Silver Powder

The Silver Powder (Japanese: ぎんのこな Silver Powder), formatted SilverPowder prior to Generation VI, is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Bug-type moves.

Silver Powder
ぎんのこな
Silver Powder
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
Generation II Items
Generation III Items
Generation IV Items
Generation V Items (Held items)
Generation VI Items
Generation VII Items
Generation VIII Other Items
Fling
Power 10

In the core series games

Price
Games Cost Sell price
GSC
RSEFRLG
Colo.XD
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS		N/A50
SMUSUMN/A500
SwSh3,000500

Generations II and III

Boosts the power of the holder's Bug-type moves by 10%.

Generation IV onward

Boosts the power of the holder's Bug-type moves by 20%.

Description
Games Description
GSC Powers up bug-type moves. (HOLD)
RSEColo.XD A hold item that raises the power of Bug-type moves.
FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A shiny silver powder that boosts the power of Bug-type moves.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2		 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a shiny, silver powder that ups the power of Bug-type moves.
XYORAS An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a shiny, silver powder that will boost the power of Bug-type moves.
SM An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a shiny, silver powder that will boost the power of Bug-type moves.
USUM
SwSh		 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a shiny silver powder that will boost the power of Bug-type moves.

Acquisition
Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
GSC Held by wild Butterfree (2% chance)
RSE Route 120 (held by Bug Maniac Brandon'sRS/Jeffrey'sE Masquerain from the fourth rematch onward)
FRLG Held by wild Venomoth (5% chance)
Colo. Held by Shadow Ariados
XD Held by Shadow Venomoth
DPPt Eterna Forest
HGSS Held by wild Butterfree and wild Masquerain (5% chance each)
PW Dim Cave
BW Pinwheel Forest Held by wild Butterfree (5% chance) and wild Volcarona (100% chance)
B2W2 Held by wild Volcarona (100% chance)
DW Windswept Sky
XY Route 7 Held by wild Masquerain (5% chance)
ORAS Held by wild Masquerain (5% chance)
SMUSUM Berry fields Held by wild Butterfree, wild Masquerain (5% chance each), and wild Volcarona (100% chance)USUM
SwSh Route 4 Stow-on-Side (bargain shop)
Held by wild Butterfree (5% chance)
SwShIoA Cram-o-matic (Bug: 52-60 points)
Held by wild Volcarona (100% chance)
SwShCT Ballimere Lake (Reappears daily ~70%)

In other languages
Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 銀粉 Ngàhnfán *
銀色的粉 Ngàhnsīk-jī fán *
Mandarin 銀粉 / 银粉 Yínfěn *
銀色的粉 Yínsè-de Fěn *
French Poudre Arg.*
Poudre Argentée*
German Silberstaub
Italian Argenpolvere
Korean 은빛가루 Eunbit Garu
Spanish Polvo Plata



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