Plate

An animation displaying Arceus's different colorings while holding plates.

A plate (Japanese: プレート plate) is a type of held item introduced in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, primarily for use in changing Arceus's elemental type and form to the corresponding type of plate. However, it will also increase the attack power of moves of the plate's type used by any Pokémon holding it by 20%. There is a plate available for every Pokémon type except Normal, and while there exists a ???-type Arceus, there is no ??? plate to go with it, meaning there are 16 plates in total.

The 16 plates are spread far and wide across Sinnoh, and can also be dug up in the Underground. What follows is a list of what effect a plate has when held and where they can be found in Diamond and Pearl, besides in the Underground.

List of plates

‎Draco Plate

• Raises the power of Dragon-type moves and makes Arceus a Dragon-type Pokémon
• Found: Eterna City - Hidden behind the Dialga/Palkia statue.

‎Dread Plate

• Raises the power of Dark-type moves and makes Arceus a Dark-type Pokémon.
• Found: Old Chateau - At the top of the stairs go through the door to the north. The Plate is in a Poké Ball in the left hand room.
• Requires Cut to reach.

‎Earth Plate

• Raises the power of Ground-type moves and makes Arceus a Ground-type Pokémon.
• Found: Oreburgh Gate (the tunnel to the left of Oreburgh City) - Go north up the path, then follow around and take the stairs to the basement. Surf to the far left of the cave and use strength to get to the Poké Ball.
• Requires Rock Smash, Surf and Strength to reach.

‎Fist Plate

• Raises the power of Fighting-type moves and makes Arceus a Fighting-type Pokémon.
• Found: Route 215 - In a Poké Ball near the left side of the route.
• Requires Cut to reach.

‎Flame Plate

• Raises the power of Fire-type moves and makes Arceus a Fire-type Pokémon.
• Found: Stark Mountain - Hidden in the wall at the end of a path, in the center of the big room.

‎Icicle Plate

• Raises the power of Ice-type moves and makes Arceus an Ice-type Pokémon.
• Found: Route 217 - Inside house after showing the HM Rock Climb.
• Requires the Rock Climb HM to reach.

‎Insect Plate

• Raises the power of Bug-type moves and makes Arceus a Bug-type Pokémon.
• Found: Eterna Forest - Hidden in the wall to the right of the Old Chateau.
• Requires cut to reach.

‎Iron Plate

• Raises the power of Steel-type moves and makes Arceus a Steel-type Pokémon.
• Found: Iron Island - Hidden in the far southeast corner of the third floor.

‎Meadow Plate

• Raises the power of Grass-type moves and makes Arceus a Grass-type Pokémon.
• Found: Route 210 - Hidden beneath a bridge, next to the first waterfall.

‎Mind Plate

• Raises the power of Psychic-type moves and makes Arceus a Psychic-type Pokémon.
• Found: Solaceon Ruins - On the seventh (last) floor.

‎Sky Plate

• Raises the power of Flying-type moves and makes Arceus a Flying-type Pokémon.
• Found: Victory Road exit - Hidden outside the cave, near the water.

‎Splash Plate

• Raises the power of Water-type moves and makes Arceus a Water-type Pokémon.
• Found: Route 220

‎Spooky Plate

• Raises the power of Ghost-type moves and makes Arceus a Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Found: Amity Square - In the right stone house on the northeast corner.

‎Stone Plate

• Raises the power of Rock-type moves and makes Arceus a Rock-type Pokémon.
• Found: Mt. Coronet.

‎Toxic Plate

• Raises the power of Poison-type moves and makes Arceus a Poison-type Pokémon.
• Found: Great Marsh - Hidden in the northeast corner.

‎Zap Plate

• Raises the power of Electric-type moves and makes Arceus an Electric-type Pokémon.
• Found: Sunyshore City - Hidden in front of the Lighthouse.

Engravings

Each plate has a different engraving which reveals part of the myth of the creation. There is no engraving tied to a particular Plate, they appear in the following order:

• "When the universe was created, its shards became this Plate."
• "The power of defeated giants infuses this Plate."
• "Two beings of time and space set free from the Original One."
• "Three beings were born to bind time and space."
• "Two make matter and three make spirit, shaping the world."
• "The Original One breathed alone before the universe came."
• "The powers of Plates are shared among Pokémon."
• "The rightful bearer of a Plate draws from the Plate it holds."

Appearance

Draco Plate in the Underground	Dread Plate in the Underground	Earth Plate in the Underground	Fist Plate in the Underground
Flame Plate in the Underground	Icicle Plate in the Underground	Insect Plate in the Underground	Iron Plate in the Underground
Meadow Plate in the Underground	Mind Plate in the Underground	Sky Plate in the Underground	Splash Plate in the Underground
Spooky Plate in the Underground	Stone Plate in the Underground	Toxic Plate in the Underground	Zap Plate in the Underground

In the anime

Three plates placed in the Solaceon Ruins.

Plates first appeared in Journey to the Unown!, where Saturn and two Galactic Grunts placed them in a room of the Solaceon Ruins to awaken the Unown there. These plates were specifically the Draco Plate, Iron Plate, and Splash Plate, which power up the three types of Palkia and Dialga (Dragon, Steel, and Water) combined.

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