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How to Get Sweets

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Learn about Sweets, the new evolutionary held item for Milcery, and how to get them to evolve it to Alcremie in Pokemon Sword and Shield.

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This is a guide on how to get Sweets in Pokemon Sword and Shield.
If you are looking for a guide on how to get Sweets in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, click here!

What are Sweets

Sweets are a new kind of Evolutionary Held Items introduced in Pokemon Sword and Shield. They are used to evolve Milcery to Alcremie.

Pokemon SWSH - Milcery ImageMilcery Pokemon SWSH - Alcremie ImageAlcremie

Alcremie has over 50 forms in the game, and the Sweet given to it will determine its head decoration and eye color!

Check our guide to learn more about Milcery's unique evolution method.
How to Evolve Milcery Into Alcremie

How to Get All Sweets

Sweets Obtainable From Battle Cafe

Battle Cafe

Berry Sweet Clover Sweet
Flower Sweet Love Sweet
Strawberry Sweet

You can get all Sweet items, except for Star Sweet and Ribbon Sweet, as a reward in the Battle Café. This can be challenged once a day.

Places With Battle Café

Hammerlocke Motostoke Wyndon

Battle Cafe Rewards List

Moomoo Milk Lava Cookie Berry Juice
Rare Candy Old Gataeu Sweet Heart
Rage Candy Bar Whipped Dream Sachet
Casteliacone Lumiose Galette Shalour Sable
Big Malasada Pewter Crunchies Exp. Candy XS
Exp. Candy S Strawberry Sweet Love Sweet
Berry Sweet Clover Sweet Flower Sweet

Sweets Obtainable By Pick Up

You can pick up Strawberry Sweet in Hammerlocke. It can be found north-east of the Pokemon Center found in the center of the city.

Sweets Obtainable From Max Raid Battles

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Ribbon Sweet Star Sweet

Starting from January 31, 2020 (Fri) to February 17, 2020 (Mon) 8:59, a special Milcery may appear in Max Raid Battles, holding the new Star Sweet or Ribbon Sweet, which was previously not in the game!

These new Sweet items will allow you to evolve Milcery into Gigantamax Alcremie with 18 new forms!

Steps to Get It

1 Update Your Pokemon Sword or Shield Game Online
Connect to the internet to update your game. To manually update it, press the X button to open the menu and select Wild Area News from Mystery Gifts.
2 Search Dens in the Wild Area
You can find Milcery in Dens scattered in several locations in the Wild Area. See the locations here.
3 Start or Join the Max Raid Battle
Take your Pokemon and challenge Milcery, or invite other trainers to defeat and catch it! The Milcery will be holding the item.

How to Start and Join Max Raid Battles

Locations where Milcery can appear in Max Raid Battles

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Search any of the Dens below to find Milcery which can evolve into Gigantamax Alcremie.

Location Hidden Ability?
Bridge Field Den (E) No
Bridge Field Special Den (H) No
Lake of Outrage Den (B) No
Lake of Outrage Rare Den (B) No

List of All Sweet Items

Item Effect
Berry Sweet Berry Sweet A berry-shaped sweet. When a Milcery holds this, spinning will cause it to evolve.
Clover Sweet Clover Sweet A clover-shaped sweet. When a Milcery holds this, spinning will cause it to evolve.
Flower Sweet Flower Sweet A flower-shaped sweet. When a Milcery holds this, spinning will cause it to evolve.
Love Sweet Love Sweet A heart-shaped sweet. When a Milcery holds this, spinning will cause it to evolve.
Ribbon Sweet Ribbon Sweet A ribbon-shaped sweet. When a Milcery holds this, spinning will cause it to evolve.
Star Sweet Star Sweet A star-shaped sweet. When a Milcery holds this, spinning will cause it to evolve.
Strawberry Sweet Strawberry Sweet A strawberry-shaped sweet. When a Milcery holds this, spinning will cause it to evolve.

List of All Evolutionary Held Items

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