Mind Plate

The Mind Plate (Japanese: ふしぎのプレート Mysterious Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus.

Mind Plate
ふしぎのプレート
Mysterious Plate
Bag Mind Plate Sprite.png
Mind Plate
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation IV
Pocket
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Generation VIII Bag Other Items pocket icon.png Other Items (BDSP)
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Generation IX Bag Other Items pocket icon.png Other Items
Fling
Power 90

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUM
BDSP
N/A $500

Effect

In battle

Boosts the power of the holder's Psychic-type moves by 20%. If the holder uses Judgment, it becomes a Psychic-type move.

Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Psychic-type form. From Generation V onward, item-manipulating effects (such as Trick and Fling) cannot give Arceus a Plate or remove a Plate from Arceus. In Generation IV, item-manipulating effects cannot affect Pokémon with Multitype.

Outside of battle

Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Psychic-type form.

In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the Mind Plate can used from the satchel on Arceus, changing it to the Psychic type.

The Mind Plate can be read, and has the following engraving: "The Original One breathed alone before the universe came."

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a stone tablet that boosts the power of Psychic-type moves.
XYORAS
SMUSUM
BDSP
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a stone tablet that boosts the power of Psychic-type moves.
LA A stone tablet imbued with the essence of psychic energy. When used on a certain Pokémon, it allows that Pokémon to gain the power of the Psychic type.
SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. This stone tablet is imbued with the essence of psychic energy and boosts the power of the holder’s Psychic-type moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
DPPt Solaceon Ruins, Underground
HGSS S.S. Aqua (from the captain after obtaining all 16 Gym Badges)
BWB2W2 Abyssal Ruins
XY Route 10
ORAS Route 126 (underwater)
SMUSUM Route 1
BDSP Solaceon Ruins Grand Underground
LA Heights Camp (reward from Wyrdeer during Mission 7: "The Frenzy of the Lord of the Woods")
SV Porto Marinada auction (if the player owns an Arceus)

Distribution

As a held item
Games Event Language/Region Distribution period
XYORAS Dahara City Arceus Japanese, Taiwanese March 7 to August 31, 2015
November 20 to December 17, 2015

Gallery

Artwork

 
Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet

Sprites

     
Underground sprite from
Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Grand Underground sprite from
Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Bag sprite from
Legends: Arceus


In the anime

 
Plates in the anime

The Mind Plate, alongside the other 15 Plates at the time, appeared in Arceus and the Jewel of Life, where Arceus used them to change its type, and almost died when it lost all of the Plates after having destroyed a meteor that endangered what would become Michina Town. Damos found one of these lost Plates and returned it to Arceus. This gave it the strength to recall the other 15 Plates.

The Mind Plate, alongside the other 17 type-based Plates, appeared in The Arceus Chronicles (Part 4), under Arceus's possession.

In the manga

 
The Plates in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

Petrel was collecting the Plates for Team Rocket's plan. After Silver stole the few Plates he had managed to find, Petrel decided to let him gather all 16 Plates, just to get them back at once later. With his Weavile leaving messages for Sneasel and Weavile across Johto, Silver soon indeed gathered all 16 Plates for himself. At the Sinjoh Ruins, Gold surrendered the Plates to Archer, who used them to seemingly take control of Arceus, ordering it to recreate Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. When the Pokédex holders used their Pokémon's ultimate attacks to stop the creation, all the Plates were absorbed by Arceus.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 神奇石板 Sàhnkèih Sehkbáan *
奇異板塊 Kèihyih Báanfaai *
Mandarin 神奇石板 Shénqí Shíbǎn *
奇異板塊 Qíyì Bǎnkuài *
  French Plaque Esprit (VI+)
Plaquesprit (IV-V)
  German Hirntafel
  Italian Lastramente
  Korean 이상한플레이트 Weird Plate
  Spanish Tabla Mental
  Vietnamese Phiến thạch Huyền bí

See also

External links




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