Meadow Plate

Meadow Plate みどりのプレート Verdure Plate

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The Meadow Plate (Japanese: みどりのプレート Verdure Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is a Key Item in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with Arceus.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUM BDSP N/A $500

Effect

In battle

Boosts the power of the holder's Grass-type moves by 20%. If the holder uses Judgment, it becomes a Grass-type move.

Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Grass-type form. From Generation V onward, item-manipulating effects (such as Trick and Fling) cannot give Arceus a Plate or remove a Plate from Arceus. In Generation IV, item-manipulating effects cannot affect Pokémon with Multitype.

Outside of battle

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

In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the Meadow Plate can used from the satchel on Arceus, changing it to the Grass type.

The Meadow Plate can be read, and has the following engraving: "The powers of Plates are shared among Pokémon."

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a stone tablet the boosts the power of Grass-type moves. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSP An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a stone tablet that boosts the power of Grass-type moves. LA A stone tablet imbued with the essence of plants. When used on a certain Pokémon, it allows that Pokémon to gain the power of the Grass type. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. This stone tablet is imbued with the essence of plants and boosts the power of the holder’s Grass-type moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods DPPt Route 210, Underground HGSS S.S. Aqua (from the captain after obtaining all 16 Gym Badges) BWB2W2 Abyssal Ruins XY Route 20 ORAS Route 130 (underwater) SMUSUM Hau'oli City Shopping District BDSP Route 210 Grand Underground LA Brava Arena (reward for defeating the noble Hisuian Lilligant during Mission 8: "Arezu's Predicament") SV Porto Marinada auction (if the player owns an Arceus)

Distribution

As a held item

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period XYORAS Dahara City Arceus Japanese, Taiwanese March 7 to August 31, 2015 November 20 to December 17, 2015

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

Sprites

Underground sprite from Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Grand Underground sprite from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl	Bag sprite from Legends: Arceus

In spin-off games

Meadow Plate in Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

In Pokémon: Magikarp Jump, the Meadow Plate is a Friendship Item that can be purchased for 450. It summons Rowlet as a helper Pokémon.

In the anime

Plates in the anime

The Meadow Plate, alongside the other 15 Plates at the time, appeared in Arceus and the Jewel of Life, where Arceus used them to change its type, and almost died when it lost all of the Plates after having destroyed a meteor that endangered the land that would become Michina Town. Damos found one of these lost Plates and returned it to Arceus, giving it the strength to recall the other 15 Plates. That act earned its trust and prompted it to detach the Earth Plate, Splash Plate, Meadow Plate, Zap Plate, and Draco Plate in the form of the Jewel of Life so Damos could make the land flourish. The Meadow Plate was included in the Jewel of Life to represent grass and other plant life.

The Meadow Plate, alongside the other 17 type-based Plates, appeared in The Arceus Chronicles (Part 4), under Arceus's possession.

In the manga

The Plates in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

Petrel was collecting the Plates for Team Rocket's plan. After Silver stole the few Plates he had managed to find, Petrel decided to let him gather all 16 Plates, just to get them back at once later. With his Weavile leaving messages for Sneasel and Weavile across Johto, Silver soon indeed gathered all 16 Plates for himself. At the Sinjoh Ruins, Gold surrendered the Plates to Archer, who used them to seemingly take control of Arceus, ordering it to recreate Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. When the Pokédex holders used their Pokémon's ultimate attacks to stop the creation, all the Plates were absorbed by Arceus.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 碧綠石板 Bīkluhk Sehkbáan * 碧綠板塊 Bīkluhk Báanfaai * Mandarin 碧綠石板 / 碧绿石板 Bìlǜ Shíbǎn * 碧綠板塊 Bìlǜ Bǎnkuài * French Plaque Herbe German Wiesentafel Italian Lastraprato Korean 초록플레이트 Green Plate Spanish Tabla Pradal Vietnamese Phiến thạch Xanh ngắt

See also

• List of Key Items in Generation VIII

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

Plates

Flame Plate

Splash Plate

Zap Plate

Meadow Plate

Icicle Plate

Fist Plate

Toxic Plate

Earth Plate

Sky Plate

Mind Plate

Insect Plate

Stone Plate

Spooky Plate

Draco Plate

Dread Plate

Iron Plate

Pixie Plate

Blank Plate

Legend Plate

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