King's Rock

The King's Rock (Japanese: おうじゃのしるし King's Symbol) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II. It allows Poliwhirl and Slowpoke to evolve into Politoed and Slowking, respectively, and also allows the holder's moves to cause Pokémon to flinch.

King's Rock
おうじゃのしるし
King's Symbol
Bag King's Rock Sprite.png
King's Rock
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
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Fling
Power 30
Effect Causes target to flinch

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
GSC
RSEFRLG
DPPtHGSS
BW
XYORAS
BDSP
N/A $50
B2W2 $6,000 $50
SMUSUM
SwSh
N/A $2,500
SV $10,000 $2,500

Effect

In battle

Grants certain moves used by the holder a chance of causing targets to flinch.

Generation II

Grants the moves listed below a 11.71875% (30/256) chance of causing targets to flinch. Unlike flinching caused by other means in this generation, King's Rock can cause sleeping and frozen Pokémon to flinch as well.

Only the final strike of a multi-strike move has a chance of causing the target to flinch, except with Beat Up, where each hit has an independent chance of causing the target to flinch.

Generations III and IV

Grants the moves listed below a 10% chance of causing each target to flinch. This chance is not affected by Serene Grace.

Each strike of a multi-strike move has an independent chance of causing the target to flinch. Flinching caused this way is no longer different to flinching caused by other means.

Generation V onward

Grants all attacking moves that do not already have a chance to flinch a 10% chance of causing each target to flinch. This chance is affected by Serene Grace and the rainbow created by Fire Pledge and Water Pledge. King's Rock does not activate Sheer Force, but Sheer Force removes the chance to flinch if the move already has an additional effect.

Moves affected before Generation V


Outside battles

Causes Poliwhirl to evolve into Politoed when traded while holding it; causes Slowpoke to evolve into Slowking when traded while holding it.

Description

Games Description
GSC May make the foe flinch. (HOLD)
RSE A hold item that may cause flinching when a foe is hit.
FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. It may cause the foe to flinch upon taking damage.
Colo.XD A hold item that may cause flinching when the foe is hit.
DPPtHGSS An item to be held by a Pokémon. It may cause the foe to flinch when the holder inflicts damage.
BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. When the holder inflicts damage, the target may flinch.
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwShBDSP
An item to be held by a Pokémon. When the holder successfully inflicts damage, the target may also flinch.
SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. It may cause the target to flinch whenever the holder successfully inflicts damage on them with an attack.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
GSC Slowpoke Well Route 26 (held by Cooltrainer Gaven's Kingler from the second rematch onward)C
Held by wild Slowpoke and wild Poliwhirl (2% chance each)
RSE Mossdeep City Pickup (Lv. 11-30E)
Battle Tower (35+ win streak)RS, Battle Frontier (64 BP)E
Held by wild Hariyama (5% chance)
FRLG Sevault Canyon Trainer Tower (prize for defeating Mixed Mode)
Colo. Mt. Battle (10,000 Poké Coupons)
Pickup (any level)
XD Mt. Battle (8,000 Poké Coupons)
Pickup (Lv. 11-30)
DPPt Celestic TownPt Pickup (Lv. 11-30)
Held by wild Poliwhirl (5% chance)
HGSS Slowpoke Well Pickup (Lv. 11-30)
Pokéathlon Dome (3000 Pts.)SuMoTh
Held by wild Slowbro and wild Poliwhirl (5% chance each)
PBR Shop (7200 Poké Coupons)
BW Icirrus City Route 13 (treasure hunter)
Pickup (Lv. 11-30)
Held by wild Slowbro, wild Poliwhirl, wild Poliwrath, wild Politoed, and wild Slowking (5% chance each)
B2W2 Nuvema Town, Icirrus City Join Avenue (Antique Shop); White Forest (Store 4)
Pickup (Lv. 11-30)
Held by wild Poliwhirl, wild Poliwrath, wild Politoed, and wild Hariyama (5% chance each)
Transfer from Dream Radar
DW* Pokémon Café Forest
PDR Dream Clouds (Simulator β)
XY Lumiose City (Lysandre Café) Pickup (Lv. 11-30)
Held by wild Poliwhirl, wild Poliwrath, wild Politoed, wild Hariyama, and wild Hawlucha (5% chance each)
ORAS Mossdeep City Pickup (Lv. 11-30)
Held by wild Hariyama (5% chance)
PMC* Balloon Popping (Lv. 2)
SMUSUM Route 1 (Trainers' School) Battle Tree (32 BP)
Fishing at Ula'ula Island (Malie Garden, Route 13, Route 14, Route 15)USUM
Held by wild Poliwhirl, wild Poliwrath, wild Politoed, wild Slowbro, wild Hariyama, and wild HawluchaUSUM (5% chance each)
SwSh Route 8 Held by wild Hawlucha (5% chance)
SwShIA Fields of Honor (held by gift Slowpoke) Cram-o-matic (Dragon: 102-110 points)
SwShCT Crown Shrine Snowslide Slope Watt Trader (Highlight Item, 2,980 W)
BDSP Held by wild Poliwhirl (5% chance)
SV Naranja AcademyS/Uva AcademyV (from Geeta after completing all Gym Leader rematches) Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch, after earning 4 Gym Badges), Porto Marinada auction
SVID Item Printer

Distribution

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period
SwSh Korean Invitational King's Rock All September 5 to 6, 2020
As a held item
Games Event Language/Region Distribution period
DP World Hobby Fair Manaphy Japanese December 22, 2006 to March 1, 2007
Nintendo of Korea Manaphy Korean March 29 to 30, 2008
BW Trade for Evolution! Slowpoke Japanese October 10 to November 28, 2010
Pokémon Smash! Mewtwo Japanese September 26 to October 31, 2011
February 2012 Mewtwo English February 12 to 26, 2012
Strongest Return Mewtwo Korean March 3, 2012
XYORAS Pokémon 20th Anniversary Mythical Pokémon American, PAL June 1 to 24, 2016

Gallery

Artwork

 
Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

The King's Rock appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky.

