Dynamax Crystal

Dynamax Crystal ダイクリスタル Dai Crystal

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Introduced in Generation VIII Pocket Generation VIII Other Items

A Dynamax Crystal (Japanese: ダイクリスタル Dai Crystal) is a type of item introduced in Generation VIII.

There are 300 varieties of Dynamax Crystals, each named in the format of a star (★), one of the official three-letter abbreviations of the IAU designated constellations, and a HR (Harvard Revised) number that identifies a star in that constellation in the Bright Star Catalogue.

In the core series games

Price

Effect

When used from the Bag at the Watchtower Lair, a Pokémon Den at the base of the Watchtower Ruins in the Wild Area, the den will become active with a Dynamax Pokémon until midnight of the day it was used.

The following Pokémon have been made available so far:

• ★And458: Jangmo-o
• ★And15: Larvitar

Description

Acquisition

Trivia

• Of the 88 modern constellations, only 57 of them are used in Dynamax Crystal names:

The remaining 31 constellations are largely in the Southern Hemisphere:

• The name ★Cen551 appears to be a mistake, since HR 551 is not located in Centaurus, but Andromeda. As stars in Centaurus fall in the range of HR 4318–HR 5587, the intended star may have been HR 5519.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 極巨結晶 Gihkgeuih Gitjīng Mandarin 極巨結晶 / 极巨结晶 Jíjù Jiéjīng French Cristal Géant German Dynakristall Italian Dynacristallo Korean 다이크리스탈 Dai Crystal Russian Динамакс-Кристалл Dinamaks-Kristall Spanish Cristal Dinamax

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