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A Deep Sea Scale and Deep Sea Tooth appeared in ''[[AG095|The Evolutionary War]]'', where the people in the [[A-B-C Islands]] were having an argument over which Pokémon was best, {{p|Gorebyss}} or {{p|Huntail}}.
A Deep Sea Scale and Deep Sea Tooth appeared in ''[[AG095|The Evolutionary War]]'', where the people in the [[A-B-C Islands]] were having an argument over which Pokémon was best, {{p|Gorebyss}} or {{p|Huntail}}.


A King's Rock, two Deep Sea Teeth, and two Deep Sea Scales appeared in ''[[AG112|Showdown At Linoone]]'' as some of the items {{DL|Kimmy Shoney|Tokin}} {{a|Pickup|picked up}}.
A King's Rock, two Deep Sea Teeth, and two Deep Sea Scales appeared in ''[[AG112|Showdown At Linoone]]'' as some of the items {{DL|Kimmy Shoney|Tokin}} had {{a|Pickup|picked up}}.


In ''[[DP038|One Big Happiny Family!]]'', {{an|Brock}} carved and made an Oval Stone for his newly hatched {{p|Happiny}}, which later helped her evolve into a {{TP|Brock|Chansey}} in ''[[DP190|The Brockster is In]]''.
In ''[[DP038|One Big Happiny Family!]]'', {{an|Brock}} carved and made an Oval Stone for his newly hatched {{p|Happiny}}, which later helped her evolve into a {{TP|Brock|Chansey}} in ''[[DP190|The Brockster is In]]''.

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Ash's Gligar reaching for the Razor Fang Ash tossed

An Evolution item is an item that allows certain Pokémon to evolve. Depending on the Pokémon and the item, the Pokémon may need to hold the item, or the item may be able to be used directly.

Regardless of method, if a Pokémon evolves using one of these items, it consumes the item.

List of Evolution items

Name Debut
Gen.
Pre-evolved form Evolved form Usage Trigger for evolution Notes
Chipped Pot Chipped Pot VIII Sinistea Sinistea
Antique Form
Polteageist Polteageist
Antique Form
Use from Bag Use from Bag
Cracked Pot Cracked Pot VIII Sinistea Sinistea
Phony Form
Polteageist Polteageist
Phony Form
Use from Bag Use from Bag
Deep Sea Scale Deep Sea Scale III Clamperl Clamperl Gorebyss Gorebyss Held item Trade If held by Clamperl, doubles its Special Defense.
Deep Sea Tooth Deep Sea Tooth III Clamperl Clamperl Huntail Huntail Held item Trade If held by Clamperl, doubles its Special Attack.
Dragon Scale Dragon Scale II Seadra Seadra Kingdra Kingdra Held item Trade Boosts the power of Dragon-type moves by 10% when held (due to an oversight).GSC
Dubious Disc Dubious Disc IV Porygon2 Porygon2 Porygon-Z Porygon-Z Held item Trade
Electirizer Electirizer IV Electabuzz Electabuzz Electivire Electivire Held item Trade
King's Rock King's Rock II Poliwhirl Poliwhirl Politoed Politoed Held item Trade Grants certain damaging moves used by the holder a 10% chance of causing hit Pokémon to flinch.
Slowpoke Slowpoke Slowking Slowking Held item Trade
Magmarizer Magmarizer IV Magmar Magmar Magmortar Magmortar Held item Trade
Metal Coat Metal Coat II Onix Onix Steelix Steelix Held item Trade Boosts the power of Steel-type moves used by the holder by 20% (10% prior to Generation IV) when held.
Scyther Scyther Scizor Scizor Held item Trade
None Moon Shard III Eevee Eevee Umbreon Umbreon Have in Bag Level up with high friendship Exclusive to Pokémon XD
Oval Stone Oval Stone IV Happiny Happiny Chansey Chansey Held item Level up during the day
Prism Scale Prism Scale V Feebas Feebas Milotic Milotic Held item Trade Feebas can alternatively evolve by leveling up with high Beauty.
Protector Protector IV Rhydon Rhydon Rhyperior Rhyperior Held item Trade
Razor Claw Razor Claw IV Sneasel Sneasel Weavile Weavile Held item Level up at night Raises the critical hit ratio of the holder.
Razor Fang Razor Fang IV Gligar Gligar Gliscor Gliscor Held item Level up at night Grants certain damaging moves used by the holder a 10% chance of causing hit Pokémon to flinch.
Reaper Cloth Reaper Cloth IV Dusclops Dusclops Dusknoir Dusknoir Held item Trade
Sachet Sachet VI Spritzee Spritzee Aromatisse Aromatisse Held item Trade
None Sun Shard III Eevee Eevee Espeon Espeon Have in Bag Level up with high friendship Exclusive to Pokémon XD
Sweet Apple Sweet Apple VIII Applin Applin Appletun Appletun Use from Bag Use from Bag
Tart Apple Tart Apple VIII Applin Applin Flapple Flapple Use from Bag Use from Bag
Upgrade Upgrade II Porygon Porygon Porygon2 Porygon2 Held item Trade
Whipped Dream Whipped Dream VI Swirlix Swirlix Slurpuff Slurpuff Held item Trade
Strawberry Sweet Strawberry Sweet VIII Milcery Milcery Alcremie Alcremie Held item Spinning
Love Sweet Love Sweet
Berry Sweet Berry Sweet
Clover Sweet Clover Sweet
Flower Sweet Flower Sweet
Star Sweet Star Sweet
Ribbon Sweet Ribbon Sweet

Evolutionary stones

Main article: Evolutionary stone

In the core series games

Mechanics

The way to use an Evolution item to evolve a Pokémon depends on the item. There are three distinct ways to use an Evolution item:

  • Evolution-inducing held items: These Evolution items cause a Pokémon to evolve when it meets certain conditions while holding the item, such as leveling up or being traded.
  • Directly-used Evolution items: These Evolution items cause a Pokémon to evolve when used on it from the Bag. They cannot be used in battle. Evolutionary stones are the most common example.
  • The Sun Shard and Moon Shard: These Evolution items cause a Pokémon to evolve when it levels up while one of these items is in the Bag. They are the only Evolution items to be Key Items.

