Family Items

Family items are items that only work for certain Pokémon families, increasing their stats or giving them a special effect when they are in the player's bag. Family items are categorized into rarities of 1, 2, and 3. Rarity 1 items increase one stat, rarity 2 items increase two or in a couple cases give a special effect, and rarity 3 items always have a special effect. Any effect is dependent on the item and affects the determined Pokémon and its evolutionary family (for example, a Bulba-Claw affects Bulbasaur, Ivysaur and Venusaur), with the only exception being the Eevee family in which the rarity 3 items only affect the respective Eeveelution.

All Pokémon have a rarity 3 items, but only some families have rarity 1 and 2 items. Rarity 1 and 2 family items can be found inside boxes dropped by Pokémon in dungeons. In order to get a Pokémon's rarity 3 item, you must trade the rarity 1 and 2 items for that specific Pokémon at Croagunk's Swap Shop. Pokémon who do not have rarity 1 and 2 items have their rarity 3 items made via trading 5 random family items of any rarity.

"Exclusive [Pokémon] items" refers to the family items for the specific Pokémon. "Exclusive Bulbasaur items" would refer to Bulba-Claw, Bulba-Fang and Grass Guard.

Trivia

 * The first family items released in PMU were the Ivy Ring, Lucky Shell, and Warmth Orb; the rarity 3 items for the final stages of the Unova starters.
 * Minior's rarity 3 item was previously named Meteor Torc, which was also the name of Gabite's rarity 3 item.
 * Generation 8 items were added on May 9th, 2022.