Soft Sand

The Soft Sand (Japanese: やわらかいすな Soft Sand) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Ground-type moves.

Soft Sand やわらかいすな Soft Sand

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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 SwSh N/A 500 BDSP N/A 50 SV 3,000 750

Effect

Generations II and III

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

Generation IV onward

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

Description

Games Description GSC Powers up ground-type moves. (HOLD) RSEColo.XD A hold item that raises the power of Ground-type moves. FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A loose, silky sand that boosts the power of Ground-type moves. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a loose, silky sand that boosts the power of Ground-type moves. SMUSUM SwShBDSP An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a loose, silky sand that boosts the power of Ground-type moves. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a loose, silky sand that boosts the power of the holder's Ground-type moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Route 34 RSE Route 109 Held by wild Trapinch (5% chance) FRLG Held by wild Sandslash (5% chance) Colo. Held by Shadow Piloswine XD Held by Shadow Dugtrio DPPt Mt. Coronet Held by wild Diglett, wild Dugtrio, and wild Trapinch (5% chance each) HGSS Blackthorn CitySa Held by wild Diglett, wild Dugtrio, and wild Trapinch (5% chance each) BW Desert Resort Held by wild Trapinch and wild Stunfisk (5% chance each) B2W2 Desert Resort Held by wild Trapinch and wild Stunfisk (5% chance each) DW Rugged Mountain XY Geosenge Town Rock Smash (except Glittering Cave) Sand pile (in battles; using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide) Held by wild Dugtrio, wild Trapinch, and wild Stunfisk (5% chance each) ORAS Route 109 Rock Smash (except Mirage spots) Held by wild Diglett, wild Nincada, and wild Trapinch (5% chance each) SMUSUM Melemele Sea, Konikoni CityUSUM Routes 5 and 7, Diglett's Tunnel, Haina Desert, Vast Poni Canyon, Poni Coast (sometimes dropped after ambush encounters with Diglett and Dugtrio) Ultra Space Wilds (sometimes dropped after ambush encounters with Stunfisk)USUM Held by wild Diglett, wild Dugtrio, wild Trapinch, and wild StunfiskUSUM (5% chance each) SwSh Galar Mine No. 2 Bridge Field (Digging Duo) Held by wild Diglett, wild Dugtrio, wild Nincada, and wild Trapinch (5% chance each) BDSP Mt. Coronet Held by wild Diglett, wild Dugtrio, wild Nincada, and wild Trapinch (5% chance each) SV Delibird Presents (Levincia Branch) Asado Desert, South Province (Area One), South Province (Area Five) (sparkling overworld items)

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In spin-off games

Soft Sand in Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

In Pokémon: Magikarp Jump, Soft Sand is a Friendship Item that is received as a reward after beating the Ultra League. It summons Mudkip as a helper Pokémon.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 柔軟沙子 Yàuhyúhn Sājí Mandarin 柔軟沙子 / 柔软沙子 Róuruǎn Shāzi * 柔軟的沙子 Róuruǎn-de Shāzǐ * French Sable Doux German Pudersand Italian Sabbiasoffice* Sabbia Soffice* Korean 부드러운모래 Budeureoun Morae Spanish Arena Fina

External links

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

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.