Mega Stone

A Mega Stone (Japanese: メガストーン Mega Stone) is a type of item introduced in Generation VI that, if activated with a Key Stone, causes a specific to undergo Mega Evolution. Professor Sycamore theorizes that Mega Stones are the results of Evolution stones being irradiated by the power of or , the Legendary Pokémon of life and destruction, when AZ first used the ultimate weapon."Let’s talk about Mega Stones briefly. My theory is that they’re special stones irradiated by the light--the energy of the Legendary Pokémon [Xerneas or Yveltal]--fired from the ultimate weapon 3,000 years ago." -Professor Sycamore There are 47 known Mega Stones, corresponding to 45 different Pokémon.
From Generation VIII to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Mega Stones (and Mega Evolution) do not appear in the core series, but they do appear in other media.
==List of Mega Stones==
Mega Stone	Mega Stone 	Debut	Pokémon	Pokémon
 	Name 	Debut	 	Name
656 	Gengarite 	 	0094 	
657 	Gardevoirite 	 	0282 	
658 	Ampharosite 	 	0181 	
659 	Venusaurite 	 	0003 	
660 	Charizardite X	 	0006 	
661 	Blastoisinite 	 	0009 	
662 	Mewtwonite X 	 	0150 	
663 	Mewtwonite Y 	 	0150 	
664 	Blazikenite 	 	0257 	
665 	Medichamite 	 	0308 	
666 	Houndoominite 	 	0229 	
667 	Aggronite 	 	0306 	
668 	Banettite 	 	0354 	
669 	Tyranitarite 	 	0248 	
670 	Scizorite 	 	0212 	
671 	Pinsirite 	 	0127 	
672 	Aerodactylite 	 	0142 	
673 	Lucarionite 	 	0448 	
674 	Abomasite 	 	0460 	
675 	Kangaskhanite 	 	0115 	
676 	Gyaradosite 	 	0130 	
677 	Absolite 	 	0359 	
678 	Charizardite Y	 	0006 	
679 	Alakazite 	 	0065 	
680 	Heracronite 	 	0214 	
681 	Mawilite 	 	0303 	
682 	Manectite 	 	0310 	
683 	Garchompite 	 	0445 	
684 	Latiasite 	 	0380 	
685 	Latiosite 	 	0381 	
752 	Swampertite 	 	0260 	
753 	Sceptilite 	 	0254 	
754 	Sablenite 	 	0302 	
755 	Altarianite 	 	0334 	
756 	Galladite 	 	0475 	
757 	Audinite 	 	0531 	
758 	Metagrossite 	 	0376 	
759 	Sharpedonite 	 	0319 	
760 	Slowbronite 	 	0080 	
761 	Steelixite 	 	0208 	
762 	Pidgeotite 	 	0018 	
763 	Glalitite 	 	0362 	
764 	Diancite 	 	0619 	
767 	Cameruptite 	 	0323 	
768 	Lopunnite 	 	0428 	
769 	Salamencite 	 	0373 	
770 	Beedrillite 	 	0015 	
 	 	 	 	
==In the core series==
===Mechanics===
During , a Mega Stone can be activated while its corresponding is on the field. The stone must be held by the Pokémon or, in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! (which do not feature held items), be in the possession of the Pokémon's . The Pokémon's Trainer can use their Key Stone to activate the Mega Stone at the start of a turn, causing the Pokémon to undergo Mega Evolution. Mega Stones are not consumed upon use, but only one Mega Stone use is possible per Trainer per battle. Mega Stones cannot be activated for Pokémon that have transformed into their corresponding Pokémon (either by or ).
As held items, Mega Stones cannot be transfered to or from their corresponding Pokémon in battle; and will not steal them, will not remove them or cause extra damage, , , , and will fail, and will not activate. , , and also do not prevent the use of Mega Stones.
During a , if a Mega Stone is being held by its corresponding Pokémon, the Pokémon's will activate it automatically if the Pokémon performs a Spectacular Talent.
===Acquisition===
====Generation VI====
=====X and Y=====
Some Mega Stones are given or sold to the player by NPCs. Most others can be found in various locations around Kalos, appearing as sparkles on the ground rather than item balls. These can only be found after Professor Sycamore upgrades the player's Mega Ring in Anistar City, which only happens after the player defeats their rival in Kiloude City. These Mega Stones also only appear from to , while the Anistar Sundial is active. Some Mega Stones are exclusive to each game.
The Blazikenite, Latiasite, and Latiosite are only obtainable via trade. However, the former was also an event item. Mega Stones introduced in are unobtainable.
=====Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire=====
Some Mega Stones are only obtainable by meeting certain requirements, such as defeating Lisia in a Master Rank Contest Spectacular to receive the Lucarionite from , or receiving the Garchompite from Aarune after reaching the Super-Secret Base Platinum Rank. However, most Mega Stones appear around Hoenn as sparkles on the ground, much like in . Many of these only appear after the player defeats or captures or .
The Diancite is unobtainable through normal gameplay; instead, it can be received from an NPC in any Pokémon Center if the player has a —an event Pokémon—in their party.
Pokémon holding Mega Stones introduced in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (except the Latiasite and Latiosite) cannot be traded to X and Y.
====Generation VII====
=====Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon=====
No Mega Stones are received before the player becomes . The player receives an Alakazite, along with a Key Stone, from Dexio after defeating him at Ancient Poni Path or Poni Plains. The Kanto s' Mega Stones can be received by defeating or in a challenge at the Battle Tree. Many Mega Stones (including the Alakazite) can be purchased at the Battle Tree for 64BP each. In , only the Mega Stones for Pokémon in the Alola Pokédex can be purchased. In , all Mega Stones except the Kanto first partners' and the Diancite can be purchased.
In Sun and Moon, the remaining Mega Stones are only obtainable via trade. However, they were all also event items. They were distributed via universal serial codes provided on the official Pokémon website, which were usable in all software regions but expired on at . Some were also distributed via unique serial codes to players who participated in certain Online Competitions on the Pokémon Global Link.
Mega Stone	Code 	Battle Competition
 	M2DESCENT 	—
 	M2DESCENT 	—
 	INTIMIDATE 	
 	INTIMIDATE 	
 	INTIMIDATE 	—
 	INTIMIDATE 	—
 	AZUL 	
 	AZUL 	
 	AZUL 	—
 	AZUL 	—
 	MATSUBUSA 	
 	MATSUBUSA 	
 	MATSUBUSA 	
 	MATSUBUSA 	—
 	MATSUBUSA 	—
 	SABLEVOLANT	
 	SABLEVOLANT	
 	SABLEVOLANT	
 	SABLEVOLANT	—
 	POYONG 	
 	POYONG 	
 	POYONG 	
 	POYONG 	—
 	DRACHE 	
 	DRACHE 	
 	DRACHE 	
 	DRACHE 	
 	 	
In Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the Diancite can be received from a at Olivia's in Konikoni City upon showing him a Diancie.
=====Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!=====
Only the Mega Stones for Pokémon in the Kanto Pokédex are obtainable. The player receives the Kanto s' Mega Stones, along with a Key Stone, from Blue at the Oak Pokémon Research Lab after obtaining seven Badges. 's Mega Stones can be received from after defeating her in Cerulean Cave. The remaining Kanto Pokémon Mega Stones can be purchased from a at Indigo Plateau for 30,000 each after the player enters the Hall of Fame.
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Shuffle===
Before a Pokémon's Mega Evolution can be used in Pokémon Shuffle, its respective Mega Stone must be obtained (or in 's case, the Meteorite). Methods to obtain a Mega Stone include:
* Defeating a Pokémon's Mega-Evolved form in a battle, usually at the end of each .
* Completing certain objectives on Mission Cards.
* Reaching certain s by catching several different species of Pokémon.
* Achieving a high rank in a competitive stage.
* Clearing certain milestone stages in an escalation battle.
Having a Mega Stone allows the player to view all the Pokémon that can use it to Mega Evolve from the Pokémon List, though their icon is faded and their type, attack power, and are not visible.
===Pokémon Rumble World===
The player gains the ability to Mega Evolve their Pokémon after completing the challenge "Raid of the Mighty General", then receiving the Special Stone Shop and a Mega Key from the rewards section of the ordinary shop. Mega Stones for currently owned Pokémon can be bought and immediately attached to its corresponding Pokémon using the Special Stone Shop. The first Mega Stone of the player's choice is free (unless either the Red or Blue Orb is chosen instead) and every one after it costs 5 Poké Diamonds. During battle, Mega Evolution can be performed by tapping the Mega Evolution button using a Pokémon equipped with a Mega Stone in battle. Mega Evolution can be used again on any Pokémon in the same battle, unlike in the main games.
Mega-Evolved Pokémon revert after a completed trip, or when they are defeated or switched out. Mega Evolving will send out a shockwave that damages enemy Pokémon. This shockwave is capable of defeating and tipping over opposing Pokémon. Additionally, it also resets any negative status conditions or status changes the Pokémon had before Mega Evolving.
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
In , Pokémon wear Mega Stones using equipment similar to that which their s use to hold their Key Stones. The equipment disappears while the Pokémon is in its Mega Evolved state. In , Mega Stones appear to be merged with the body of their holders and only appear whenever the Mega Evolution process is triggered. In , Mega Stones descend in front of the holder seemingly out of nowhere once the process starts.
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Mega Stones were first mentioned in Lumiose City Pursuit!, where told that a "special stone" is required to trigger Mega Evolution, referring to Mega Stones.
Mega Stones made their physical debut in Mega Evolution Special I. The Mega Stones seen were Alain's Charizardite X, Astrid's Absolite, Remo's Garchompite, Siebold's Blastoisinite, and a Gyaradosite found by Alain from a set of ancient ruins. In addition, a Lucarionite was seen in a painting featuring the first-ever Mega Evolution, which was shown to Alain by Professor Sycamore in a flashback. Astrid's Absolite made a brief reappearance during the opening credits of Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.
Diantha's Gardevoir's Gardevoirite debuted in The Bonds of Evolution!. The Embrace Pokémon was shown carrying its Mega Stone in a necklace around its neck.
In The Cave of Trials!, a Lucarionite was found by in a cave near Geosenge Town. After battling a guarding the Lucarionite—which was afterward revealed to belong to Korrina's grandfather, Gurkinn—Korrina obtained the Mega Stone and used it to Mega Evolve her . The uncut Lucarionite was later set in an armband by McGinty, allowing Lucario to wear the Mega Stone. It retained it during its return in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
In The Aura Storm!, Gurkinn was revealed to own a Lucarionite. Much like Korrina's Lucario, Gurkinn's Lucario also wears its Lucarionite in an armband on its left wrist.
In The Bonds of Mega Evolution!, a Mawilite was worn by Mabel's in a piece of jewelry placed at the foot of its head jaws.
In Origins of Mega Evolution!, a Lucarionite was featured in a story told by Gurkinn depicting the first known Mega Evolution.
In Mega Evolution Special II, 's wore a Metagrossite as a large bracelet on its right foreleg. An Ampharosite was also seen in a flashback in the same episode, having been found by Lysandre before Alain could get his hands on it.
In Garchomp's Mega Bond!, Professor Sycamore's Garchomp wears a Garchompite as a choker around her neck.
Several different Mega Stones appeared in Mega Evolution Special IV. The Mega Stones seen included a Venusaurite attached to the tree on a 's back; an Alakazite tied onto one of 's spoons; and Malva's Houndoominite, which is attached to a collar her wears around its neck.
In A Giga Battle with Mega Results!, a Nurse Joy with an found an Audinite. She later used it and Professor Sycamore's Key Stone to Mega Evolve Audino.
In A Real Icebreaker!, an Abomasite was worn by Wulfric's . The Frost Tree Pokémon wears its Mega Stone on its chest, revealing it only when it is about to Mega Evolve.
In A League of His Own!, a Charizardite Y was worn by 's in a ring around its tail.
In Valuable Experience for All!, a Sceptilite was worn by Sawyer's on a bandanna that is tied around its neck.
In Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, Kimia's Shiny Gardevoir has a Gardevoirite in a necklace around its neck, which looks exactly like the necklace that Diantha's Gardevoir has.
In Coming Apart at the Dreams!, a Gyaradosite was worn by Lysandre's Shiny around its neck in a holder similar to the one Alain's Charizard keeps its Charizardite X in. It is unknown whether this is the same Gyaradosite that Alain found in Mega Evolution Special I, or a different one.
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In When Regions Collide!, Brock's Steelix and Misty's Gyarados wore a Steelixite and a Gyaradosite, respectively. They were used in their respective battles.
In The Prism Between Light and Darkness!, Team Rocket Elite Officer Gozu was revealed to own an Aggronite.
In Battling Besties!, a Kangaskhanite was used by Ilima during his Manalo Conference battle against Guzma.
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In An Adventure of Mega Proportions!, Ash found and obtained a Lucarionite for his at Mega Island. In the same episode, Gurkinn's explanation about Mega Evolution featured a Venusaurite, an Abomasite, a Gyaradosite, a Slowbronite, and a Cameruptite.
In Taking Two For The Team!, an Altarianite was worn and used by Drasna's .
In Reuniting for the First Time!, another Altarianite was worn and used by Lisia's Altaria, Ali.
In Curtain Up! Fight the Fights!, Alain was revealed to have acquired a new Charizardite X for his Charizard.
In The Fiery Road to Mastership!, was revealed to own a Garchompite, which her uses to Mega Evolve.
===Pokémon Origins===
In File 2: Cubone, Mr. Fuji gave a Mega Stone and a Key Stone, although he did not tell Red what they truly were, merely saying that he would find out soon enough.
In File 4: Charizard, during Red's battle against , one of the stones was revealed to be a Charizardite X that came from Kalos. Together, it and the Key Stone triggered Red's Charizard's Mega Evolution, allowing it to Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard X and weaken Mewtwo enough to be caught by Red.
===Pokémon Evolutions===
In The Discovery, was shown to be in possession of a Mewtwonite X, a Mewtwonite Y, and a Blastoisinite. She used the last one to Mega Evolve her during her battle against , and ended up giving the first two to her after being defeated by her.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Due to Mega Evolution being a relatively unknown phenomenon, the Mega Stone concept gradually developed. was not aware of the Mega Stone that 's Kanga possessed until They Have a Flare for a Li'l Kanga-Napping, when he found it in Kanga's pouch. In What Does Charmander Do When It Dozes, Trevor and X proved that Kanga's Mega Stone had no effect when taken out of Kanga's pouch and placed with X's Chespin. In Overthrowing a Tyrunt, Trevor and X became aware of different Mega Stones and their names when the they were fighting mentioned the Kangaskanite and Manectite explicitly. Trevor and X combined their skills to defeat the grunt in battle and steal a list of Mega Stones that he had supposedly compiled.
* Korrina's possesses a Lucarionite, allowing him to Mega Evolve into Mega Lucario.
* Gurkinn's wears his Heracronite around his horn.
* Diantha's wears its Gardevoirite around its head.
* Lysandre's Gyarados possesses a Gyaradosite, which a Team Flare grunt successfully dispatched to Malva.
* X's Élec possesses a Manectite, which is kept in a patch of fur on his chest. Élec was motivated to seek his Mega Stone after witnessing Kanga and Li'l Kanga Mega Evolve during a battle in the Prism Tower.
* X's possesses a Gengarite, which is kept in a patch of fur under his jaw.
* and found multiple Mega Stones while looking for a Pinsirite and Absolite for X's and Y's . After some searching, they successfully found the correct Mega Stones and gave them to X and Y.
* X's Salamè possesses a Charizardite X, which he keeps on the tip of his tail, hidden inside of the tail's flame. 's possesses a Charizardite Y, which is also kept hidden inside of the flame on the tip of his tail. Both Charizard combined in their respective Mega Evolutions to defeat Xerosic, who claimed that Team Flare found no proof that a Charizard Mega Evolves, let alone into two different forms.
* Blaine possesses both a Mewtwonite Y and Mewtwonite X, which he can use to Mega Evolve into either of its Mega Evolutions.
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The Mega Stones appear or are mentioned in the following chapters:
* In Latias Flies, revealed that he and Latias have obtained their respective Mega Stones.
* In Claydol Unleashes, it was revealed that had already found the Mega Stones for Blaziken, Swampert, and for , , and , respectively.
* In Salamence Evolves, Zinnia used her Salamencite to Mega Evolve her during a battle against Ruby. Using Latios's Latiosite, Ruby Mega Evolved the Eon Pokémon into Mega Latios and defeated Mega Salamence.
* In Blastoise Transforms, and were revealed to have respectively obtained the Venusaurite and Blastoisinite, sometime before following Maxie and Archie, who had obtained the Cameruptite and Sharpedonite, respectively. The two pairs of Trainers used the Mega Stones with their respective Pokémon to battle each other.
* In PS616, was revealed to have obtained a Beedrillite, using it to Mega Evolve his as part of his explanation that the meteoroid threatening to destroy the world may be housing a Pokémon inside of it. The Meteor Village later offered a Gardevoirite and Galladite, commenting how matching her Gallade and 's Gardevoir are. Ruby and Sapphire later used these Mega Stones to Mega Evolve Rara and during a brief battle against each other.
* In Omega Alpha Adventure 21, after destroying the Grand Meteor Delta, Ruby had find a Diancite for Diancie to use in the Pokémon Contest Spectacular, allowing Ruby to Mega Evolve Diancie for his and Sapphire's performance.
===Pocket Monsters XY: The Legend of the Pokémon Dragon King===
In Pocket Monsters XY: The Legend of the Pokémon Dragon King, which is centered around Mega Evolution, several characters have Mega Stones in their possession. owns both a Charizardite X and a Charizardite Y, owns a Garchompite, and Taichi has an Ampharosite.
==Artwork==
The following is a gallery of Mega Stone artwork as seen on the Pokémon Global Link.
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
						
==Trivia==
* The design of the Mega Stones appears to be based on a common pattern found in the glass called a toothpaste or catseye marble.
* Certain Mega Stones in X and Y are only found in the game in which the corresponding Pokémon is not normally available:
** The Aggronite and Houndoominite are only found in Y, though , , and their evolved forms are exclusive to X.
** The Tyranitarite and Manectricite are only found in X, though and are exclusive to Y; however, and can be found in the Friend Safari in both X and Y.
* Despite not being introduced officially until Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Latiosite and Latiasite exist in the code for X and Y and can be transfered to them.
* In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, it is explained that does not require a Mega Stone to Mega Evolve due to its mikado organ working as a Mega Stone once it has consumed enough meteorites.
==In other languages==
==References==
==Related articles==
* Key Stone
* Colored orbs
* Z-Crystal
* Mega Energy
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