Essentials
Stats
- Power
- 40 — 20.1 percentile
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 40, up to 64 with
PP Up - Target
- Selected Pokémon
- Effect chance
- n/a
- Priority
- 0 (normal)
Flags
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Makes contact
User touches the target. This triggers some abilities (e.g., Static) and items (e.g., Sticky Barb).
- Blocked by Detect and Protect
- Reflectable with Magic Coat
- Snatchable
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Rolls accuracy
This move is affected by accuracy and evasion modifiers.
- Flinches with King's Rock
Machines

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Not a TM

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Not a TM
Effect
Inflicts regular damage. If the target is holding an item and the user is not, the user will permanently take the item. Damage is still inflicted if an item cannot be taken.
Pokémon with Sticky Hold or Multitype are immune to the item theft effect.
The target cannot recover its item with Recycle.
Categories
Flavor
Flavor Text

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Cutely begs to obtain an item held by the foe.


A cutely executed attack that also steals the foe’s hold item.

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The user endearingly approaches the foe, then steals the item the foe is holding.
Foreign Names
- Japanese

- ほしがる (hoshigaru)
- French

- Implore
- German

- Bezirzer
- Spanish

- Antojo
- Italian

- Supplica
Contests
Contest
- Type

- Appeal
- ♡
- Jam
- Flavor text
- Makes the appeal as good as those before it.
- Use after
- None
- Use before
- None
Super Contest
- Type

- Appeal
- Flavor text
- Steals the Voltage of the Pokémon that just went.
- Use after
- None
- Use before
- None
Similar moves
These moves all have the same effect as Covet.
| Move | Type | Class | PP | Power | Acc | Pri | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thief | ![]() |
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10 | 40 | 100% | Takes the target's item. |
Pokémon
Normal Pokémon get STAB, and have their types highlighted in green.
Pokémon with higher Attack are more suited to Covet's Physical damage, and have the stat highlighted in green.
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Pokémon | Type | Ability | Gender | Egg Group | HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spd | Total | |
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| Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level. | ||||||||||||||||
| — | — | Mankey |
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Vital Spirit
Anger Point |
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Ground | 40 | 80 | 35 | 35 | 45 | 70 | 305 | |||
| 42 | 45 | Snorlax |
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Immunity
Thick Fat |
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Monster | 160 | 110 | 65 | 65 | 110 | 30 | 540 | |||
| — | — | Teddiursa |
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Pickup
Quick Feet |
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Ground | 60 | 80 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 40 | 330 | |||
| — | — | Ursaring |
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Guts
Quick Feet |
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Ground | 90 | 130 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 55 | 500 | |||
| 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | Zigzagoon |
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Pickup
Gluttony |
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Ground | 38 | 30 | 41 | 30 | 41 | 60 | 240 | |
| 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | Linoone |
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Pickup
Gluttony |
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Ground | 78 | 70 | 61 | 50 | 61 | 100 | 420 | |
| 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | Slakoth |
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Truant | ![]() |
Ground | 60 | 60 | 60 | 35 | 35 | 30 | 280 | |
| 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | Slaking |
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Truant | ![]() |
Ground | 150 | 160 | 100 | 95 | 65 | 100 | 670 | |
| 31 | 31 | 32 | 36 | Skitty |
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Cute Charm
Normalize |
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Ground
Fairy |
50 | 45 | 45 | 35 | 35 | 50 | 260 | |
| 37 | 37 | 45 | 45 | Illumise |
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Oblivious
Tinted Lens |
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Bug
Humanshape |
65 | 47 | 55 | 73 | 75 | 85 | 400 | |
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Pokémon | Type | Ability | Gender | Egg Group | HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spd | Total | |
| Egg: Appears on a newly-hatched Pokémon, if the father had the same move. | ||||||||||||||||
| Farfetch'd |
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Keen Eye
Inner Focus |
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Flying
Ground |
52 | 65 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 60 | 352 | |||||
| Eevee |
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Run Away
Adaptability |
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Ground | 55 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 65 | 55 | 325 | |||||
| Cyndaquil |
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Blaze | ![]() |
Ground | 39 | 52 | 43 | 60 | 50 | 65 | 309 | |||||
| Sentret |
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Run Away
Keen Eye |
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Ground | 35 | 46 | 34 | 35 | 45 | 20 | 215 | |||||
| Cleffa |
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Cute Charm
Magic Guard |
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No Eggs | 50 | 25 | 28 | 45 | 55 | 15 | 218 | |||||
| Igglybuff |
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Cute Charm | ![]() |
No Eggs | 90 | 30 | 15 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 210 | |||||
| Aipom |
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Run Away
Pickup |
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Ground | 55 | 70 | 55 | 40 | 55 | 85 | 360 | |||||
| Poochyena |
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Run Away
Quick Feet |
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Ground | 35 | 55 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 220 | |||||
| Pachirisu |
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Run Away
Pickup |
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Ground
Fairy |
60 | 45 | 70 | 45 | 90 | 95 | 405 | |||||






















