Type-enhancing item

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A type-enhancing item, when held, enhances the power of attacks with the corresponding type. As of Generation IV, these items boost attacks by 20%; in previous generations, they only boost attacks by 10%.

If these items are sold, Poké Marts will pay $50 for them with the exception of Charcoal, for which Poké Marts will pay $4,900.

In Johto, several of these items can be obtained from the Week Siblings.

List of type-enhancing items

Pokémon-specific type-enhancing items

Main article: Legendary artifacts

Incenses

Main article: Incense

Plates

Main article: Plate

Gems

Main article: Gem

Artwork

These are artwork of the items as seen in the Pokémon Dream World

Dream Black Belt Sprite.png File:Dream BlackGlasses Sprite.png Dream Charcoal Sprite.png Dream Dragon Fang Sprite.png
Black Belt BlackGlasses Charcoal Dragon Fang
Dream Hard Stone Sprite.png Dream Magnet Sprite.png Dream Metal Coat Sprite.png Dream Miracle Seed Sprite.png
Hard Stone Magnet Metal Coat Miracle Seed
Dream Mystic Water Sprite.png File:Dream NeverMeltIce Sprite.png Dream Poison Barb Sprite.png Dream Sharp Beak Sprite.png
Mystic Water NeverMeltIce Poison Barb Sharp Beak
Dream Silk Scarf Sprite.png File:Dream SilverPowder Sprite.png Dream Soft Sand Sprite.png Dream Spell Tag Sprite.png
Silk Scarf SilverPowder Soft Sand Spell Tag
File:Dream TwistedSpoon Sprite.png
TwistedSpoon


In the anime

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Reason: images of Charcoal, Mystic Water

Stickers that bear a strong resemblance to Spell Tags and may hav the same function appear in EP20 (The Ghost of Maiden's Peak).

A Mystic Water was the prize for winning at the Whirl Cup.

A Dragon Fang appeared in Beauty is Skin Deep as the treasure of Clair's family, kept in Blackthorn Gym. It is the fang of an ancient dragon Pokémon that terrorised Blackthorn City. The Dragon Fang is part of a ritual with the purpose of bringing peace to all Dragon-type Pokémon. The ritual involves the Blackthorn Gym Leader placing in on a special ceremonial table, then pouring water over it, causing a light dragon to burst out of it and rise into the sky. Legend says that this light dragon becomes a star and watches over all Dragon-type Pokémon. Another Dragon Fang appeared in Showdown At Linoone as one of the items Tokin picked up.

Flannery gave a Charcoal to her Torkoal in Going, Going, Yawn.

Several type-enhancing items appeared in BW069, such as a Black Belt and a Twisted Spoon.

Trivia

  • In Generation II, there was one item that would power up each type, with the exception of the Normal type, which had both the Pink Bow and Polkadot Bow. In Generation IV, this is reversed, where each type powered up by one of the items as well as by a plate, except the Normal type.
    • However, some types have even more than this, due to incenses.
  • Charcoal is the only item available for purchase in a regular store. Some other type-enhancing items can be purchased, but only from Game Corners.


Type-enhancing items
Bag Charcoal SV Sprite.png
Items
Bag Meadow Plate SV Sprite.png
Plates
Bag Sea Incense SV Sprite.png
Incenses
Bag Griseous Orb SV Sprite.png
Orbs
Bag Normal Gem SV Sprite.png
Gems
Bag Soul Dew SV Sprite.png
Soul Dew


Held items
In-battle effect items
BerriesColored orbsDrivesPower items
Experience-affecting itemsGemsIncenseMega StonesMemoriesPlates
Stat-enhancing itemsType-enhancing itemsZ-Crystals
Out-of-battle effect items
Power itemsIncenseMailScarves


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