Hard Stone

The Hard Stone (Japanese: かたいいし Hard Stone) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Rock-type moves.

Hard Stone かたいいし Hard Stone

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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 100

In the core series games

Price

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

In the Generation V games, the Hard Stone can be sold to an item maniac inside the Icirrus City Pokémon Center for $500.

Effect

Generations II and III

Boosts the power of the holder's Rock-type moves by 10%.

Generation IV onward

Boosts the power of the holder's Rock-type moves by 20%.

Description

Games Description GSC Powers up rock-type moves. (HOLD) RSE ColoXD A hold item that raises the power of Rock-type moves. FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. An unbreakable stone that boosts the power of Rock-type moves. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is an unbreakable stone that ups the power of Rock-type moves. XYORAS An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a durable stone that boosts the power of Rock-type moves. SMUSUM SwSh An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a durable stone that boosts the power of Rock-type moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Route 36Th RSE Trick House (Third Puzzle) Held by wild Aron (5% chance) and wild Lairon (1% chance) FRLG Held by wild Onix (5% chance) and wild Graveler (5% chance) Colo Held by Shadow Sudowoodo XD Held by Shadow Lunatone DPPt Route 228Pt The Underground Held by wild Aron (5% chance), wild Nosepass (5% chance), and wild Corsola (5% chance) HGSS Route 36Th, S.S. Aqua (held by School Kid Ricky's Aipom)SuWe Held by wild Corsola (5% chance), wild Nosepass (5% chance), wild Aron (5% chance), and wild Lairon (5% chance) PW Rugged Road BW Mistralton Cave Dust clouds Held by wild Corsola (5% chance), wild Aron (5% chance), wild Roggenrola (5% chance), wild Boldore (5% chance), wild Dwebble (5% chance), and wild Crustle (5% chance) B2W2 Relic Passage Join Avenue (Antique Shop) DW Sparkling Sea XY Rock Smash Secret Super Training (Lv. 5 and 6) Spiky Rock 1 (in battles; using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide) Held by wild Corsola (5% chance), wild Nosepass (5% chance), wild Aron (5% chance), wild Lairon (5% chance), wild Roggenrola (5% chance), and wild Dwebble (5% chance) ORAS Trick House (Second Puzzle) Rock Smash (except Mirage spots) Secret Super Training (Lv. 5 and 6) Route 114 (from stone seller) Held by wild Nosepass (5% chance), wild Aron (5% chance), wild Lairon (5% chance), wild Roggenrola (5% chance), wild Boldore (5% chance), wild Dwebble (5% chance), and wild Crustle (5% chance) SMUSUM Ten Carat Hill Festival Plaza (Haunted houses) Sometimes dropped after ambush encounters with Crustle (Ultra Space Wilds)USUM Poké Pelago (Isle Aphun - all paths) Held by wild Roggenrola (5% chance) and wild Boldore (5% chance)

Appearance

This is the appearance of the Hard Stone in the Sinnoh Underground.

Hard Stone

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

A Hard Stone was held by the rental Golem that Noland used during his battle against Emerald in Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming and Gotcha Where I Wantcha, Glalie.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 硬石頭 Ngaahng Sehktàuh Mandarin 硬石頭 / 硬石头 Yìng Shítóu French Pierre Dure German Granitstein Italian Pietradura Korean 딱딱한돌 Ttakttakhan Dol Spanish Piedra Dura Vietnamese Đá cứng

External links

• On Smogon's Itemdex:
  • Generation II
  • Generation III
  • 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.