Evolution stone

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 File:Branched evolution.png  An **Evolution stone** (Japanese: **進化の石** *Evolution stone*) is a type of Evolution item that can be used to evolve certain Pokémon.

In Template:Game5, they are referred to as **element Stones**; in Template:Eng, they are referred to as **elemental stones**; in *Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl*, they are referred to as as **Evolutionary stones**; since Pokémon X and Y (in the games) and *Pokémon the Series: Black & White* (in the anime), they have been referred to as **Evolution stones**.

## In the core series games

Using an Evolution stone on an appropriate Pokémon causes it to evolve instantly, consuming the Evolution stone. This process cannot be stopped by pressing the B button.

Many Pokémon that result from a stone-based evolution can no longer learn new moves by leveling up, unlike their pre-evolved form. Starting in Generation VIII, however, the Pokémon that this apply to may instead learn the moves their pre-evolution could learn at the Move Reminder, gaining access to all of the previous form's level up moves regardless of level.

### Acquisition

While individual Evolution stones can often be found in a variety of locations, multiple different Evolution stones can often be acquired in a single location.

* In the Generation I games and

## Evolution stone

, the Fire Stone, Water Stone, Thunderstone, and Leaf Stone can be purchased from the Celadon Department Store. In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the Ice Stone can be purchased there as well, in addition to these four stones.
* In Template:Game5, the player can obtain the Fire Stone, Water Stone, Thunderstone, and Leaf Stone once each from Bill's grandfather by showing him a Pokémon that evolves using that stone.
* In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, the player can obtain the Fire Stone, Water Stone, Thunderstone, and Leaf Stone from Mystery Gift.
* In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Template:V2, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the player can exchange a Shard with the Treasure Hunter for a Fire Stone, Water Stone, Thunderstone, and Leaf Stone. Each Shard corresponds to one of the four Evolution stones.
* In Template:Pokémon XD, a Sailor at Gateon Port will give the player either a Fire Stone, Water Stone, Thunderstone, Sun Shard, or Moon Shard (of the player's choice).
* In Template:Game2, the player can dig up Fire Stones, Water Stones, Thunderstones, Leaf Stones, Moon Stones, and Sun Stones from The Underground.
* In Pokémon Platinum, the player can find a Fire Stone, Water Stone, and Thunderstone hidden in the Solaceon Ruins.
* In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, after obtaining the National Pokédex, the first prize for the Bug-Catching Contest is a random Evolution stone or an Oval Stone.
* In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the player can purchase Evolution stones from the Pokéathlon Dome's Template:DL. The specific stones available depend on the day of the week.
* In Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White, the player can find Evolution stones in Template:DLs.
* In Pokémon Black and White, the player can choose between a Fire Stone, Water Stone, and Leaf Stone on Castelia City's Template:DL.
* In Pokémon Black and White, Evolution stones are among the possible items that NPCs can cause to appear in Black City and White Forest. In Pokémon Black's Black City, the player must purchase the items; in Pokémon White's White Forest, the player can find the items.
* In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, the player can purchase Evolution stones in Black City and White Forest on weekdays. The Thunderstone, Fire Stone, Dusk Stone, and Dawn Stone can be purchased in Black City; while the Leaf Stone, Water Stone, and Shiny Stone can be purchased in White Forest.
* In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, the player can purchase the Fire Stone, Water Stone, Leaf Stone, and Thunderstone with BP at the Battle Subway and PWT.
* In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, the player can obtain Evolution stones from Join Avenue's Template:DL.
* In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, the player can obtain Evolution stones from certain Hidden Grottos.
* In Pokémon Dream Radar, after catching Thundurus, the player can obtain Fire Stones, Water Stones, Thunderstones, and Leaf Stones. These items can then be transferred to Pokémon Black 2 or White 2.
* In Pokémon X and Y, the player can purchase Fire Stones, Water Stones, and Leaf Stones from Lumiose City's Template:DL.
* In Pokémon X and Y, Fire Stones, Water Stones, Leaf Stones, and Thunder Stones can be obtained by breaking the Spiky rock 2 natural object.
* In Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, all Evolution stones are available as rewards from Template:DL.
* In Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, all Evolution stones are available as rewards from Inver for performing well in Inverse Battles with him once per day.
* In the PokéMileage Club, all Evolution stones are available as rewards from Template:DL. These items can then be transferred to Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby, or Alpha Sapphire.
* In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the player can obtain Evolution stones by using the "Pick up stones" skill of a Template:DL in a Secret Base.
* In Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the player can purchase Fire Stones, Water Stones, Thunder Stones, and Leaf Stones from Template:DL in Konikoni City.
* In Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, all Evolution stones can be found on Template:DL's *Path for Brilliant-Stone Hunting!* and *Path for Interesting-Item Hunting!*.
* In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the player can receive either a Fire Stone, Water Stone, or Thunder Stone at Paniola Ranch.
* In many games, Sun Stones can be held by Template:Wild, while Moon Stones can be held by Template:Wild, Template:Wild, Template:Wild, and Template:Wild.
* In Pokémon Sword and Shield, upon first visiting the Lake of Outrage, one of each of the Evolution stones can be found at the base of each stone encircling a Pokémon Den. After 24 hours have passed, each of these stones has a chance of reappearing in the same location.

