The Isle of Armor

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This article is about the expansion for Pokémon Sword and Shield. For the location in the Galar region, see Isle of Armor.
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The Isle of Armor (Japanese: 鎧の孤島 The Solitary Island of Armor) is the first expansion in the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass. Featuring the Isle of Armor, the theme of the expansion is "growth". It was released on June 17, 2020.

It will be followed by The Crown Tundra.

Features

Key Visual

Characters

The characters Mustard and KlaraSw/AverySh appear.

Pokémon

A patch was released in conjunction with the launch of The Isle of Armor. Players can access these new and returning Pokémon even if they have not purchased the Expansion Pass with the help of trading and Pokémon HOME. Pokémon found in the wild and those owned by other trainers in The Isle of Armor will be scaled to a player's team, this will be based off of levels.

New Pokémon and forms

The Legendary Pokémon Kubfu and Urshifu will debut in The Isle of Armor.

Galarian Slowpoke can be evolved into Galarian Slowbro using an item found in the Isle of Armor.

Returning Pokémon

Over 100 old Pokémon have become available in Pokémon Sword and Shield with the release of The Isle of Armor. These include:

IoAdex Ndex MS Pokémon Type
  #0027 Sandshrew Sandshrew Ground
  #027A Sandshrew Sandshrew Ice Steel
  #0028 Sandslash Sandslash Ground
  #028A Sandslash Sandslash Ice Steel
  #0039 Jigglypuff Jigglypuff Normal Fairy
  #0040 Wigglytuff Wigglytuff Normal Fairy
  #0054 Psyduck Psyduck Water
  #0055 Golduck Golduck Water
  #0060 Poliwag Poliwag Water
  #0061 Poliwhirl Poliwhirl Water
  #0062 Poliwrath Poliwrath Water Fighting
  #0063 Abra Abra Psychic
  #0064 Kadabra Kadabra Psychic
  #0065 Alakazam Alakazam Psychic
  #0072 Tentacool Tentacool Water Poison
  #0073 Tentacruel Tentacruel Water Poison
  #0079 Slowpoke Slowpoke Water Psychic
  #0080 Slowbro Slowbro Water Psychic
  #0081 Magnemite Magnemite Electric Steel
  #0082 Magneton Magneton Electric Steel
  #0102 Exeggcute Exeggcute Grass Psychic
  #0103 Exeggutor Exeggutor Grass Psychic
  #103A Exeggutor Exeggutor Grass Dragon
  #0104 Cubone Cubone Ground
  #0105 Marowak Marowak Ground
  #105A Marowak Marowak Fire Ghost
  #0108 Lickitung Lickitung Normal
  #0113 Chansey Chansey Normal
  #0114 Tangela Tangela Grass
  #0115 Kangaskhan Kangaskhan Normal
  #0116 Horsea Horsea Water
  #0117 Seadra Seadra Water
  #0120 Staryu Staryu Water
  #0121 Starmie Starmie Water Psychic
  #0123 Scyther Scyther Bug Flying
  #0128 Tauros Tauros Normal
  #0137 Porygon Porygon Normal
  #0174 Igglybuff Igglybuff Normal Fairy
  #0183 Marill Marill Water Fairy
  #0184 Azumarill Azumarill Water Fairy
  #0186 Politoed Politoed Water
  #0199 Slowking Slowking Water Psychic
  #0206 Dunsparce Dunsparce Normal
  #0212 Scizor Scizor Bug Steel
  #0214 Heracross Heracross Bug Fighting
  #0227 Skarmory Skarmory Steel Flying
  #0230 Kingdra Kingdra Water Dragon
  #0233 Porygon2 Porygon2 Normal
  #0241 Miltank Miltank Normal
  #0242 Blissey Blissey Normal
  #0293 Whismur Whismur Normal
  #0294 Loudred Loudred Normal
  #0295 Exploud Exploud Normal
  #0298 Azurill Azurill Normal Fairy
  #0318 Carvanha Carvanha Water Dark
  #0319 Sharpedo Sharpedo Water Dark
  #0403 Shinx Shinx Electric
  #0404 Luxio Luxio Electric
  #0405 Luxray Luxray Electric
  #0427 Buneary Buneary Normal
  #0428 Lopunny Lopunny Normal
  #0440 Happiny Happiny Normal
  #0462 Magnezone Magnezone Electric Steel
  #0463 Lickilicky Lickilicky Normal
  #0465 Tangrowth Tangrowth Grass
  #0474 Porygon-Z Porygon-Z Normal
  #0506 Lillipup Lillipup Normal
  #0507 Herdier Herdier Normal
  #0508 Stoutland Stoutland Normal
  #0543 Venipede Venipede Bug Poison
  #0544 Whirlipede Whirlipede Bug Poison
  #0545 Scolipede Scolipede Bug Poison
  #0548 Petilil Petilil Grass
  #0549 Lilligant Lilligant Grass
  #0551 Sandile Sandile Ground Dark
  #0552 Krokorok Krokorok Ground Dark
  #0553 Krookodile Krookodile Ground Dark
  #0570 Zorua Zorua Dark
  #0571 Zoroark Zoroark Dark
  #0587 Emolga Emolga Electric Flying
  #0590 Foongus Foongus Grass Poison
  #0591 Amoonguss Amoonguss Grass Poison
  #0619 Mienfoo Mienfoo Fighting
  #0620 Mienshao Mienshao Fighting
  #0621 Druddigon Druddigon Dragon
  #0626 Bouffalant Bouffalant Normal
  #0636 Larvesta Larvesta Bug Fire
  #0637 Volcarona Volcarona Bug Fire
  #0661 Fletchling Fletchling Normal Flying
  #0662 Fletchinder Fletchinder Fire Flying
  #0663 Talonflame Talonflame Fire Flying
  #0690 Skrelp Skrelp Poison Water
  #0691 Dragalge Dragalge Poison Dragon
  #0692 Clauncher Clauncher Water
  #0693 Clawitzer Clawitzer Water
  #0702 Dedenne Dedenne Electric Fairy
  #0707 Klefki Klefki Steel Fairy
  #0744 Rockruff Rockruff Rock
  #0745 Lycanroc Lycanroc Rock
  #745Mn Lycanroc Lycanroc Rock
  #745D Lycanroc Lycanroc Rock
  #0753 Fomantis Fomantis Grass
  #0754 Lurantis Lurantis Grass
  #0764 Comfey Comfey Fairy
  #0769 Sandygast Sandygast Ground Ghost
  #0770 Palossand Palossand Ground Ghost
  #0801 Magearna Magearna Steel Fairy

