Is it possible to completely run out of Berries in RSE?

Question

Like, if I forgot all about all the berries, and they all die permanently, and I used all that were in my bag.
- Would I be stuck without berries?
- Is there a way to get more?
- Which ones could I possibly regain, and how?
- Which ones could I permanently lose?

I know this has been asked similarly before, but I feel like this is different and specific enough to warrant a new question. Please flag if you disagree (I won’t take offense!)

Thanks!

Comments

It is possible to get stuck in a scenario where it's impossible to access berries just because there are a number of setups to get yourself softlocked in Gen 3. For instance, you can end up stuck in Pacifidlog Town without the ability to surf, fly, or obtain additional Pokémon, which also prevents you from obtaining berries. But it's pretty implausible for this sort of thing to happen unless you're trying to do it on purpose.

Answer 1

No, because Berry Master to the rescue!

He lives on Route 123, and gives 2 berries per day. The berries he gives you are two random ones somewhere from Berry 21 - Berry 30. His wife will also give you a berry if you tell her one of the following phrases:

GREAT BATTLE
CHALLENGE CONTEST
OVERWHELMING LATIAS
COOL LATIOS
SUPER HUSTLE

The girl in the flower shop, the old man in Lilycove, and Kiri in Sootopolis city also give out daily berries as well.

However, if your internal clock stops working, they will no longer give berries, so as long as your cartridge battery is fine, you won't run out of berries.

To answer the other part of your question, there are still some berries you can permanently run out of. All of the E-Reader berries can be run out of if you lose your E-reader. The Lansat berry and the Starf berry are only obtainable in Emerald, so if you trade one over, then use it you can't get another without trading it in. The berries the Berry Master's Wife gives are one time only, and are only repeatably obtainable in Fire Red, Leaf Green, or Emerald.

Source: Bulbapedia, my experience with Hoenn.

Hope I helped. Let me know if I missed any.

Comments

Thank you! if possible, can you expand on two points?
"There are a few other NPCs that give out daily berries as well." can you list them?
- what berries does the berry  master give out?

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There you go.

Answer 2

Even if you pick and throw away all initial berries, and the clock battery dies to disable time-based events or planting berries, there are a couple sources of at least the basic berries:

• Some Pokemon can randomly hold berries in the wild, such as Poochyena holding Pecha Berry or Whismur holding Chesto Berry
• Some rematchable Trainers have a Pokemon holding a berry, which you can use Thief, Trick, or Covet to take for yourself. Notably, every member of the Elite Four has a Sitrus Berry on their final Pokemon, and you can rechallenge them whenever you want.

Having access to communication features may allow a wider variety of berries to become available:

• If you can trade with FireRed or LeafGreen, there are some hidden berries on the ground that eventually respawn. Since FRLG do not use a clock battery, this respawn is based on step count, and is not a capability you can lose with a dead battery. Additionally, Pokemon with the Pickup ability in these games will sometimes pick up berries, including a slim chance to get one of the Spelon-Pamtre-Watmel-Durin-Belue cycle. However, these berries have no use in those games, and all you can do with them is give them to a Pokemon, trade them back to RSE, and pull them off to use in berry blending.
• If you have a GameCube, either Colosseum or XD, and a GBA controller cable, you can trade with those games, which allow you to amass Poke Coupons and eventually buy the Ganlon, Salac, Petaya, and Apicot berries, which can be given as held items for the Pokemon you trade over.
• If you have an e-Reader, there were some cards that allowed you to summon specific trainers for Secret Base battles, and also some standalone berry cards. Scanning one of those cards allows you to send an Enigma Berry to the RS game, but it also contains code that overwrites the name, appearance, and effect of the berry on that cartridge, so it won't say you have an Enigma Berry; instead it might be called a Strib Berry or a Nutpea Berry.