Thunder Stone
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The Thunder Stone (Japanese: かみなりのいし Lightning Stone), formatted Thunderstone prior to Generation VI, is a type of Evolution stone introduced in Generation I.
In the core series games
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In the Generation V games, the Thunderstone can be sold to an item maniac inside the Icirrus City Pokémon Center for $3000.
Effect
Manual activation
Allows several Pokémon to evolve.
- Causes Pikachu to evolve into Raichu
- Causes Eevee to evolve into Jolteon
- Causes Eelektrik to evolve into Eelektross
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Acquisition
Appearance
This is the appearance of the Thunderstone in the Sinnoh Underground.
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In spin-off games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
Effect
If thrown, it will deal 1 damage (2 if sticky). Using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, if the player offers a Thunderstone from the Team Toolbox when attempting to evolve in Luminous Cave, Pikachu and Eevee can be evolved into Raichu and Jolteon, respectively. It costs 3000 Poké and can be sold for 1 Poké.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky, if the player offers a Thunderstone at Luminous Spring, Pikachu and Eevee can be evolved into Raichu and Jolteon, respectively. It costs 1000 Poké and can be sold for 1 Poké.
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Acquisition
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Pokémon Conquest
In Pokémon Conquest, Pikachu and Eevee evolve into Raichu and Jolteon, respectively, if their link is improved while their Warrior is equipped with a Thunderstone.
A Thunderstone can be purchased from the traveling merchant for 5000 gold, and sold for 2500-3250 gold.
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In the anime
The Thunder Stone made its anime debut in Electric Shock Showdown, when Nurse Joy gave Ash a Thunder Stone so that he could evolve his Pikachu in order to defeat Lt. Surge's Raichu. Pikachu, however, refused the offer. Ash kept the Thunder Stone in case Pikachu ever wanted to evolve; however, in Pika and Goliath!, a similar scenario occurred and Pikachu still refused to evolve. Seeing his determination to not evolve, Team Rocket stole the stone, planning to sell it.
In The Battling Eevee Brothers, the Thunder Stone appeared as part of a collection held by the Eevee brothers. Two of the Eevee brothers offered a Fire Stone and Thunder Stone to Brock and Ash to evolve their respective Vulpix and Pikachu, though both refused.
Ash had to find a Thunder Stone as part of a scavenger hunt as part of the Wishing Bell Festival contest in Climbing the Tower of Success!. He came across a young man in possession of one who tried to toss it to him from a long distance. The Thunder Stone nearly came in contact with Pikachu but he jumped out of the way just in time, leaving Ash to catch it.
A Thunder Stone appeared in To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler! as a part of Clemont's explanation of how Pokémon Evolution works, Pikachu's evolution into Raichu working as an example of stone-induced Evolution.
Mystery on a Deserted Island! featured the Thunder Stone along with all of the other Evolution stones available as of Generation V.
A full set of Evolution stones was seen on display in a stone shop in Geosenge Town in The Cave of Trials!.
Sparky backed by a Thunder Stone in The Battling Eevee Brothers!
Ash's Thunder Stone in Pika and Goliath!
In the manga
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
The focus of the chapter To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That Is the Question! was Evolution stones, including the Thunder Stone.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In The Kindest Tentacruel, the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman told Yellow about a legend of an underwater dome at the bottom of Vermilion Harbor, housing a set of Evolution stones which, unlike normal stones, did not disappear after making a Pokémon evolve, allowing them to be used repeatedly. The cause of Red's Poliwhirl's evolution had been one of these said stones, proving the legend to be true. Yellow was later led to the dome by a wild Tentacruel, finding a Leaf Stone in it, but the Fire, Thunder, and Water Stones were missing. Later, it was revealed that Giovanni had given them to Red so he could freely evolve and devolve his Eevee.
In the Pokémon Zensho manga
In Indigo Plateau, Satoshi's Pikachu used a Thunder Stone to evolve itself into a Raichu before Satoshi left to challenge the Elite Four.
Trivia
- Through a glitch in the Generation I games, Pokémon that would normally require an Evolution stone to evolve can be evolved without it, provided that the Pokémon levels up in the battle and the player has sent out a specific Pokémon in the same battle. In the case of the Thunderstone, this Pokémon is Growlithe.
In other languages
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