Regardless of the method by which it is used, if an Evolution item causes a Pokémon to evolve, that item is consumed.

Acquisition

Evolution items are normally found in a variety of locations. However, there are some methods that can yield a large number of them.

In spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Main article: Mystery Dungeon evolutionary items

Pokémon Pinball series

Main article: Evolution Item (Pinball)

Pokémon GO

Main article: Evolutionary stone#Pokémon GO

Pokémon Go features the Sun Stone, King's Rock, Metal Coat, Dragon Scale and the Upgrade. The game also has specialized Lure Modules which are used to evolve Pokémon that would require specific environmental conditions. These include the Magnetic, Mossy and Glacial Lure Modules.

Artwork

Global Link

These are artwork of the items as seen in the Pokémon Global Link.

Dream Deep Sea Scale Sprite.png Dream Deep Sea Tooth Sprite.png Dream Dragon Scale Sprite.png Dream Dubious Disc Sprite.png Dream Electirizer Sprite.png Dream King's Rock Sprite.png
Deep Sea Scale Deep Sea Tooth Dragon Scale Dubious Disc Electirizer King's Rock
Dream Magmarizer Sprite.png Dream Metal Coat Sprite.png Dream Oval Stone Sprite.png Dream Prism Scale Sprite.png Dream Protector Sprite.png Dream Razor Claw Sprite.png
Magmarizer Metal Coat Oval Stone Prism Scale Protector Razor Claw
Dream Razor Fang Sprite.png Dream Reaper Cloth Sprite.png Dream Sachet Sprite.png Dream Up-Grade Sprite.png Dream Whipped Dream Sprite.png
Razor Fang Reaper Cloth Sachet Upgrade Whipped Dream


Pokémon GO

This is artwork of the items as seen in Pokémon GO.

GO Dragon Scale.png GO King's Rock.png GO Metal Coat.png File:GO Up-Grade.png
Dragon Scale King's Rock Metal Coat Upgrade
GO Magnetic Lure Module.png GO Mossy Lure Module.png GO Glacial Lure Module.png
Magnetic Lure Module Mossy Lure Module Glacial Lure Module


In the anime

A King's Rock first appeared in Ring Masters, where Ash received it as a prize for winning the Sumo Conference. Misty's Poliwhirl later used it to evolve itself into a Politoed in Outrageous Fortunes.

Another King's Rock appeared in A Crowning Achievement, where it was found on a rock after the water level in the local river dropped dramatically; Alice's Slowpoke used it to evolve into a Slowking.

A Deep Sea Scale and Deep Sea Tooth appeared in The Evolutionary War, where the people in the A-B-C Islands were having an argument over which Pokémon was best, Gorebyss or Huntail.

A King's Rock, two Deep Sea Teeth, and two Deep Sea Scales appeared in Showdown At Linoone as some of the items Tokin had picked up.

In One Big Happiny Family!, Brock carved and made an Oval Stone for his newly hatched Happiny, which later helped her evolve into a Chansey in The Brockster is In.

In Fighting Fear with Fear!, Ash received a Razor Fang from Gary. Later in the episode, he used it to evolve his Gligar into a Gliscor.

Gallery

King's Rock anime.png Deep Sea Scale anime.png Deep Sea Tooth anime.png
King's Rock Deep Sea Scale Deep Sea Tooth
Oval Stone anime.png Razor Fang anime.png
Oval Stone Razor Fang


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Various Evolution items in Pokémon Adventures

History

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In Quilava Quandary, Gold was given a King's Rock by the Day-Care Couple after training with them, which he gave to his Poliwag to hold. In Ampharos Amore, Gold's newly evolved Poliwhirl and Silver's Seadra evolved into a Politoed and a Kingdra, respectively, while holding their respective evolutionary items, King's Rock and Dragon Scale.

Diamond & Pearl arc

In Problematic Probopass and Mad Magnezone III, Fantina's Duskull used its Reaper Cloth to save Diamond and Pearl from a fall.

In Yikes, Yanmega! II, Diamond's Lickilicky, Kit, used a Protector to protect itself from Mars's Yanmega swarm's soundwaves. Roseanne later revealed that the Protector was one of the items she used in her research of Pokémon Evolution, the other seen items being a Reaper Cloth, Dragon Scale, Magmarizer, and King's Rock.

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

In Dealing With A Koffing Fit, Silver's Sneasel evolved into a Weavile due to having gained experience while holding a Razor Claw, which had been given to Silver by Green.

In Raising the Stakes with Rhyperior, it was revealed that Silver had given Blue a Protector to be held by his Rhydon, allowing it to evolve into a Rhyperior when it was traded between the two Trainers. Afterwards, Blue had let Silver keep Rhyperior as a replacement for his lost Ursaring.

Gallery

Trivia

  • Along with being listed among the evolutionary stones, the Oval Stone has the "Use" option when selected in the Bag, but if the player tries to use it, it won't say "Able" under any Pokémon.
    • This makes it the only Evolution item with "Stone" in its English name which is not an evolutionary stone.
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