Protector

The Protector (Japanese: プロテクター Protector) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It allows Rhydon to evolve into Rhyperior.

Protector プロテクター Protector

Pokémon Global Link artwork

Introduced in Generation IV Pocket Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Fling Power 80

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price DPPtHGSS BW XYORAS BDSP N/A $1,050 B2W2 $10000 $1050 SMUSUM N/A $1,000 SwSh $3,000 $1,000 LA $10,000 $500 SV N/A $1,000

Effect

Causes Rhydon to evolve into Rhyperior when used on it in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

Held item

Causes Rhydon to evolve into Rhyperior when traded while holding it. This consumes the Protector.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 A protective item of some sort. It is extremely stiff and heavy. It is loved by a certain Pokémon. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA SV A protective item of some sort. It is extremely stiff and heavy. It's loved by a certain Pokémon.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods DPPt Route 228, Iron IslandPt HGSS Mt. Mortar PBR Shop (12000 Poké Coupons, after completing Little Battle) BW Route 11 Route 13 (treasure hunter) B2W2 Wellspring Cave Join Avenue (Antique Shop), Black City (Store 1) XY Lost Hotel Battle Maison (32 BP) ORAS Battle Maison (32 BP) PMC* Balloon Popping (Lv. 3) SMUSUM Paniola Town Battle Tree (32 BP) SwSh Route 9 Hammerlocke (10 BP), Stow-on-Side (bargain shop) SwShIA Potbottom Desert Cram-o-matic (Rock: 62-70 points) BDSP Route 228 Battle Park (5 BP) LA Trading post (1,400 MP) Ginkgo Guild cart (randomly sold by Ginter, as "Unwieldy Armor") Space-time distortions SVID Savanna Biome Reward for registering 160 Pokémon in the Blueberry Pokédex Blueberry Academy School Store (250 BP) Item Printer

Gallery

Sprites

Bag sprite from Legends: Arceus

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

The Protector appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky.

Price

Games Cost Sell price MDTDS 1000 1

Effect

If the player offers both a Link Cable and Protector at Luminous Spring, Rhydon can be evolved into Rhyperior. This consumes the Link Cable and Protector.

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 MDTDS A heavy, durable piece of protective equipment. It allows a certain kind of Pokémon to evolve.

Appearance

Sprite from Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods MDTDS Treasure Boxes, Job requests (★3-★9) Happy Outlook (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F), Mt. Mistral (Kecleon Shop: 3F, 5F, 7F, 9F, 11F, 13F, 15F, 17F, 19F), Shimmer Hill (Kecleon Shop: 2F, 4F, 6F, 8F, 10F, 12F, 14F, 16F), Lost Wilderness (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F)

Pokémon Conquest

In Pokémon Conquest, Rhydon evolves into Rhyperior if it knocks out a Warrior's Pokémon in a manner that allows recruitment while its own Warrior is equipped with a Protector.

The Protector can be purchased from the traveling merchant for 5000 gold, and sold for 2500-3250 gold.

Description

Games Description Conq. Enables certain Pokémon to evolve.

In the manga

A Protector in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Diamond & Pearl arc

In Yikes, Yanmega! II, Diamond's Lickilicky, Kit, used a Protector to protect itself from Mars's Yanmega swarm's soundwaves. Roseanne later revealed that the Protector was one of the items she used in her research of Pokémon Evolution.

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

In Raising the Stakes with Rhyperior, it was revealed that Silver had given Blue a Protector to be held by his Rhydon, allowing him to evolve into a Rhyperior when he was traded between the two Trainers. Afterwards, Blue had let Silver keep Rhyperior as a temporary replacement for his lost Ursaring.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 護具 Wuhgeuih Mandarin 護具 / 护具 Hùjù * 護身盔甲 Hùshēn Kuījiǎ * French Protecteur German Schützer Italian Copertura Korean 프로텍터 Protector Spanish Protector Vietnamese Miếng bảo vệ

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