Most of the special evolves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet! I’ve seen too many guides with ads and bloat text. Here is a neat chart for what you’re looking for.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Stone evolutions
- Item evolves
- Primeape and Bisharp
- Finizen
- Requires Let’s Go
- Requires special move
- Time of day
- Tradeable
- Specific gender
Stone evolutions
Requires a stone for evolving to next form.
| Pokémon | Stone | Evolves to |
|---|---|---|
| Capsakid | Fire Stone | Scovillain |
| Cetoddle | Ice Stone | Cetitan |
| Crabrawler | Ice Stone | Crabominable |
| Eevee | Fire Stone | Flareon |
| Eevee | Water Stone | Vaporeon |
| Eevee | Thunder Stone | Jolteon |
| Eevee | Leaf Stone | Leafeon |
| Eevee | Ice Stone | Glaceon |
| Floette | Shiny Stone | Florges |
| Growlithe | Fire Stone | Arcanine |
| Jigglypuff | Moon Stone | Wigglytuff |
| Kirlia (male) | Dawn Stone | Gallade |
| Magneton | Thunder Stone | Magnezone |
| Misdreavus | Dusk Stone | Mismagius |
| Murkrow | Dusk Stone | Honchkrow |
| Petilil | Sun Stone | Lilligant |
| Pikachu | Thunder Stone | Raichu |
| Shellder | Water Stone | Cloyster |
| Snorunt (female) | Dawn Stone | Froslass |
| Sunkern | Sun Stone | Sunflora |
| Tadbulb | Thunder Stone | Bellibolt |
Item evolves
Pokémon needs to hold an item to evolve.
| Pokémon | Item | Evolves to |
|---|---|---|
| Applin | Sweet Apple | Appletun |
| Applin | Tart Apple | Flapple |
| Charcadet | Auspicious Armor | Armarouge |
| Charcadet | Malicious Armor | Ceruledge |
| Gimmighoul | 999 Gimmighoul Coins | Gholdengo |
| Sinistea | Chipped Pot | Polteageist (antique form) |
| Sinistea | Cracked Pot | Polteageist (Phony form) |
Find items
- Sweet Apple and & Tart Apple can be found in Delibird Presents shop
- Shop in Cascraffa is known to have it
- Auspicious Armor and Malicious Armor are version exclusive items
- Both items can be found from the same person in Zapapico
- Pokemon Scarlet
- Requires 10 Bronzor Fragments
- Pokemon Violet
- Requires 10 Sinistea Chips
- Chipped Pot & Cracked Pot
- Win it in an auction at Porto Marinada after winning the Gym
- Gimmighoul Coins
- They are hidden around the map!
- Beating / capturing Gimmighoul gives 20-60 Gimmighoul coins
Primeape and Bisharp
Primeape and Bisharp have a new form to which they can evolve into.
- Bisharp evolves to Kingambit when holding Leader’s Crest and beating three other Bisharp’s holding Leader’s Crest.
- Bisharp’s in a pack usually hold the Leader’s Crest
- Primeape needs to use
Rage Fist20 times to evolve into Annihilape- Primeape learns
Rage Fiston LVL35
- Primeape learns
Finizen
| Pokémon | Condition | Evolves to |
|---|---|---|
| Finizen | Level 38 & needs to be in multiplayer | Palafin |
Requires Let’s Go
| Pokémon | Condition | Evolves to |
|---|---|---|
| Bramblin | 1 000 steps | Brambleghast |
| Pawmo | 1 000 steps | Pawmot |
| Rellor | 1 000 steps | Rabsca |
Requires special move
| Pokémon | Condition | Evolves to |
|---|---|---|
| Bonsly | LVL16 & knows Mimic | Sudowoodo |
| Dunspace | LVL32 & knows Hyper Drill | Dudunsparce |
| Eevee | High friendship & Fairy-type move | Sylveon |
| Girafarig | LVL32 & knows Twin Beam | Farigiraf |
| Steenee | LVL28 & knows Stomp | Tsareena |
Time of day
| Pokémon | Time | Condition | Evolves to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eevee | Day | High friendship | Espeon |
| Eevee | Night | High friendship | Umbreon |
| Fomantis | Day | LVL34 | Lurantis |
| Greavard | Night | LVL30 | Houndstone |
| Happiny | Day | Holds Oval Stone | Chansey |
| Riolu | Day | High friendship | Lucario |
| Rockruff | 7-8 PM | LVL25 & Own Tempo move | Lycanroc (Dusk Form) |
| Rockruff | Day | LVL25 | Lycanroc (Midday Form) |
| Rockruff | Night | LVL25 | Lycanroc (Midnight Form) |
| Sneasel | Night | Holds Razor Claw | Weavile |
| Yungoos | Day | LVL20 | Gumshoos |
- Oval Stone can be found by exploring
- Razor Claw can be found in Delibrd Presents shop
- Cascarrafa - 2 stores
- Mesagoza - 3 stores
- Levincia - 1 store
Tradeable
| Pokémon | Item Held | Evolves to |
|---|---|---|
| Haunter | N/A | Gengar |
| Scyther | Metal Coat | Scizor |
| Slowpoke | King’s Rock | Slowking |
- Metal Coat item can be found in Porto Marinada Market’s Delibird Presents
- King’s Rock item can be found in Mesagoza’s Delibird Presents
Specific gender
| Pokémon | Condition | Evolves to |
|---|---|---|
| Combee | Female & LVL21 | Vespiquen |
| Kirlia | Female | Gardevoir |
| Kirlia | Male & Dawn Stone | Gallade |
| Salandit | Female & LVL33 | Salazzle |
| Snorunt | Female & Dawn Stone | Froslass |
| Snorunt | Male & LVL42 | Glalie |