Black Glasses

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

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 Fling Power 30

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC RSEFRLG ColoXD DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS N/A $50 SM N/A $500

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) RSE ColoXD 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 SM An item to be held by a Pokémon. A pair of shady-looking glasses that boost the power of Dark-type moves.

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 Town HGSS Dark Cave BW Desert Resort B2W2 Castelia City XY Lysandre Labs ORAS Route 116 SM Hano Beach Haina Desert (sometimes dropped after Sandile ambush encounters), held by wild Sandile (5% chance)

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 黑色眼鏡 Black Glasses Mandarin 黑色眼鏡 / 黑色眼镜 Black Glasses * 黑色的眼鏡 Black Glasses French Lunet.Noires* Lunettes Noires* German Schattenglas Italian Occhialineri Korean 검은안경 Geomeun An-gyeong Spanish Gafas de Sol

External links

• On Smogon's Itemdex:
  • Generation II
  • Generation III
  • Generation IV
  • Generation V
  • Generation VI
  • Generation VII
• On Eevee's Itemdex

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