Evolutionary Stones and Pokemon That Evolve With Stones | Pokemon Sword and Shield

This is a guide to evolutionary stones in the game Pokemon Sword and Shield on the Nintendo Switch. Read on if you want to know what evolutionary stones are and what they do, as well as which Pokemon evolve through evolutionary stones.

List of Evolutionary Stones

Item	Effect
Leaf Stone	A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokemon evolve. It has an unmistakable leaf pattern.
Dusk Stone	A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokemon evolve. It holds shadows as dark as can be.
Dawn Stone	A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokemon evolve. It sparkles like a glittering eye.
Water Stone	A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokemon evolve. It is the blue of a pool of clear water.
Fire Stone	A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokemon evolve. The stone has a fiery orange heart.
Shiny Stone	A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokemon evolve. It shines with a dazzling light.
Moon Stone	A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokemon evolve. It is as black as the night sky.
Sun Stone	A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokemon evolve. It burns as red as the evening sun.
Ice Stone	A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokemon evlove. It has an unmistakable snowflake pattern.
Thunder Stone	A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokemon evolve. It has a distinct thunderbolt pattern.

How to Obtain Evolutionary Stones

Get them from the Digging Duo

The most efficient way to obtain evolutionary stones is to receive them from the Digging Duo in Bridge Field. For 500 watts, you can receive a random item, and occasionally that item will be an evolutionary stone.

You are going to need a lot of watts if you aim to pick up many stones, so be sure and visit many Pokemon Dens to collect as many as possible!

List of Evolutionary Stones

All can be found at the Lake of Outrage

You can pick up all evolutionary stones at the Lake of Outrage. However, you cannot get them until the Rotom Bike can go over water, so be sure and go there after winning your 6th badge.

Can you purchase them?

We have not currently discovered any method of buying evolutionary stones. It is very possible that you cannot buy evolutionary stones in this game, so when you do have them, be sure and select which Pokemon to use them on very careful so that you do not waste them.

Pokemon that normally require stones to evolve can be found in the wild

Although evolutionary stones are quite rare, many Pokemon that can normally only be obtained by evolving with a stone can be found in the wild. When you cannot find the stone you need to evolve a Pokemon, you may just be able to capture it's evolved form in the wild instead.

Pokemon That Evolve With Stones

Pokemon That Evolve With a Fire Stone

Pre-Evolution	Post-Evolution
Eevee	Flareon
Vulpix	Ninetales
Growlithe	Arcanine

Pokemon That Evolve With a Water Stone

Pre-Evolution	Post-Evolution
Eevee	Vaporeon
Shellder	Cloyster
Lombre	Ludicolo

Pokemon That Evolve With a Thunder Stone

Pre-Evolution	Post-Evolution
Pikachu	Raichu
Eevee	Jolteon
Charjabug	Vikavolt

Pokemon That Evolve With a Leaf Stone

Pre-Evolution	Post-Evolution
Eevee	Leafeon
Gloom	Vileplume
Nuzleaf	Shiftry

Pokemon That Evolve With a Moon Stone

Pre-Evolution	Post-Evolution
Clefairy	Clefable
Munna	Musharna

Pokemon That Evolve With a Sun Stone

Pre-Evolution	Post-Evolution
Gloom	Bellossom
Cottonee	Whimsicott
Helioptile	Heliolisk

Pokemon That Evolve With a Shiny Stone

Pre-Evolution	Post-Evolution
Roselia	Roserade
Togetic	Togekiss
Minccino	Cinccino

Pokemon That Evolve With a Dusk Stone

Pre-Evolution	Post-Evolution
Lampent	Chandelure
Doublade	Aegislash

Pokemon That Evolve With a Dawn Stone

Pre-Evolution	Post-Evolution
Kirlia (Male Only)	Gardevoir (Male Only)
Snorunt (Female Only)	Froslass (Female Only)

Pokemon That Evolve With an Ice Stone

Pre-Evolution	Post-Evolution
Eevee	Glaceon
Galarian Darumaka	Galarian Darmanitan

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