Black Glasses

Black Glasses くろいメガネ Black Glasses

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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 Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 30

The Black Glasses (Japanese: くろいメガネ Black Glasses), formatted BlackGlasses prior to Generation VI, are a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Dark-type moves.

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• In the core series games
  • Price
  • Effect
    • Generations II and III
    • Generation IV onward
  • Description
  • Acquisition
    • Distribution
      • As a held item
• Gallery
  • Artwork
• In the spin-off games
  • Pokémon Pokopia
    • Acquisition
• In other languages
• External links

Contents

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC RSEFRLG ColoXD DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A $50 SMUSUM N/A $500 SwSh $3,000 $500 SV $3,000 $750 ZA $4,980 $750 Champs 700 VP N/A

Effect

Generations II and III

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

Generation IV onward

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

Description

Games Description GSC Powers up dark-type moves. (HOLD) RSEColoXD A hold item that raises the power of Dark-type moves. FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A shady-looking pair of glasses that boosts Dark-type moves. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a shady-looking pair of glasses that boosts Dark-type moves. XYORAS SMUSUMPE An item to be held by a Pokémon. A pair of shady-looking glasses that boost the power of Dark-type moves. SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a pair of shady-looking glasses that boost the power of Dark-type moves. SVZA An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a pair of shady-looking glasses that boost the power of the holder's Dark-type moves. Champs Boosts the power of the holder's Dark-type moves by 20%.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Dark Cave RSE Route 116 FRLG Rocket Hideout Colo The Under Subway XD Held by Shadow Carvanha DPPt Celestic TownDay HGSS Dark Cave BW Desert Resort B2W2 Castelia City XY Lysandre Labs ORAS Route 116 SMUSUM Hano Beach Ambush encounters (SandileSM/KrokorokUSUM in Haina Desert) Held by wild SandileSM and wild KrokorokUSUM (5% chance each) SwSh Motostoke Stow-on-Side (bargain shop) SwShIA Challenge Road Held by wild Sandile (5% chance) BDSP Celestic TownDay SV Delibird Presents (Levincia Branch) SVID Item Printer ZA Estival Avenue (reward for completing Side Mission 070: "Who's the Strongest, Huh?!") Racine Construction Champs Frontier Shop

Distribution

As a held item

Games Event Language/Region Distribution Period XYORAS 7-Eleven Pokémon Japanese July 18 to September 30, 2015 Pokémon Center Pokémon Japanese August 17 to 23, 2015 SV 2025 Pokémon World Championships Toedscool All August 14 to 29, 2025

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet	Artwork from Champions

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Pokopia

In Pokémon Pokopia, the Black Glasses are one of the lost relics that can be found.

Name		Description	Category	Classification	Tile Size	Paintable	Requirements	Favorites	Trade value
	Black Glasses	A pair of shady-looking glasses. Try hanging them up in a frame!	Other	N/A	1x1	No	N/A	???	1000 (Standard) 1500 (Favorite)

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods Pokopia Appraise small lost relics.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	黑色眼鏡 Hāaksīk Ngáahngeng
	Mandarin	黑色眼鏡 / 黑色眼镜 Hēisè Yǎnjìng * 黑色的眼鏡 Hēisè de Yǎnjìng *
French		Lunettes NoiresVI+ Lunet.NoiresII–V
German		SchattenbrilleVIII+ SchattenglasII–VII
Italian		Occhialineri
Korean		검은안경 Geomeun An-gyeong
Spanish	Latin America	Lentes de Sol
	Spain	Gafas de Sol

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation II – III – IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.