### Artwork

#### Underground

This is artwork of the items as seen in the Sinnoh Underground.

#### Global Link

These are artwork of the items as seen in the Pokémon Global Link.

## In spin-off games

### Pokémon Conquest

In Pokémon Conquest, Evolution stones are required to evolve certain Pokémon. They can be purchased from the Template:DL. Keiji gives the player a Fire Stone, a Water Stone, and a Thunderstone during the main story.

### Pokémon GO

In Pokémon GO, there are three Evolution stones: The Sun Stone and the Pokémon GO-original Sinnoh Stone and Unova Stone.

The Sun Stone is required to evolve the same Pokémon as in other media.

The Sinnoh Stone is used to evolve Pokémon into their cross-generational evolutions that were introduced in Generation IV (except Magneton, Eevee, and Nosepass, which require special Lure Modules instead).

The Unova Stone is used to evolve Generation V Pokémon that evolve using any Evolution stone in other media, except a Sun Stone.

## In the anime

 File:Large Moon Stone.png  The first Evolution stone to appear in the anime was Moon Stone in *Clefairy and the Moon Stone*. A giant Moon Stone appeared deep within Mt. Moon, being worshiped by a group of Clefairy who lived there. It was soon stolen by Template:TRT, and ultimately ended up being blown up; the shards from the shattered giant Moon Stone rained down on the Clefairy and caused some of them to evolve into Clefable. In this episode, the characters speculated that the Moon Stone was how various Pokémon—Clefairy in particular—arrived in the Pokémon world. Another giant Moon Stone was later seen in the same location in *A Real Cleffa-Hanger*.

In *Electric Shock Showdown*, Nurse Joy gives Template:Ash a Thunder Stone so that he could evolve his Pikachu in order to defeat Lt. Surge's Raichu. Pikachu, however, refused the offer. Ash kept the Thunder Stone in case Pikachu ever wanted to evolve; however, in *Pika and Goliath!*, a similar scenario occurred and Pikachu still refused to evolve. Seeing his determination to not evolve, Template:TRT stole the stone, planning to sell it.

The remaining Generation I Evolution stones debuted in *The Battling Eevee Brothers* as part of a collection held by the Eevee brothers. Additionally, two of the Eevee brothers offered a Fire Stone and Thunder Stone to Template:An and Template:Ash to evolve their respective Template:TP and Pikachu, though both refused.

The Leaf Forest appeared in *The March of the Exeggutor Squad*, which was a reported hotbed of Leaf Stones. The radiation from these stones in the forest was so strong that it caused Melvin's Exeggcute to evolve.

A fake Leaf Stone, made by Team Rocket, appeared in *Make Room for Gloom*, where the discovery of its nature as a fake was central to the episode.

A real Leaf Stone first appeared at the very end of *Pikachu's Rescue Adventure*. With it, the Exeggcute that had been following Misty's Togepi evolved into an Exeggutor.

In *The Grass Route*, a set of Leaf Stones was offered as the prize for winning the Grass Tournament. Although Team Rocket tried to steal the stones, they were eventually won by Ephraim. He planned on using to evolve his parents' Pokémon.

Ash won a Sun Stone in the Bug-Catching Contest during *The Bug Stops Here*, later using it to evolve a Template:Pkmn2 Sunkern in *Moving Pictures*.