Price

Games Cost Sell price
MDRB 3000  1 
MDTDS 1000  1 

Effect

If the player offers both a Link Cable and King's Rock at Luminous Cave or Luminous Spring, Slowpoke or Poliwhirl can be evolved into Slowking or Politoed, respectively. This consumes the Link Cable and King's Rock.

If thrown, it will deal 1 damage (2 if sticky). Using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.

Description

Games Description
MDRB It enables a certain kind of Pokémon to evolve. Give it to the Pokémon when it's ready to evolve.
MDTDS An impressive icon that conveys a kingly nobility. It allows certain kinds of Pokémon to evolve.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
MDRB Wish Cave (Kecleon Shop: 13, 26, 33, 41, 49, 59, 65, 71, 78, 83, 88, 93F)
MDTDS Treasure Boxes, Job requests (★3-★9)
Mystifying Forest (Kecleon Shop: 5F, 7F, 9F, 11F, 13F), Lake Afar (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F, B21F, B23F), Midnight Forest (Kecleon Shop: B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F, B21F, B23F)

Appearance

   
Sprite from
Red Rescue Team and
Blue Rescue Team
Sprite from
Explorers of Time,
Darkness
, and Sky

Pokémon GO

 
King's Rock in Pokémon GO

The King's Rock was added to Pokémon GO on February 16, 2017.

Effect

The King's Rock is required to evolve certain Pokémon in Pokémon GO. It is consumed upon use.

Description

Games Description
GO A rock that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It looks like a crown.

Acquisition

Starting at level 10, King's Rocks can be rarely obtained from

While normally rare, from March 21, 2017, onward, the player is guaranteed to find an Evolution item when obtaining the bonus for spinning a Photo Disc for the seventh day in a row.

Additionally, the player receives a King's Rock when completing part 3 of the Special Research "A Ripple in Time".

Pokémon Sleep

 
King's Rock in Pokémon Sleep

The King's Rock is available in Pokémon Sleep.

Price

Games Cost Sell price
Sleep  1,400 N/A

Effect

The King's Rock is required to evolve certain Pokémon in Pokémon Sleep. It is consumed upon use.

Description

Games Description
Sleep A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is shaped like a crown.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
Sleep Achievement reward Sleep Point Exchange (Regular)

In the anime

 
A King's Rock in the anime

A King's Rock first appeared in Ring Masters, where Ash received it as a prize for winning the Sumo Conference. In Outrageous Fortunes, Misty's Poliwhirl used it to evolve itself into a Politoed by holding it while being transferred between Pokémon Centers.

Another King's Rock appeared in A Crowning Achievement, where it was found on a rock after the water level in the local river dropped dramatically; Alice's Slowpoke used it to evolve into a Slowking as a Shellder bit onto it while it was on Slowpoke's head.

In Showdown At Linoone, a King's Rock was one of the items Tokin had picked up.

In the manga

 
A King's Rock in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In Quilava Quandary, Gold was given a King's Rock by the Day-Care Couple after training with them, giving it to his Poliwag, Polibo, to hold. In Ampharos Amore, Polibo, who had just evolved into a Poliwhirl, was able to use the King's Rock to evolve into a Politoed when he was temporarily traded to Silver.

Diamond & Pearl arc

In Yikes, Yanmega! II, Roseanne revealed that she researched Evolution items while studying Pokémon Evolution, including the King's Rock.

In the TCG

 
Call of Legends Slowking

A King's Rock is featured in the artwork of the Unleashed Politoed card and the HeartGold & SoulSilver Slowking card, as well as the Call of Legends reprint of the same Slowking.

Merchandise

 
WAKKA de IKKA's key art

A King's Rock made an appearance in the key art for the WAKKA de IKKA line of merchandise, drawn by Megumi Mizutani.[1]

Trivia

  • Only three moves changed whether they were affected by the King's Rock between Generation III and IV: Pound, Gust, and Dragon Rage are affected in Generation III but not in Generation IV.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 王者之證 Wòhngjé-jī Jing *
王者的信物 Wòhngjé-dīk Seunmaht *
Mandarin 王者之證 / 王者之证 Wángzhě-zhī Zhèng *
王者的信物 Wángzhě-de Xìnwù *
王者象徵 Wángzhě Xiàngzhēng *
  Danish Kongens sten*
  French Roche Royale
  German King-Stein
  Indonesian Simbol Penguasa
  Italian Roccia Di Re
  Korean 왕의징표석 Wangui Jingpyoseok
  Polish Kamienny Król*
Królewski Diadem*
Królewski Kamień/King's Rock *
  Brazilian Portuguese Pedra do Rei (games, EP260, manga)
Pedra Rei (EP247)
Rocha Real (EP194)
  Spanish Roca del Rey
  Thai สัญลักษณ์แห่งราชา Sanyalak Haengracha
  Vietnamese Con dấu Hoàng Gia

References

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