Gigantamax

A bowl of Max Soup

New Gigantamax forms will be introduced. This includes Venusaur, Blastoise, Rillaboom, Cinderace, and Inteleon. The new Pokémon Urshifu also has two different Gigantamax forms.

Additionally, this expansion will allow the player to feed Pokémon traveling with them Max Soup, giving them the ability to Gigantamax, but only Pokémon with "great hidden potential" can gain the Gigantamax Factor using this method, such as starter Pokémon.[1][2]

Items

Apricorns will make a return, and can be made into Poké Balls. The Exp. Charm will increase the Exp. Points earned by the player's party.

Moves

Additional Move Tutor moves will be available, including new moves.

Customization

The protagonist can wear training clothes. New fashion items will also be available. The Rotom Bike can also be customized further than before.

The Cram-o-matic

Inside the dojo on the Isle of Armor, the player can find the Cram-o-matic, a robot resembling a Cramorant, which can be fed four items that can be fused to create a new item.

Restricted Sparring

Main article: Restricted Sparring

Restricted Sparring is a special battle feature in which participants are limited in the types of Pokémon they can use and are forced to battle under set conditions.

Side Quests

There are side quests that can be done at the Isle of Armor. So far, one known side quest involves searching for 150 Alolan Diglett across the Isle of Armor.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 鎧之孤島 Hói-jī Gūdóu
Mandarin 鎧之孤島 / 铠之孤岛 Kǎi-zhī Gūdǎo
France Flag.png French L'île solitaire de l'Armure
Germany Flag.png German Die Insel der Rüstung
Italy Flag.png Italian L'isola solitaria dell'armatura
South Korea Flag.png Korean 갑옷의 외딴섬 Gabosui Oettanseom
Russia Flag.png Russian Бронированный Остров Bronirovannyy Ostrov*
Остров доспехов Ostrov dospekhov*
Spain Flag.png Spanish La isla de la armadura

References


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