Evolution item

An Evolution item (Japanese: アイテム Evolution item) is an item that allows certain Pokémon to evolve. Depending on the Pokémon and the item, the Pokémon may need to hold the item, or the item may be able to be used directly.
Regardless of method, if a Pokémon evolves using one of these items, it consumes the item.
==List of Evolution items==
===Directly used=== 
These Evolution items cause a Pokémon to evolve when used on it from the Bag. They cannot be used in battle. Evolution stones are the most common example.
	Name 	DebutGen.		Pre-evolved form		Evolved form
	Auspicious Armor 	 		 		
	Black Augurite 	 		 		
	Chipped Pot 	 		Antique Form 		Antique Form
	Cracked Pot 	 		Phony Form 		Phony Form
	Galarica Cuff 	 		Galarian Form 		Galarian Form
	Galarica Wreath 	 		Galarian Form 		Galarian Form
	Malicious Armor 	 		 		
	Masterpiece Teacup 	 		Artisan Form 		Masterpiece Form
	Metal Alloy 	 		 		
	Peat Block 	 		 		
	Scroll of Darkness 	 		 		Single Strike Style
	Scroll of Waters 	 		 		Rapid Strike Style
	Sweet Apple 	 		 		
	Syrupy Apple 	 		 		
	Tart Apple 	 		 		
	Unremarkable Teacup	 		Counterfeit Form		Unremarkable Form
====Evolution stones====
===Held===
These Evolution items cause a Pokémon to evolve when it meets certain conditions while holding the item, such as leveling up or being traded. Some of them also have effects in battle when being held.
	Name 	DebutGen.		Pre-evolved form		Evolved form	Trigger for evolution 	Effects in battle
	Deep Sea Scale 	 		 		 	Trade 	If held by , doubles its .
	Deep Sea Tooth 	 		 		 	Trade 	If held by , doubles its .
	Dragon Scale 	 		 		 	Trade 	Boosts the power of moves by 10% when held (due to an oversight).
	Dubious Disc 	 		 		 	Trade 	
	Electirizer 	 		 		 	Trade 	
	King's Rock 	 		 		 	Trade 	Grants certain damaging moves used by the holder a 10% chance of causing hit Pokémon to flinch.
	King's Rock 	 		 		 	Trade 	Grants certain damaging moves used by the holder a 10% chance of causing hit Pokémon to flinch.
	Magmarizer 	 		 		 	Trade 	
	Metal Coat 	 		 		 	Trade 	Boosts the power of moves used by the holder by 20% (10% prior to Generation IV) when held.
	Metal Coat 	 		 		 	Trade 	Boosts the power of moves used by the holder by 20% (10% prior to Generation IV) when held.
	Oval Stone 	 		 		 	Level up during the day 	
	Prism Scale 	 		 		 	Trade 	
	Protector 	 		 		 	Trade 	
	Razor Claw 	 		 		 	Level up during the night	Raises the critical hit ratio of the holder.
	Razor Claw 	 		Hisuian Form 		 	Level up during the day 	Raises the critical hit ratio of the holder.
	Razor Fang 	 		 		 	Level up during the night	Grants certain damaging moves used by the holder a 10% chance of causing hit Pokémon to flinch.
	Reaper Cloth 	 		 		 	Trade 	
	Sachet 	 		 		 	Trade 	
	Upgrade 	 		 		 	Trade 	
	Whipped Dream 	 		 		 	Trade 	
	Strawberry Sweet	 		 		 	Spinning 	
	Love Sweet 	 		 		 	Spinning 	
	Berry Sweet 	 		 		 	Spinning 	
	Clover Sweet 	 		 		 	Spinning 	
	Flower Sweet 	 		 		 	Spinning 	
	Star Sweet 	 		 		 	Spinning 	
	Ribbon Sweet 	 		 		 	Spinning 	
===Others===
The Sun Shard and Moon Shard in cause an Eevee with high friendship to evolve when it levels up while one of these items is in the Bag. They are the only Evolution items to be Key Items.
==Acquisition==
Evolution items are normally found in a variety of locations. However, there are some methods that can yield a large number of them.
* Many of these items are available as held items of wild Pokémon, particularly Pokémon from the evolutionary lines that uses the item to evolve.
* In , many of these items are available from the on .
* In , several of these items can be purchased from Black City's market on weekends.
* Many of these items can be obtained from the Join Avenue .
* Many of these items are available from the PokéMileage Club minigame .
* Many of these items can be purchased from the Battle Maison and Battle Tree with Battle Points.
* In , these items can be purchased at the Stow-on-Side Bargain Shop or at the Pokémon Center in Hammerlocke with Battle Points.
==In spin-off games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
===Pokémon Pinball series===
===Pokémon GO===
In , Evolution items can be spent along with Candy to evolve certain Pokémon. There are seven Evolution items: the Sun Stone, King's Rock, Metal Coat, Dragon Scale, Upgrade, Sinnoh Stone, and Unova Stone.
Pokémon that evolve into Generation II Pokémon or with a Sun Stone require the same item as in the core series games. Non-Generation IV Pokémon that evolve into Generation IV Pokémon require the Sinnoh Stone to evolve, unless they have a location-based evolution in the core series games. Generation V Pokémon that require an item to evolve (other than the Sun Stone) require a Unova Stone to evolve.
In addition to Evolution items, there are also special Lure Modules that allow Pokémon to evolve that in the core series games can only evolve in certain locations. The special Lure Modules are the Magnetic, Mossy, Rainy and Glacial Lure Modules.
==Artwork==
===Global Link===
These are artwork of the items as seen in the Pokémon Global Link.
					
