Water Gem

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	Introduced in Generation V
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The Water Gem (Japanese: みずのジュエル Water Jewel) is a type of held item introduced in Generation V. It is one of the Gems and is an unobtainable held item in Generation VI onwards.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM PE	N/A	$100

Effect

Generation V

When held by a Pokémon, it increases the power of the first Water-type move used by 50%, and is consumed after use.

Fling will fail if the user is holding a Water Gem. Water Pledge will never consume a Water Gem.

Generation VI onward

When held by a Pokémon, it increases the power of the first Water-type move used by 30%, and is consumed after use.

Description

Games	Description
BW B2W2	A gem with an essence of water. When held, it strengthens the power of a Water-type move only once.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA	A gem with an essence of water. When held, it strengthens the power of a Water-type move one time.
SV	An item to be held by a Pokémon. This gem is imbued with the essence of water and will boost the power of a Water-type move—but only once.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
BW	Event	Dust cloud
B2W2	Reversal Mountain^B2, Accumula Town (if the player chose Oshawott)	Dust cloud (Chargestone Cave, Mistralton Cave, Clay Tunnel, Twist Mountain, Underground Ruins, Victory Road, Wellspring Cave, Seaside Cave, Giant Chasm)
DW*		Icy Cave

Distribution

As a held item

Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
BW	Pokémon Searcher BW Piplup	Japanese	April 28 to May 6, 2012
W2	Ruby and Sapphire Anniversary Kyogre	Japanese	November 21, 2012 to January 10, 2013

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	水之寶石 Séui-jī Bóusehk
Chinese	Mandarin	水之寶石 / 水之宝石 Shuǐ-zhī Bǎoshí
French		Joyau Eau
German		Wasserjuwel
Italian		Bijouacqua
Korean		물주얼 Mul Jewel
Spanish		Gema Agua