The Super Rod allows the player to fish for Pokémon in bodies of water. It allows the player to encounter wild Pokémon that are at a higher level than those found using the Old Rod or Good Rod.
Description
Games
Description
Stad
Use in front of the sea, a river, etc., to fish for Pokémon.
GSC
The best Rod for catching Pokémon.
RSE
The best fishing rod for catching wild Pokémon.
FRLG
An awesome, high-tech fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild Pokémon.
DPPtHGSSBWB2W2
An awesome, high-tech fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild aquatic Pokémon.
XYORASSMUSUMPESwShBDSPLA
An awesome, high-tech fishing rod. Use it at any body of water to fish for wild aquatic Pokémon.
SV
An awesome, high-spec fishing rod. Use it at bodies of water to fish for Pokémon.
Acquisition
Games
Method
RBY/RGBY
Route 12 (from the Silence Bridge Fishing Guru)
GSC
Route 12 (from the Silence Bridge Fishing Guru)
RSE
Mossdeep City (from the Fisherman in the house east of the Gym)
FRLG
Route 12 (from the Silence Bridge Fishing Guru)
DPPt
Fight Area (from the Fisherman near the Route 225 gate)
HGSS
Route 12 (from the Silence Bridge Fishing Guru)
BW
Nuvema Town (from Looker after defeating Ghetsis)
B2W2
Juniper Pokémon Lab (from Cedric Juniper)
XY
Route 16 (from a Fisherman in the Fishing Shack)
ORAS
Mossdeep City (from the Fisherman in the house east of the Gym)
BDSP
Fight Area (from the Fisher near the Route 225 gate)
Appearance
Obtain sprite fromGeneration V
Model fromGeneration VI
Obtain sprite fromBrilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
In animation
A Super Rod in Pokémon the Series: Black & WhiteA Super Rod in Pokémon Origins
Pokémon the Series
Pokémon the Series: Black & White
In Climbing the Tower of Success!, a Super Rod appeared as an item Iris had to find during the Wishing Bell Festival scavenger hunt.
Pokémon Origins
Red obtained a Super Rod from the Silence Bridge Fishing Guru in File 3: Giovanni. Soon after obtaining it, he was seen using it to capture himself a Psyduck.
Red was also seen fishing with the Super Rod in File 4: Charizard, although he did so merely to get some time to think about the mysterious Pokémon in Cerulean Cave.
In the manga
A Super Rod in Pokémon Pocket Monsters
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
The Super Rod has appeared in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.
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In the TCG
Regular Paldea Evolved print of Super RodMain article: Super Rod (Neo Genesis 103)
The Super Rod was introduced as a Trainer card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Neo Series (the Japanese Neo Era). It was first released in the Japanese Gold, Silver, to a New World... expansion and the English Neo Genesis expansion, with artwork by Keiji Kinebuchi. It let a player flip a coin. If heads, the player could put an Evolution card from their discard pile into their hand. If tails, the player could put a Basic Pokémon into their hand instead. Super Rod was later reclassified as an Item card during the English Black & White Series (the Japanese Black & White Era) with a completely different effect. Now, it let players shuffle 3 in any combination of Pokémon and Basic Energy cards from their discard pile back into their deck. During the Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era) the card received a slight text change to include the phrase up to, in order to give players the option to take fewer than the maximum number of cards.
Trivia
The Super Rod is the only fishing rod that is obtainable in Generation V. The Old and Good Rods, while still existent in the game's programming, cannot be obtained without hacking and cannot be used; if hacked in, they can be held by a Pokémon unlike legitimate Key Items.