Heart Scale

	Pokémon Global Link artwork
	Introduced in Generation III
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Generation III	Items
Generation IV	Items
Generation V	Items
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Power	30

The Heart Scale (Japanese: ハートのウロコ Heart Scale) is a type of item introduced in Generation III.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
RS E FRLG DP Pt HGSS	N/A	50
B	10000	50
WB2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM PE BDSP	N/A	50

Effect

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, Generations IV to VII, and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, it can be given to a Move Reminder to teach one move to one Pokémon.

In Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, after using 10 Heart Scales total, the cost is permanently removed and the Move Reminder will continue to teach Pokémon moves for free.

Description

Games	Description
RS E	A lovely scale. It is coveted by collectors.
Colo.XD	An item brought over from a faraway place.
FRLG DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2	A pretty, heart-shaped scale that is extremely rare. It glows faintly in the colors of the rainbow.
XY ORAS	A pretty, heart-shaped scale that is extremely rare. It glows faintly with all of the colors of the rainbow.
SM USUM PE BDSP	A pretty, heart-shaped scale that is extremely rare. Some people are happy to receive one.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
RS E	Routes 104, 105, 106, 109, 115, 118, 124 (underwater, ×2), 126 (underwater), 127 (underwater), and 128 (×3), Lilycove City	Held by wild Luvdisc (50% chance)
FRLG		Tanoby Ruins (hidden recurring items, group C)
DP	Routes 212 and 214	The Underground Held by wild Luvdisc (50% chance)
Pt	Routes 213, 222, 223, 224, and 226, Oreburgh City, Victory Road	The Underground Pokémon News Press Held by wild Luvdisc (50% chance)
HGSS	Route 32, Vermilion City	Pokéathlon Dome (1000 Pts.)^Su ^We Rock Smash (except Ruins of Alph and Cliff Cave) Pickup Held by wild Luvdisc (50% chance)
PW		Beautiful Beach, Warm Beach, Stormy Beach, Quiet Cave
BW	Routes 13 and 17, Desert Resort, Driftveil City, Cold Storage, Dragonspiral Tower, Challenger's Cave, Undella Bay Passerby Analytics HQ (complete "About what's most important" survey)	Route 13 (treasure hunter), Driftveil City (daily, show the woman a Pokémon with the requested move), Mistralton City (exchange for 10 Sweet Hearts), Black City^B/White Forest^W (Lynette) Pickup Held by wild Luvdisc (50% chance)
B2W2	Routes 6, 14, 18, 20, and 23, Castelia City, Castelia Sewers^Spring^Summer, Desert Resort, Relic Castle, Driftveil City, Village Bridge, Seaside Cave, Humilau City, Moor of Icirrus Passerby Analytics HQ (complete "About what's most important" survey)	Route 13, Undella Town, Undella Bay (reappears occasionally) Driftveil City (daily, show the woman a Pokémon with the requested move), Mistralton City (exchange for 5* or 10 Sweet Hearts) Join Avenue (souvenir, Antique Shop) Pickup Held by wild Luvdisc (50% chance) Pokémon Dream Radar (regular areas after catching Landorus, Simulator α, Simulator β, Simulator γ) Funfest Mission (Where are Fluttering Hearts?)
DW		Sparkling Sea, Icy Cave
XY	Route 8, Azure Bay, Frost Cavern	Route 8 (reappears occasionally) Coumarine City (daily post-game, show Tierno a Pokémon with the requested dance move) Rock Smash (except Glittering Cave) Pickup Held by wild Luvdisc (50% chance)
ORAS	Routes 104, 105, 106, 109, 115, 118, 124 (underwater, ×2), 126 (underwater), 127 (underwater), 128 (×3), 129 (underwater), and 134 (×3), Lilycove City, Seafloor Cavern, Pacifidlog Town Pacifidlog Town (held by in-game trade Corsola)	Crescent Isle Any Contest Spectacular Hall (random gift from a fan after completing a Hyper Rank Contest) Route 124 (10% chance after rematch with Scuba Diver Kylan or Free Diver Arzu) Rock Smash (except Mirage spots) Pickup, Secret Base ("Pick something up" with Secret Pal) Held by wild Luvdisc (50% chance)
PMC		PokéMileage Shop (100 PM - 20 Medals or more) Graffiti Eraser (all levels)
SM USUM	Ancient Poni Path^USUM, Exeggutor Island^SM	Hano Beach (reappears occasionally) Vast Poni Canyon (sometimes dropped after ambush encounters with Pokémon from flying shadows) Fishing spots (Routes 7, 8, and 9, Paniola Town, Brooklet Hill, Akala Outskirts) Konikoni City (restaurant), Malie City (Sushi High Roller), Seafolk Village (restaurant) Festival Plaza (Haunted houses) Pickup Held by wild Luvdisc (50% chance)
PE	Route 20, Cerulean City (×5)	Seafoam Islands Gift from Partner Pikachu^P or Eevee^E Route 12, Cerulean Cave (found by Water-type walking Pokémon)
BDSP	Routes 212 and 214	Grand Underground Held by wild Luvdisc (50% chance)

Gallery

Sprites


Underground sprite from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum	Grand Underground sprite from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

In the anime

A Heart Scale in the anime

Heart Scales first appeared in a fantasy in Partner Promises!, when Mallow mentioned how the jewelry shop "Alola Sunrise" makes its jewelry from Heart Scales and Corsola branches.

A Heart Scale made its first proper appearance in the Poké Problem extra scene of SM120, where Lana showed one to her classmates, jokingly claiming that it was a Kyogre scale.

A Heart Scale appeared in A Recipe for Success!, where Mallow obtained one from a group of Fearow that had come to visit Oranguru's place.

A Heart Scale appeared in JN144 as one of the heart-shaped objects stolen by a Banette.

Trivia

Heart Scales are the shed scales of Luvdisc.
- In Alola, they can be obtained at the Vast Poni Canyon trial site, implying they can also be the shed scales of the Jangmo-o evolutionary line. This is further supported by the fact that Jangmo-o has a heart-shaped scale on its head.
In Pokémon X and Y, the Heart Scale is incorrectly sorted in the Bag as an Evolution stone when the Bag is sorted by type, instead of as an exchangeable item.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	心之鱗片 Sām-jī Lèuhnpín
Chinese	Mandarin	心之鱗片 / 心之鳞片 Xīn-zhī Línpiàn
Danish		Hjerteskall
Dutch		Hartschale
Finnish		Sydänsuomu
French		Écaillecœur* Écaille Cœur*
German		Herzschuppe
Italian		Squama Cuore
Korean		하트비늘 Heart Bineul
Norwegian		Hjerteskjell
Polish		Serdeczna Łuska
Brazilian Portuguese		Escama de Coração
Spanish		Esc. Corazón* Escama Corazón*
Swedish		Hjärtformad snäcka