Arceus and the Plates

November 13, 2009

As many pokémon fans know, the new Arceus being given away in Australia and at Toys-R-Us in the US and Puerto Rico unlocks a special event in the upcoming HeartGold and SoulSilver games and brings Cynthia to Johto and gives gamers a chance to receive Palkia, Dialga or Giratina with a special move at level 1. Many may forget that unlocking events by having event pokemon in your party started in Platinum and if you take your new Arceus to the Oreburgh Mine you will meet a traveler who will give you a brief history of the plates and hand over a Flame Plate to you. If you travel to the Canalave City Library you can meet up with him again and he will will fill you in on some pokemon history relating to Arceus and the plates and he will leave a book in the Canalave Library that details all the inscriptions that have been found on the plates since Diamond & Pearl.
Arceus has the unique ability of Multitype that allows it to become the type of whatever plate that it holds. While the Flame Plate can be found in Stark Mountain, it requires you to have the national dex which makes it the last of the plates accessible through game play. Since Arceus has now become available to so many pokémon fans, I thought it might be a good time to review where all the plates can be found:

Draco Plate: Right behind the Dragon Statue in Eterna City

Insect Plate: Outside the Old Chateau to the right and against the wall of the cliff

Dread Plate: Upstairs in the room on the left of the Old Chateau

Spooky Plate: In Amity Square in Hearthome City

Mind Plate: In the last floor of the Solaceon Ruins

Fist Plate: On Route 215 behind the black belt trainer that is behind a small tree that needs to be cut

Toxic Plate: In the Great Marsh of Pastoria in the Northeast section. Against the northern tree wall in Diamond and Pearl and in the bog in Platinum.

Earth Plate: Oreburgh Gate which is the cave between Jubilife City and Oreburgh. You need Rock Smash and Strength to get back there and then Surf to the far west side of cave.

Splash Plate: On Route 219 in the Southwest corner before turning into Route 220.

Iron Plate: In a small pit in the caves of Iron Island in the far southeastern corner of the third floor.

Icicle Plate: On route 217. Show the hiker in the house his lost HM Rock Climb and he will reward you with the Icicle Plate.

Zap Plate: in front of the lighthouse in Sunyshore City on the right, use Dowsing Machine

Meadow Plate: On Route 210, you need use HM Waterfall to get to it. It is against the wall beneath the bridge above the first waterfall.

Stone Plate: in the cave on Mt. Coronet, use Waterfall to access the room and it is in the rock. In Platinum, the Adamant Orb and Lustrous Orb can also be found in this room.

Sky Plate: in front of the pokemon league on the left, use Dowsing Machine

Flame Plate: on the left hand side in Stark Mountain

One plate of each type can also be found in the Underground. While any pokémon can hold these and get a 20% boost in power from those type of moves, Arceus can use them to change its typing and the typing of its signature move Judgment. Try them out, if only to see the different colors that Arceus can change in to.

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Comment by Bruce
2009-12-13 17:21:36

cool thnx for the information

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