Most trainers in Pokémon GO will know the feeling of needing to discard items. A player shows why you should keep an item instead.
Item management is likely an important aspect for most trainers in Pokémon GO. By spinning PokéStops and gyms, new items keep coming in. However, the item bag capacity is limited and an upgrade for it is expensive.
Therefore, a decision must be made about which items to keep in the bag and which to toss. One trainer has now shown why an item that many trainers might toss out is actually better than you might think.
Small Berry, Big Impact
What did the trainer do? The trainer posted a video on Reddit. In this video, he filmed an encounter with a Shadow Bulbasaur twice and placed the two videos side by side. In the first video, he shows how the Bulbasaur moves in the catch screen and uses animations that prevent you from catching the monster.
Right next to it, you see the same Bulbasaur in the catch screen. However, a Nanab Berry has been used here. This berry reduces the movements of a monster, making it easier for you to catch it. The difference between the monster with and without the berry is more than obvious.
While the Bulbasaur on the left screen jumps and moves, the right Bulbasaur stays still and waits to be caught:
When should I use the berry? When exactly you use the Nanab Berry depends heavily on your personal preference. Many trainers prefer to use the Sanan Berry in its regular or silver variant for legendary monsters to get more candies.
For particularly hard-to-catch Pokémon, there is also the option to resort to the Razz Berry or the Golden Razz Berry. Both berries increase your chances of catching a monster.
However, if you are having trouble hitting the monster at all due to its movements and animations, then the Nanab Berry might be just the right berry for you to make the catch easier. Even for Shadow monsters, for which you already have enough candies, the berry can be useful.
What about you? Do you use the Nanab Berry, or do you throw it away? Feel free to let us know in the comments. If you haven’t used it so far and want to test it, then events could be the perfect opportunity: all events in October 2025 in Pokémon GO.
