Shard

:If you were looking for the evolutionary items from , see Sun Shard and Moon Shard. For the valuable item, see Comet Shard.
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A Shard is a colored fragment of an ancient tool that was introduced in Generation III. While they have no use on their own, several NPCs apparently have some use for them, and will trade other items or services for these objects.
==List of shards==
	Name
	Red Shard
	Green Shard
	Blue Shard
	Yellow Shard
==Uses==
===Generation III===
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In Generation III, shards can be traded to the Treasure Hunter living on individually for Evolution stones. In Hoenn, these items are found quite often underwater, many times held by certain species. Aside from trading them over from and finding the very few there are in the wild, this is the only way to get the Evolution stones in Hoenn.
===Generation IV===
Generation IV diversified the use of shards by an order of magnitude, and made them far easier to find than they were in Generation III. In addition to being found in several places on the field, shards are a commonly-found item mining underground in Sinnoh, where their appearance causes some speculation that they are related to Plates.
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In , the shards' only use is to be traded ten at a time for the weather-changing TMs on .
Shards	Traded item
×10 	
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×10 	
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In , the TMs are no longer available by trading them, however, three Move Tutors will accept groups of eight in specific colors to teach moves to a Pokémon. Their availability is also increased, with Mr. Fuego, owner of the Fuego Ironworks, trading one of each color to the player for a Star Piece and what appears to be an finds one to give each day in Area 6 of the Great Marsh.
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:Main articles: Violet City → Berries and Fuchsia City → Berries
In , players could trade shards with s in Violet City and Fuchsia City trading the player three kinds of Berry for a specifically-colored shard. In both Johto and Kanto, shards can only be obtained through breakable rocks.
===Generation V===
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In , Shards have no purpose other than to be sold to the item maniac in Icirrus City for 200. In Unova, they can be bought from the market in Black City, or dropped by one of the residents in White Forest daily.
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In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Move Tutors in four different locations offer to teach a move in exchange for shards, like in Platinum. One notable difference is that instead of using multiple different types of shard for a single move, each Move Tutor has a preference for one type of shard only and will request multiple of that type of shard. Like in Platinum, their availability in Unova is increased; Shards can be found in dust clouds in Relic Passage or Reversal Mountain, randomly obtained in Hidden Grottoes, bought from Antique Shops in Join Avenue, and are given to the player after losing a tournament in the Pokémon World Tournament.
===Generation VI===
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In the remakes , shards are once again exchangeable for Evolution stones. Instead of being held by wild Pokémon in these games, shards are common finds in Mirage spots.
===Generation VII===
====Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon====
In Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, shards can be traded to the old man who appears in the Festival Plaza castle post-game for Bottle Caps, with 30 shards of the same color garnering one Bottle Cap. Shards can be gained through mining on Isle Aphun of Poké Pelago.
===Generation VIII===
====Pokémon Legends: Arceus====
In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Shards are found in space-time distortions. They are one of the crafting materials required for crafting Star Pieces.
==Gallery==
===Underground===
			
			
===Grand Underground===
			
			
===Pokémon Global Link===
			
			
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Green Shards appeared in The Relicanth Really Can, when found them after they fell off the fins of a . He mistook them for s, until his wife, , identified them as Green Shards. She stated that Green Shards were used in ancient times to make jewelry, but aren't worth as much in the present. After another treasure hunt, Adam found an entire chest filled with Green Shards.
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Red Shards made a cameo in 's fantasy in The Grass Menagerie!.
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 found one of each shard in Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!, during a Stoutland Search treasure hunt set up for him and by Olivia.
====Gallery====
Green Shard anime.png|Green Shards in 
Red Shard Sphere anime.png|Red Shards in 
Yellow Shard anime.png|A Yellow Shard in 
==Trivia==
* The color of each shard corresponds to a Generation I game.
* The Underground shards have the same palette and proportions as several Plates, with the Red Shard matching the Flame Plate, the Blue Shard matching the Splash Plate, the Green Shard matching the Meadow Plate, and the Yellow Shard matching the Zap Plate. This has caused some to believe that the "ancient item" mentioned in the Bag description is in fact one of the Plates.
==Related articles==
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