Black Glasses

The Black Glasses (Japanese: くろいメガネ Black Glasses), formatted BlackGlasses prior to Generation VI, is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Dark-type moves.

Black Glasses
くろいメガネ
Black Glasses
Bag Black Glasses Sprite.png
Black Glasses
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
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Fling
Power 30

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
GSC
RSEFRLG
ColoXD
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
BDSP
N/A $50
SMUSUM N/A $500
SwSh $3,000 $500
SV $3,000 $750

Effect

Generations II and III

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

Generation IV onward

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

Description

Games Description
GSC Powers up dark-type moves. (HOLD)
RSEColoXD A hold item that raises the power of Dark-type moves.
FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A shady-looking pair of glasses that boosts Dark-type moves.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a shady-looking pair of glasses that boosts Dark-type moves.
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
An item to be held by a Pokémon. A pair of shady-looking glasses that boost the power of Dark-type moves.
SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a pair of shady-looking glasses that boost the power of Dark-type moves.
SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a pair of shady-looking glasses that boost the power of the holder's Dark-type moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
GSC Dark Cave
RSE Route 116
FRLG Rocket Hideout
Colo The Under Subway
XD Held by Shadow Carvanha
DPPt Celestic TownDay
HGSS Dark Cave
BW Desert Resort
B2W2 Castelia City
XY Lysandre Labs
ORAS Route 116
SMUSUM Hano Beach Ambush encounters (SandileSM/KrokorokUSUM in Haina Desert)
Held by wild SandileSM and wild KrokorokUSUM (5% chance each)
SwSh Motostoke Stow-on-Side (bargain shop)
SwShIA Challenge Road Held by wild Sandile (5% chance)
BDSP Celestic TownDay
SV Delibird Presents (Levincia Branch)
SVID Item Printer

Distribution

As a held item
Games Event Language/Region Distribution Period
XYORAS 7-Eleven Pokémon Japanese July 18 to September 30, 2015
Pokémon Center Pokémon Japanese August 17 to 23, 2015

Gallery

Artwork

Bag Black Glasses SV Sprite.png
Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 黑色眼鏡 Hāaksīk Ngáahngeng
Mandarin 黑色眼鏡 / 黑色眼镜 Hēisè Yǎnjìng *
黑色的眼鏡 Hēisè-de Yǎnjìng *
France Flag.png French Lunettes Noires*
Lunet.Noires*
Germany Flag.png German Schattenbrille*
Schattenglas*
Italy Flag.png Italian Occhialineri
South Korea Flag.png Korean 검은안경 Geomeun An-gyeong
Spain Flag.png Spanish Gafas de Sol

External links



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