Never-Melt Ice

The Never-Melt Ice (Japanese: とけないこおり Never-Melting Ice), formatted NeverMeltIce prior to Generation VI, is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Ice-type moves.

Never-Melt Ice
とけないこおり
Never-Melting Ice
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
Generation II Items
Generation III Items
Generation IV Items
Generation V Items (Held items)
Generation VI Items
Generation VII Items
Generation VIII Other Items
Fling
Power 30

In the core series games

Price
Games Cost Sell price
GSC
RSEFRLG
Colo.XD
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS		N/A50
SMUSUMN/A500
SwSh3,000500

Generations II and III

Boosts the power of the holder's Ice-type moves by 10%.

Generation IV onward

Boosts the power of the holder's Ice-type moves by 20%.

Other uses

In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, if held by a nicknamed Regice in the party, along with Regirock and Registeel, allows to spawn Regigigas in Island Cave, except at night or before defeating/catching GroudonOR/KyogreAS.

Description
Games Description
GSC Powers up ice-type moves.
RSEColo.XD A hold item that raises the power of Ice-type moves.
FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A piece of ice that repels heat and boosts Ice-type moves.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2		 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a piece of ice that repels heat and boosts Ice-type moves.
XYORAS An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a piece of ice that repels heat effects and boosts Ice-type moves.
SMUSUM
SwSh		 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a heat-repelling piece of ice that boosts the power of Ice-type moves.

Acquisition
Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
GSC Ice Path
RSE Shoal Cave
FRLG Icefall Cave Held by wild Dewgong (5% chance)
Colo. Held by Shadow Delibird
XD Held by Shadow Swinub
DPPt Mt. CoronetPt, Snowpoint TempleDP Held by wild Snover and wild Abomasnow (5% chance each)
HGSS Ice Path
BW Cold Storage Held by wild Cryogonal (5% chance)
B2W2 Dragonspiral TowerWinter
DW Icy Cave
XY Frost Cavern Iceberg (in battles; using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide)
Held by wild Snover, wild Abomasnow, and wild Cryogonal (5% chance each)
ORAS Shoal Cave
SMUSUM Route 10SM, Seaward Cave Held by wild Vanillite and wild Vanillish (5% chance each)
SwSh Route 9 Stow-on-Side (bargain shop)
Held by wild Snover, wild Abomasnow, wild Vanillite, wild Vanillish (5% chance each), and wild Vanilluxe (50% chance)
SwShIoA Cram-o-matic (Ice: 32-40 points)
SwShCT Slippery Slope (×2; reappears daily ~20% and ~40% respectively), Tunnel to the Top (Reappears daily ~70%), Path to the Peak (×5; reappears daily ~20%), Frigid Sea (Reappears daily ~10% each)

In the anime

In Climbing the Tower of Success!, a Never-Melt Ice was mentioned as one of the search items for the Wishing Bell Festival scavenger hunt. However, the boy looking for it only found regular ice.

In other languages
Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 不融冰 Bāt Yùhng Bīng *
不會融化的冰塊 Bātwúih Yùhngfa-dīk Bīngfaai *
Mandarin 不融冰 Bù Róng Bīng *
融化不了的冰塊 Rónghuà Bùliǎo-de Bīngkuài *
Finnish Sulamaton jää
French Glacéternel*
Glace Éternelle*
German Ewiges Eis
Italian Gelomai
Korean 녹지않는얼음 Nokji Anneun Eoreum
Polish Nieroztapialny Lód
Brazilian Portuguese Gelo Eterno
Spanish Antiderretir



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