Evolutionary Stones

Evolutionary Stones are crystals with the power of a certain element that can instantly evolve certain Pokémon they are used on. There are currently ten known types of these stones.

List of Evolutionary Stones

Water Stone

A Water Stone (みずのいし Water Stone) is a special elemental stone introduced in Generation I. It is an elliptical-shaped stone that is blue in appearance, with a bubble insignia inside of it. It evolves:

• Poliwhirl into Poliwrath
• Shellder into Cloyster
• Staryu into Starmie
• Eevee into Vaporeon
• Lombre into Ludicolo
• Panpour into Simipour

Games	Location
RGRBY	Celadon Department Store (2100)
GSC	Route 25 (from Bill's grandfather) Mystery Gift, Route 42 (from Fisherman Tully)C
RSE	Abandoned Ship Trade Blue Shard with treasure hunter on Route 124
FRLG	Seafoam Islands Celadon Department Store (2100)
DPPt	Route 213, Solaceon RuinsPt
HGSS	Seafoam Islands, Route 25 (from Bill's grandfather) Route 42 (from Fisherman Tully), Bug-Catching Contest (1st place prize), Pokéathlon Dome (Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri)
BW	Castelia City, Driftveil City Dust Clouds, Black City Black City/White Forest
B2W2	Clay Tunnel, Route 19 Dust Clouds, Hidden Grotto, Join Avenue Antique Shop, Battle Subway, Pokémon World Tournament
XY	Route 8 and 12 Lumiose City Stone Emporium, Route 18 (from Inver) Super Training (The Water Stone Cup Begins!, The Battle for the Best: Version X/Y!) Using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide when a red rock is present in the background
ORAS	Mauville City (from Inver), trade Blue Shard with treasure hunter on Route 124 Super Training (The Water Stone Cup Begins!, The Battle for the Best!) Route 106 (possible reward of rematch with Fisherman Elliot) Super Secret Base (Pick up stones)
SM	Route 8 Konikoni City, Poké Pelago
USUM	Route 8, Paniola Ranch Konikoni City, Poké Pelago
PE	Route 12 and 21 Celadon Department Store (5,000)
SWSH	Route 2, Bridge Field Lake of Outrage Dug by Digging Duo at Bridge Field

Thunder Stone

A Thunder Stone (かみなりのいし Thunder Stone) is a special elemental stone introduced in Generation I. It is an elliptical-shaped stone that is green in appearance, with a thunderbolt insignia inside of it. It evolves:

• Pikachu into Raichu
• Magneton into Magnezone
• Eevee into Jolteon
• Eelektrik into Eelektross
• Charjabug into Vikavolt

Fire Stone

A Fire Stone (ほのおのいし Fire Stone) is a special elemental stone introduced in Generation I. It is an elliptical-shaped stone that is yellow in appearance, with a fire insignia inside of it. It evolves: 

• Eevee into Flareon
• Vulpix into Ninetales
• Growlithe into Arcanine
• Pansear into Simisear

Leaf Stone

A Leaf Stone (リーフのいし Leaf Stone) is a special elemental stone introduced in Generation I. It is a green elliptical-shape stone on which the shape of a leaf is engraved. It evolves: 

• Gloom into Vileplume
• Weepinbell into Victreebel
• Exeggcute into Exeggutor
• Eevee into Leafeon
• Nuzleaf into Shiftry
• Pansage into Simisage
• Exeggcute into Alolan Exeggutor

Moon Stone

A Moon Stone (つきのいし Moon Stone) is a special elemental stone introduced in Generation I. It is an elliptical-shaped stone that is grey in appearance, looks somewhat like a moon rock, and usually makes Fairy-group Pokémon evolve. It evolves: 

• Nidorina into Nidoqueen
• Nidorino into Nidoking
• Clefairy into Clefable
• Jigglypuff into Wigglytuff
• Skitty into Delcatty
• Munna into Musharna

Sun Stone

A Sun Stone (たいようのいし Sun Stone) is a special elemental stone introduced in Generation II. It is orange in appearance, shaped like the sun, and usually makes plant Pokémon with some connection to the sun evolve. It evolves: 

• Gloom into Bellossom
• Sunkern into Sunflora
• Cottonee into Whimsicott
• Petilil into Lilligant
• Helioptile into Heliolisk

Dawn Stone

A Dawn Stone (めざめのいし Awakening Stone) is a peculiar stone introduced in Generation IV that will only evolve Pokémon of a determinate gender. It is a round stone, sky blue in appearance, and actually looks similar to an sunburst-cut opal. It evolves:

