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 ColoXD DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A $50 SMUSUM N/A $500 SwSh $3,000 $500 SV $3,000 $750 ZA $4,980 $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) RSEColoXD 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. USUMPE SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a shiny silver powder that will boost the power of Bug-type moves. SVZA 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) SwShIA Cram-o-matic (Bug: 52-60 points) Held by wild Volcarona (100% chance) SwShCT Hidden recurring item (Ballimere Lake) BDSP Eterna Forest SV Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch) SVID Item Printer ZA Jaune Sector 1 (reward for completing Side Mission 011: "The Kakuna Master") Racine Construction

Distribution

As a held item

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period XY Winter 2013 Scizor American November 27, 2013 to June 30, 2014

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet	Artwork from Legends: Z-A

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 ArgentéeVI+ Poudre Arg.II–V
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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