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'''Game-based Evolution''' refers to Pokémon that [[Evolution|evolve]] when leveling up in a certain [[Pokémon games|game]]. This [[Methods of Evolution|method of Evolution]] was introduced in [[Generation VII]].

==List of game-based Evolutions==
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background:#{{bulba color}}; {{roundy|10px}}; border:3px solid #{{bulba color dark}}"
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! colspan="2" style="background:#{{bulba color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Previous Evolution
! colspan="3" style="background:#{{bulba color light}}" | Game-based Evolution
! colspan="2" style="background:#{{bulba color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Later Evolution
|- 
! colspan="7" style="background: #{{alola color light}}" | Introduced in [[Generation VII]]
|- style="background: #{{bulba color light}}"
| rowspan="3" colspan="2" | Rockruff is the lowest in its line
| rowspan="3" | {{ArtP|0744|Rockruff}}<br>{{pcolor|Rockruff|000}}<br><small>{{typecolor|Rock}}</small>
| {{bag/s|Rare Candy|SV}} + {{bag/s|Ability Capsule|SV}} + [[File:Day Icon SV.png|40px]] + {{GameIcon|Su}}{{GameIcon|US}}/{{gen|VIII}}+<br>[[Level]] 25+<br><small>with {{a|Keen Eye}}, {{a|Vital Spirit}}, or {{a|Steadfast}} during the daytime<br>in {{pkmn|Sun and Moon|Pokémon Sun}}, {{pkmn|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun}}, and from [[Generation VIII]] onwards</small><br>
| {{ArtP|0745|Lycanroc}}<br>{{pcolor|Lycanroc|000}}<br><small>{{color2|000|List of Pokémon with form differences#Lycanroc|Midday Form}}</small><br><small>{{typecolor|Rock}}</small>
| rowspan="3" colspan="2" | Lycanroc does not evolve
|- style="background: #{{bulba color light}}"
| {{bag/s|Rare Candy|SV}} + {{bag/s|Ability Capsule|SV}} + [[File:Night Icon SV.png|40px]] + {{GameIcon|M}}{{GameIcon|UM}}/{{gen|VIII}}+<br>[[Level]] 25+<br><small>with {{a|Keen Eye}}, {{a|Vital Spirit}}, or {{a|Steadfast}} during the nighttime<br>in {{pkmn|Sun and Moon|Pokémon Moon}}, {{pkmn|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Moon}}, and from [[Generation VIII]] onwards</small><br>
| {{ArtP|0745|Lycanroc|form=-Midnight}}<br>{{pcolor|Lycanroc|000}}<br><small>{{color2|000|List of Pokémon with form differences#Lycanroc|Midnight Form}}</small><br><small>{{typecolor|Rock}}</small>
|- style="background: #{{bulba color light}}"
| {{bag/s|Rare Candy|SV}} + {{bag/s|Ability Capsule|SV}} + [[File:Dusk Icon SV.png|40px]] + {{GameIcon|US}}{{GameIcon|UM}}/{{gen|VIII}}+<br>[[Level]] 25+<br><small>with {{a|Own Tempo}} during the evening<br>in [[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Pokémon Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon]], and from [[Generation VIII]] onwards</small><br>
| {{ArtP|0745|Lycanroc|form=-Dusk}}<br>{{pcolor|Lycanroc|000}}<br><small>{{color2|000|List of Pokémon with form differences#Lycanroc|Dusk Form}}</small><br><small>{{typecolor|Rock}}</small>
|- style="background: #{{bulba color light}}"
| rowspan="2" | {{ArtP|0789|Cosmog}}<br>{{pcolor|Cosmog|000}}<br><small>{{typecolor|Psychic}}</small>
| rowspan="2" | {{bag/s|Rare Candy|SV}}<br>[[Level]] 43+<br>→
| rowspan="2" | {{ArtP|0790|Cosmoem}}<br>{{pcolor|Cosmoem|000}}<br><small>{{typecolor|Psychic}}</small>
| {{bag/s|Rare Candy|SV}} + {{GameIcon|Su}}{{GameIcon|US}}{{GameIcon|Sw}}{{GameIcon|Sc}}<br>[[Level]] 53+<br><small>in {{pkmn|Sun and Moon|Pokémon Sun}}, {{pkmn|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun}}, {{pkmn|Sword and Shield|Sword}}, and {{pkmn|Scarlet and Violet|Scarlet}}</small><br>→
| {{ArtP|0791|Solgaleo}}<br>{{pcolor|Solgaleo|000}}<br><small>{{typecolor|Psychic}}{{typecolor|Steel}}</small>
| colspan="2" | Solgaleo does not evolve
|- style="background: #{{bulba color light}}"
| {{bag/s|Rare Candy|SV}} + {{GameIcon|M}}{{GameIcon|UM}}{{GameIcon|Sh}}{{GameIcon|V}}<br>[[Level]] 53+<br><small>in {{pkmn|Sun and Moon|Pokémon Moon}}, {{pkmn|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Moon}}, {{pkmn|Sword and Shield|Shield}}, and {{pkmn|Scarlet and Violet|Violet}}</small><br>→
| {{ArtP|0792|Lunala}}<br>{{pcolor|Lunala|000}}<br><small>{{typecolor|Psychic}}{{typecolor|Ghost}}</small>
| colspan="2" | Lunala does not evolve
|}{{clear}}

==In the core series games==
A game-based Evolution is triggered once the Pokémon levels up at the end of a [[Pokémon battle]] or by the use of a [[Rare Candy]]. All game-based Evolutions are branched Evolutions depending on the current game.

==In animation==
===''Pokémon the Series''===
===={{aniseries|SM}}====
In ''[[SM037|Rising from the Ruins!]]'', {{Ash}}'s {{p|Rockruff}} evolved into a Dusk Form {{AP|Lycanroc}}.

In ''[[SM052|Revealing the Stuff of Legend!]]'', [[Nebby]] evolved from {{p|Cosmoem}} into a {{AP|Solgaleo}}.

===Pokémon Evolutions===
In ''[[PE02|The Eclipse]]'', [[Nebby]] evolved from {{p|Cosmog}} into {{p|Cosmoem}} and then {{p|Lunala}}.

==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====={{MangaArc|Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon}}=====
In ''[[PASM25|Summon the Emissaries of the Moon and the Sun]]'', [[Guzma]]'s {{p|Cosmoem}} and [[Nebby]] evolved into {{p|Solgaleo}} and {{p|Lunala}}, respectively.

===Pokémon Horizon===
{{hor|Akira}}'s Rockruff has the unique ability to evolve into Lycanroc and then [[Devolution|devolve]] into Rockruff again, thanks to the strange red stone on its neck. It also has the ability to change in between its Midday and Midnight Forms while being evolved.

==Related articles==
* [[:Category:Pokémon that evolve based on game]]

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