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The curries of Pokémon Sword and Shield have given way to Poffins in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Like curries, using unlike berries volition give your Poffins dissimilar flavors. But since BDSP'south Pokémon have singled-out preferences, getting your flavors right could go the actress mile to deepen your bonds with your party. And if you want to make big batches of four Poffins, some experimentation is necessary — but in that location'southward a method to the madness.

Poffins have five baseline flavors: Spicy, Dry, Sweet, Bitter, and Sour. Some Pokémon will "eat anything," but if your Pokémon has a preference listed nether "favorite food" in their summary, it will represent to only 1 of these flavors. This means y'all accept to cull your berries carefully.

When you lot make Poffins, press Y to view a berry's stats earlier y'all choose to melt with it. Yous'll see a flavour contour that will stand for to the stat changes they'll confer upon your Pokémon. Some berries — similar Rawst, Aspear, Wiki, and Mago — correspond to a strong spike in 1 specific stat. Others, like Razz and Bluk berries, will have a milder effect on two or three stats.

Practise not put two of the same berry in your recipe — you'll stop up with a Foul Poffin. Fortunately, there are multiple berries that confer the same stat spike. For example, Aguav and Rawst berries both target bitterness. Nonetheless, y'all'll but brand as many Poffins as berries you lot use, so if you want a batch of four, selection two dissimilar berries which showroom that milder bitterness spike, like Sitrus and Nanab berries.

Sometimes, this approach will cyberspace you lot a hybrid Poffin, similar a Sour-Sweet Poffin or a Dry-Spicy Poffin. The flavor listed get-go will be the prominent flavor. You'll know you've hit your Pokémon favorite food if they "happily" eat a Poffin. But a Pokémon who likes Spicy food will not "happily" eat a Dry-Spicy Poffin. They'll still eat it and still proceeds the benefits, only you lot won't get that extra friendship crash-land.