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
Bag Soft Sand Sprite.png
Soft Sand
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Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
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Fling
Power 10

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
GSC
RSEFRLG
Colo.XD
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
BDSP
N/A $50
SMUSUM
SwSh
N/A $500
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 piles
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 Ambush encounters (Diglett in Diglett's Tunnel, Routes 5 and 7; Dugtrio in Haina Desert, Vast Poni Canyon, Poni Coast; Stunfisk and Hippowdon in Ultra Space WildsUSUM)
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)
SwShIA Hidden recurring item (Loop Lagoon, Potbottom Desert)
SwShCT Hidden recurring item (Lakeside Cave)
BDSP Mount Coronet Held by wild Diglett, wild Dugtrio, wild Nincada, and wild Trapinch (5% chance each)
SV Delibird Presents (Levincia Branch)
Sparkling overworld item (Asado Desert, South Province (Area One), South Province (Area Five))
SVTM Sparkling overworld item (Oni's Maw)
SVID Sparkling overworld item (Coastal Biome)
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Gallery

Artwork

 
Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet

In the 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



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