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Z-Crystals in the anime

A Z-Crystal (Japanese: Ｚクリスタル Z-Crystal) is an item required to upgrade moves to Z-Moves through the use of a Z-Ring^SM or Z-Power Ring^USUM.

In the Alola region, Z-Crystals play an important role in the island challenge, as they provide proof of completing trials and grand trials, much like Gym Badges in other regions. However, not all Z-Crystals are obtained in this manner in Pokémon Sun and Moon or Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

During the game, the player can obtain Z-Crystals for their Bag, which will be stored in a dedicated Bag section. These Z-Crystals can be used to create held items of the same name at will. A held Z-Crystal is automatically removed if the Pokémon is traded between players; however, some Pokémon received from in-game trades may be holding a Z-Crystal the player already has.

Holding a Z-Crystal makes Rayquaza unable to Mega Evolve.

List of Z-Crystals

For each type

	Name	Z-Move	Associated move type
	Buginium Z	Savage Spin-Out	Bug
	Darkinium Z	Black Hole Eclipse	Dark
	Dragonium Z	Devastating Drake	Dragon
	Electrium Z	Gigavolt Havoc	Electric
	Fairium Z	Twinkle Tackle	Fairy
	Fightinium Z	All-Out Pummeling	Fighting
	Firium Z	Inferno Overdrive	Fire
	Flyinium Z	Supersonic Skystrike	Flying
	Ghostium Z	Never-Ending Nightmare	Ghost
	Grassium Z	Bloom Doom	Grass
	Groundium Z	Tectonic Rage	Ground
	Icium Z	Subzero Slammer	Ice
	Normalium Z	Breakneck Blitz	Normal
	Poisonium Z	Acid Downpour	Poison
	Psychium Z	Shattered Psyche	Psychic
	Rockium Z	Continental Crush	Rock
	Steelium Z	Corkscrew Crash	Steel
	Waterium Z	Hydro Vortex	Water

For specific Pokémon

	Name	Debut games	Associated Pokémon		Base move	Z-Move
	Aloraichium Z	SM		Alolan Raichu	Thunderbolt	Stoked Sparksurfer
	Decidium Z	SM		Decidueye	Spirit Shackle	Sinister Arrow Raid
	Eevium Z	SM		Eevee	Last Resort	Extreme Evoboost
	Incinium Z	SM		Incineroar	Darkest Lariat	Malicious Moonsault
	Kommonium Z	USUM		Kommo-o	Clanging Scales	Clangorous Soulblaze
	Lunalium Z	USUM		Lunala or Dawn Wings Necrozma	Moongeist Beam	Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom
	Lycanium Z	USUM		Lycanroc	Stone Edge	Splintered Stormshards
	Marshadium Z	SM		Marshadow	Spectral Thief	Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike
	Mewnium Z	SM		Mew	Psychic	Genesis Supernova
	Mimikium Z	USUM		Mimikyu	Play Rough	Let's Snuggle Forever
	Pikanium Z	SM		Pikachu (Normal form)	Volt Tackle	Catastropika
	Pikashunium Z	SM		Pikachu (Pikachu in a cap)	Thunderbolt	10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt
	Primarium Z	SM		Primarina	Sparkling Aria	Oceanic Operetta
	Snorlium Z	SM		Snorlax	Giga Impact	Pulverizing Pancake
	Solganium Z	USUM		Solgaleo or Dusk Mane Necrozma	Sunsteel Strike	Searing Sunraze Smash
	Tapunium Z	SM		Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, or Tapu Fini	Nature's Madness	Guardian of Alola
	Ultranecrozium Z	USUM		Ultra Necrozma	Photon Geyser	Light That Burns the Sky

Artwork

Electrium Z	Fairium Z	Kommonium Z	Lunalium Z
Lycanium Z	Mimikium Z	Pikashunium Z	Solganium Z

Pokémon Global Link

This is the artwork of the Z-Crystals on the Pokémon Global Link:

Buginium Z	Darkinium Z	Dragonium Z	Electrium Z	Fairium Z	Fightinium Z	Firium Z
Flyinium Z	Ghostium Z	Grassium Z	Groundium Z	Icium Z	Normalium Z	Poisonium Z
Psychium Z	Rockium Z	Steelium Z	Waterium Z	Aloraichium Z	Decidium Z	Eevium Z
Incinium Z	Kommonium Z	Lunalium Z	Lycanium Z	Marshadium Z	Mewnium Z	Mimikium Z
Pikanium Z	Pikashunium Z	Primarium Z	Snorlium Z	Solganium Z	Tapunium Z	Ultranecrozium Z

In the anime

Various Z-Crystals in the anime

Z-Crystals first appeared in Alola to New Adventure!, where a Firium Z appeared on Kiawe's Z-Ring. He obtained it by completing Olivia's grand trial. Later in the same episode, Ash received an Electrium Z with his Z-Ring, from Tapu Koko. However, in the following episode, it shattered after Ash performed Gigavolt Havoc with Pikachu.

As revealed in To Top a Totem!, the island challenge is one way of obtaining Z-Crystals, though it is not necessarily the only way a Trainer can obtain them. Ash's goal in Alola was to complete the island challenge and collect the Z-Crystals in order to prove himself worthy of the power of Z-Moves.

• Ash obtained a Normalium Z from a Totem Gumshoos after completing the Verdant Cavern trial in To Top a Totem!. He first used it to use Breakneck Blitz in Trial and Tribulation!, together with Pikachu.
• Hala used his Fightinium Z with his Hariyama in his grand trial challenge with Ash in Trial and Tribulation!. Later in the episode, Ash obtained another Electrium Z from Tapu Koko after it swapped the Fightinium Z he was supposed to receive from Hala as a reward for completing his Melemele grand trial.
• Team Rocket obtained a Darkinium Z in A Team-on-Team Tussle!, which some Team Skull Grunts also tried to obtain from a nest of Alolan Rattata and Raticate, with one of the Raticate being a Totem Pokémon.
• Gladion used his Rockium Z with his Lycanroc to defeat Team Rocket in A Glaring Rivalry!. He obtained it by completing Olivia's grand trial prior to the episode.
• Oluolu, a famous Pokémon Base player, used his Snorlium Z in Pulling Out the Pokémon Base Pepper!.
• Olivia was revealed to own a Rockium Z in The Island Whisperer!.
• Lana was given a Waterium Z from a Totem Wishiwashi after completing the Brooklet Hill trial in Big Sky, Small Fry!.
• Ash obtained a Grassium Z from a Totem Lurantis after completing the Lush Jungle trial in Currying Favor and Flavor!.
• Ash obtained a Rockium Z from Olivia after completing the Akala Island grand trial in Trials and Determinations!.
• Ida used her Waterium Z in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.
• Ash obtained a Solganium Z from Nebby after it evolved into Solgaleo in Revealing the Stuff of Legend!.
• Ash gained the ability to temporarily transform his Electrium Z into a Pikashunium Z in 10,000,000 Reasons to Fight!, thus allowing Ash to use the Z-Move 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt. Each time its respective Z-Move is used, the Pikashunium Z reverts to an Electrium Z. After From Z to Shining Z!, it permanently stayed as a Pikashunium Z.
• The Masked Royal used his Incinium Z in Pushing the Fiery Envelope!.
• Ilima received an Eevium Z from Kagetora after defeating him in a battle in Turning Heads and Training Hard!.
• Jessie obtained a Mimikium Z from Acerola's Mimikyu, Mimikins, in Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime?.
• Ash obtained a Lycanium Z from Nanu after completing the Ula'ula Island grand trial in Guiding an Awakening!.
• Lillie received an Icium Z from an Alolan Sandslash after helping it to defeat a Tyranitar in Not Caving Under Pressure!.
• Gladion used his Normalium Z with his Silvally to give Z-Power to Necrozma in an attempt to free Nebby from its absorption in The Prism Between Light and Darkness!.
• Gladion obtained a Lunalium Z from Lunala in Securing the Future!.
• Pikala used her Pikanium Z in A Plethora of Pikachu!.
• Hapu was revealed to own a Groundium Z in That's Some Spicy Island Research!.
• Gladion used his Dragonium Z in Showdown on Poni Island!.
• Ida used her Primarium Z in Evolving Research!. She later gave it to Lana.
• Kiawe received a Flyinium Z from Tapu Fini in Run, Heroes, Run! after clearing a trial it had set up for him.
• Ash obtained a Steelium Z from Hapu in A Grand Debut!, with his Pikachu picking it as his Poni Island grand trial prize from a full set of type-specific Z-Crystals.
• A Buginium Z, Fairium Z, Ghostium Z, and Poisonium Z appeared in Beauty is Only Crystal Deep! as Z-Crystals stolen by a Pheromosa.
• Sophocles received a Buginium Z as a prize for winning the Vikavolt race in A High-Speed Awakening!.
• Mallow received a Grassium Z from Tapu Koko in A Recipe for Success! after she cleared a trial set up by Oranguru.
• Professor Kukui was revealed to have owned a Firium Z since he was a child in A Timeless Encounter!. In the same episode, Ash also received a Firium Z from a Totem Trevenant.
• Hau was revealed to have obtained a Decidium Z in Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Strategy!.
• Gladion used a Ghostium Z in Enter the Champion!.
• Professor Kukui was revealed to own an Electrium Z in Z-Move Showdown!.
• Professor Kukui received a Tapunium Z from Tapu Koko in From Z to Shining Z!.

