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Revision as of 18:27, 14 August 2021

If you were looking for the mechanic in Pokémon Pinball and Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, see Ball Upgrade (Pinball).
Upgrade
アップグレード
Upgrade
Bag Upgrade Sprite.pngBag Up-Grade Sprite.png
Upgrade
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
Generation II Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation III Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation IV Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation V Bag Items pocket icon.png Items (Held items)
Generation VI Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation VII Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Fling
Power 30

The Upgrade (Japanese: アップグレード Upgrade), formatted as Up-Grade prior to Pokémon Sword and Shield, is a type of held item introduced in Generation II. It allows Porygon to evolve into Porygon2.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
GSC
RSEFRLG
DPPtHGSS
BW
N/A $1050
B2W2 $40000 $1050
XYORAS N/A $1,050
SMUSUM N/A $1,000

Effect

Held item

Causes Porygon to evolve into Porygon2 when traded while holding it. This consumes the Upgrade.

Description

Games Description
GSC A mysterious box made by Silph Co.
RSEColoXD A peculiar box made by Silph Co.
FRLG A transparent device filled with all sorts of data. It is made by Silph Co.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
A transparent device filled with all sorts of data. It was produced by Silph Co.
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwSh
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.
RSE Trade
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 (32 BP)
ORAS Battle Maison (32 BP)
PMC Balloon Popping (Lv. 1)
SMUSUM Aether House Battle Tree (32 BP)
SwSh Trade
SwShIoA Training Lowlands Cram-o-matic (Electric: 72-80 points)

In spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

The Upgrade appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky.

Price

Games Cost Sell price
MDRB 3000Poké currency.png 1Poké currency.png
MDTDS 1000Poké currency.png 1Poké currency.png

Effect

If the player offers both a Link Cable and Upgrade at Luminous Cave or Luminous Spring, Porygon can be evolved into Porygon2. This consumes the Link Cable and Upgrade.

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

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)

Appearance

MDBag Upgrade RTRB Sprite.png MDBag Upgrade TDS Sprite.png
Sprite from
Red Rescue Team and
Blue Rescue Team
Sprite from
Explorers of Time,
Darkness
, and Sky

Pokémon GO

Upgrade in Pokémon GO

The Upgrade was added to Pokémon GO on February 16, 2017. It is required to evolve certain Pokémon:

Description

Games Description
GO A transparent device that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It was produced by Silph Co.

Acquisition

Starting at level 10, Upgrades can be rarely obtained from

While normally rare, from March 21, 2017 onward, the player is guaranteed to find an Evolution item when obtaining the bonus for spinning a Photo Disc for the seventh day in a row.

Additionally, the player receives a Upgrade when completing part 5 of the Special Research "A Ripple in Time".

In the TCG

Triumphant Porygon2

An Upgrade is featured in the artwork of the Triumphant Porygon2 card.

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 升級資料 Sīngkāp Jīliuh *
昇級 Sīngkāp *
等級提升箱 Dángkāp Tàihsīng Sēung *
Mandarin 升級資料 Shēngjí Zīliào *
升级数据 Shēngjí Shùjù *
昇級 Shēngjí *
France Flag.png French Améliorator*
Evolutor*
Germany Flag.png German Up-Grade
Italy Flag.png Italian Upgrade
South Korea Flag.png Korean 업그레이드 Upgrade
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Melhora
Spain Flag.png Spanish Mejora
Thailand Flag.png Thai อัปเกรด Upgrade


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