Silver Powder

	Pokémon Global Link artwork
	Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
Generation II	Items
Generation III	Items
Generation IV	Items
Generation V	Items (Held items)
Generation VI	Items
Generation VII	Items
Fling
Power	10

The Silver Powder (Japanese: ぎんのこな Silver Powder), formatted SilverPowder prior to Generation VI, is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Bug-type moves.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
GS C RS E FRLG ColoXD DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS	N/A	$50
SM	N/A	$500

Effect

Generations II and III

Boosts the power of the holder's Bug-type moves by 10%.

Generation IV onward

Boosts the power of the holder's Bug-type moves by 20%.

Description

Games	Description
GS C	Powers up bug-type moves. (HOLD)
RS E ColoXD	A hold item that raises the power of Bug-type moves.
FRLG	An item to be held by a Pokémon. A shiny silver powder that boosts the power of Bug-type moves.
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a shiny, silver powder that ups the power of Bug-type moves.
XY ORAS	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a shiny, silver powder that will boost the power of Bug-type moves.
SM	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a shiny, silver powder that will boost the power of Bug-type moves.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
GS C		Held by wild Butterfree (8% chance)
RS E		Route 120 (held by Bug Maniac Brandon's^RS/Jeffrey's^E Masquerain from the fourth rematch onward)
FRLG		Held by wild Venomoth (5% chance)
Colo	Held by Shadow Ariados
XD	Held by Shadow Venomoth
DP Pt	Eterna Forest
HGSS		Held by wild Butterfree (5% chance) and wild Masquerain (5% chance)
PW		Dim Cave
BW	Pinwheel Forest	Held by wild Butterfree (5% chance) and wild Volcarona (5% chance)
B2W2		Held by wild Volcarona (5% chance)
DW		Windswept Sky
XY	Route 7	Held by wild Masquerain (5% chance)
ORAS		Held by wild Masquerain (5% chance)
SM	Berry fields	Held by wild Butterfree (5% chance) and wild Masquerain (5% chance)

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	銀粉 Ngàhnfán
Chinese	Mandarin	銀粉 / 银粉 Yínfěn * 銀色的粉 Yínsè-de Fěn *
French		Poudre Arg.* Poudre Argentée*
German		Silberstaub
Italian		Argenpolvere
Korean		은빛가루 Eunbit Garu
Spanish		Polvo Plata