Silver Powder

Silver Powder ぎんのこな Silver Powder

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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 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 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

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 GSC Powers up bug-type moves. (HOLD) RSEColoXD 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. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a shiny, silver powder that ups the power of Bug-type moves. XYORAS 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. USUMPE SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a shiny silver powder that will boost the power of Bug-type moves. SVZA An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a shiny silver powder that boosts the power of the holder's Bug-type moves. Champs Boosts the power of the holder's Bug-type moves by 20%.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Held by wild Butterfree (2% chance) RSE Route 120 (held by Bug Maniac Brandon'sRS/Jeffrey'sE Masquerain from the fourth rematch onward) FRLG Held by wild Venomoth (5% chance) Colo Held by Shadow Ariados XD Held by Shadow Venomoth DPPt Eterna Forest Held by wild MasquerainPt (5% chance) HGSS Held by wild Butterfree and wild Masquerain (5% chance each) PW Dim Cave BW Pinwheel Forest Held by wild Butterfree (5% chance) and wild Volcarona (100% chance) B2W2 Held by wild Volcarona (100% chance) DW* Windswept Sky XY Route 7 Held by wild Masquerain (5% chance) ORAS Held by wild Masquerain (5% chance) SMUSUM Berry fields Held by wild Butterfree, wild Masquerain (5% chance each), and wild Volcarona (100% chance)USUM SwSh Route 4 Stow-on-Side (bargain shop) Held by wild Butterfree (5% chance) SwShIA Cram-o-matic (Bug: 52-60 points) Held by wild Volcarona (100% chance) SwShCT Hidden recurring item (Ballimere Lake) BDSP Eterna Forest SV Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch) SVID Item Printer ZA Jaune Sector 1 (reward for completing Side Mission 011: "The Kakuna Master") Racine Construction

Distribution

As a held item

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period XY Winter 2013 Scizor American November 27, 2013 to June 30, 2014

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet	Artwork from Legends: Z-A	Artwork from Champions

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	銀粉 Ngàhnfán * 銀色的粉 Ngàhnsīk jī fán *
	Mandarin	銀粉 / 银粉 Yínfěn * 銀色的粉 Yínsè de Fěn *
French		Poudre ArgentéeVI+ Poudre Arg.II–V
German		Silberstaub
Italian		Argenpolvere
Korean		은빛가루 Eunbit Garu
Spanish		Polvo Plata

External links

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

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