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Gems (Japanese: ジュエル Jewel) are one-use type-enhancing items introduced in Generation V. There are 18 types of Gems, corresponding to each of the 18 types. A Gem is consumed when the Pokémon holding it uses a damaging attack that matches the Gem's type, and the attack's power is boosted by 30% (50% prior to Generation VI). The Gem will not be consumed if the attack misses or fails. Bide, Focus Punch, and damaging moves with a charging turn consume the Gem immediately before dealing damage.

If the type of a move is changed with Normalize, Pixilate, Refrigerate, Aerilate, Ion Deluge or Electrify, the Gem must match the type of the move after it has been modified. Moves that call other moves will only consume a Gem if the called move is of the appropriate type for the Gem. Hidden Power and Weather Ball can consume Gems, but only if the type of the Gem matches the type of damage that will be dealt. Judgment and Techno Blast can consume Normal Gems, but will be Normal-type for that execution even if the Pokémon is given a Plate or Drive by Symbiosis upon consuming the Gem. If a Pokémon consumes a Gem for an attack and is immediately given another of the same Gem by Symbiosis, that Gem will not be consumed for that attack; if a Pokémon consumes a Power Herb using a damaging move and is immediately given a Gem of the appropriate type, that Gem will be consumed for that attack. Fixed-damage moves (such as Dragon Rage, Counter and Endeavor) will consume Gems but will not have their damage modified. Present consumes a Gem even if it heals the target, but the amount healed is unaffected. Fling will fail if the user is holding a Gem. Struggle, Grass Pledge, Water Pledge, and Fire Pledge will never consume a Gem.

For reasons unknown, all Gems except the Normal Gem are currently unobtainable in Generation VI, due to Poké Transporter's restriction on all held items and unavailability in Pokémon X and Y. Despite this, a Fairy Gem was created to correspond with the new type.

List of Gems

Artwork

This is artwork of the Gems as seen on the Pokémon Global Link.

           
Fire Gem Water Gem Electric Gem Grass Gem Ice Gem Fighting Gem
           
Poison Gem Ground Gem Flying Gem Psychic Gem Bug Gem Rock Gem
           
Ghost Gem Dragon Gem Dark Gem Steel Gem Normal Gem Fairy Gem

In the anime

A Dragon Gem appeared in A Connoisseur's Revenge!, where it was offered to Iris and her Axew by a Poké Mart clerk.

A Fire Gem appeared in Climbing the Tower of Success! as an item looked for during a scavenger hunt.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 珠寶 Zhūbǎo (BW019)
寶石 Bǎoshí (BW069)
  Finnish Kivi (BW019)
Jalokivi (BW069)
  French Joyau
  German Juwel
  Italian Bijou
  Korean 주얼 Jewel
  Polish Klejnot
  Spanish Gema


Type-enhancing items
 
Items
 
Plates
 
Incenses
 
Orbs
 
Gems
 
Soul Dew


Held items
In-battle effect items
BerriesColored orbsDrivesPower items
Experience-affecting itemsGemsIncenseMega StonesMemoriesPlates
Stat-enhancing itemsType-enhancing itemsZ-Crystals
Out-of-battle effect items
Power itemsIncenseMailScarves


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