Soft Sand

The Soft Sand (Japanese: やわらかいすな Soft Sand) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Ground-type moves.

Soft Sand
やわらかいすな
Soft Sand

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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
GS C RS E FRLG Colo.XD DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS	N/A	50
SM USUM SwSh	N/A	500

Generations II and III

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

Generation IV onward

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

Description

Games	Description
GS C	Powers up ground-type moves. (HOLD)
RS EColo.XD	A hold item that raises the power of Ground-type moves.
FRLG	An item to be held by a Pokémon. A loose, silky sand that boosts the power of Ground-type moves.
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a loose, silky sand that boosts the power of Ground-type moves.
SM USUM SwSh BDSP	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a loose, silky sand that boosts the power of Ground-type moves.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
GS C	Route 34
RS E	Route 109	Held by wild Trapinch (5% chance)
FRLG		Held by wild Sandslash (5% chance)
Colo.	Held by Shadow Piloswine
XD	Held by Shadow Dugtrio
DP Pt	Mt. Coronet	Held by wild Diglett, wild Dugtrio, and wild Trapinch (5% chance each)
HGSS	Blackthorn City ^Sa	Held by wild Diglett, wild Dugtrio, and wild Trapinch (5% chance each)
BW	Desert Resort	Held by wild Trapinch and wild Stunfisk (5% chance each)
B2W2	Desert Resort	Held by wild Trapinch and wild Stunfisk (5% chance each)
DW		Rugged Mountain
XY	Geosenge Town	Rock Smash (except Glittering Cave) Sand pile (in battles; using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide) Held by wild Dugtrio, wild Trapinch, and wild Stunfisk (5% chance each)
ORAS	Route 109	Rock Smash (except Mirage spots) Held by wild Diglett, wild Nincada, and wild Trapinch (5% chance each)
SM USUM	Melemele Sea, Konikoni City^USUM	Routes 5 and 7, Diglett's Tunnel, Haina Desert, Vast Poni Canyon, Poni Coast (sometimes dropped after ambush encounters with Diglett and Dugtrio) Ultra Space Wilds (sometimes dropped after ambush encounters with Stunfisk)^USUM Held by wild Diglett, wild Dugtrio, wild Trapinch, and wild Stunfisk^USUM (5% chance each)
SwSh	Galar Mine No. 2	Bridge Field (Digging Duo) Held by wild Diglett, wild Dugtrio, wild Nincada, and wild Trapinch (5% chance each)

In spin-off games

Soft Sand in Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

In Pokémon: Magikarp Jump, Soft Sand is a Friendship Item that is received as a reward after beating the Ultra League. It summons Mudkip as a helper Pokémon.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	柔軟沙子 Yàuhyúhn Sājí
Chinese	Mandarin	柔軟沙子 / 柔软沙子 Róuruǎn Shāzi * 柔軟的沙子 Róuruǎn-de Shāzǐ *
French		Sable Doux
German		Pudersand
Italian		Sabbiasoffice* Sabbia Soffice*
Korean		부드러운모래 Budeureoun Morae
Spanish		Arena Fina

External links

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