Dream Eater

Not in Pokémon ChampionsGen I

Game

Scarlet & Violet

PsychicSpecial

User gains 1/2 HP inflicted. Sleeping target only.

Power: 100
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 15
Hits: One Pokémon next to the user

Properties

No contact Drain½

Changes over time

How Dream Eater changed from game to game, newest first.

Gen V
The target is unaffected by this move unless it is ~~dropped: asleep and does not have a substitute.~~ added: asleep. The user recovers 1/2 the HP lost by the target, rounded ~~dropped: down, but not less than 1 HP.~~ added: half up. If Big Root is held by the user, the HP recovered is 1.3× normal, rounded added: half down.
Gen IV
… but not less than 1 HP. added: If Big Root is held by the user, the HP recovered is 1.3× normal, rounded down.
Gen II
The target is unaffected by this move unless it is ~~dropped: asleep.~~ added: asleep and does not have a substitute. The user recovers 1/2 the HP … but not less than 1 HP. ~~dropped: If this move breaks the target's substitute, the user does not recover any HP.~~

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

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How it works in Gen IX

The target is unaffected by this move unless it is asleep. The user recovers 1/2 the HP lost by the target, rounded half up. If Big Root is held by the user, the HP recovered is 1.3× normal, rounded half down.

“The user eats the dreams of a sleeping target. The user's HP is restored by up to half the damage taken by the target.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet