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The Upgrade (Japanese: アップグレード Upgrade), formatted as Up-Grade prior to Pokémon Sword and Shield, is a type of held item introduced in Generation II. It allows to evolve into .
==In the core series games==
===Price===
 1,000
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===Effect===
Causes to evolve into when traded while holding it. This consumes the Upgrade. In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, due to the absence of held items, the Upgrade simply needs to be used on Porygon to trigger the evolution, which consumes the item.
===Description===
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===Acquisition===
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| Silph Co.
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| Trade
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| Rocket Warehouse
| Trainer Tower (prize for defeating Single Mode)
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| Eterna City, , Team Galactic Eterna Building
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| Silph Co.
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| (9600 Poké Coupons, after completing Sunny Park Colosseum)
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| (treasure hunter)
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| Pinwheel Forest, Striaton City
| Black City (Store 3), Join Avenue ()
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| Battle Maison (32 BP)
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| (Lv. 1)
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| Aether House
| Battle Tree (32 BP)
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| Training Lowlands
| Cram-o-matic (: 72-80 points)
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| Eterna City
| Battle Park (5 BP)
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| (1,000 MP) (randomly sold by Ginter, as "Mysterious Box")Space-time distortions
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| Reward for registering 100 Pokémon in the Blueberry Pokédex
| Blueberry Academy (250 BP)Item Printer
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====Distribution====
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Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
 	 	Korean 	January 7 to 31, 2011
==Gallery==
===Sprites===
Bag sprite from
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
The Upgrade appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky.
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====Effect====
If the player offers both a and Upgrade at Luminous Cave or Luminous Spring, can be evolved into . This consumes the Link Cable and Upgrade.
If thrown, it will deal 1 damage (2 if sticky). Using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.
====Description====
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====Acquisition====
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| Wish Cave (Kecleon Shop: 88F, 93F)
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| 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)
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====Appearance====
 	
Sprite from	Sprite from, and
===Pokémon GO===
The Upgrade was added to on February 16, 2017. It is required to evolve certain Pokémon:
* requires 25 and an Upgrade to evolve into .
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====Acquisition====
Starting at level 10, Upgrades can be rarely obtained from
* Spinning PokéStops or s
* Opening a Gift
While normally rare, from March 21, 2017 onward, the player is guaranteed to find an Evolution item when obtaining the bonus for spinning a Photo Disc for the seventh day in a row.
Additionally, the player receives an Upgrade when completing part 5 of the Special Research "A Ripple in Time".
==In the TCG==
An Upgrade is featured in the artwork of the card.
==Trivia==
* In , when pluralized or prefixed with the , this item's name is rendered with a lowercase 'g' ("Up-grades" and "an Up-grade", respectively). In and , both of these instances are corrected to display with a capital 'G' ("Up-Grades" and "an Up-Grade", respectively), matching how the item's name would normally be rendered.
==In other languages==
Category:Held items that induce Evolution when trading
Category:Pokémon Mystery Dungeon items
Category:Items in Pokémon GO
de:Upgrade
es:Mejora
fr:Améliorator
it:Upgrade
ja:アップグレード
zh:升级数据（道具）