Pokémon Ruby Version, Sapphire Version, and Emerald Version - Nature

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The remainder of a Pokémon’s personality ID divided by 25 identifies the nature of that Pokémon. Most natures raise one stat by 10% and lower another stat by 10%. Most natures also make Pokémon like or dislike certain kinds of food. Shown here are the food preferences of Pokémon with those natures (what Pokéblocks they like), and the stats to increase and decrease.

Value	Nature	Like	Dislike	Stat increase	Stat decrease
0	Hardy	----	----	----	----
1	Lonely	Spicy	Sour	+Attack	-Defense
2	Brave	Spicy	Sweet	+Attack	-Speed
3	Adamant	Spicy	Dry	+Attack	-Special Attack
4	Naughty	Spicy	Bitter	+Attack	-Special Defense
5	Bold	Sour	Spicy	+Defense	-Attack
6	Docile	----	----	----	----
7	Relaxed	Sour	Sweet	+Defense	-Speed
8	Impish	Sour	Dry	+Defense	-Special Attack
9	Lax	Sour	Bitter	+Defense	-Special Defense
10	Timid	Sweet	Spicy	+Speed	-Attack
11	Hasty	Sweet	Sour	+Speed	-Defense
12	Serious	----	----	----	----
13	Jolly	Sweet	Dry	+Speed	-Special Attack
14	Naive	Sweet	Bitter	+Speed	-Special Defense
15	Modest	Dry	Spicy	+Special Attack	-Attack
16	Mild	Dry	Sour	+Special Attack	-Defense
17	Quiet	Dry	Sweet	+Special Attack	-Speed
18	Bashful	----	----	----	----
19	Rash	Dry	Bitter	+Special Attack	-Special Defense
20	Calm	Bitter	Spicy	+Special Defense	-Attack
21	Gentle	Bitter	Sour	+Special Defense	-Defense
22	Sassy	Bitter	Sweet	+Special Defense	-Speed
23	Careful	Bitter	Dry	+Special Defense	-Special Attack
24	Quirky	----	----	----	----

A Pokémon with a Bashful, Docile, Hardy, Quirky, or Serious nature doesn’t like or dislike any particular kinds of food and doesn’t experience any special increase or decrease in a particular stat.