Prism Scale

Prism Scale きれいなウロコ Beautiful Scale

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Introduced in Generation V Pocket Generation V Items (Held items*) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 30

The Prism Scale (Japanese: きれいなウロコ Beautiful Scale) is a type of held item introduced in Generation V. It allows Feebas to evolve into Milotic.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price BWB2W2 XYORAS N/A $250 SMUSUM SwSh N/A $1,000 SV N/A $750

Effect

Held item

Causes Feebas to evolve into Milotic when traded while holding it. This consumes the Prism Scale.

This item was introduced in Generation V due to the lack of a means to increase Beauty in these games. However, even in games in which the Prism Scale exists, a Feebas can still evolve if leveled up while its Beauty is high enough.

Description

Games Description BWB2W2 A mysterious scale that evolves certain Pokémon. It shines in rainbow colors. XYORAS SMUSUM SwSh A mysterious scale that causes a certain Pokémon to evolve. It shines in rainbow colors. SV A mysterious scale that causes a certain Pokémon to evolve. It shines in rainbow colors.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods BW Route 13, Undella Town Pickup B2W2 Route 1, Undella Town Join Avenue (Antique Shop), Pickup XY Lumiose City (North Boulevard) Couriway Town (reappears over time), Pokémon Village (shaking trash cans)Th, Pickup ORAS Trade PMC Balloon Popping (Lv. 1) SM Exeggutor Island Fishing at Ula'ula Island (Malie Garden, Secluded Shore, Route 14, Route 15) Pickup USUM Kala'e Bay Fishing at Ula'ula Island (Malie Garden, Route 14, Route 15) Pickup SwSh Route 2 South Lake Miloch (reappears over time) SwShIoA Cram-o-matic (Water: 72-80 points) SV Fellhorn Gorge (East from fly point)

In spin-off games

Detective Pikachu

A Prism Scale appears during Chapter 4 of Detective Pikachu, being worn by Milo Green on his headband. He mentions that he obtained the scale when he was once saved from drowning by a Pokémon, which is later revealed to have been a Milotic. The presence of this Prism Scale also acts as the trigger to the evolution of a Feebas that Milo has befriended.

In the anime

A Prism Scale in the anime

A Prism Scale appeared in The Cuteness Quotient!, where it was attached to Jinny's Feebas. During an attack by Team Rocket, the Prism Scale fell off, but Jinny reattached it to Feebas, causing it to evolve into Milotic.

Trivia

• In Pokémon Black and White, the Prism Scale was incorrectly categorized in the Bag as a general item rather than a held item. This was corrected in Black 2 and White 2, but was undone in X and Y, causing it to be sorted with valuable items rather than evolution items in Generations VI and VII.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 美麗鱗片 Méihlaih Lèuhnpin Mandarin 美麗鱗片 / 美丽鳞片 Měilì Línpiàn French Bel'Écaille German Schönschuppe Italian Squama Bella Korean 고운비늘 Goun Bineul Spanish Escama Bella

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