Soft Sand

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

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.

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 SwSh	N/A	$500
SV	$3,000	$750

Effect

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 EColoXD	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 PE SwSh BDSP LA	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a loose, silky sand that boosts the power of Ground-type moves.
SV	An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a loose, silky sand that boosts the power of the holder's 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 piles 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	Ambush encounters (Diglett in Diglett's Tunnel, Routes 5 and 7; Dugtrio in Haina Desert, Vast Poni Canyon, Poni Coast; Stunfisk and Hippowdon in Ultra Space Wilds^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)
SwShIA		Hidden recurring item (Loop Lagoon, Potbottom Desert)
SwShCT		Hidden recurring item (Lakeside Cave)
BDSP	Mount Coronet	Held by wild Diglett, wild Dugtrio, wild Nincada, and wild Trapinch (5% chance each)
SV		Delibird Presents (Levincia Branch) Sparkling overworld item (Asado Desert, South Province (Area One), South Province (Area Five))
SVTM		Sparkling overworld item (Oni's Maw)
SVID		Sparkling overworld item (Coastal Biome) Item Printer

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet

In the spin-off games

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

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.