Silver Powder

	Pokémon Global Link artwork
	Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
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Generation V	Items (Held items)
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Generation VII	Items
Generation VIII	Other Items
Generation IX	Other Items
Fling
Power	10

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.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
GS C RS E FRLG ColoXD DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS BDSP	N/A	$50
SM USUM	N/A	$500
SwSh	$3,000	$500
SV	$3,000	$750

Effect

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
GS C	Powers up bug-type moves. (HOLD)
RS EColoXD	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.
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a shiny, silver powder that ups the power of Bug-type moves.
XY ORAS	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.
USUMPE SwSh BDSP LA	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a shiny silver powder that will boost the power of Bug-type moves.
SV	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a shiny silver powder that boosts the power of the holder's Bug-type moves.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
GS C		Held by wild Butterfree (2% chance)
RS E		Route 120 (held by Bug Maniac Brandon's^RS/Jeffrey's^E Masquerain from the fourth rematch onward)
FRLG		Held by wild Venomoth (5% chance)
Colo	Held by Shadow Ariados
XD	Held by Shadow Venomoth
DP Pt	Eterna Forest	Held by wild Masquerain^Pt (5% chance)
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)
SM USUM	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)
SwShIA		Cram-o-matic (Bug: 52-60 points) Held by wild Volcarona (100% chance)
SwShCT		Hidden recurring item (Ballimere Lake)
BDSP	Eterna Forest
SV		Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch)
SVID		Item Printer

Distribution

As a held item

Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
XY	Winter 2013 Scizor	American	November 27, 2013 to June 30, 2014

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	銀粉 Ngàhnfán * 銀色的粉 Ngàhnsīk jī fán *
Chinese	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

External links

On Smogon Itemdex:
- Generation II – III – IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.