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
Pokémon Global Link artwork
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 30

In the core series games

Price
Games Cost Sell price
GSC
RSEFRLG
Colo.XD
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS		N/A50
SMUSUMN/A500
SwSh3,000500

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)
RSEColo.XD 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.
SwShBDSP An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a pair of shady-looking glasses that boost the power of 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 Haina Desert (sometimes dropped after SandileSM/KrokorokUSUM ambush encounters)
Held by wild SandileSM, wild KrokorokUSUM (5% chance)
SwSh Motostoke Stow-on-Side (bargain shop)
SwShIoA Challenge Road Held by wild Sandile (5% chance)

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



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