Mind Plate

	Pokémon Global Link artwork
	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 Mind Plate (Japanese: ふしぎのプレート Mysterious 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
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM BDSP	N/A	$500

Effect

In battle

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

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

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

The Mind Plate can be read, and has the following engraving, "The Original One breathed alone before the universe came."

Description

Games	Description
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a stone tablet that boosts the power of Psychic-type moves.
XY ORAS SM USUM BDSP	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a stone tablet that boosts the power of Psychic-type moves.
LA	A stone tablet imbued with the essence of psychic energy. When used on a certain Pokémon, it allows that Pokémon to gain the power of the Psychic type.
SV	An item to be held by a Pokémon. This stone tablet is imbued with the essence of psychic energy and boosts the power of the holder’s Psychic-type moves.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
DP Pt	Solaceon Ruins, The Underground
HGSS	S.S. Aqua (from the captain after obtaining all 16 Gym Badges)
BW	Abyssal Ruins
B2W2	Abyssal Ruins
XY	Route 10
ORAS	Route 126 (underwater)
SM USUM	Route 1
BDSP	Solaceon Ruins	The Underground
SV	Porto Marinada auction (if the player has an Arceus in their boxes)

Games	Method
LA	Heights Camp (reward from Wyrdeer during Mission 7: "The Frenzy of the Lord of the Woods")

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

Mind 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 having destroyed a meteor that endangered what 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	神奇石板 Sàhnkèih Sehkbáan * 奇異板塊 Kèihyih Báanfaai *
Chinese	Mandarin	神奇石板 Shénqí Shíbǎn * 奇異板塊 Qíyì Bǎnkuài *
French		Plaque Esprit (VI+) Plaquesprit (IV-V)
German		Hirntafel
Italian		Lastramente
Korean		이상한플레이트 Weird Plate
Spanish		Tabla Mental
Vietnamese		Phiến thạch Huyền bí