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Silver Powder

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Silver Powder
ぎんのこな
Silver Powder
Bag Silver Powder Sprite.png
Silver Powder
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
Generation II Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation III Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation IV Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation V Bag Items pocket icon.png Items (Held items)
Generation VI Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation VII Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation VIII Bag Other Items pocket icon.png Other Items
Generation IX Bag Other Items pocket icon.png Other Items
Fling
Power 10

The Silver Powder (Japanese: ぎんのこな Silver Powder), formatted SilverPowder prior to Generation VI, is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Bug-type moves.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
GSC
RSEFRLG
ColoXD
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS		 N/A $50
SMUSUM N/A $500
SwSh $3,000 $500
BDSP N/A $50
SV $3,000 $750

Effect

Generations II and III

Boosts the power of the holder's Bug-type moves by 10%.

Generation IV onward

Boosts the power of the holder's Bug-type moves by 20%.

Description

Games Description
GSC Powers up bug-type moves. (HOLD)
RSEColoXD A hold item that raises the power of Bug-type moves.
FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A shiny silver powder that boosts the power of Bug-type moves.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2 		An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a shiny, silver powder that ups the power of Bug-type moves.
XYORAS An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a shiny, silver powder that will boost the power of Bug-type moves.
SM An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a shiny, silver powder that will boost the power of Bug-type moves.
USUM
SwShBDSP 		An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a shiny silver powder that will boost the power of Bug-type moves.
SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a shiny silver powder that boosts the power of the holder's Bug-type moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
GSC Held by wild Butterfree (2% chance)
RSE Route 120 (held by Bug Maniac Brandon'sRS/Jeffrey'sE Masquerain from the fourth rematch onward)
FRLG Held by wild Venomoth (5% chance)
Colo Held by Shadow Ariados
XD Held by Shadow Venomoth
DPPt Eterna Forest Held by wild MasquerainPt (5% chance)
HGSS Held by wild Butterfree and wild Masquerain (5% chance each)
PW Dim Cave
BW Pinwheel Forest Held by wild Butterfree (5% chance) and wild Volcarona (100% chance)
B2W2 Held by wild Volcarona (100% chance)
DW Windswept Sky
XY Route 7 Held by wild Masquerain (5% chance)
ORAS Held by wild Masquerain (5% chance)
SMUSUM Berry fields Held by wild Butterfree, wild Masquerain (5% chance each), and wild Volcarona (100% chance)USUM
SwSh Route 4 Stow-on-Side (bargain shop)
Held by wild Butterfree (5% chance)
SwShIoA Cram-o-matic (Bug: 52-60 points)
Held by wild Volcarona (100% chance)
SwShCT Ballimere Lake (Reappears daily ~70%)
BDSP Eterna Forest
SV Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch)

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 銀粉 Ngàhnfán *
銀色的粉 Ngàhnsīk-jī fán *
Mandarin 銀粉 / 银粉 Yínfěn *
銀色的粉 Yínsè-de Fěn *
France Flag.png French Poudre Arg.*
Poudre Argentée*
Germany Flag.png German Silberstaub
Italy Flag.png Italian Argenpolvere
South Korea Flag.png Korean 은빛가루 Eunbit Garu
Spain Flag.png Spanish Polvo Plata

External links



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