• A female Snorunt into Froslass
• A male Kirlia into Gallade

Dusk Stone

A Dusk Stone (やみのいし Dark Stone) is peculiar stone introduced in Generation IV that will evolve certain Pokémon associated with nighttime. It is a purplish-black, irregularly-shaped stone with a dark center. It evolves:

• Misdreavus into Mismagius
• Murkrow into Honchkrow
• Lampent into Chandelure
• Doublade into Aegislash

Shiny Stone

A Shiny Stone (ひかりのいし Light Stone) is a special elemental stone introduced in Generation IV which only evolves certain Fairy-Group Pokémon. It is an elliptical-shaped stone that is transparent in appearance, with a ball of light inside of it. It evolves: 

• Roselia into Roserade
• Togetic into Togekiss
• Minccino into Cinccino
• Floette into Florges

Ice Stone

An Ice Stone (こおりのいし Ice Stone) is a special elemental stone introduced in Generation VII. It is a snowy-blue stone that shines with white light and has a snowflake pattern inside. It evolves:

• Alolan Vulpix into Alolan Ninetales
• Alolan Sandshrew into Alolan Sandslash
• Eevee into Glaceon
• Galarian Darumaka into Galarian Darmanitan

Games	Location
SMUSUM	Po Town Shady House Poké Pelago
PE	Pokémon Tower, Seafoam Islands Celadon Department Store (5,000)
SWSH	Route 9 Lake of Outrage Dug by Digging Duo at Bridge Field

Special Circumstances

Red and Blue Rescue Team and Rescue Team DX

In Red and Blue Rescue Team, a player must first beat the game before he can evolve. At Whiscash Pond, a massive hole is in the center of the area. This is Luminous Cave. Upon entry, a mysterious voice will ask the player if he want to evolve to evolve a Pokémon. If the player has the necessary evolution stone and the Pokémon he wishes to evolve is alone, he can evolve his Pokémon using the stone.

Explorers of Time and Darkness, Explorers of Sky

In Explorers of Time and Darkness, and Explorers of Sky, the player's team must graduate from Wigglytuff's Guild to gain access to Luminous Spring, the only place in the game where the player can evolve a Pokémon. However, the player character and partner cannot evolve until they defeat Palkia and Manaphy returns.

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

Throughout the storyline, the player character and their partner directly evolve to and devolve from their final forms three times, thanks to their Harmony Scarves.

The player can evolve Pokémon in the Tree of Life after beating the game, by talking to Xerneas. Although the only requirement of evolving is to achieve a certain level, some connected Pokémon are unevolvable.

Trivia

• Out of all Pokémon who can evolve via evolutionary stones (Alola forms counted as individual species), only 2 of them (Eevee and Gloom) can use over 1 kind.
• Out of all Pokémon who can evolve via evolutionary stones (Alola forms counted as individual species), only 4 of them (Poliwhirl, Eevee, Kirlia, Snorunt) can evolve in other ways.
• So far, Generation VII is the only Generation where no new Pokémon evolve via evolutionary stones (excluding Alolan Forms of existing Pokémon).
• The Water Stone evolves the most variety of Pokémon with 6 different Pokémon needing it to evolve.
• There are stones called sunstones and moonstones in real life. However, they look different from the evolutionary stones.
• Currently, there are only three Pokémon that evolve with the Ice Stone. Each of them are regional variants.
  • Regular Vulpix evolve with a Fire Stone, while regular Sandshrew evolve once they reach level 22.
• The evolved forms tend to have dramatically different level-up learnsets, with the majority of these learning no new moves at all, such as Togekiss and Roserade. A notable exception is Sunflora, which has a roughly identical level-up learnset as Sunkern.

Trivia

• There are a handful of other stones related to evolution.
  • An Everstone prevents the Pokémon that holds it from evolving.
  • The Sun Shard and Moon Shard (found in Pokémon XD only) simulate the effects of Day and Night, which allows a happy Eevee to evolve into Espeon or Umbreon.
  • (When a Slowpoke or Poliwhirl holds the King's Rock and is traded, it will evolve into Slowking or Politoed, respectively.
  • When a Happiny holds an Oval Stone and levels up, it will evolve into Chansey.
  • When a specific Mega Stone is held by the Pokémon and a Key Stone is owned by the Trainer, certain Pokémon can Mega Evolve.

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Fire Stone

Water Stone

Thunder Stone

Leaf Stone

Moon Stone

Sun Stone

Shiny Stone

Dusk Stone

Dawn Stone

Ice Stone

Moon Stone

Sun Stone

Dawn Stone

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