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Pokédollar
The Pokédollar is the standard currency of the Pokémon games, written with a stylised P-like symbol.
Quick facts
Pokédollar overview
Every trainer in the Pokémon world runs on Pokédollars, the money you spend on Poké Balls, potions, and TMs at the ubiquitous Poké Marts. In the Japanese games the unit is simply the yen, but international releases rebranded it as the Pokédollar to feel universal.
Battles are the economy: winning against another trainer pays out prize money scaled to their badges and your level, turning every route into a source of income.
How to get Pokédollar
Defeat trainers for prize money, sell items, and use the Amulet Coin or Pay Day to multiply earnings during battles.
What Pokédollar is used for
Spent at Poké Marts and department stores on items, healing and equipment.
History of Pokédollar
The currency dates back to Pokémon Red and Green (1996), with the Pokédollar branding introduced for Western audiences.
Tips and trivia
Equip the Amulet Coin on your lead Pokémon before grinding — it doubles prize money from every battle.
Economy in Pokémon
Pokémon money is clean and game-like. Trainer battles act as the main income stream, while shops turn that income into Poké Balls, healing items, TMs, clothes and battle preparation.
The economy is easiest to understand through practical routes: how currency is earned, which early purchases matter and which expensive goals are worth saving for.
How much Pokédollar is worth
The value of this money is best understood through in-game prices: basic items, upgrades, rare equipment and late-game services.
Price catalog in Pokémon
Prices can change between entries, shops, updates or barter systems, so the context column matters as much as the number.
| Item | Price | Category | Context | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potion | 200 Pokémon Dollars | Medicine | Poké Mart price | Basic HP recovery |
| Super Potion | 700 Pokémon Dollars | Medicine | Poké Mart price | Mid-tier HP recovery |
| Hyper Potion | 1,500 Pokémon Dollars | Medicine | Poké Mart price | Strong HP recovery |
| Max Potion | 2,500 Pokémon Dollars | Medicine | Poké Mart price | Full HP recovery |
| Full Restore | 3,000 Pokémon Dollars | Medicine | Poké Mart price | HP and status recovery |
| Poké Ball | 200 Pokémon Dollars | Ball | Poké Mart price | Basic catching item |
| Great Ball | 600 Pokémon Dollars | Ball | Poké Mart price | Improved catch rate |
| Ultra Ball | 800 Pokémon Dollars | Ball | Poké Mart price | High catch rate |
| Antidote | 200 Pokémon Dollars | Status cure | Poké Mart price | Poison recovery |
| Paralyze Heal | 200 Pokémon Dollars | Status cure | Poké Mart price | Paralysis recovery |
| Awakening | 250 Pokémon Dollars | Status cure | Poké Mart price | Sleep recovery |
| Burn Heal | 250 Pokémon Dollars | Status cure | Poké Mart price | Burn recovery |
| Ice Heal | 250 Pokémon Dollars | Status cure | Poké Mart price | Freeze recovery |
| Full Heal | 600 Pokémon Dollars | Status cure | Poké Mart price | Any major status condition |
| Repel | 400 Pokémon Dollars | Travel item | Poké Mart price | Avoids wild encounters |
| Super Repel | 700 Pokémon Dollars | Travel item | Poké Mart price | Longer repel effect |
| Max Repel | 900 Pokémon Dollars | Travel item | Poké Mart price | Longest repel effect |
| Escape Rope | 550 Pokémon Dollars | Travel item | Poké Mart price | Dungeon exit item |
| Fresh Water | 200 Pokémon Dollars | Drink | Vending machine price | HP recovery drink |
| Soda Pop | 300 Pokémon Dollars | Drink | Vending machine price | HP recovery drink |
| Lemonade | 350 Pokémon Dollars | Drink | Vending machine price | HP recovery drink |
How to earn Pokédollar
Players earn money by defeating Trainers, selling items, using Pay Day or Make It Rain, winning rematches and combining prize-money boosts such as Amulet Coin or Luck Incense.
Best ways to farm Pokédollar
Useful routes include repeatable battles, selling extra loot, clearing side content and focusing on rewards that help progression at the same time.
What Pokédollar buys
Money is spent on Poké Balls, Potions, status cures, TMs, vitamins, clothes, bikes, services and regional special items.
Rare items and expensive goals
Rare held items, evolution stones, vitamins, expensive fashion, competitive items and special Poké Balls are common long-term purchases.
Economy systems
Recurring systems include prize money, Poké Marts, item selling, Pay Day, Amulet Coin, Luck Incense, vending machines and regional shops.
Practical tips
Do not spend everything on minor upgrades. Keep a reserve for healing, travel and required progression costs.
Common questions
What is the main currency here? It is the money used for the work’s shops, upgrades or economy.
How do you earn it faster? Repeat high-value content, sell unneeded loot and focus on rewards that also improve your character or party.
Is there a real-world conversion? No official fixed conversion is available; item prices inside the work are more useful.