Expert Belt

From Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia.
Jump to navigationJump to search
Expert Belt
たつじんのおび
Expert Obi
Bag Expert Belt Sprite.png
Expert Belt
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation IV
Pocket
Generation IV Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation V Bag Items pocket icon.png Items (Held items)
Generation VI Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation VII Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation VIII Bag Other Items pocket icon.png Other Items
Generation IX Bag Other Items pocket icon.png Other Items
Fling
Power 10

The Expert Belt (Japanese: たつじんのおび Expert Obi) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV that strengthens super effective attacks.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
BDSP
N/A $100
SMUSUM
SwSh
N/A $2,000
SV $30,000 $7,500

Effect

Boosts the damage of the holder's super effective moves by 20%.

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a well-worn belt that slightly boosts the power of supereffective moves.
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwShBDSP
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a well-worn belt that slightly boosts the power of supereffective moves.
SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a well-worn belt that slightly boosts the power of the holder's supereffective moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
DPPt Route 221 (one item per day)
HGSS Mt. Silver Cave
PBR Shop (7200 Poké Coupons, after completing Masters Battle Set 1)
BW Driftveil City Held by wild SawkB and wild ThrohW (1% chance each, dark grass only)
B2W2 Route 19, Driftveil City Held by wild SawkB2 and wild Throh (1% chance each, dark grass only)
XY Lumiose City (North Boulevard)
ORAS Trick House (in the prize room after completing Puzzle 1) Battle Maison (48 BP)
SMUSUM Seaward Cave Battle Royal Dome (48 BP)
SwSh Turffield
SwShIA Fields of Honor Cram-o-matic (Fighting: 92-100 points)
BDSP Route 221 (one item per day)
SV Dalizapa Passage (from a Pokémon League representative after defeating 4 Trainers in the area) Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch, after earning 4 Gym Badges)

Distribution

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period
SV December 2023 Nintendo newsletter Expert Belt All December 26, 2023 to February 28, 2025
As a held item
Games Event Language/Region Distribution period
BWB2W2 Pokémon Center 15th Anniversary Samurott Japanese June 26 to July 2, 2013
July 3 to 7, 2013
Seung Heon's Cresselia Korean August 24 to 25, 2013
XYORAS Pokémon EXPO Gym Zoroark Japanese November 19, 2015 to May 31, 2016
SwSh Hirofumi Kimura's East Sea Gastrodon All August 22 to 23, 2020

Gallery

Artwork

Bag Expert Belt SV Sprite.png
Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet

In the manga

An Expert Belt in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Sword & Shield arc

In Toasty!! Battle Against Toxapex, Sonia was revealed to have found an Expert Belt in Turffield after following the hints she received from a little girl. In Stealth!! Infiltrate the Energy Plant, she was revealed to have given it to Henry, who gave it to his Sirfetch'd, Lancelot, to hold during his Gym battle against Opal.

In the TCG

Expert Belt
Main article: Expert Belt (Arceus 87)

Expert Belt was introduced as a Pokémon Tool Trainer card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Diamond & Pearl Series (the Japanese DP Era) in the Arceus expansion.

The Pokémon this card is attached to gets +20 HP and that Pokémon's attacks do 20 more damage to the opposing Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance). However, when the Pokémon this card is attached to is Knocked Out, the opponent takes 1 more Prize card.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 達人帶 Daahtyàhn Daai
Mandarin 達人帶 / 达人带 Dárén Dài
France Flag.png French Ceinture Pro
Germany Flag.png German Expertengurt
Italy Flag.png Italian Abilcintura
South Korea Flag.png Korean 달인의띠 Darinui Tti
Spain Flag.png Spanish Cinta Experto*
Cinta Xperto*

External links



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