Sparkling Stone

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The Sparkling Stone (Japanese: かがやくいし Sparkling Stone) is a Key Item introduced in Generation VII. They are gifted to worthy Trainers by the tapu. It is the raw material needed to create a Z-Ring or Z-Power Ring. According to Professor Kukui and Lillie, Sparkling Stones are actually the parts of Necrozma's body that were lost due to the actions of the Ultra Recon Squad's ancestors. These parts then came to Alola after passing through an Ultra Wormhole.

Sparkling Stone
かがやくいし
Sparkling Stone
Bag Sparkling Stone SM Sprite.pngBag Sparkling Stone Sprite.png
Sparkling StoneSparkling Stone
Obtain sprites from Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
Introduced in Generation VII
Pocket
Generation VII Bag Key items pocket icon.png Key items

In the core series games

The player receives a Sparkling Stone from Tapu Koko in recognition of their bravery in protecting Nebby from a swarm of wild Spearow. After the player defeats Hau for the first timeSM or simply returns to Iki TownUSUM, Hala recognizes the stone, and upon realizing that the player has been recognized by the guardian deity of Melemele Island, offers to refine it. The player receives the finished product, a Z-RingSM or Z-Power RingUSUM, after completing the ceremony battle with Hau.

Another, unobtainable Sparkling Stone is given to Hapu by Tapu Fini when the former is made the island kahuna of Poni Island. She later fastens it into her own Z-RingSM/Z-Power RingUSUM. This Sparkling Stone is colored brown, unlike the whiteSM/blackUSUM one the player received earlier.

Price

Games Cost Sell price
SMUSUM N/A N/A

Effect

The player needs to give this item to Hala in Iki Town so that he can make the player a Z-RingSM or Z-Power RingUSUM out of it.

Description

Games Description
SMUSUM A stone entrusted by a Pokémon that has been venerated as a guardian deity in the Alola region. There is said to be some secret in how it sparkles.

Acquisition

Games Method
SMUSUM Mahalo Trail (Plank Bridge; from Lillie after saving Nebby from the Spearow)

Artwork

 
Concept art for the Sparkling Stone

Models

   
Model of Hapu's Sparkling Stone in
Sun and Moon
Model of Hapu's Sparkling Stone in
Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

In the anime

 
A Sparkling Stone in the anime

In Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!, Lana found a Sparkling Stone, termed in the episode as a Z-Ring ore (Japanese: リングのゲンセキ Z-Ring Ore), during a Stoutland Search treasure hunt set up by Olivia for Ash and his classmates. Olivia took the stone and turned it into a Z-Ring, which she gave to Lana in the next episode.

In the manga

 
A Sparkling Stone in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc

In The Delivery of Rotom and the Girl, Sun received a Sparkling Stone from Tapu Koko. In The Party Crasher and Guzma the Destroyer, Sun used the Sparkling Stone as a splint for his broken arm. When angered by Gladion in The Final Match and a Surprising Finale!, Sun accidentally used the Z-Move Inferno Overdrive with his Litten, Dollar, defeating Gladion's Type: Null. Due to the strain of using the attack, Sun immediately passed out from exhaustion. Hala took the Sparkling Stone in order to convert it into a Z-Ring for Sun to use. Once completed, Hala had Kahili deliver it to Sun at the Ruins of Life.

In The Wild Full-Power Pose of Fire, Kiawe is revealed to own a Z-Ring, which he received as a Sparkling Stone from Tapu Lele five years prior to the Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc. In order to prevent Sun from using Inferno Overdrive against him again, Gladion had his Type: Null shatter Kiawe's Z-Ring when the latter attempted to lend it to Sun, leaving only the Sparkling Stone intact.

In The Truth and Island Kahuna Hapu, Hapu received a Sparkling Stone from Tapu Fini after it accepted her as the next kahuna of Poni Island.

In Shock!! Father in the Pendant!, Hau revealed that, in the midst of his training, he had managed to obtain a Sparkling Stone, which Olivia had fashioned into a Z-Ring for him.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 光輝石 Gwōngfāi Sehk
Mandarin 光輝石 / 光辉石 Guānghuī Shí
  French Gemme Lumière
  German Glitzerstein
  Italian Pietra lucente
  Korean 빛나는돌 Binnaneun Dol
  Spanish Piedra Brillante

See also


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