Steelium Z

The Steelium Z (Japanese: ハガネＺ Steel Z) is a type of Z-Crystal introduced in Pokémon Sun and Moon. It is the type-specific Z-Crystal associated with the Steel type and allows Pokémon to upgrade their Steel-type moves to Z-Moves.

Steelium Z ハガネＺ Steel Z

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Introduced in Generation VII Pocket Generation VII Z-Crystals

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price SMUSUM N/A N/A

Effect

Bag item

Can create Steelium Z held items for Pokémon in the party.

Held item

In battle

Allows the holder to upgrade its Steel-type damaging moves to the Z-Move Corkscrew Crash or upgrade its Steel-type status moves into Z-Moves.

Unaffected by item negating effects (such as Embargo and Klutz). Item manipulating effects (such as Trick and Fling) cannot remove a Z-Crystal from a Pokémon.

Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Steel-type form. Rayquaza cannot Mega Evolve if it holds this Z-Crystal.

Outside of battle

A held Steelium Z is automatically removed if the Pokémon is traded between players.

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

Description

Bag item

Games Description SMUSUM It converts Z-Power into crystals that upgrade Steel-type moves to Steel-type Z-Moves.

Held item

Games Description SMUSUM This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades Steel-type moves to Z-Moves.

Acquisition

Games Method SM Hokulani Observatory (from Molayne for completing Sophocles's trial) USUM Mount Hokulani (from Molayne)

In the anime

Z-Crystal replicas in the anime

A full set of replicas of the type-specific Z-Crystals, including the Steelium Z, appeared in A Team-on-Team Tussle!, where they were shown to Ash and his classmates by Professor Kukui.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 鋼Ｚ Gong-Z Mandarin 鋼Ｚ / 钢Ｚ Gāng-Z French Métallozélite German Metallium Z Italian Metallium Z Korean 강철Z Gangcheol-Z Spanish Metalostal Z

External links

• On Smogon's Itemdex:
  • Generation VII

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