How to Get Evolution Stones
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To get Evolution Stones, players can find them in dust clouds, purchase them in Black City or White Forest on weekdays, or obtain them through other specific methods depending on the Pokémon game they are playing, such as visiting the Sea Cottage on Route 25 in Kanto for Elemental Evolution stones. The availability of Evolution Stones varies by game, with some stones like the Thunderstone, Fire Stone, Dusk Stone, and Dawn Stone available for purchase in Black City, while others like the Leaf Stone, Water Stone, and Shiny Stone can be bought in White Forest.
How to Obtain Evolution Stones in Different Pokémon Games
Pokémon Crystal
In Pokémon Crystal, Evolution Stones can be obtained as soon as players have access to certain trainers, but it’s recommended to wait until they can use Fly for easier navigation.
Pokémon Gold
In Pokémon Gold, players can get one of each Evolution Stone and an Everstone by visiting Bill’s grandfather at the Sea Cottage on Route 25 in Kanto and showing him specific Pokémon like Vulpix for the Fire Stone, Pichu for the Thunderstone, and Staryu for the Water Stone.
FAQs
- What evolves with Sun Stone in Crystal? Every Pokémon that evolves by Sun Stone includes Helioptile into Heliolisk, Petilil into Lilligant, Cottonee into Whimsicott, Sunkern into Sunflora, and Gloom into Bellossom.
- What Pokémon evolve with a Leaf Stone in Pokémon games? Pokémon that evolve with a Leaf Stone include Exeggcute, Pansage, Nuzleaf, Eevee, Weepinbell, and Gloom.
- Does Eevee only evolve with stones? Eevee evolves through exposure to different elemental stones due to its unique genetic structure, which allows it to adapt to various environments.
- Do evolution stones respawn? Once picked up, Evolution Stones will occasionally respawn, allowing players to collect them for free.
- Can you use a stone to evolve any Pokémon? Giving the right Pokémon the right Evolution Stone will instantly evolve it into its new form, regardless of its level.
- What evolves with a Shiny Stone? Four Pokémon known to evolve with a Shiny Stone are Togetic, Roselia, Minccino, and Floette.
- What evolves with an Ice Stone? Ice Stones can be used to evolve Eevee, Crabrawler, and Cetoddle in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
- What evolves with a Thunder Stone? Six discovered Pokémon that evolve by using a Thunder Stone include Pikachu, Magneton, Eevee, Eelektrik, Charjabug, and Tadbulb.
- What evolves with a Dragon Scale? The Dragon Scale is used to evolve Seadra into Kingdra with 100 Horsea Pokémon Candy.
- What level does Eevee evolve in Pokémon Quest? Eevee evolves at level 36 in Pokémon Quest, with its evolution depending on certain circumstances like the Power Stones equipped.
- How do you evolve Eevee into Sylveon? To evolve Eevee into Sylveon, earn 70 Buddy hearts with it and have 25 Eevee Candy.
- Can you use Mega Evolution in Pokémon Sword? Mega Evolution was not included in Pokémon Sword and Shield, with Dynamax and Gigantamax introduced instead.
- How do you evolve Vulpix in Pokémon Sword? Vulpix evolves when exposed to a Fire Stone, allowing it to evolve at any level.
- How do you evolve Eevee into Sylveon in Pokémon Sword? To evolve Eevee into Sylveon in Pokémon Sword and Shield, increase Eevee’s Friendship to three hearts and level it up when it knows a Fairy-type move.
- What Pokémon evolve with a full moon? Ursaring can evolve into Ursaluna by the light of a full moon, though the full moon in Pokémon Go may differ from a real full moon.