Silver Powder

The Silver Powder (Japanese: ぎんのこな Silver Powder), formatted SilverPowder prior to Generation VI, is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Bug-type moves.

Silver Powder ぎんのこな Silver Powder

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Introduced in Generation II Pocket Generation II Items Generation III Items Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 10

In the core series games

Price

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

Effect

Generations II and III

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

Generation IV onward

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

Description

Games Description GSC Powers up bug-type moves. (HOLD) RSEColo.XD A hold item that raises the power of Bug-type moves. FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A shiny silver powder that boosts the power of Bug-type moves. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a shiny, silver powder that ups the power of Bug-type moves. XYORAS An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a shiny, silver powder that will boost the power of Bug-type moves. SM An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a shiny, silver powder that will boost the power of Bug-type moves. USUM SwShBDSP An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a shiny silver powder that will boost the power of Bug-type moves. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a shiny silver powder that boosts the power of the holder's Bug-type moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Held by wild Butterfree (2% chance) RSE Route 120 (held by Bug Maniac Brandon'sRS/Jeffrey'sE Masquerain from the fourth rematch onward) FRLG Held by wild Venomoth (5% chance) Colo. Held by Shadow Ariados XD Held by Shadow Venomoth DPPt Eterna Forest Held by wild MasquerainPt (5% chance) HGSS Held by wild Butterfree and wild Masquerain (5% chance each) PW Dim Cave BW Pinwheel Forest Held by wild Butterfree (5% chance) and wild Volcarona (100% chance) B2W2 Held by wild Volcarona (100% chance) DW Windswept Sky XY Route 7 Held by wild Masquerain (5% chance) ORAS Held by wild Masquerain (5% chance) SMUSUM Berry fields Held by wild Butterfree, wild Masquerain (5% chance each), and wild Volcarona (100% chance)USUM SwSh Route 4 Stow-on-Side (bargain shop) Held by wild Butterfree (5% chance) SwShIoA Cram-o-matic (Bug: 52-60 points) Held by wild Volcarona (100% chance) SwShCT Ballimere Lake (Reappears daily ~70%) BDSP Eterna Forest SV Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch)

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 銀粉 Ngàhnfán * 銀色的粉 Ngàhnsīk-jī fán * Mandarin 銀粉 / 银粉 Yínfěn * 銀色的粉 Yínsè-de Fěn * French Poudre Arg.* Poudre Argentée* German Silberstaub Italian Argenpolvere Korean 은빛가루 Eunbit Garu Spanish Polvo Plata

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation II – III – IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

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