Water Stone
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The Water Stone (Japanese: みずのいし Water Stone) 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 Water Stone can be sold to an item maniac inside the Icirrus City Pokémon Center for $3000.
Effect
Can be used to evolve one of several Pokémon. This consumes the Water Stone.
- Causes Poliwhirl to evolve into Poliwrath
- Causes Shellder to evolve into Cloyster
- Causes Staryu to evolve into Starmie
- Causes Eevee to evolve into Vaporeon
- The Water Stone cannot be used to evolve the Partner Eevee or Eevee with the Gigantamax Factor into Vaporeon.
- Causes Lombre to evolve into Ludicolo
- Causes Panpour to evolve into Simipour
Other uses
In Pokémon Crystal and HeartGold and SoulSilver, the player is required to have a Water Stone to open the hidden room in the southwestern chamber of the Ruins of Alph. In Pokémon Crystal, the player simply needs to have it in their Bag. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, they need to use it while facing the wall.
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As a held item
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| Artwork from Scarlet and Violet |
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| Underground sprite from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum |
Grand Underground sprite from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Bag sprite from Legends: Arceus |
In the spin-off games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
The Water Stone appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, and Gates to Infinity.
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Can be used to evolve one of several Pokémon by offering it at the Luminous CaveRB or Luminous SpringTDS or by using it in a dungeonGtI. This consumes the Water Stone.
- Causes Poliwhirl to evolve into Poliwrath
- Causes Shellder to evolve into Cloyster
- Causes Staryu to evolve into Starmie
- Causes Eevee to evolve into Vaporeon
- Causes Lombre to evolve into Ludicolo
- Causes Panpour to evolve into Simipour
If thrown, it will deal 1RBTDS/2GtI damage (2 if sticky). In Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky, using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.
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| Sprite from Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team |
Sprite from Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky |
Sprite from Gates to Infinity |
Model from Gates to Infinity* |
Pokémon Conquest
In Pokémon Conquest, Eevee and Panpour evolve into Vaporeon and Simipour, respectively, if their link is improved while their Warrior is equipped with a Water Stone.
A Water Stone can be purchased from the traveling merchant for 5000 gold, and sold for 2500-3250 gold.
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Pokémon Pinball series
In Pokémon Pinball and Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, the player gets three Water Stone symbols in order to evolve any of the Pokémon below.
| Evolves from | Evolves into | Pokémon Pinball | Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire |
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| Poliwhirl | Poliwrath | ✔ | ✘ |
| Shellder | Cloyster | ✔ | ✘ |
| Staryu | Starmie | ✔ | ✔ |
| Lombre | Ludicolo | ✘ | ✔ |
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| Sprite from Pinball |
Counter from Pinball |
Sprite from Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire |
Pokémon Sleep
The Water Stone is available in Pokémon Sleep.
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The Water Stone is required to evolve certain Pokémon in Pokémon Sleep. It is consumed upon use.
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In animation
Pokémon the Series
Pokémon the Series: The Beginning
The Water Stone debuted in The Battling Eevee Brothers as part of a collection held by the Eevee brothers. In the party they hosted, a Trainer used a Water Stone to evolve his Poliwhirl into a Poliwrath.
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
In Go Go Ludicolo!, a Water Stone appeared in a fantasy.
In Once in a Mawile, a Water Stone belonging to Samantha appeared; Brock's Lombre used it to evolve into Ludicolo. This is the first time that a main character's Pokémon evolved via an Evolution stone onscreen.
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
Professor Oak gave a Water Stone to a wild Lombre in A Faux Oak Finish! so that it could evolve into Ludicolo.
In Last Call — First Round!, Ursula used a Water Stone and a Fire Stone during the Performance Stage of the Sinnoh Grand Festival to evolve her two Eevee, evolving them into a Vaporeon and Flareon, respectively.
Pokémon the Series: Black & White
Mystery on a Deserted Island! featured the Water Stone along with all of the other Evolution stones available as of Generation V.
Pokémon the Series: XY
A full set of Evolution stones was seen on display in a stone shop in Geosenge Town in The Cave of Trials!.
Pokémon Journeys: The Series
In On Land, In the Sea, and to the Future!, Chloe received a Water Stone from Kiley. She asked her Eevee if she wanted to use it, but she decided not to evolve yet. Another Water Stone appeared in a flashback in the same episode, used by Kiley to evolve his own Eevee into Vaporeon.
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Rainer backed by a Water Stone in The Battling Eevee Brothers!
Lombre holding a Water Stone in Once in a Mawile
A Politoed holding a Water Stone in A Faux Oak Finish!
A Water Stone in Mystery on a Deserted Island!
In the manga
The Electric Tale of Pikachu
The focus of the chapter To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That Is the Question! was Evolution stones. Misty hoped to buy a Water Stone for her Poliwhirl in Stone Town, a town on Dream Island where all the Evolution stones in the Pokémon world come from. However, she couldn't afford one, remarking that an inexpensive one might make the evolution go bad.
Misty was later given a Water Stone by Mikey, who was being pressured to join the "Knights of the E Stone", a club which requires members to own a Pokémon evolved by an Evolution stone.
Pokémon Adventures
Red, Green & Blue arc
In Buzz Off, Electabuzz!, Red's Poliwhirl was able to evolve into a Poliwrath with the help of a Water Stone when they were thrown into the water in Vermilion Harbor, although the cause of his evolution wasn't revealed until the Yellow arc.
Yellow arc
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.
Ruby & Sapphire arc
In Mowing Down Ludicolo, Shelly used a Water Stone to evolve her Lombre into a Ludicolo while battling against Sapphire's Pokémon.
Black & White arc
In Triple Threat, Cilan, Chili, and Cress used a Leaf Stone, Fire Stone, and Water Stone to evolve their Pansage, Pansear, and Panpour into Simisage, Simisear, and Simipour, respectively, during their battle against the Shadow Triad.
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 Water Stone, this Pokémon is Onix.
- In Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!, if the player tries to give their partner Eevee a Water Stone, they will not accept it, and therefore, will not evolve. The same thing will happen if the player attempts to give them a Fire Stone or a Thunder Stone.
In other languages
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