In the core series games
Price
Effect
In battle
Boosts the power of the holder's Bug-type moves by 20%. If the holder uses Judgment, it becomes a Bug-type move.
Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Bug-type form. From Generation V onward, item-manipulating effects (such as Trick and Fling) cannot give Arceus a Plate or remove a Plate from Arceus. In Generation IV, item-manipulating effects cannot affect Pokémon with Multitype.
Outside of battle
Multitype changes an Arceus holding this item to its Bug-type form.
In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the Insect Plate can used from the satchel on Arceus, changing it to the Bug type.
The Insect Plate can be read, and has the following engraving: "Where all creation was born, that is the being's place of origin."
Description
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Description
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An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a stone tablet that boosts the power of Bug-type moves.
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XYORAS
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An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a stone tablet that boosts the power of Bug-type moves.
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A stone tablet imbued with the essence of bugs. When used on a certain Pokémon, it allows that Pokémon to gain the power of the Bug type.
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An item to be held by a Pokémon. This stone tablet is imbued with the essence of bugs and boosts the power of the holder’s Bug-type moves.
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Acquisition
Distribution
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Distribution period
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| XYORAS
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Dahara City Arceus
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Japanese, Taiwanese
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March 7 to August 31, 2015
November 20 to December 17, 2015
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GalleryIn animation
Pokémon the Series
The Insect Plate, alongside the other 15 Plates at the time, appeared in the movie Arceus and the Jewel of Life, where Arceus used them to change its type, and almost died when it lost all of the Plates after having destroyed a meteor that threatened what would become Michina Town. Damos found one of these lost Plates and returned it to Arceus, giving it the strength to recall the other 15 Plates.
The Insect Plate, alongside the other 17 type-based Plates, appeared in The Arceus Chronicles (Part 4), under Arceus's possession.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Petrel was collecting the Plates for Team Rocket's plan. After Silver stole the few Plates he had managed to find, Petrel decided to let him gather all 16 Plates, just to get them back at once later. With his Weavile leaving messages for Sneasel and Weavile across Johto, Silver soon indeed gathered all 16 Plates for himself. At the Sinjoh Ruins, Gold surrendered the Plates to Archer, who used them to seemingly take control of Arceus, ordering it to recreate Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. When the Pokédex holders used their Pokémon's ultimate attacks to stop the creation, all the Plates were absorbed by Arceus.
In other languages
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Title
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| Chinese
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Cantonese
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玉蟲石板 Yuhkchùhng Sehkbáan *
玉蟲板塊 Yuhkchùhng Báanfaai *
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| Mandarin
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玉蟲石板 / 玉虫石板 Yùchóng Shíbǎn *
玉蟲板塊 Yùchóng Bǎnkuài *
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 French
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Plaque Insecte (VI+)
Plaquinsect (IV-V)
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 German
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Käfertafel
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 Italian
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Lastrabaco
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 Korean
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비단벌레플레이트 Silkworm Plate
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 Spanish
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Tabla Bicho
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 Vietnamese
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Phiến thạch Bọ ngọc
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See alsoExternal links