A full set of replicas of the type-specific Z-Crystals were also shown to Ash and his classmates by Professor Kukui in A Team-on-Team Tussle!.

In the manga

Z-Crystals in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

In Pokémon Move Specialist Professor Kukui, Olivia and Nanu attempted to use their respective Z-Crystals, Rockium Z and Darkinium Z, to perform their Z-Moves against each other during a practice battle between their Lycanroc and Alolan Persian. However, Hala interrupted the battle before either move could be properly executed. In the same round, Hala was also shown being in possession of a Fightinium Z.

In Homecoming and the Brilliant Professional Golfer, Kiawe found a Firium Z hidden in the fur of Sun's Litten, Dollar. After learning the proper Z-Move pose from Kiawe, Sun was successfully able to perform Inferno Overdrive with Dollar during a battle with Gladion.

In PASM32, Kahili was revealed to have spent six months gathering a multitude of Z-Crystals. In the same round, Hau was revealed to have obtained a Primarium Z.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards featuring Z-Crystals in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Z-Crystals Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Flyinium Z: Air Slash	I	Unified Minds		195/236	Sky Legend		045/054
Normalium Z: Tackle	I	Unified Minds		203/236	Sky Legend		044/054
Dragonium Z: Dragon Claw	I	Cosmic Eclipse		190/236	SM-P Promotional cards		359/SM-P

Trivia

• The Japanese, Korean, and Chinese logos for Pokémon Sun and Moon all feature a Z-Crystal.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese Ｚ純晶 Z-Sèuhnjīng Mandarin Ｚ純晶 / Ｚ纯晶 Z-Chúnjīng Czech Z-krystal Danish Z-krystal Dutch Z-Kristal* Z-Crystal* Z-kristal* Finnish Z-kristalli French Cristaux Z German Z-Kristall Hebrew קריסטל זי Krystal Zi Hungarian Z-Kristály Italian Cristallo Z Korean Z크리스탈 Z-Crystal Norwegian Z-krystall Polish Kryształ-Z Portuguese Cristal Z Russian Кристалл Z Kristall Z Spanish Cristal Z Swedish Z-kristall

See also

• Z-Ring
• Z-Power Ring
• Category:Episodes in which a main character receives a Z-Crystal

Type-based Z-Crystals

Normalium Z

Fightinium Z

Flyinium Z

Poisonium Z

Groundium Z

Rockium Z

Buginium Z

Ghostium Z

Steelium Z

Firium Z

Waterium Z

Grassium Z

Electrium Z

Psychium Z

Icium Z

Dragonium Z

Darkinium Z

Fairium Z

Species-based Z-Crystals

Pikanium Z

Pikashunium Z

Aloraichium Z

Eevium Z

Snorlium Z

Mewnium Z

Decidium Z

Incinium Z

Primarium Z

Lycanium Z

Mimikium Z

Kommonium Z

Tapunium Z

Solganium Z

Lunalium Z

Ultranecrozium Z

Marshadium Z

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