This article is about the type of item. For the game mechanic, seeMemory (game mechanic).

Amemory (Japanese:メモリmemory), also referred to as amemory drive ormemory disc, is a type ofheld item introduced inGeneration VII to work with theAbilityRKS System to change thetypes ofSilvally and itsMulti-Attack.

List of Memories

	Name	Corresponding type
	Bug Memory	Bug
	Dark Memory	Dark
	Dragon Memory	Dragon
	Electric Memory	Electric
	Fairy Memory	Fairy
	Fighting Memory	Fighting
	Fire Memory	Fire
	Flying Memory	Flying
	Ghost Memory	Ghost
	Grass Memory	Grass
	Ground Memory	Ground
	Ice Memory	Ice
	Poison Memory	Poison
	Psychic Memory	Psychic
	Rock Memory	Rock
	Steel Memory	Steel
	Water Memory	Water

Acquisition

Generation VII

InPokémon Sun and Moon, the player receives all the memory drives fromGladion atAether Paradise after receiving aType: Null from him during the post-game. InPokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, due to Gladion having temporarily leftAlola during the post-game, Type: Null and the memories are instead obtained fromWicke atAncient Poni Path.

Generation VIII

InPokémon Sword and Shield, the memory drives are obtained from aLeague Staff member at theBattle Tower lobby, after receiving a Type: Null from her.

Artwork

This is the artwork of the memories on thePokémon Global Link:

Bug Memory	Dark Memory	Dragon Memory	Electric Memory	Fairy Memory	Fighting Memory
Fire Memory	Flying Memory	Ghost Memory	Grass Memory	Ground Memory	Ice Memory
Poison Memory	Psychic Memory	Rock Memory	Steel Memory	Water Memory

In animation

Pokémon the Series

InPokémon the Series, memories are regularly used byGladion in order to give hisSilvally a type advantage over its opponents duringbattles or otherwise give it benefits outside of battles, such as when he turned Silvally into aSteel type to allow it to cross the poison lakeNihilego had created without taking any damage.

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

Gladion has been shown using the following memories:

• ADark Memory inMission: Total Recall!.
• AFairy Memory inFamily Determination!.
• AFire Memory in10,000,000 Reasons to Fight! andGetting Down to The Ire!.
• ASteel Memory in10,000,000 Reasons to Fight!.
• ARock Memory inBattle Royal 151!.
• AFighting Memory inFinal Rivals!.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc

ARock Memory appeared inDestroy!! Results of the Training!, whereMoon chose to insert it into theRKS System ofGladion's Silvally in order to more effectively battle againstRyuki'sTurtonator.

In the TCG

Memories in thePokémon Trading Card Game are depicted asPokémon Tool cards. The first two were printed in theCrimson Invasion set, and others were printed during theSun & Moon Series. When a memory is attached to aPokémon namedSilvally-, it changes that Silvally'stype to the type that the memory corresponds to. (TheElectric Memory makes Silvally aLightning type.)

This listing is of cards featuring memories in thePokémon Trading Card Game.

Memories Cards listed with ablue background are only legal to use in the currentExpanded format. Cards listed with agreen background are legal to use in both the currentStandard andExpanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Fighting Memory	I	Crimson Invasion		94/111	Awakened Heroes		049/050
Psychic Memory	I	Crimson Invasion		98/111	Awakened Heroes		048/050
Electric Memory	I	Ultra Prism		121/156	GX Battle Boost		099/114
Fire Memory	I	Ultra Prism		123/156	GX Battle Boost		102/114
Grass Memory	I	Team Up		143/181	GX Ultra Shiny		123/150
Water Memory	I	Team Up		157/181	GX Ultra Shiny		121/150

Trivia

• The Japanese names of all memories are taken from the English names of types, with two having minor alterations: ファイトメモリFight Memory and エレクトロメモリElectro Memory.
• Files found inAether Paradise mention the existence of 18 memories,^[1] though only 17 have ever been obtainable since there is no memory corresponding to theNormal type.

In other languages

Related articles

Memories

Fighting Memory

Flying Memory

Poison Memory

Ground Memory

Rock Memory

Bug Memory

Ghost Memory

Steel Memory

Fire Memory

Water Memory

Grass Memory

Electric Memory

Psychic Memory

Ice Memory

Dragon Memory

Dark Memory

Fairy Memory

References

This item article is part ofProject ItemDex, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on allitems.

• Memories
• Held items
• Groups of items
• Form-changing held items
• Out-of-battle effect items
• Legendary artifacts