X Sp. Atk

	Pokémon Global Link artwork
	Introduced in Generation I
Pocket
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Power	30

The X Sp. Atk (Japanese: スペシャルアップ Special Up), known as X Special prior to Generation VI, is a type of battle item introduced in Generation I. It temporarily boosts a Pokémon's Special Attack stat. In Generation I, it boosted the Special stat.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
RG B Y/RB Y GS C RS E FRLG DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS PE BDSP	$350	$175
SM USUM SwSh	$1,000	$500
SV	$1,000	$250

At Join Avenue's Market, X Special can be bought in dozens at $3150 each, which equates to $262.5 per X Special.

Effect

Generation I

When used from the Bag during battle, it raises the Special of a Pokémon currently in battle by 1 level.

Generations II to VI

When used from the Bag during battle, it raises the Special Attack of a Pokémon currently in battle by 1 level. It also increases the Pokémon's friendship a little.

Generation VII onward

When used from the Bag during battle, it raises the Special Attack of a Pokémon currently in battle by 2 levels. It also increases the Pokémon's friendship a little.

Wonder Launcher

The X Special appears as four Wonder Launcher items, increasing the Special Attack stat by 1, 2, 3 or 6 levels. It costs 3, 5, 7, or 11 points to use respectively.

Description

Games	Description
Stad	Temporarily increases Special for one battle.
GS	Raises Special stats. (1 BTL)
C	Raises Special Attack. (1 BTL)
RS EColoXD	Raises the stat Sp.Atk during one battle.
FRLG	Raises the Sp.Atk stat of Pokémon in battle. Wears off if the Pokémon is withdrawn.
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2	An item that raises the Sp. Atk stat of a Pokémon in battle. It wears off if the Pokémon is withdrawn.
XY ORAS	An item that boosts the Sp. Atk stat of a Pokémon during a battle. It wears off once the Pokémon is withdrawn.
SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA	An item that sharply boosts the Sp. Atk stat of a Pokémon during a battle. It wears off once the Pokémon is withdrawn.
SV	An item that sharply boosts the Sp. Atk stat of a Pokémon in battle. This effect disappears if the Pokémon leaves the battle.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
RB Y/RG B Y	Underground Path (Kanto Routes 5–6)	Celadon Department Store
GS C	Route 45^GS, Team Rocket's Hideout^C, Victory Road^GS, Underground Path (Kanto Routes 5–6)	Goldenrod Department Store, Celadon Department Store
RS E	Route 116	Verdanturf, Fallarbor Poké Marts, Lilycove Department Store
FRLG	Silph Co.	Celadon Department Store
Colo		Phenac Poké Mart
XD		Pyrite Poké Mart
DP Pt	Team Galactic Eterna Building^Pt	Veilstone Department Store
HGSS	Team Rocket HQ, Underground Path (Kanto Routes 5–6)	Goldenrod Department Store, Celadon Department Store
PW		Suburban Area
BW		Nacrene City, Shopping Mall Nine
B2W2	Castelia Sewers	Nacrene City, Shopping Mall Nine Join Avenue (Market)
XY	Route 6, Parfum Palace, Cyllage City, Shalour City, Snowbelle City	Santalune City Poké Mart
ORAS	Routes 116 and 120	Slateport City Poké Mart, Lilycove Department Store (Level 3)
SM USUM	Route 2^USUM, Brooklet Hill, Lush Jungle^SM, Aether Paradise, Poni Grove, Vast Poni Canyon^SM	Route 2, Route 5^USUM, Route 8, and Hau'oli Poké Marts Festival Plaza (Battle Store)^MUM
PE	Silph Co.	All Poké Marts (after obtaining 1 Badge), Celadon Department Store
SwSh	Route 5, Circhester, Stow-on-Side, Wyndon	Motostoke Poké Mart
BDSP		Veilstone Department Store
SV	Alfornada Cavern, Glaseado Mountain, Tagtree Thicket, East Province (Area One), East Province (Area Three), North Province (Area One), North Province (Area Two), South Province (Area Two), South Province (Area Five)	Chansey Supply
SVTM	Apple Hills, Kitakami Wilds
SVID	Canyon Biome, Coastal Biome	Vending machines (Terarium)

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

In Pokémon Masters EX, X Sp. Atks can only be used by certain sync pairs who have them as an item move. In addition, a variant of X Sp. Atk called X Sp. Atk All can be used by certain sync pairs. Both of these item moves have 2 MP. An X Sp. Atk only raises the user's Special Attack, while an X Sp. Atk All raises the Special Attack of all allies. A full list of all sync pairs who can learn X Sp. Atk or X Sp. Atk All can be found here.


X Sp. Atk	X Sp. Atk All

Description

Games	Description
Masters	X Sp. Atk: Raises the user's Sp. Atk by two stat ranks. X Sp. Atk All: Raises the Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks.

In the TFG

X Special

Main article: X Special (Groundbreakers 8)

X Special was a Trainer card that was due to be released in the Pokémon Trading Figure Game expansion, Groundbreakers, but due to the discontinuation of the TFG as a whole, it was never released. It adds two stars to a chosen Pokémon's Purple attacks.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	特攻強化 Dahkgūng Kèuhngfa * 特殊能力增加器 Dahksyùh Nàhnglihk Jānggāhei * 特殊能力增加劑 Dahksyùh Nàhnglihk Jānggājāi *
Chinese	Mandarin	特攻強化 / 特攻强化 Tègōng Qiánghuà
French		Atq. Spé. +* Spécial +*
German		X-Sp.-Ang.* X-Spezial*
Italian		Att. Speciale X (VII+) Special X (I-VI)
Korean		스페셜업 Special Up
Portuguese		Ataque Especial X*
Spanish		At. Especial X* Especial X*