A set of Fire Stones played an important role in *The Stolen Stones!*, where Ramona and Keegan had been tasked with delivering them to be used as prizes for the competitors of a

Pokémon competition. During the delivery, Team Rocket stole the stones, requiring Ash and Template:Ashfr to help retrieve them.

Both a Leaf Stone and a Sun Stone appeared in *Whichever Way the Wind Blows* during an explanation of the branch in Gloom's evolutionary family.

In *Once in a Mawile*, a Water Stone belonging to Samantha appeared, which Brock's Lombre used to evolve into Template:TP. This is the first time that a main character's Pokémon evolves via Evolution stone onscreen, although it is likely that James's Weepinbell was evolved using a Leaf Stone prior to *The Breeding Center Secret*.

A Moon Stone appeared in a flashback in *Delcatty Got Your Tongue?*, evolving Dr. Abby's Skitty into a Delcatty.

Template:An gave a Water Stone to a wild Lombre in *A Faux Oak Finish!*.

A Dusk Stone was central to the plot of *Try for the Family Stone!*, where Rhyanna and Mitchell-type searched for one to evolve their respective Pokémon. They eventually found one, and decided to have a battle to settle which one of them would get to use it.

Ursula used a Fire Stone and a Water Stone to evolve her two Eevee in *Last Call, First Round!*, making them a Flareon and Vaporeon, for use in the Sinnoh Grand Festival.

Ash had to find a Thunder Stone as part of a scavenger hunt during the Wishing Bell Festival in *Climbing the Tower of Success!*. He came across a young man in possession of one who tried to toss it to him from a long distance. The Thunder Stone nearly came in contact with Pikachu but he jumped out of the way just in time leaving Ash to catch it.

*Mystery on a Deserted Island!* featured all Evolution stones available as of Generation V. Several Eevee were shown to evolve into Jolteon, Flareon and Vaporeon using the required stones.

A Thunder Stone appeared in *To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler!* as a part of Template:An's explanation of how Pokémon Evolution works, Pikachu's evolution into Raichu working as an example of stone-induced Evolution.

A full set of Evolution stones was seen on display in a stone shop in Geosenge Town in *The Cave of Trials!*. In addition, an unnamed Trainer used a Sun Stone purchased from the shop to evolve his Helioptile into Heliolisk. Clemont then revealed that he had also used a Sun Stone to evolve his own Helioptile into Template:TP.

A Moon Stone appeared in a fantasy in *A Dream Encounter!*, where it was revealed that Template:An had used one to evolve her Clefairy into a Template:TP.

An Ice Stone was first seen in *Not Caving Under Pressure!*, where Sophocles's Charjabug found one while helping to fix up a cave inhabited by a group of Template:Rf Sandshrew, revealing that the cave was in fact an Ice Stone mine where Sandshrew gather to evolve. The leader of the Sandshrew pack, a Template:Pkmn2 Sandshrew, touched the stone and proceeded to evolve into an Alolan Sandslash. Later, after exiting the cave, Charjabug was revealed to have found another Ice Stone, which Template:An gave to Template:An. She asked Snowy if it wanted to use the stone to evolve, but Snowy didn't feel ready for it yet, so Lillie decided to hold on to the stone in case Snowy ever changed its mind.

Multiple Thunder Stones appeared in *Gotta Catch a* What?!, where multiple wild Pikachu were digging them up in a valley in order to evolve. One was found by Goh's newly Template:Pkmn2 Pikachu, who gave it to her Trainer. Later, Goh used the Stone to evolve his Pikachu in order to help defeat Team Rocket.

In JN037, Chloe's Yamper gave Goh a Leaf Stone he had found. Goh immediately used the stone to evolve his Exeggcute into Template:DL.

Evolution stones do not seem to be required for evolution in the anime as they are in the games. Template:DL evolved without a Leaf Stone in *Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid*. In addition, Pokémon that evolve via proximity of Evolution stones apparently seem to control their evolutionary urges and physically touch the stone without evolving, as evidenced by Pikachu whacking away the Thunder Stone when refusing to evolve the first time, as well as a Clefairy holding onto a Moon Stone for prolonged periods of time before delivering it to the larger Moon Stone without evolving.

