Dread Plate

Dread Plate こわもてプレート Frightening Plate

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Introduced in Generation IV Pocket Generation IV Items Generation V Items Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items (BDSP) Generation VIII Key items (LA) Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 90

The Dread Plate (Japanese: こわもてプレート Frightening Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A $500 SMUSUM $10,000 $500

Effect

In battle

Boosts the power of the holder's Dark-type moves by 20%. If the holder uses Judgment, it becomes a Dark-type move.

Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Dark-type form. From Generation V onward, item-manipulating effects (such as Trick and Fling) cannot give Arceus a Plate or remove a Plate from Arceus. (In Generation IV, item-manipulating effects cannot affect Pokémon with Multitype.)

Outside of battle

Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Dark-type form.

In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the Dread Plate can used from the Satchel on Arceus, changing it to the Dark type.

The Dread Plate can be read, and has the following engraving, "Two makes matter, and three makes spirit, shaping the world."

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a stone tablet that boosts the power of Dark-type moves. XYORAS SMUSUM BDSP An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a stone tablet that boosts the power of Dark-type moves. LA A stone tablet imbued with the essence of darkness. When used on a certain Pokémon, it allows that Pokémon to gain the power of the Dark type. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. This stone tablet is imbued with the essence of darkness and boosts the power of the holder’s Dark-type moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods DPPt Old Chateau, The Underground HGSS S.S. Aqua (from the captain after obtaining all 16 Gym Badges) BW Abyssal Ruins B2W2 Abyssal Ruins XY Lost Hotel ORAS Route 127 (underwater) SMUSUM Hau'oli City Mall (Antiquities of the Ages) BDSP Old Chateau Grand Underground SV Porto Marinada auction (if the player has an Arceus in their boxes)

Games Method LA Ancient Retreat (reward for catching Cresselia to complete Mission 23: "The Plate of Moonview Arena")

Appearance

Underground sprite from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum	Grand Underground sprite from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl	Bag sprite from Legends: Arceus

In the anime

Plates in the anime

The Dread Plate, alongside the other 15 Plates at the time, appeared in Arceus and the Jewel of Life, where Arceus used them to change its type, and almost died when it lost all of the Plates after destroying a meteor that endangered the land that would become Michina Town. Damos found one of these lost Plates and returned it to Arceus. This gave it the strength to recall the other 15 Plates.

In the manga

The Plates in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

Petrel was collecting the Plates for Team Rocket's plan. After Silver stole the few Plates he had managed to find, Petrel decided to let him gather all 16 Plates, just to get them back at once later. With his Weavile leaving messages for Sneasel and Weavile across Johto, Silver soon indeed gathered all 16 Plates for himself. At the Sinjoh Ruins, Gold surrendered the Plates to Archer, who used them to seemingly take control of Arceus, ordering it to recreate Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. When the Pokédex holders used their Pokémon's ultimate attacks to stop the creation, all the Plates were absorbed by Arceus.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 惡顏石板 Okngàahn Sehkbáan * 凶狠板塊 Hūnghán Báanfaai * Mandarin 惡顏石板 / 恶颜石板 È'yán Shíbǎn * 凶狠板塊 Xiōnghěn Bǎnkuài * French Plaque Ombre German Furchttafel Italian Lastratimore Korean 공포플레이트 Dread Plate Spanish Tabla Oscura Vietnamese Phiến thạch Dữ dằn

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

Plates

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Splash Plate

Zap Plate

Meadow Plate

Icicle Plate

Fist Plate

Toxic Plate

Earth Plate

Sky Plate

Mind Plate

Insect Plate

Stone Plate

Spooky Plate

Draco Plate

Dread Plate

Iron Plate

Pixie Plate

Blank Plate

Legend Plate

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