Sapphire (item)


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The Sapphire (Japanese: サファイア Sapphire) is a Key Item introduced in Generation III.

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
The Sapphire is initially located at the Dotted Hole, but is stolen by Gideon just before the player can claim it. The player must chase Gideon to the Rocket Warehouse and defeat him in a in order to get it back.

Price

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Effect
The Sapphire is one of the components Celio needs to complete the Pokémon Network Center's Network Machine's connection to the Hoenn region. Giving the Sapphire to Celio allows him to complete the Network Machine, which allows the player to trade with, as well as and.

Description

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Acquisition

 * Rocket Warehouse (taken from Gideon after defeating him)
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In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The Ruby and Sapphire first appeared at the end of the in It All Ends Now VIII. After the Red and Blue Orbs had been destroyed by 's, their shattered remains fell to the ground and were found by , who revealed that the formed gemstones were actually the Orbs' true forms.

The gemstones played a notable role during Team Rocket's plan in the. In Not Exactly Normal, Sird was revealed to have used the gems on after it had defeated  in a battle, allowing it to stabilize its, as well as access its Speed Forme. It was later revealed that the gemstones were able to replicate the climate of Hoenn in the Kanto region, giving Deoxys full access to all four of its Formes in Kanto and the Sevii Islands.

In Double Down Deoxys, and Celio raided the Rocket Warehouse on Five Island, where the gemstones had been stationed in an amplifier, which had spreaded their influence to cover the entire Kanto region and Sevii Islands. Once Bill removed the gemstones from the amplifier, Deoxys lost its access to its Normal and Speed Formes in the Kanto region, allowing to defeat it aboard the Team Rocket airship. Bill subsequently took the gemstones with him to the Sea Cottage.

In the, the gemstones were revealed to have started regenerating back into their states as the Orbs they had been before. The reforming Orbs were stolen by Archie and Maxie, who headed back to Hoenn with them. By the time of they reached Hoenn, the Orbs had finished reforming.