					
					
					
					
					
===Pokémon GO===
This is artwork of the items as seen in .
			
			
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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A King's Rock first appeared in Ring Masters, where received it as a prize for winning the Sumo Conference. In Outrageous Fortunes, 's used it to evolve itself into a by holding it while being transferred between Pokémon Centers.
Another King's Rock appeared in A Crowning Achievement, where it was found on a rock after the water level in the local river dropped dramatically; Alice's used it to evolve into a as a bit onto it while it was on Slowpoke's head.
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A Deep Sea Scale and Deep Sea Tooth appeared in The Evolutionary War. Nancy and found one of each item and gave them to each other, allowing both of their to evolve when they were transferred from a Pokémon Center to another while holding the items.
A King's Rock, two Deep Sea Teeth, and two Deep Sea Scales appeared in Showdown At Linoone as some of the items had .
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In One Big Happiny Family!, carved and made an Oval Stone for his newly hatched , which later helped her evolve into a in The Brockster is In.
In Fighting Fear with Fear!, Ash received a Razor Fang from . Later in the episode, he used it to evolve his into a .
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In The Cuteness Quotient!, a Prism Scale formed on the body of Jinny's , which allowed it to evolve into a .
In Searching for Chivalry!, Wikstrom gave Goh a Metal Coat, allowing him to evolve his into when it was transferred through a trade machine while holding it.
A Strawberry Sweet first appeared in The Sweet Taste of Battle!, decorating a cupcake that Goh was eating. When his newly showed interest in it, he placed it on her head and then spun around with her to celebrate making a new friend, inadvertently triggering her Evolution into in the process.
A Dragon Scale appeared in Looking Out for Number Two!, where Ash and Goh found it from a sunken ancient submersible. Goh subsequently gave it as a gift to a .
====Gallery====
King's Rock anime.png|A King's Rock
Deep Sea Scale anime.png|A Deep Sea Scale
Deep Sea Tooth anime.png|A Deep Sea Tooth
Oval Stone anime.png|An Oval Stone
Razor Fang anime.png|A Razor Fang
Prism Scale anime.png|A Prism Scale
Metal Coat anime.png|A Metal Coat
Dragon Scale anime.png|A Dragon Scale
===Pokémon Horizons: The Series===
Four Strawberry Sweets appeared in a flashback in The Bittersweet Truth. Murdock's Milcery grabbed one of them and spun around with it, triggering her Evolution into .
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====History====
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In Quilava Quandary, was given a King's Rock by the Day-Care Couple after training with them, which he gave to his to hold. In Ampharos Amore, Gold's newly evolved and 's evolved into a Politoed and a , respectively, while holding their respective evolutionary items, King's Rock and Dragon Scale.
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In Problematic Probopass and Mad Magnezone III, Fantina's used its Reaper Cloth to save and from a fall.
In Yikes, Yanmega! II, Diamond's , Kit, used a Protector to protect itself from Mars's swarm's soundwaves. Roseanne later revealed that the Protector was one of the items she used in her research of Pokémon Evolution, the other seen items being a Reaper Cloth, Dragon Scale, Magmarizer, and King's Rock.
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In Dealing With A Koffing Fit, Silver's evolved into a due to having gained experience while holding a Razor Claw, which had been given to Silver by .
In Raising the Stakes with Rhyperior, it was revealed that Silver had given a Protector to be held by his , allowing it to evolve into a when it was traded between the two Trainers. Afterwards, Blue had let Silver keep Rhyperior as a replacement for his lost .
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A set of Auspicious Armor appeared in a flashback in PASV09, where it was given to by Mela, along with a . She later used it to evolve Charcadet into .
====Gallery====
King's Rock Adventures.png|A King's Rock
Reaper Cloth Adventures.png|A Reaper Cloth
Protector Adventures.png|A Protector
Razor Claw Dusk Stone Adventures.png|A Razor Claw
Auspicious Armor Adventures.png|An Auspicious Armor
==In the TCG==
Some evolution items appear in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
The Moon Stone and Dusk Stone are featured as s.
The Moon Stone, the Dusk Stone, and the Reaper Cloth appear on certain Pokémon cards as held items. These held items work in the same fashion as Poké-Bodies, in that the effect the item provides is active whenever the Pokémon is in play. All of them allow their Pokémon to evolve on the same turn they enter play, which is normally not allowed.
In the HeartGold and SoulSilver Series, the art for that have evolved in the core series by either using an item, leveling up while holding an item, or being traded while holding an item included their respective evolution item.Pokémon.com
The following is a list of cards named after or including an evolution item.
==Trivia==
* Before Generation VIII, there are no directly used Evolution items other than the Evolution stones.
* Generations and are the only generations to not introduce a held Evolution item (excluding Generation I, in which held items do not exist).
* All held Evolution items that cause a Pokémon to evolve upon leveling up require the Pokémon to level up during a specific time of day.
* Along with being listed among the Evolution stones, the Oval Stone has the "Use" option when selected in the Bag, but if the tries to use it, it won't say "Able" under any Pokémon.
** This makes it the only Evolution item with "Stone" in its English name which is not an Evolution stone.
** This is not the case in , in which all Evolution items have been turned into directly used items.
* While not explicitly an Evolution item, a TM226 is required to evolve into , as Dipplin cannot learn via any other means.
==In other languages==
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