Evolutionary stone

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An evolutionary stone (Japanese:  Evolution stone) is a stone-like item that radiates a mysterious energy that causes some species of Pokémon to evolve. In English, the name has changed several times: in, it is referred to as an element Stone, in the as an evolutionary stone, and in Pokémon X, Y, , and the  and  as an Evolution stone.

Evolutionary stones may be used at any time, and cause instant Evolution in the Pokémon they are used on, which cannot be canceled. All evolutionary stones are applied directly to a Pokémon and are consumed upon the Pokémon's Evolution.

Many Pokémon that result from a stone-based evolution have vastly different level-up learnsets than their pre-evolutionary forms, with several learning no moves after Evolution at all.

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.

Pokémon GO
This is artwork of the items as seen in Pokémon GO. The Sinnoh Stone, an evolutionary stone exclusive to this game, was introduced on November 16, 2018, as a means of evolving certain Pokémon that gained a new evolution in Generation IV.

In the anime
The first evolutionary 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 worshipped by a group of who lived there. It was soon stolen by, 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. 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 a Thunderstone so that he could evolve his Pikachu in order to defeat Lt. Surge's. Pikachu, however, refused the offer. Ash kept the Thunderstone 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, stole the stone, planning to sell it.

The remaining Generation I evolution stones made their debut 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 Thunderstone to and  to evolve their respective  and Pikachu, though both refused.

The Leaf Forest appeared in The March of the Exeggutor Squad, which is a reported hotbed of Leaf Stones. The radiation from these stones in the forest is so strong that it caused Melvin's 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 that had been following Misty's Togepi evolved into an.

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 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 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 's evolutionary line.

In Once in a Mawile, a Water Stone belonging to Samantha appeared, which Brock's Lombre used to evolve into. This is the first time that a main character's Pokémon evolves via an evolutionary stone on-screen, 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.

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 searched for one to evolve their respective Pokémon. They eventually found one, and decided to have a 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 evolutionary 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 's explanation of how Pokémon Evolution works, Pikachu's evolution into Raichu working as an example of stone-induced Evolution.

A full set of evolutionary 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 into. Clemont then revealed that he had also used a Sun Stone to evolve his own Helioptile into.

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

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, revealing that the cave was in fact an Ice Stone mine where Sandshrew gather to evolve. The leader of the Sandshrew pack, a Sandshrew, touched the stone and proceeded to evolve into an Alolan. Later, after exiting the cave, Charjabug was revealed to have found another Ice Stone, which gave to. 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.

Evolutionary stones do not seem to be required for evolution in the anime as they are in the games. evolved without a Leaf Stone in Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid. In addition, Pokémon that evolve via proximity of evolutionary 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.

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
In Clefairy Tale,, , and Bill witnessed a evolution ceremony involving a large Moon Stone.

The focus of the chapter To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That Is the Question! was evolutionary stones. hoped to buy a Water Stone for her in Stone Town, a town on Dream Island where all the evolutionary 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 evolutionary stone. By battling club members, Ash and Mikey proved to the club leaders that Pokémon which have evolved by evolutionary stone are not necessarily superior to their unevolved counterparts.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A Moon Stone was first mentioned by 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 who eventually found it. In The Winged Legends, Red used his Moon Stone to evolve 's into a  in order to fight Thu-Fi-Zer during the Silph Co. showdown with Team Rocket.

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

In The Kindest Tentacruel, the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman told about a legend of an underwater dome at the bottom of Vermilion Harbor, housing a set of evolutionary 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, finding a Leaf Stone in it, but the Fire, Thunder, and Water Stones were missing. Later, it was revealed that had given them to Red so he could freely evolve and devolve his Eevee.

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

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

In Guile from Mawile, 's Kiki evolved into a due to being exposed to one of '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 in Granite Cave.

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

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.

In Dealing With A Koffing Fit, 's 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 's Togepi a Shiny Stone, allowing it to evolve into in All About Arceus VIII immediately after evolving into.

In Triple Threat, Cilan, Chili, and Cress used a Leaf Stone, Fire Stone, and Water Stone to evolve their, , and into , , and , respectively, during their battle against the Shadow Triad.

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

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

In the Pokémon Zensho manga
In Indigo Plateau, 's used a Thunder Stone to evolve itself into a  before Satoshi left to challenge the Elite Four.

In the TCG
The Moon Stone and Dusk Stone are featured in the Pokémon Trading Card Game on a TCG Trainer card 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.

Trivia

 * The Leaf Stone is the only evolutionary stone that cannot be sold to the in . This was corrected in.
 * All Pokémon that evolve with the Fire Stone and the Ice Stone are in the.
 * 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.


 * Through in the Generation I games, Pokémon that would normally require an evolutionary stone to evolve can be evolved without it, provided that the Pokémon levels up in the battle and the player has sent out a specific Pokémon in the same battle.
 * Despite the fact that Oval Stone is sorted along with other evolutionary stones in all core series games since its introduction, it is actually an evolution-inducing held item because the Oval Stone does not trigger Evolution in any Pokémon when it is used on them. It must instead be held on a specific Pokémon with it levelling up during the day to take effect.
 * This makes Oval Stone the only evolution-inducing item with "Stone" in its English name which is not an evolutionary stone.
 * The and  share their names with actual.
 * The Ice Stone was first revealed by a picture on the official Spanish Pokémon website on October 4, 2016. However, the picture was quickly removed due to the stone not having been previously announced.