Bright Powder

Bright Powder ひかりのこな Light Powder

Bright Powder Pokémon Global Link artwork

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 Fling Power 10

The Bright Powder (Japanese: ひかりのこな Light Powder) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that decreases the opponent's accuracy. Prior to Generation VI, it was formatted as BrightPowder.

In the core series

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC RSEFRLG ColoXD DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS N/A $5 SMUSUM N/A $2,000

Effect

Held item

Generation II

Moves targeted at the holder have an additional 20/256 (~8%) chance to miss.

Generation III onward

Bright Powder now reduces accuracy of moves targeting the holder by 10% of what their accuracy would be otherwise.

Description

Games Description GSC Lowers the foe's accuracy. (HOLD) RSE ColoXD A hold item that casts a glare to reduce accuracy. FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. It casts a tricky glare that lowers the opponent's accuracy. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It casts a tricky glare that lowers the opponent's accuracy. XYORAS SMUSUM An item to be held by a Pokémon. It casts a tricky glare that lowers the opposing Pokémon's accuracy.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Held by Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, and Mewtwo when traded from Generation I RSE Battle Tower (streak of 35 or more)RS/Battle Frontier (64 BP)E FRLG Trade Colo Mt. Battle (10,000 Poké Coupons) XD Mt. Battle (8,000 Poké Coupons) DPPt Battle ParkDP/FrontierPt (48 BP) HGSS Goldenrod Radio Tower (gift from DJ Mary after defeating Team Rocket) Battle Frontier (48 BP) BW Chargestone Cave Battle Subway (48 BP) B2W2 Route 4W2 Battle Subway/PWT (12 BP) XY Battle Maison (48 BP) ORAS Battle Maison (48 BP) Held by wild Wurmple, wild Volbeat, and wild Illumise SM Route 5 (held by in-game trade Bounsweet) Battle Royal Dome (48 BP) USUM Route 5 (held by in-game trade Noibat) Battle Royal Dome (48 BP)

In other languages

Language Title Japanese ひかりのこな Light Powder Chinese Cantonese 光粉 Gwōngfán Mandarin 光粉 Guāngfěn * 亮光之粉 Liàngguāng-zhī Fěn * French Poudre Claire* Poudreclaire* German Blendpuder Italian Luminpolvere Korean 반짝가루 Banjjak Garu Spanish Polvo Brillo

External links

• On Smogon's Itemdex:
  • Generation II
  • Generation III
  • Generation IV
  • Generation V
  • Generation VI
  • Generation VII

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