### Pokédex entries

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### Gallery

Fire Stone BW135.pngA Fire Stone in *Mystery on a Deserted Island!*Water Stone BW135.pngA Water Stone in *Mystery on a Deserted Island!*Thunder Stone BW135.pngA Thunder Stone in *Mystery on a Deserted Island!*Leaf Stone BW135.pngA Leaf Stone in *Mystery on a Deserted Island!*Moon Stone BW135.pngA Moon Stone in *Mystery on a Deserted Island!*Sun Stone BW135.pngA Sun Stone in *Mystery on a Deserted Island!*Shiny Stone BW135.pngA Shiny Stone in *Mystery on a Deserted Island!*Dusk Stone BW135.pngA Dusk Stone in *Mystery on a Deserted Island!*Dawn Stone BW135.pngA Dawn Stone in *Mystery on a Deserted Island!*Ice Stone anime.pngAn Ice Stone in *Not Caving Under Pressure!*
## In the manga

### In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

 File:Evolutionary stones EToP.png  In *Clefairy Tale*, Ash Ketchum-type, Template:An, and Bill witnessed a Clefairy evolution ceremony involving a large Moon Stone.

The focus of the chapter *To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That Is the Question!* was Evolution stones. Template:An hoped to buy a Water Stone for her Template:TP in Stone Town, a town on Dream Island where all the Evolution stones in the Pokémon world come from. However, she couldn't afford one, remarking that an inexpensive one might make the evolution go bad.

Misty was later given a Water Stone by Mikey, who was being pressured to join the "Knights of the E Stone", a club which requires members to own a Pokémon evolved by an Evolution stone. By battling club members, Ash and Mikey proved to the club leaders that Pokémon which have evolved by Evolution stone are not necessarily superior to their unevolved counterparts.

#### History

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A Moon Stone was first mentioned by Template:Adv in *Gyarados Splashes In!* as a rock with a crescent moon-shaped indentation that boosts a Pokémon's power immensely. In the next round, Team Rocket searched for one in Mt. Moon. However, it was Template:Adv who eventually found it. In *The Winged Legends*, Red used his Moon Stone to evolve Template:Adv's Clefairy into a Clefable in order to fight Template:DL during the Silph Co. showdown with Team Rocket.

In *Buzz Off, Electabuzz!*, Red's Poliwhirl was able to evolve into a Poliwrath with the help of a Water Stone when they were thrown into the water in Template:Ci Harbor, although the cause of his evolution wasn't revealed until the Template:Chap.

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In *The Kindest Tentacruel*, the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman told Template:Adv about a legend of an underwater dome at the bottom of Vermilion Harbor, housing a set of Evolution stones which, unlike normal stones, did not disappear after making a Pokémon evolve, allowing them to be used repeatedly. The cause of Red's Poliwhirl's evolution had been one of these said stones, proving the legend to be true. Yellow was later led to the dome by a wild Tentacruel, finding a Leaf Stone in it, but the Fire, Thunder, and Water Stones were missing. Later, it was revealed that Template:Adv had given them to Red so he could freely evolve and devolve his Eevee.

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In *The Last Battle VI*, Template:Adv's Template:DL evolved into a Sunflora because the sun's energy reflected off of the rocks near Ilex Forest replicated the Sun Stone's effects.

##### Template:Chap

In *Mowing Down Ludicolo*, Shelly used a Water Stone to evolve her Lombre into a Ludicolo while battling against Template:Adv's Pokémon.

In *Guile from Mawile*, Template:Adv's Kiki evolved into a Delcatty due to being exposed to one of Template:Steven's Moon Stones.

In *Ring Ring Goes Beldum*, Steven was shown to have a Leaf Stone and another Moon Stone. In addition, he also found a Sun Stone while he and Ruby escaped from a group of wild Mawile in Granite Cave.

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In *Give It Your Best, Blastoise*, during the battle against the Template:Adv Duplicates, Template:Adv evolved her Jiggly and Nido into Wigglytuff and Nidoqueen, respectively, using two Moon Stones.

##### Template:Chap

In *Leaping Past Lopunny*, a Shiny Stone and Dawn Stone were seen amongst the rare stones that Steven had found during his stay in Sinnoh.

