Silver Powder

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 Fling Power 10

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.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC RSEFRLG ColoXD DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS N/A $50 SMUSUM N/A $500

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) RSE ColoXD 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. USUM An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a shiny silver powder that will boost the power of Bug-type moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Held by wild Butterfree (8% 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 HGSS Held by wild Butterfree (5% chance) and wild Masquerain (5% chance) PW Dim Cave BW Pinwheel Forest Held by wild Butterfree (5% chance) and wild Volcarona (5% chance) B2W2 Held by wild Volcarona (5% chance) DW Windswept Sky XY Route 7 Held by wild Masquerain (5% chance) ORAS Held by wild Masquerain (5% chance) SM Berry fields Held by wild Butterfree (5% chance) and wild Masquerain (5% chance) USUM Berry fields Held by wild Butterfree (5% chance), wild Masquerain (5% chance), and wild Volcarona (100% chance)

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 銀粉 Ngàhnfán Mandarin 銀粉 / 银粉 Yínfěn * 銀色的粉 Yínsè-de Fěn * French Poudre Arg.* Poudre Argentée* German Silberstaub Italian Argenpolvere Korean 은빛가루 Eunbit Garu Spanish Polvo Plata

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.