Rockium Z

Rockium Z イワＺ Rock Z

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Introduced in Generation VII Pocket Generation VII Z-Crystals

The Rockium Z (Japanese: イワＺ Rock Z) is a type of Z-Crystal introduced in Pokémon Sun and Moon. It is the type-specific Z-Crystal associated with the Rock type, and allows Pokémon to upgrade their Rock-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 Rockium Z held items for Pokémon in the party.

Held item

In battle

Allows the holder to upgrade its Rock-type damaging moves to the Z-Move Continental Crush or upgrade its Rock-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 Rock-type form. Rayquaza cannot Mega Evolve if it holds a Z-Crystal.

Outside of battle

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

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

Description

Bag item

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

Held item

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

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods SM Ruins of Life (from Olivia for defeating her in the Akala Island grand trial)

In the anime

Rockium Z in the anime

Gladion used his Rockium Z with his Lycanroc to defeat Team Rocket in A Glaring Rivalry!. He obtained it by completing Olivia's grand trial prior to the episode.

Olivia was shown to have a Rockium Z in The Island Whisperer!.

Ash obtained a Rockium Z from Olivia, after completing the Akala Island grand trial in Trials and Determinations!.

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 岩石Ｚ Ngàahmsehk-Z Mandarin 岩石Ｚ Yánshí-Z French Rocazélite German Petrium Z Italian Petrium Z Korean 바위Z Bawi-Z Spanish Litostal 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.