##### Template:Chap

In *Dealing With A Koffing Fit*, Template:Adv's Murkrow evolved into a Honchkrow due to gaining experience while holding a Dusk Stone, which had been given to Silver by Green.

In *All About Arceus II*, Lance gave Template:Adv's Togepi a Shiny Stone, allowing it to evolve into Togekiss in *All About Arceus VIII* immediately after evolving into Togetic.

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In *Triple Threat*, Cilan, Chili, and Cress used a Leaf Stone, Fire Stone, and Water Stone to evolve their Template:TP, Template:TP, and Template:TP into Simisage, Simisear, and Simipour, respectively, during their battle against the Shadow Triad.

In *Homecoming*, it was revealed that Template:Adv's Musha evolved into a Musharna using a Moon Stone received from Caitlin.

##### Template:Chap

In *Omega Alpha Adventure 0*, Template:Adv's Kirly evolved into a Gallade due to a Dawn Stone hitting him while training with Rara, who had evolved into a Gardevoir. Later, Steven found another Dawn Stone on the ground.

#### Gallery

Moon Stone Adventures.pngA Moon Stone in the Template:ChapEvolutionary stones Adventures.pngA Water Stone, Fire Stone, Thunder Stone, and Leaf Stone in the Template:ChapMoon Stone RS Adventures.pngA Moon Stone in the Template:ChapSun Stone Adventures.pngA Sun Stone in the Template:ChapMoon Stone FRLG Adventures.pngTwo Moon Stones in the Template:ChapOdd Keystone Adventures.pngA Shiny Stone and Dawn Stone in the Template:ChapRazor Claw Dusk Stone Adventures.pngA Dusk Stone in the Template:ChapShiny Stone Adventures.pngA Shiny Stone in the Template:ChapDawn Stone Adventures.pngA Dawn Stone in the Template:Chap
### In the Pokémon Zensho manga

In *Indigo Plateau*, Template:Zensho's Pikachu used a Thunder Stone to evolve itself into a Raichu before Satoshi left to challenge the Elite Four.

Thunder Stone Zensho.pngA Thunder Stone in Pokémon Zensho
## In the TCG

The Moon Stone and Dusk Stone are featured in the Pokémon Trading Card Game as Template:TCGs and on 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. The following is a list of cards named or including Moon Stone or Dusk Stone.

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## Trivia

* In the Generation I core series games, due to a Template:DL, Pokémon that would normally require an Evolution stone to evolve may also evolve after leveling up in battle, if the player had sent out a specific Pokémon in the same battle it leveled up.
* No Pokémon that has evolved from exposure to an Evolution stone is capable of evolving again.
* Despite the fact that Oval Stone is sorted along with other Evolution stones in all core series games since its introduction, it is not an Evolution stone, as it can only cause evolution as a held item; it cannot be directly used on a Pokémon like the Evolution stones are.
	+ This makes Oval Stone the only Evolution item with "Stone" in its English name which is not an Evolution stone.
* The Leaf Stone is the only Evolution stone that cannot be sold to the Template:DL in Template:2v2. This was corrected in Template:2v2.
* All Pokémon that evolve with the Fire Stone and the Ice Stone are in the Template:Egg3.
* The Dawn Stone is the only stone which can only evolve a Pokémon if it is a specific gender, with this requirement applying to both of the Pokémon it can evolve.
* The Template:Wp and Template:Wp share their names with actual Template:Wp.
* The Sinnoh Pokédex is the only regional Pokédex to not include any Pokémon compatible with the Sun Stone.
	+ In Template:2v2, it is also the only one to not include any Pokémon compatible with the Fire Stone or the Water Stone.
	+ Prior to Generation VIII, it had no Pokémon that could evolve using the Leaf Stone.
* In

## Evolution stone

, due to the unavailability of the Murkrow and Misdreavus lines, the Dusk Stone cannot be used on any Pokémon without trading. This is the only case where an Evolution stone is available but not usable on any available Pokémon.
* Gloom and Eevee are the only Pokémon compatible with more than one Evolution stone in the same form.
	+ Vulpix as a species is compatible with two different Evolution stones, but each form is only compatible with a single stone.

## See also

* Grass evo
* Water evo
* Fire evo
* Cracked Pot
* Oval Stone
* Everstone