Upgrade

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Up-Grade
アップグレード
Upgrade
Bag Up-Grade Sprite.png
Up-Grade
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
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Fling
Power 30

The Up-Grade (Japanese: アップグレード Up-Grade), formatted Upgrade in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, is a type of held item introduced in Generation II.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
GSC
RSEFRLG
DPPtHGSS
BW
N/A $1050
B2W2 $40000 $1050
XYORAS
SM
N/A $1050

Effect

Held item

Causes Porygon to evolve into Porygon2 when traded while holding it.

Description

Games Description
GSC A mysterious box made by Silph Co.
RSE A peculiar box made by Silph Co.
FRLG A transparent device filled with all sorts of data. It is made by Silph Co.
Colo.XD A peculiar box made by Silph Co.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
A transparent device filled with all sorts of data. It was produced by Silph Co.
XYORAS
SM
A transparent device somehow filled with all sorts of data. It was produced by Silph Co.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
GSC Silph Co.
FRLG Rocket Warehouse Trainer Tower (prize for defeating Single Mode)
DPPt Eterna City, Route 224Pt, Team Galactic Eterna BuildingPt
HGSS Silph Co.
PBR 9600 Poké Coupons
BW Route 15 Route 13 (treasure hunter)
B2W2 Pinwheel Forest, Striaton City Black City (Store 3), Join Avenue (Antique Shop)
XY Battle Maison (32BP)
ORAS Battle Maison (32BP)
PMC Balloon Popping (Lv. 1)
SM Aether House Battle Tree (32BP)

In spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

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Reason: Cost in Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team

Effect

If thrown, it will deal 1 damage (2 if sticky). Using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.

MDBag Upgrade III Sprite.png In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, if the player offers both a Link Cable and Upgrade from the Team Toolbox when attempting to evolve in Luminous Cave, Porygon can be evolved into Porygon2. It can be sold for 1 Poké.

MDBag Upgrade Sprite.png In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky, if the player offers both a Link Cable and Upgrade at Luminous Spring Porygon can be evolved into Porygon2. It costs 1000 Poké and can be sold for 1 Poké.

Description

Games Description
MDRB It enables a certain kind of Pokémon to evolve. Give it to the Pokémon when it's ready to evolve.
MDTDS A mysterious device filled with all sorts of data. It allows a certain kind of Pokémon to evolve.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
MDRB Wish Cave (Kecleon Shop: 88F, 93F)
MDTDS Treasure boxes, Job requests (★3-★9)
Happy Outlook (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F), Mt. Mistral (Kecleon Shop: 3F, 5F, 7F, 9F, 11F, 13F, 15F, 17F, 19F), Shimmer Hill (Kecleon Shop: 2F, 4F, 6F, 8F, 10F, 12F, 14F, 16F), Lost Wilderness (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F)

Pokémon GO

File:GO Up-Grade.png
Up-Grade in Pokémon GO

The Up-Grade was added to Pokémon GO on February 16, 2017.

The Up-Grade is required to evolve certain Pokémon:

Level 10 and higher players can obtain the Up-Grade by searching PokéStops. While normally rare, from March 21, 2017 onward the player is always guaranteed to find an Evolution item when obtaining the bonus for searching a PokéStop for the seventh day in a row.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 升級數據 Sīngkāp Sougeui
Mandarin 升級數據 / 升级数据 Shēngjí Shùjù
France Flag.png French Améliorator
Germany Flag.png German Up-Grade
Italy Flag.png Italian Upgrade
South Korea Flag.png Korean 업그레이드 Upgrade
Spain Flag.png Spanish Mejora

External links


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