Protector

	Pokémon Global Link artwork
	Introduced in Generation IV
Pocket
Generation IV	Items
Generation V	Items (Held items)
Generation VI	Items
Generation VII	Items
Generation VIII	Other Items
Fling
Power	80

The Protector (Japanese: プロテクター Protector) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It allows Rhydon to evolve into Rhyperior.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
DP Pt HGSS BW XY ORAS BDSP	N/A	$1,050
B2W2	$10000	$1050
SM USUM	N/A	$1,000
SwSh	$3,000	$1,000
LA	$10,000	$500
SV	N/A	$1,000

Effect

Causes Rhydon to evolve into Rhyperior when used on it in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

Held item

Causes Rhydon to evolve into Rhyperior when traded while holding it. This consumes the Protector.

Description

Games	Description
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2	A protective item of some sort. It is extremely stiff and heavy. It is loved by a certain Pokémon.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA SV	A protective item of some sort. It is extremely stiff and heavy. It's loved by a certain Pokémon.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
DP Pt	Route 228, Iron Island^Pt
HGSS	Mt. Mortar
PBR		Shop (12000 Poké Coupons, after completing Little Battle)
BW	Route 11	Route 13 (treasure hunter)
B2W2	Wellspring Cave	Join Avenue (Antique Shop), Black City (Store 1)
XY	Lost Hotel	Battle Maison (32 BP)
ORAS		Battle Maison (32 BP)
PMC*		Balloon Popping (Lv. 3)
SM USUM	Paniola Town	Battle Tree (32 BP)
SwSh	Route 9	Hammerlocke (10 BP), Stow-on-Side (bargain shop)
SwShIA	Potbottom Desert	Cram-o-matic (Rock: 62-70 points)
BDSP	Route 228	Battle Park (5 BP)
LA		Trading post (1,400 MP) Ginkgo Guild cart (randomly sold by Ginter, as "Unwieldy Armor") Space-time distortions
SVID	Savanna Biome Reward for registering 160 Pokémon in the Blueberry Pokédex	Blueberry Academy School Store (250 BP) Item Printer

Gallery

Sprites

Bag sprite from
Legends: Arceus

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

The Protector appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky.

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
MDTD S	1000	1

Effect

If the player offers both a Link Cable and Protector at Luminous Spring, Rhydon can be evolved into Rhyperior. This consumes the Link Cable and Protector.

If thrown, it will deal 1 damage (2 if sticky). Using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.

Description

Games	Description
MDTD S	A heavy, durable piece of protective equipment. It allows a certain kind of Pokémon to evolve.

Appearance

Sprite from
Explorers of Time,
Darkness, and Sky

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
MDTD S		Treasure Boxes, Job requests (★3-★9) Happy Outlook (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F), Mt. Mistral (Kecleon Shop: 3F, 5F, 7F, 9F, 11F, 13F, 15F, 17F, 19F), Shimmer Hill (Kecleon Shop: 2F, 4F, 6F, 8F, 10F, 12F, 14F, 16F), Lost Wilderness (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F)

Pokémon Conquest

In Pokémon Conquest, Rhydon evolves into Rhyperior if it knocks out a Warrior's Pokémon in a manner that allows recruitment while its own Warrior is equipped with a Protector.

The Protector can be purchased from the traveling merchant for 5000 gold, and sold for 2500-3250 gold.

Description

Games	Description
Conq.	Enables certain Pokémon to evolve.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Diamond & Pearl arc

In Yikes, Yanmega! II, Diamond's Lickilicky, Kit, used a Protector to protect itself from Mars's Yanmega swarm's soundwaves. Roseanne later revealed that the Protector was one of the items she used in her research of Pokémon Evolution.

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

In Raising the Stakes with Rhyperior, it was revealed that Silver had given Blue a Protector to be held by his Rhydon, allowing him to evolve into a Rhyperior when he was traded between the two Trainers. Afterwards, Blue had let Silver keep Rhyperior as a temporary replacement for his lost Ursaring.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	護具 Wuhgeuih
Chinese	Mandarin	護具 / 护具 Hùjù * 護身盔甲 Hùshēn Kuījiǎ *
French		Protecteur
German		Schützer
Italian		Copertura
Korean		프로텍터 Protector
Spanish		Protector
Vietnamese		Miếng bảo vệ

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