From Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia.

Old Rod
ボロのつりざお
Worn-out Fishing Rod
Bag Old Rod III Sprite.pngBag Old Rod VI Sprite.png
Introduced in Generation I

The Old Rod (Japanese: ボロのつりざお Worn-out Fishing Rod) is a Key Item introduced in Generation I. It allows the player to fish from bodies of water.

The Good Rod and Super Rod are more powerful versions of this item.

In the core series games

Price

Effect

The Old Rod allows the player to fish for Pokémon in bodies of water. The Pokémon encountered will be at a lower level than those encountered by using the Good Rod or Super Rod.

Description

Games Description
Stad Use in front of the sea, a river, etc., to fish for Pokémon.
GSC Use by water to fish for Pokémon.
RSE Use by any body of water to fish for wild Pokémon.
FRLG An old and beat-up fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild Pokémon.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
SwShBDSPLA 		An old and beat-up fishing rod. Use it by any body of water to fish for wild aquatic Pokémon.
SV An old and beat-up fishing rod. Use it at bodies of water to fish for Pokémon.

Acquisition

Appearance

In spin-off games

Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

In Pokémon: Magikarp Jump, Magikarp are fished with Old Rod, with the player being given increasingly better variants of Old Rod (So-So, Good, Great, Rare, Pro's, and Supreme) as they progress that can fish new Magikarp patterns.

In the anime

Main series

In Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!, Cilan mentioned that Mr. Briney from Dewford Town was going to host the Old Rod Fishing Rally soon, prompting him to depart for Johto in order to participate in the said competition.

Pokémon Origins

Red obtained an Old Rod from the Vermilion Fishing Guru in File 2: Cubone.

In the manga

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

The Old Rod has appeared in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.

In the TCG

Main article: Old Rod (Neo Revelation 64)

The Old 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 Awakening Legends expansion before debuting in English in the Neo Revelation expansion, with an illustration by Keiji Kinebuchi. A reprint with new artwork by Shizurow was included in the Japanese Offense and Defense of the Furthest Ends expansion, and then released in the English EX Dragon Frontiers expansion. Old Rod lets a player flip 2 coins. If both are heads, the player can search their discard pile for a Baby Pokémon (Neo Revelation only), Basic Pokémon, or Evolution card and put it into their hand. If both coins are tails, the player search their discard pile for a Trainer card instead and put it into their hand.

Trivia

In other languages

So-So Old Rod

Good Old Rod

Great Old Rod

Rare Old Rod

Pro's Old Rod

Supreme Old Rod

See also