diff --git a/src/data/balance/pokemon-evolutions.ts b/src/data/balance/pokemon-evolutions.ts
index 135c27aacf3..cf1e4061987 100644
--- a/src/data/balance/pokemon-evolutions.ts
+++ b/src/data/balance/pokemon-evolutions.ts
@@ -1793,6 +1793,7 @@ export const pokemonEvolutions: PokemonEvolutions = {
     new SpeciesEvolution(Species.DUSKNOIR, 1, EvolutionItem.REAPER_CLOTH, null, SpeciesWildEvolutionDelay.VERY_LONG)
   ],
   [Species.CLAMPERL]: [
+    // TODO: Change the SpeciesEvolutionConditions here to use a bespoke HeldItemEvolutionCondition after the modifier rework
     new SpeciesEvolution(Species.HUNTAIL, 1, EvolutionItem.LINKING_CORD, new SpeciesEvolutionCondition(p => p.getHeldItems().some(m => m instanceof SpeciesStatBoosterModifier && (m.type as SpeciesStatBoosterModifierType).key === "DEEP_SEA_TOOTH")), SpeciesWildEvolutionDelay.VERY_LONG),
     new SpeciesEvolution(Species.GOREBYSS, 1, EvolutionItem.LINKING_CORD, new SpeciesEvolutionCondition(p => p.getHeldItems().some(m => m instanceof SpeciesStatBoosterModifier && (m.type as SpeciesStatBoosterModifierType).key === "DEEP_SEA_SCALE")), SpeciesWildEvolutionDelay.VERY_LONG)
   ],
diff --git a/src/modifier/modifier-type.ts b/src/modifier/modifier-type.ts
index c1c7d576fdd..c5b0337be8e 100644
--- a/src/modifier/modifier-type.ts
+++ b/src/modifier/modifier-type.ts
@@ -1505,9 +1505,8 @@ class SpeciesStatBoosterModifierTypeGenerator extends ModifierTypeGenerator {
 
           if (!hasItem) {
             if (checkedSpecies.includes(speciesId) || (!!fusionSpeciesId && checkedSpecies.includes(fusionSpeciesId))) {
-              if (values[i].rare === true) {
-                rare === true;
-              }
+              // Sets the item's rarity in order to determine if the item is rare (ultra tier) or not (great tier)
+              values[i].rare = rare;
               // Add weight if party member has a matching species or, if applicable, a matching fusion species
               weights[i]++;
             } else if (checkedSpecies.includes(Species.PIKACHU) && hasFling) {