How to get it
- Win raids or Max Battles, and claim research, level-up, or event rewards that list Golden Razz Berries.
How to use it
- On the encounter screen, select the berry and feed it to the Pokémon before throwing.
- Only one berry effect can be active. A miss does not remove it, but a breakout does; feed another berry after a breakout.
Worth knowing
Reserve a supply for difficult, limited-ball catches. Motivation restored at a Gym is a separate mechanic from healing your own Pokémon with a Potion.
Spare berries can also feed your buddy or friendly Gym defenders; their encounter bonus does not apply to these other uses.
A modifier is not a flat percentage bonus
The berry modifier combines with ball and throw modifiers inside the catch formula. “2.5×” does not mean a 40% final chance automatically becomes 100%. Better throws and stronger balls remain useful alongside berries.
Catch support and Gym feeding are separate uses
During an encounter, the berry changes the catch calculation. At a friendly Gym, its distinctive benefit is restoring a defender’s motivation. That Gym effect is not the same as healing your own injured Pokémon with a Potion.
You can feed each defender up to ten berries per thirty minutes, but you cannot feed defenders while the Gym is occupied by a raid boss. A single full-restoration berry can be more efficient than spending many ordinary berries when a defender has lost most of its motivation.
Feeding a defender is not a way to recall it or immediately collect its PokéCoins. Coins are awarded when the Pokémon returns, subject to the day’s shared Gym limit.
Sources & further reading
- Pokémon GO: A Quantitative Approach by nick blackVersion 1.0.6 (October 4, 2026), §5.2, pp. 30–32 (catch formula and berry persistence); §5.2, p. 32; §10.6, pp. 136–137; §2.5, p. 12
Event rewards, shop offers, and limits can change. Check the current in-game description for event-specific rules. Worked examples are illustrative calculations.