Bright Powder

The Bright Powder (Japanese: ひかりのこな Light Powder) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that decreases the opponent's accuracy. Prior to Generation VI, it was formatted as BrightPowder.

Bright Powder
ひかりのこな
Light Powder
Bag Bright Powder Sprite.png
Bright Powder
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
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Generation III Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
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
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Fling
Power 10

In the core series

Price

Games Cost Sell price
GSC
RSEFRLG
Colo.XD
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
N/A $5
SMUSUM N/A $2,000

Effect

Held item

Generation II

Moves targeted at the holder have an additional 20/256 (~8%) chance to miss.

Generation III onward

Bright Powder now reduces accuracy of moves targeting the holder by 10% of what their accuracy would be otherwise.

Description

Games Description
GSC Lowers the foe's accuracy. (HOLD)
RSE
Colo.XD
A hold item that casts a glare to reduce accuracy.
FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. It casts a tricky glare that lowers the opponent's accuracy.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It casts a tricky glare that lowers the opponent's accuracy.
XYORAS
SMUSUM
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It casts a tricky glare that lowers the opposing Pokémon's accuracy.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
GSC Held by Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, and Mewtwo when traded from Generation I
RSE Battle Tower (streak of 35 or more)RS/Battle Frontier (64 BP)E
FRLG Trade
Colo. Mt. Battle (10,000 Poké Coupons)
XD Mt. Battle (8,000 Poké Coupons)
DPPt Battle ParkDP/FrontierPt (48 BP)
HGSS Goldenrod Radio Tower Battle Frontier (48 BP)
BW Chargestone Cave Battle Subway (48 BP)
B2W2 Route 4W2 Battle Subway/PWT (12 BP)
XY Battle Maison (48 BP)
ORAS Battle Maison (48 BP)
Held by wild Wurmple (5% chance), wild Volbeat (5% chance), and wild Illumise (5% chance)
SM Route 5 (held by in-game trade Bounsweet) Battle Royal Dome (48 BP)
USUM Route 5 (held by in-game trade Noibat) Battle Royal Dome (48 BP)

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
  Japanese ひかりのこな Light Powder
Chinese Cantonese 光粉 Gwōngfán *
亮光之粉 Leuhnggwōng-jī Fán *
Mandarin 光粉 Guāngfěn *
亮光之粉 Liàngguāng-zhī Fěn *
  French Poudre Claire*
Poudreclaire*
  German Blendpuder
  Italian Luminpolvere
  Korean 반짝가루 Banjjak Garu
  Spanish Polvo Brillo

External links


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