Star Piece

The Star Piece (Japanese: ほしのかけら Star Piece) is a valuable item introduced in Generation II.

Star Piece ほしのかけら Star Piece

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Introduced in Generation II Pocket Generation II Items Generation III Items Generation IV Items Generation V Items Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Treasures Generation IX Treasures Fling Power 30

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC HGSS 4600 4900 RSEFRLG DPPt WB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A 4,900 B 48000 4900 SMUSUMPE SwSh SV N/A 6,000 LA N/A 5,000

In the Generation V games, the Star Piece can be sold to the ore maniac inside the Icirrus City Pokémon Center for 9800.

In Pokémon Sword and Shield, the Star Piece can be sold to the valuable item buyer in Stow-on-Side for 14,000.

Effect

In Pokémon Platinum, it can be exchanged with Mr. Fuego in Fuego Ironworks for one of each color of Shard.

In Unova, it can be exchanged with a man in Anville Town for a PP Up (only on Saturday and Sunday).

Three Star Pieces and an additional item can be inserted into the Cram-o-matic to produce a Comet Shard.

Description

Games Description GSC A hunk of red gem. Sell very high. RSEColo.XD A red gem shard. It would sell for a very high price. FRLG A shard of a pretty gem that sparkles in a red color. It can be sold at a high price. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 A shard of a pretty gem that sparkles in a red color. It can be sold at a high price to shops. XYORAS SMUSUM A small shard of a beautiful gem that demonstrates a distinctly red sparkle. It can be sold at a high price to shops. PE SwShBDSP SV A small shard of a beautiful gem that gives off a distinctly red sparkle. It can be sold at a high price to shops. LA A small shard of a beautiful gem that gives off a distinctly red sparkle. It can be sold at a high price to the general store.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Ruins of AlphC Goldenrod Underground (bargain shop)Mo Route 27 (gift from Bird Keeper Jose)C Held by wild Staryu (2% chance) RSE Routes 108E, 127, 133, and 134E Quiz LadyE Held by wild Staryu (5% chance) FRLG Mt. Moon, Four Island Hidden recurring item (Treasure Beach, Resort Gorgeous, Outcast Island) Resort Gorgeous (possible reward from Selphy) Held by wild Staryu (5% chance)LG DPPt Routes 208Pt, 227Pt, and 228Pt, Mt. CoronetPt, Veilstone CityPt, Fuego IronworksPt, Stark MountainPt Underground, Iron IslandPt Held by wild Staryu (5% chance) HGSS Route 3, Ruins of Alph, Cinnabar Island Rock Smash (except Ruins of Alph and Cliff Cave) Goldenrod Tunnel (bargain shop)Mo Route 27 (gift from Bird Keeper Jose) Held by wild Staryu (5% chance) PW Rugged Road, Blue Lake, Night Sky's Edge, Amity Meadow BW Chargestone Cave, Dragonspiral Tower, Challenger's Cave, Giant Chasm Passerby Analytics HQ (complete "About art" survey) Pinwheel Forest (daily, smash the challenge rock with a Fighting-type Pokémon) Black CityB (Piper) Held by wild Staryu and wild Starmie (5% chance each) B2W2 Routes 13, 18, and 23, Desert Resort, Reversal Mountain, Giant Chasm, Victory Road Passerby Analytics HQ (complete "Which songs can you relate to?" survey) Join Avenue (Avenue rank reward) Pokéstar Studios (gift after completing a movie) Held by wild Staryu and wild Starmie (5% chance each) Transfer from Dream Radar DW* Windswept Sky PDR Dream Clouds (Simulator α, Simulator β, Simulator γ) XY Route 13, Lumiose City, Camphrier Town, Azure Bay, Victory Road, Terminus Cave Battle Chateau Rock Smash (except Glittering Cave) Held by wild Staryu and wild Starmie (5% chance each)X ORAS Routes 108, 127, 133, and 134, Meteor Falls, Mossdeep City, Shoal Cave, Mirage Island (north of Route 113) Any Contest Spectacular Hall (random gift from a fan after completing a Hyper Rank Contest) Route 111 (15% chance after a rematch with Ruin Maniac Dusty) Rock Smash (except Mirage spots) Held by wild Staryu (5% chance) SMUSUM Routes 2, 5, and 11, Seaward Cave, Ten Carat Hill, Poni PlainsSM Ambush encounters (Staryu on Hano Beach) Smashing breakable rocks with Tauros Charge or Sharpedo Jet (Routes 15 and 17, Vast Poni Canyon, Poni Breaker CoastUSUM, Poni Plains, Resolution Cave, Poni Coast) Poké Pelago (Isle Aphun - Odd-Shard Hunting, Interesting-Item Hunting) Held by wild Staryu, wild Starmie, and wild Minior (5% chance each) PE Silph Co. Hidden recurring item (Pokémon Tower) Found by walking Pokémon (Rock Tunnel, Cerulean Cave) SwSh Route 8 (×2), Motostoke, Galar Mine, Galar Mine No. 2 Bridge Field (Digging Duo) Hidden recurring item (Stony Wilderness, Dusty Bowl, Giant's Mirror, Hammerlocke Hills, Giant's Cap) Max Raid Battles (Rolling Fields, East Lake Axewell, Giant's Seat, North Lake Miloch, Motostoke Riverbank, Bridge Field, Stony Wilderness, Dusty Bowl, Hammerlocke Hills, Giant's Cap) SwShIA Hidden recurring item (Fields of Honor, Soothing Wetlands, Challenge Beach, Brawlers' Cave, Courageous Cavern, Potbottom Desert, Honeycalm Sea) Max Raid Battles (Fields of Honor, Soothing Wetlands, Forest of Focus, Challenge Beach, Brawlers' Cave, Challenge Road, Courageous Cavern, Training Lowlands, Potbottom Desert, Stepping-Stone Sea) Cram-o-matic (Ice, Dragon, or Dark: 52-60 points) Cram-o-matic (Stardust in Slots #1, #3, and #4) SwShCT Hidden recurring item (Slippery Slope, Old Cemetery, Tunnel to the Top, Roaring-Sea Caves, Frigid Sea, Three-Point Pass, Ballimere Lake, Lakeside Cave) Max Raid Battles (Slippery Slope, Giant's Bed, Snowslide Slope, Path to the Peak, Frigid Sea, Ballimere Lake) BDSP Grand Underground Held by wild Staryu (5% chance) LA Jubilife Village (reward for completing Request 50: "Double the Tails, Double the Fun") Galaxy Hall (reward for completing Request 58: "Gone Astray...in the Coastlands") Galaxy Hall (×2; reward for completing Request 69: "Gone Astray...in the Highlands") Galaxy Hall (×3; reward for completing Request 77: "Gone Astray...in the Fieldlands") Galaxy Hall (×5; reward for completing Request 86: "Gone Astray...in the Icelands") Jubilife Village (×3; reward for completing Request 99: "Tricky Treat Strategy") Crafting: 3 Red Shards, 3 Blue Shards, 3 Green Shards, and 1 Stardust Sometimes found by Ursaluna Space-time distortions SV Reward for registering 230 and 250 Pokémon in the Paldea Pokédex (×3 each) Tera Raid Battles (3★, 4★, 5★, 6★, 7★) Sparkling overworld item (Asado Desert) SVTM Reward for registering 130 Pokémon in the Kitakami Pokédex (×5) Sparkling overworld item (Fellhorn Gorge, Reveler's Road)

