The Isle of Armor

This article is about the expansion for Pokémon Sword and Shield. For the location in the Galar region, see Isle of Armor.

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The Isle of Armor (Japanese: 鎧の孤島 The Solitary Island of Armor) is the first expansion in the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass. Featuring the Isle of Armor, the theme of the expansion is "growth". It was released on June 17, 2020.

It will be followed by The Crown Tundra.

Features

Key Visual

Characters

The characters Mustard and Klara^Sw/Avery^Sh appear.

Pokémon

A patch was released in conjunction with the launch of The Isle of Armor. Players can access these new and returning Pokémon even if they have not purchased the Expansion Pass with the help of trading and Pokémon HOME. Pokémon found in the wild and those owned by other trainers in The Isle of Armor will be scaled to a player's team, this will be based off of levels.

New Pokémon and forms

The Legendary Pokémon Kubfu and Urshifu will debut in The Isle of Armor.

Galarian Slowpoke can be evolved into Galarian Slowbro using an item found in the Isle of Armor.

Returning Pokémon

Over 100 old Pokémon have become available in Pokémon Sword and Shield with the release of The Isle of Armor. These include:

IoAdex	Ndex	MS	Pokémon	Type
	#0027		Sandshrew	Ground
	#027A	Sandshrew	Sandshrew	Ice	Steel
	#0028		Sandslash	Ground
	#028A	Sandslash	Sandslash	Ice	Steel
	#0039		Jigglypuff	Normal	Fairy
	#0040		Wigglytuff	Normal	Fairy
	#0054		Psyduck	Water
	#0055		Golduck	Water
	#0060		Poliwag	Water
	#0061		Poliwhirl	Water
	#0062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting
	#0063		Abra	Psychic
	#0064		Kadabra	Psychic
	#0065		Alakazam	Psychic
	#0072		Tentacool	Water	Poison
	#0073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison
	#0079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic
	#0080		Slowbro	Water	Psychic
	#0081		Magnemite	Electric	Steel
	#0082		Magneton	Electric	Steel
	#0102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic
	#0103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic
	#103A	Exeggutor	Exeggutor	Grass	Dragon
	#0104		Cubone	Ground
	#0105		Marowak	Ground
	#105A	Marowak	Marowak	Fire	Ghost
	#0108		Lickitung	Normal
	#0113		Chansey	Normal
	#0114		Tangela	Grass
	#0115		Kangaskhan	Normal
	#0116		Horsea	Water
	#0117		Seadra	Water
	#0120		Staryu	Water
	#0121		Starmie	Water	Psychic
	#0123		Scyther	Bug	Flying
	#0128		Tauros	Normal
	#0137		Porygon	Normal
	#0174		Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy
	#0183		Marill	Water	Fairy
	#0184		Azumarill	Water	Fairy
	#0186		Politoed	Water
	#0199		Slowking	Water	Psychic
	#0206		Dunsparce	Normal
	#0212		Scizor	Bug	Steel
	#0214		Heracross	Bug	Fighting
	#0227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying
	#0230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon
	#0233		Porygon2	Normal
	#0241		Miltank	Normal
	#0242		Blissey	Normal
	#0293		Whismur	Normal
	#0294		Loudred	Normal
	#0295		Exploud	Normal
	#0298		Azurill	Normal	Fairy
	#0318		Carvanha	Water	Dark
	#0319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark
	#0403		Shinx	Electric
	#0404		Luxio	Electric
	#0405		Luxray	Electric
	#0427		Buneary	Normal
	#0428		Lopunny	Normal
	#0440		Happiny	Normal
	#0462		Magnezone	Electric	Steel
	#0463		Lickilicky	Normal
	#0465		Tangrowth	Grass
	#0474		Porygon-Z	Normal
	#0506		Lillipup	Normal
	#0507		Herdier	Normal
	#0508		Stoutland	Normal
	#0543		Venipede	Bug	Poison
	#0544		Whirlipede	Bug	Poison
	#0545		Scolipede	Bug	Poison
	#0548		Petilil	Grass
	#0549		Lilligant	Grass
	#0551		Sandile	Ground	Dark
	#0552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark
	#0553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark
	#0570		Zorua	Dark
	#0571		Zoroark	Dark
	#0587		Emolga	Electric	Flying
	#0590		Foongus	Grass	Poison
	#0591		Amoonguss	Grass	Poison
	#0619		Mienfoo	Fighting
	#0620		Mienshao	Fighting
	#0621		Druddigon	Dragon
	#0626		Bouffalant	Normal
	#0636		Larvesta	Bug	Fire
	#0637		Volcarona	Bug	Fire
	#0661		Fletchling	Normal	Flying
	#0662		Fletchinder	Fire	Flying
	#0663		Talonflame	Fire	Flying
	#0690		Skrelp	Poison	Water
	#0691		Dragalge	Poison	Dragon
	#0692		Clauncher	Water
	#0693		Clawitzer	Water
	#0702		Dedenne	Electric	Fairy
	#0707		Klefki	Steel	Fairy
	#0744		Rockruff	Rock
	#0745		Lycanroc	Rock
	#745Mn	Lycanroc	Lycanroc	Rock
	#745D	Lycanroc	Lycanroc	Rock
	#0753		Fomantis	Grass
	#0754		Lurantis	Grass
	#0764		Comfey	Fairy
	#0769		Sandygast	Ground	Ghost
	#0770		Palossand	Ground	Ghost
	#0801		Magearna	Steel	Fairy

Gigantamax

A bowl of Max Soup

New Gigantamax forms will be introduced. This includes Venusaur, Blastoise, Rillaboom, Cinderace, and Inteleon. The new Pokémon Urshifu also has two different Gigantamax forms.

Additionally, this expansion will allow the player to feed Pokémon traveling with them Max Soup, giving them the ability to Gigantamax, but only Pokémon with "great hidden potential" can gain the Gigantamax Factor using this method, such as starter Pokémon.

Items

Apricorns will make a return, and can be made into Poké Balls. The Exp. Charm will increase the Exp. Points earned by the player's party.

Moves

Additional Move Tutor moves will be available, including new moves.

Customization

The protagonist can wear training clothes. New fashion items will also be available. The Rotom Bike can also be customized further than before.

The Cram-o-matic

Inside the dojo on the Isle of Armor, the player can find the Cram-o-matic, a robot resembling a Cramorant, which can be fed four items that can be fused to create a new item.

Restricted Sparring

Main article: Restricted Sparring

Restricted Sparring is a special battle feature in which participants are limited in the types of Pokémon they can use and are forced to battle under set conditions.

Side Quests

There are side quests that can be done at the Isle of Armor. So far, one known side quest involves searching for 150 Alolan Diglett across the Isle of Armor.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 鎧之孤島 Hói-jī Gūdóu Mandarin 鎧之孤島 / 铠之孤岛 Kǎi-zhī Gūdǎo French L'île solitaire de l'Armure German Die Insel der Rüstung Italian L'isola solitaria dell'armatura Korean 갑옷의 외딴섬 Gabosui Oettanseom Russian Бронированный Остров Bronirovannyy Ostrov* Остров доспехов Ostrov dospekhov* Spanish La isla de la armadura

References

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