Plate

File:Arceus Formes.gif

An animation displaying Arceus's different colorations while holding Plates.

A Plate (Japanese: プレート Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, primarily for use in changing Arceus's elemental type and form to the corresponding type of Plate. However, it will also increase the attack power of moves of the Plate's type used by any Pokémon holding it by 20%. The Plates also change the type of Judgment, and due to this, Judgment will always have effectively 120 power unless the user is not holding a plate. There is a Plate available for every elemental type except Normal, and while there exists a Template:Type2 Arceus, there is no associated ??? Plate, meaning there are 16 Plates in total.

The 16 Plates are spread far and wide across Sinnoh, and can also be dug up in the Underground. What follows is a list of what effect a Plate has when held and where they can be found in Diamond and Pearl, besides in the Underground.

List of Plates

File:DracoPlate.png Draco Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus a Dragon-type Pokémon
• Found: Eterna City - Hidden behind the Dialga/Palkia statue.

File:DreadPlate.png Dread Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus a Dark-type Pokémon.
• Found: Old Chateau - At the top of the stairs go through the door to the north. The Plate is in a Poké Ball in the left hand room.
• Requires Cut to reach.

File:EarthPlate.png Earth Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus a Ground-type Pokémon.
• Found: Oreburgh Gate (the tunnel to the left of Oreburgh City) - Go north up the path, then follow around and take the stairs to the basement. Surf to the far left of the cave and use strength to get to the Poké Ball.
• Requires Rock Smash, Surf and Strength to reach.

File:FistPlate.pngFist Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus a Fighting-type Pokémon.
• Found: Route 215 - In a Poké Ball near the left side of the route.
• Requires Cut to reach.

File:FlamePlate.pngFlame Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus a Fire-type Pokémon.
• Found: Stark Mountain - Hidden in the wall at the end of a path, on the left side of the big room.

File:IciclePlate.pngIcicle Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus an Ice-type Pokémon.
• Found: Route 217 - Inside house after showing the HM Rock Climb.
• Requires the Rock Climb HM to reach.

File:InsectPlate.pngInsect Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus a Bug-type Pokémon.
• Found: Eterna Forest - Hidden in the wall to the right of the Old Chateau.
• Requires Cut to reach.

File:IronPlate.pngIron Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus a Steel-type Pokémon.
• Found: Iron Island - Hidden in the far southeast corner of the third floor.

File:MeadowPlate.pngMeadow Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus a Grass-type Pokémon.
• Found: Route 210 - Hidden beneath a bridge, next to the first waterfall.

File:MindPlate.pngMind Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus a Psychic-type Pokémon.
• Found: Solaceon Ruins - On the seventh (last) floor.

File:SkyPlate.pngSky Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus a Flying-type Pokémon.
• Found: Victory Road exit - Hidden outside the cave, near the water.

File:SplashPlate.pngSplash Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus a Water-type Pokémon.
• Found: Route 220

File:Spooky Plate.PNGSpooky Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus a Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Found: Amity Square - In the right stone house on the northeast corner.

File:StonePlate.pngStone Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus a Rock-type Pokémon.
• Found: Mt. Coronet.

File:ToxicPlate.pngToxic Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus a Poison-type Pokémon.
• Found: Great Marsh - Hidden in the northeast corner.

File:ZapPlate.pngZap Plate

• Raises the power of Template:Type2 moves and makes Arceus an Electric-type Pokémon.
• Found: Sunyshore City - Hidden in front of the Lighthouse.

Engravings

Each Plate has a different engraving which reveals part of the myth of the creation. There is no engraving tied to a particular Plate and appear in the following order:

• "When the universe was created, its shards became this Plate."
• "The power of defeated giants infuses this Plate."
• "Two beings of Template:P2 and Template:P2 set free from the Template:P2."
• "Three beings were born to bind time and space."
• "Two make matter and three make spirit, shaping the world."
• "The Original One breathed alone before the universe came."
• "The powers of Plates are shared among Pokémon."
• "The rightful bearer of a Plate draws from the Plate it holds."

Appearance

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  Draco Plate in the Underground

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  Dread Plate in the Underground

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  Earth Plate in the Underground

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  Fist Plate in the Underground

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  Flame Plate in the Underground

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  Icicle Plate in the Underground

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  Insect Plate in the Underground

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  Iron Plate in the Underground

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  Meadow Plate in the Underground

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  Mind Plate in the Underground

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  Sky Plate in the Underground

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  Splash Plate in the Underground

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  Spooky Plate in the Underground

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  Stone Plate in the Underground

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  Toxic Plate in the Underground

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  Zap Plate in the Underground

In the anime

Three Plates placed in the Solaceon Ruins

Plates first appeared in Journey to the Unown!, where Saturn and two Galactic Grunts placed them in a room of the Solaceon Ruins to awaken the Unown there. These Plates were specifically the Draco Plate, Iron Plate, and Splash Plate, which power up the three types of Palkia and Dialga (Dragon, Steel, and Water) combined.

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