Buginium Z

Buginium Z ムシＺ Bug Z

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Introduced in Generation VII Pocket Generation VII Z-Crystals

The Buginium Z (Japanese: ムシＺ Bug Z) is a type of Z-Crystal introduced in Pokémon Sun and Moon. It is the type-specific Z-Crystal associated with the Bug type, and allows Pokémon to upgrade their Bug-type moves to Z-Moves.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price SM N/A N/A

Effect

Bag item

Can create Buginium Z held items for Pokémon in the party.

Held item

In battle

Allows the holder to upgrade its Bug-type damaging moves to the Z-Move Savage Spin-Out or upgrade its Bug-type status moves into Z-Moves.

Unaffected by item negating effects (such as Embargo and Klutz). Item manipulating effects (such as Trick and Fling) cannot remove a Z-Crystal from a Pokémon.

Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Bug-type form. Rayquaza cannot Mega Evolve if it holds a Z-Crystal.

Outside of battle

A held Buginium Z is automatically removed if the Pokémon is traded between players.

Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Bug-type form.

Description

Bag item

Games Description SM It converts Z-Power into crystals that upgrade Bug-type moves to Bug-type Z-Moves.

Held item

Games Description SM This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades Bug-type moves to Z-Moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods SM Shady House

In the anime

Z-Crystal replicas in the anime

A full set of replicas of the type-specific Z-Crystals appeared in A Team-on-Team Tussle!, where they were shown to Ash and his classmates by Professor Kukui.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 蟲Ｚ Chùhng-Z Mandarin 蟲Ｚ / 虫Ｚ Chong-Z French Insectozélite German Insectium Z Italian Insectium Z Korean 벌레Z Beolle-Z Spanish Insectostal Z

External links

• On Smogon's Itemdex:
  • Generation VII
• On Eevee's Itemdex

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