Covet

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Covet

ほしがる Covet

Introduced:	Generation III

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	60^[1]
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	25^[2], max:
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:
Bright Powder:	Yes
Detect/Protect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:
King's Rock:	No

Contest Data

Contests (RS E)

Condition:	Cuteimage
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	0
Makes the appeal as good as those before it.

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Condition:	Cute
Appeal:	0
The user steals the voltage of the previous Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Condition:	Cute
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	0
Shows off the Pokémon's appeal about as well as the move used before it.

Covet (Japanese: ほしがる, Hepburn: Covet) is a Normal-type move introduced in Generation III.

Description

Games	Description
RS E	Cutely begs to obtain an item held by the foe.
FRLG	A cutely executed attack that also steals the foe's hold item.
DP Pt HGSS	The user endearingly approaches the foe, then steals the item the foe is holding.
BW B2W2 XY ORAS	The user endearingly approaches the target, then steals the item the foe is holding.
SM USUM	The user endearingly approaches the opponent, then steals their held item.

Effect

In battle

Covet does damage and steals the target's held item. From Generation III to Generation IV, Covet permanently steals the held item of a trainer's Pokémon. In a Double Battle, Covet can target any Pokémon around the user. In a Triple Battle, Covet can only target a Pokémon that's adjacent to the user.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon	Type	Egg groups	Level
			III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

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Special Move

Generation V

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By event

Generation IV

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References

^ As of Generation V, Covet has a base power of 60, which prior to that had a base power of 40
^ As of Generation V, Covet has a base pp of 25 and could be raised to a maximum of 40, which prior to that had a base pp of 40 and could be raised to a maximum of 64

[1] As of Generation V, Covet has a base power of 60, which prior to that had a base power of 40

[2] As of Generation V, Covet has a base pp of 25 and could be raised to a maximum of 40, which prior to that had a base pp of 40 and could be raised to a maximum of 64

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A	Acupressure After You Assist Attract

B	Barrage Baton Pass Belly Drum Bestow Bide Bind Bite Block Blood Moon Body Slam Boomburst

C	Camouflage Captivate Celebrate Charm Chip Away Comet Punch Confide Constrict Conversion Conversion 2 Copycat Court Change Covet Crush Claw Crush Grip Cut

D	Defense Curl Disable Dizzy Punch Doodle Double Hit Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge

E	Echoed Voice Egg Bomb Encore Endeavor Endure Entrainment Explosion Extreme Speed

F	Facade Fake Out False Swipe Feint Fillet Away Flail Flash Focus Energy Follow Me Foresight Frustration Fury Attack Fury Swipes

G	Giga Impact Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust

H	Happy Hour Harden Head Charge Headbutt Heal Bell Helping Hand Hidden Power Hold Back Hold Hands Horn Attack Horn Drill Howl Hyper Beam Hyper Drill Hyper Fang Hyper Voice

J	Judgment

K	Karate Chop

L	Laser Focus Last Resort Leer Lock-On Lovely Kiss Lucky Chant

M	Me First Mean Look Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Milk Drink Mimic Mind Reader Minimize Moonlight Morning Sun Multi-Attack

N	Natural Gift Nature Power Noble Roar

O	Odor Sleuth

P	Pain Split Pay Day Perish Song Play Nice Population Bomb Pound Power Shift Present Protect Psych Up

Q	Quick Attack

R	Rage Raging Bull Rapid Spin Razor Wind Recover Recycle Reflect Type Refresh Relic Song Retaliate Return Revelation Dance Revival Blessing Roar Rock Climb Round

S	Safeguard Sand Attack Scary Face Scratch Screech Secret Power Self-Destruct Sharpen Shed Tail Shell Smash Simple Beam Sing Sketch Skull Bash Slack Off Slam Slash Sleep Talk Smelling Salts Smokescreen Snore Soft-Boiled Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Spit Up Splash Spotlight Stockpile Stomp Strength Struggle Stuff Cheeks Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Swagger Swallow Sweet Kiss Sweet Scent Swift Swords Dance

T	Tackle Tail Slap Tail Whip Take Down Tearful Look Teatime Techno Blast Teeter Dance Tera Blast Tera Starstorm Terrain Pulse Thrash Tickle Tidy Up Transform Tri Attack Trump Card

U	Uproar

V	Vise Grip

W	Weather Ball Whirlwind Wish Work Up Wrap Wring Out

Y	Yawn

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

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A	Aerial Ace Air Cutter Arm Thrust Aromatherapy Assist Astonish

B	Blast Burn Blaze Kick Block Bounce Brick Break Bulk Up Bullet Seed

C	Calm Mind Camouflage Charge Cosmic Power Covet Crush Claw

D	Dive Doom Desire Dragon Claw Dragon Dance

E	Endeavor Eruption Extrasensory

F	Facade Fake Out Fake Tears Feather Dance Flatter Focus Punch Follow Me Frenzy Plant

G	Grass Whistle Grudge

H	Hail Heat Wave Helping Hand Howl Hydro Cannon Hyper Voice

I	Ice Ball Icicle Spear Imprison Ingrain Iron Defense

K	Knock Off

L	Leaf Blade Luster Purge

M	Magic Coat Magical Leaf Memento Metal Sound Meteor Mash Mist Ball Mud Shot Mud Sport Muddy Water

N	Nature Power Needle Arm

O	Odor Sleuth Overheat

P	Poison Fang Poison Tail Psycho Boost

R	Recycle Refresh Revenge Rock Blast Rock Tomb Role Play

S	Sand Tomb Secret Power Sheer Cold Shock Wave Signal Beam Silver Wind Skill Swap Sky Uppercut Slack Off Smelling Salts Snatch Spit Up Stockpile Superpower Swallow

T	Tail Glow Taunt Teeter Dance Tickle Torment Trick

U	Uproar

V	Volt Tackle

W	Water Pulse Water Sport Water Spout Weather Ball Will-O-Wisp Wish

Y	Yawn

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation III