Sun Stone

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The Sun Stone (Japanese: たいようのいし Sun Stone) is a type of Evolution stone introduced in Generation II.
==In the core series games==
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In the Generation V games, the Sun Stone can be sold to an item maniac inside the Icirrus City Pokémon Center for 3000.
===Effect===
====Manual activation====
Can be used to evolve one of several Pokémon. This consumes the Sun Stone.
*Causes to evolve into 
*Causes to evolve into 
*Causes to evolve into 
*Causes to evolve into (outside of Hisui) or (in Hisui)
*Causes to evolve into 
===Description===
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===Acquisition===
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| Bug-Catching Contest first prize
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| Mossdeep Space Center
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| Ruin Valley
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| Valor Lakefront, Mt. Coronet
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| (gift from Tanner), Bug-Catching Contest first prize, Pokéathlon Dome (post-National Pokédex) (3000 Pts.) (Lv. 31-100)Held by (5% chance)
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| Nimbasa City, Relic Castle
| s (Lv. 31-100)Black City/White Forest (Lena)Held by (5% chance)
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| Nimbasa City, Relic Castle, Giant Chasm, Pinwheel Forest
| (Lv. 31-100)Join Avenue ()Held by (5% chance)s (Chargestone Cave, Mistralton Cave, Clay Tunnel, Twist Mountain, Underground Ruins, , Wellspring Cave, Seaside Cave, Giant Chasm)Hidden Grottoes (Routes and ; Abundant Shrine)Transfer from 
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| Dream Clouds (after catching )
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| , Anistar City, Shalour City
| (Lv. 31-100) (Drag Down Hydreigon!), (from Psychic Inver)Held by (5% chance)
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| Mossdeep Space Center
| (Lv. 31-100)Mauville City (), (Drag Down Hydreigon!), (rematch with Timothy), Secret Base ("Pick up stones" with )Held by (5% chance)
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| (Lv. 2)
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| Blush Mountain, Haina Desert
| Poké Pelago (Isle Aphun - Brilliant-Stone Hunting, Interesting-Item Hunting) (Lv. 11-100)
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| Dusty Bowl
| (Lv. 11-100)Bridge Field (Digging Duo)Poké Job reward (Tiers V, VI, and IX)Held by (5% chance)
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| Fields of Honor
| Hidden recurring item (Potbottom Desert)
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| Hidden recurring item (Ballimere Lake)
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| Grand UndergroundHeld by (5% chance)
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| Jubilife Village (reward for completing Request 85: "At Home under the Eaves")
| (1,000 MP) (randomly sold by Ginter, as "Sunlike Rock")Space-time distortions
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| Area Zero, East Province (Area Three), West Province (Area One)Artazon (Sunflora Hide & Seek reward)
| Porto Marinada auctionSparkling overworld item (Asado Desert) (Lv. 11-100)
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| Paradise Barrens
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| Item Printer
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====Distribution====
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Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
 	 	All 	November 18, 2024 to December 31, 2025
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Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
 	 	United States 	August 30 to September 4, 2003
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
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===Sprites===
 	 	
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
The Sun Stone appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, and Gates to Infinity.
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====Effect====
Can be used to evolve one of several Pokémon by offering it at the Luminous Cave or Luminous Spring or by using it in a dungeon. This consumes the Sun Stone.
*Causes to evolve into 
*Causes to evolve into 
*Causes to evolve into 
*Causes to evolve into 
If thrown, it will deal 1/2 damage (2 if sticky). In Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky, using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.
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====Acquisition====
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| Solar Cave (1-20F)
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| Golden Chamber (Deluxe Box)Treasure Boxes, Job requests (★3-★9)Mystifying Forest (Kecleon Shop: 5F, 7F, 9F, 11F, 13F), Lake Afar (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F, B21F, B23F), Midnight Forest (Kecleon Shop: B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F, B21F, B23F)
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| Treasure BoxesPokémon Paradise (Sunken Treasure, Beartic Slide, Prize Palace)Skill Treasury, Treasure Trove
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====Appearance====
 	 	 	
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===Pokémon Conquest===
In Pokémon Conquest, and evolve into and , respectively, if their link is improved while their Warrior is equipped with a Sun Stone.
A Sun Stone can be purchased from the for 5000 gold, and sold for 2500-3250 gold.
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===Pokémon GO===
The Sun Stone is required to evolve certain Pokémon in Pokémon GO:
* requires 100 and a Sun Stone to evolve into .
* requires 50 Sunkern Candy and a Sun Stone to evolve into .
* requires 50 Cottonee Candy and a Sun Stone to evolve into .
* requires 50 Petilil Candy and a Sun Stone to evolve into .
* requires 50 Helioptile Candy and a Sun Stone to evolve into 
The Sun Stone was added to Pokémon GO on February 16, 2017.
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====Acquisition====
Starting at level 10, Sun Stones 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 a Sun Stone when completing part 2 of the Special Research "A Ripple in Time".
===Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire===
In Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, the player gets three Sun Stone symbols in order to evolve a into .
====Gallery====
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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 obtained a Sun Stone as a prize for winning the Bug-Catching Contest in The Bug Stops Here. He later used it to evolve a in Moving Pictures.
A Sun Stone, along with a Leaf Stone, appeared in Whichever Way the Wind Blows during an explanation of the branch in 's evolutionary line.
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Mystery on a Deserted Island! featured the Sun Stone along with all of the other Evolution stones available as of Generation V.
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A full set of Evolution stones was seen on display in a stone shop in Geosenge Town in The Cave of Trials!. In addition, a Trainer used a Sun Stone purchased from the shop to evolve his into . then revealed he had also once used a Sun Stone to evolve his own Helioptile into .
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====Gallery====
File:Sun Stone EP161.png|The Sun Stone that Ash won in The Bug Stops Here
File:Sun Stone XY031.png|A Trainer with a Sun Stone in The Cave of Trials!
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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In The Last Battle VI, 's , Sunbo, evolved into a due to the harsh sunlight made by her usage of reflecting off the rocks near Ilex Forest and replicating the Sun Stone's effects.
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In Ring Ring Goes Beldum, found a Sun Stone while he and escaped from a group of in Granite Cave.
==Trivia==
* The shares its name with an actual .
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
Category:Pokémon Mystery Dungeon items
Category:Pokémon Conquest items
Category:Items in Pokémon GO
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