Black Glasses

The Black Glasses (Japanese: くろいメガネ Black Glasses), formatted BlackGlasses prior to Generation VI, is a type of held item introduced in Generation II that boosts the power of Dark-type moves.

Black Glasses くろいメガネ Black Glasses

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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 Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 30

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC RSEFRLG ColoXD DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS BDSP N/A $50 SMUSUM N/A $500 SwSh $3,000 $500 SV $3,000 $750

Effect

Generations II and III

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

Generation IV onward

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

Description

Games Description GSC Powers up dark-type moves. (HOLD) RSEColoXD A hold item that raises the power of Dark-type moves. FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A shady-looking pair of glasses that boosts Dark-type moves. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a shady-looking pair of glasses that boosts Dark-type moves. XYORAS SMUSUMPE An item to be held by a Pokémon. A pair of shady-looking glasses that boost the power of Dark-type moves. SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a pair of shady-looking glasses that boost the power of Dark-type moves. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a pair of shady-looking glasses that boost the power of the holder's Dark-type moves.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods GSC Dark Cave RSE Route 116 FRLG Rocket Hideout Colo The Under Subway XD Held by Shadow Carvanha DPPt Celestic TownDay HGSS Dark Cave BW Desert Resort B2W2 Castelia City XY Lysandre Labs ORAS Route 116 SMUSUM Hano Beach Ambush encounters (SandileSM/KrokorokUSUM in Haina Desert) Held by wild SandileSM and wild KrokorokUSUM (5% chance each) SwSh Motostoke Stow-on-Side (bargain shop) SwShIA Challenge Road Held by wild Sandile (5% chance) BDSP Celestic TownDay SV Delibird Presents (Levincia Branch) SVID Item Printer

Distribution

As a held item

Games Event Language/Region Distribution Period XYORAS 7-Eleven Pokémon Japanese July 18 to September 30, 2015 Pokémon Center Pokémon Japanese August 17 to 23, 2015

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 黑色眼鏡 Hāaksīk Ngáahngeng Mandarin 黑色眼鏡 / 黑色眼镜 Hēisè Yǎnjìng * 黑色的眼鏡 Hēisè-de Yǎnjìng * French Lunettes Noires* Lunet.Noires* German Schattenbrille* Schattenglas* Italian Occhialineri Korean 검은안경 Geomeun An-gyeong Spanish Gafas de Sol

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.