Iron Plate


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The Iron Plate (Japanese: こうてつプレート Steel Plate) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It is one of the Plates, which are associated with.

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In battle
Boosts the power of the holder's moves by 20%. If the holder uses, it becomes a Steel-type move.

changes an holding this item to its Steel-type form. From Generation V onward, item-manipulating effects (such as and ) 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
changes an holding this item to its  form.

Description

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Acquisition

 * Iron Island, The Underground
 * S.S. Aqua (from the captain after obtaining all 16 Gym Badges)
 * Abyssal Ruins
 * Abyssal Ruins
 * Terminus Cave
 * Mossdeep City (held by )
 * Hau'oli City Mall (Antiquities of the Ages)
 * Hau'oli City Mall (Antiquities of the Ages)
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 * Abyssal Ruins
 * Abyssal Ruins
 * Terminus Cave
 * Mossdeep City (held by )
 * Hau'oli City Mall (Antiquities of the Ages)
 * Hau'oli City Mall (Antiquities of the Ages)
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 * Terminus Cave
 * Mossdeep City (held by )
 * Hau'oli City Mall (Antiquities of the Ages)
 * Hau'oli City Mall (Antiquities of the Ages)
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 * Hau'oli City Mall (Antiquities of the Ages)
 * Hau'oli City Mall (Antiquities of the Ages)
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 * Hau'oli City Mall (Antiquities of the Ages)
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Appearance
This is the appearance of the Iron Plate in the Sinnoh Underground.

In the anime
The Iron Plate, alongside the Draco Plate and Splash Plate, debuted in Journey to the Unown!, where Saturn and two s placed them in a room located in the Solaceon Ruins, in order to obtain the Spear Key and awaken the there. The Plates were used to power up the three types of and  (Dragon, Steel, and Water) combined.

The Iron Plate, alongside the other 15 Plates at the time, appeared again in Arceus and the Jewel of Life, where used them to change its type, and almost died when it lost all of the Plates after destroying a meteor that endangered the land that 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.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The Plates first appeared in the, in which Petrel was collecting them for Team Rocket's plan. After 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 leaving messages for  and  across Johto, Silver soon indeed gathered all 16 Plates for himself. At the Sinjoh Ruins, surrendered the Plates to Archer, who used them to seemingly take control of, ordering it to recreate , , and. When the Pokédex holders used their Pokémon's ultimate attacks to stop the creation, all the Plates were absorbed by Arceus.