Highlights
- The Teal Mask DLC in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet allows players to exploit a money-making scheme using the Syrupy Apple item.
- By reselling the Syrupy Apple, players can acquire an unlimited amount of money to purchase rare items.
- This exploit likely won’t last long, as a patch will eventually fix the issue and restore balance to the game’s economy.
Fans of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have had a lot of new content to explore with the release of the Teal Mask DLC, but some players have already discovered a simple exploit in the expansion involving the Syrupy Apple item that allows fans to get rich quick. Money has always been a useful resource in the Pokemon games, but Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have introduced new mechanics such as auctions which occasionally offer rare items for extremely high prices.
Back in the earliest installments of the Pokemon series, money wasn’t useful for much outside of purchasing goods at Poke Marts and making deals with shady men in Pokemon Centers. Since the original Red and Blue games, however, fans have been able to spend their hard-earned cash on a wider variety of things, such as unique outfits, Pokemon accessories, and, in the case of some of the earlier games, literal gambling. Players who prefer the approach of defeating every random passerby they meet in a Pokemon battle tend to end up with more than enough cash to afford a good supply of basic items such as medicine and Poke Balls, but players who wish to collect some of the more premium items will need to have deeper pockets.
Thankfully, players have already discovered an oversight in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet‘s The Teal Mask DLC that allows them to accrue a limitless amount of money without really doing anything. A post on Reddit from the user KDavies1327 explains how this is possible, with a new item known as the Syrupy Apple being the key to this absurd moneymaking scheme. The Syrupy Apple is an item that can be given to the Pokemon Applin in order to evolve into Dipplin, a new evolutionary form introduced with The Teal Mask DLC – but perhaps more important than its actual use is the fact that it can be sold for 50 Pokedollars more than it can be bought for, which means that players can start printing money just by reselling these items.
This simple exploit certainly makes it easier for fans who want to catch their Pokemon in rare balls such as Love Balls or Dream Balls, which are each sold for very high prices at the market in Porto Marinada for whatever reason. At least players don’t have to worry about their prices going up further, as, despite several other economy-shattering exploits throughout the history of the Pokemon games, fans have identified that the Pokemon world’s financial system is still somehow immune to inflation.
It’s likely only a matter of time before a patch for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet comes around to fix this exploit and restore balance to the free market of the Pokemon world. With this in mind, fans who wish to take advantage of this will want to be quick about it.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are available on Nintendo Switch.