Distribution

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period LA Grit Pebbles, Rare Candies and Star Pieces All March 4 to 31, 2022 SV Poké Times Wish Items All January 6-10 to 15, 2023

As a held item

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period XY 2014 Tanabata Jirachi Japan August 1 to 31, 2014 XYORAS Pokémon EXPO Gym Pokémon Japanese November 19, 2015 to May 31, 2016 Nintendo Hong Kong Jirachi Japanese December 12, 2015 to January 31, 2016 SM 2017 Tanabata Jirachi Japan August 6 to 13, 2017 SMUSUM 2018 Tanabata Jirachi Japan August 1 to 31, 2018

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

Sprites

Underground sprite from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum	Grand Underground sprite from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl	Bag sprite from Legends: Arceus

In the spin-off games

Pokémon GO

A Star Piece in Pokémon GO

Using a Star Piece increases the amount of Stardust the player earns by 50% for the next 30 minutes.

Description

Games Description GO A small shard of a beautiful gem. Earns 50% more Stardust for 30 minutes.

Acquisition

Star Pieces can be obtained by purchasing special boxes that are available in the in-game shop during special events.

Additionally, the player receives a Star Piece when completing part 3 of the Special Research "A Mythical Discovery", part 5 of the Special Research "A Ripple in Time", and part 8 of the Special Research "Let's GO, Meltan".

In the anime

A Star Piece in the anime

In Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!, Sophocles found a Star Piece during a Stoutland Search treasure hunt set up for Ash and his classmates by Olivia. In the dub, it was incorrectly referred to as a Comet Shard.

In the manga

A Star Piece in Magical Pokémon Journey

Magical Pokémon Journey

In Hazel VS Almond!, Almond won a Star Piece in a contest held by Grandpa, giving it to Hazel.

In the TCG

Star Piece

Main article: Star Piece (Skyridge 139)

Star Piece was introduced as a Pokémon Tool card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English e-Card Series (the Japanese e-Card Era) in the Skyridge expansion.

At any time between turns, if the Pokémon this card is attached to is Benched and has 2 or more damage counters on it, the player may place the appropriate Evolution card from their deck on top of that Pokémon. This counts as evolving that Pokémon.

Trivia

• Meloetta is programmed to always hold a Star Piece when encountered in the wild in Pokémon Black and White. However, Meloetta cannot be found in the wild in any game.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 星星碎片 Sīngsīng Seuipín Mandarin 星星碎片 Xīngxīng Suìpiàn French Morc. Étoile* Morceau d'Étoile* German Sternenstück Indonesian Serpihan Bintang Italian Pezzo Stella Korean 별의조각 Byeorui Jogak Brazilian Portuguese Pedaço de Estrela Spanish Tr. Estrella* Trozo Estrella* Thai สตาร์พีซ Star Piece

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