Earth Plate

The Earth Plate (Japanese: だいちのプレート Earth Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus.

Earth Plate だいちのプレート Earth Plate

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Introduced in Generation IV Pocket Generation IV Items Generation V Items Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Fling Power 90

In the core series games

Price

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

Effect

In battle

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

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

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a stone tablet that boosts the power of Ground-type moves. XYORAS SMUSUM An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a stone tablet that boosts the power of Ground-type moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods DPPt Oreburgh Gate The Underground HGSS S.S. Aqua (from the captain after obtaining all 16 Gym Badges) BW Abyssal Ruins B2W2 Abyssal Ruins XY Reflection Cave ORAS Route 130 (underwater) SM Route 1 USUM Route 1

Appearance

This is the appearance of the Earth Plate in the Sinnoh Underground.

Earth Plate

In the anime

Plates in the anime

The Earth Plate, alongside the other 15 Plates, 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 destroying a meteor. Damos found one of these lost Plates and returned it to Arceus, giving it the strength to recall the other 15 Plates. This act earned its trust and prompted it to detach the Earth Plate, Splash Plate, Meadow Plate, Zap Plate, and Draco Plate in the form of the Jewel of Life so Damos could make the land that would become Michina Town flourish. The Earth Plate was included into the Jewel of Life to represent the soil of the land.

The Earth Plate, alongside the Splash Plate and Flame Plate, appeared in a flashback in Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, where Ghris was seen using their combined powers to create the Prison Bottle.

In the manga

The Plates in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

The Plates first appeared in the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc, in which Petrel was collecting them 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.

After figuring out that the Plates stood for Pokémon types, Silver used the Earth Plate in Raising the Stakes with Rhyperior in order to power up his Rhyperior's Earth Power.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 大地石板 Daaihdeih Sehkbáan * 大地板塊 Daaihdeih Báanfaai * Mandarin 大地石板 Dàdì Shíbǎn * 大地板塊 Dàdì Bǎnkuài * French Plaque Terre German Erdtafel Italian Lastrageo Korean 대지플레이트 Earth Plate Spanish Tabla Terrax Vietnamese Phiến thạch Đất mẹ

External links

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

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