and berries:
Mulitple
Any other berry, ex: Magost, Tomata, Cornn, Nomel
Furthermore, a Poffin’s condition growth will beinfluenced by a Pokemon’s nature. If a Pokemon with an Adamant Nature is fed a Dry flavored Poffin, the effect of the Poffin will be multiplied by 0.9 instead of 1.1. Pokemon with a Nature that doesn’t have flavor preferences will receive a regular boost in their conditions when fed a Poffin of any flavor.
Spicy
Bitter
Each time a Pokemon consumes a Poffin, theirSheenincreases. The Sheen is affected by the smoothness of a Poffin. Pokemon will start out with 0 Sheen and have a cap of 255.Like using vitamins to raise EVs, once Pokemon hit the Sheen Cap, they will no longer be able to raise their condition.
Players can get an estimate of a Pokemon’s Sheen level by the number of sparkles around their Pokemon. This can be viewed by going to the Pokemon’s Stats page.
One Pokemon that evolves through maxing out a condition is Feebas.Once Feebas' Beauty condition is maxed out, it needs to level uponcein battle to evolve into Milotic. BecausePokemon Nature influences condition growth, it’s best to have a Feebas with a Nature that doesn’t have an aversion to Dry-flavored Poffins. Since disliked Poffins only have an increase of 0.9, it will take Feebas much longer for its Beauty to grow.
To avoid running out of berries, players shouldget into the habit of planting berries. This will save them from running out to farm-specific berries once they’ve started cooking Poffins.
Finally, when cooking Poffins, know thateach Poffin flavor has a weakness. Meaning if players want to cook a batch of Sweet-flavored Poffins, they shouldavoid mixingbitter-flavored berries with sweet-flavored berries. Mixing berries with conflicting flavors will decrease a Poffin’s strength. A Poffin made with mixed berries will have sprinkles. Itsprimary flavorwill be the base color of the Poffin, while itssecondary flavoris indicated by the Poffin’s sprinkles. Consuming a Poffin with two different flavors will increase two conditions instead of one.
