For those who are not familiar with Pokemon GO Evolution Items, it comes from the main Pokemon Game series. These Items were used to evolve certain pokemon, some of which would need to have them be equipped to said Pokemon.
In Pokemon GO Evolution Items are used to Unlock more evolutions.
Pokemon GO Evolution Item
These Evolution Items are used to complete many of the Gen 2 Pokemon Evolutions. They will also come with a candies cost to complete this evolution.
| Item | Pokemon | Evolution | Candy Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Scale | Seadra | Kingdra | 100 |
| King’s Rock | Poliwhirl | Politoed | 100 |
| Slowpoke | Slowking | 50 | |
| Metal Coat | Onix | Steelix | 50 |
| Scyther | Scizor | 50 | |
| Sun Stone | Gloom | Bellossom | 100 |
| Sunkern | Sunflora | 50 | |
| Upgrade | Porygon | Porygon2 | 50 |
| Gen 4 Item | Pokemon | Evolution | Candy Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sinnoh Stone |
Electivire Rhyperior Magmortar Togekiss Mismagius Honckrow Weavile Dusknoir Roserade Gliscor Porygon-Z |
100 | |
Gen 2 Evolution Item Drop Rate based on 23,701 Pokestop Item Drops.
| Item | Drops | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Stone | 8 | 0.03% |
| King’s Rock | 6 | 0.03% |
| Dragon Scale | 4 | 0.02% |
| Upgrade | 6 | 0.03% |
| Metal Coat | 9 | 0.04% |
| TOTALS | 33 of 23701 | 0.14% of 100% |
This means these NEW Items used for Evolutions are by far some of the most difficult items to obtain through pokestops due to their low 0.14% Drop Rate. Combine that with the addition of the NEW Berry Items, it can be a while before you get the item you are looking for.
Generation 4 Items
| GEN 3 Item | Pokemon | Evolution | Candy Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Sea Tooth | Clamperl | Huntail | 50 |
| Prism Scale | Feebas | Milotic | 400* |
| Deep Sea Scale | Clamperl | Gorebyss | 50 |
| Moon Stone | Skitty | Delcatty | 50 |
| Leaf Stone | Nuzleaf | Shiftry | 100 |
| Water Stone | Lombre | Ludicolo | 100 |
You Can Quickly Navigate By Generation:
Gen 2 Items
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Pokemon GO Evolution Items List
- Dragon Scale
- Metal Coat
- Sun Stone
- Upgrade
- Kings Rock
Unreleased Gen 3 Evolution Items
- Leaf Stone
- Water Stone
- Moon Stone
- Prism Scale
- Deep Sea Scale
- Deep Sea Tooth
Unreleased Gen 4 Evolution Items
- Shiny Stone
- Dusk Stone
- Razor Claw
- Protector
- Electirizer
- Magmarizer
- Razor Fang
- Dubious Disc
- Dawn Stone
- Reaper Cloth
Gen 2 Evolution Items
Metal Coat
Possibly going to be the most sought after Evolution Items, mainly because of what Pokes it will affect. Onix transform into Steelix and another fan favorite with Scyther evolving into Scizor.
Ground / Rock 1002 |
50 → |
Ground / Steel
|
Metal Coat
Bug / Flying 2464 |
50 → |
Bug / Steel
|
Dragon Scale
This Item is used in handheld games to transform certain Dragon Pokemon, such as Seadra into Kingdra.
Water 921 |
25 → |
Water 1979 |
100 → |
Water / Dragon
2424 |
Dragon Scale
Upgrade
This item has mainly been used in handheld games to transform Porygon into Porygon2.
Normal 1567 |
50 → |
Normal
2546 |
Upgrade
Sun Stone
This item is used on Grass Type, for example, to transform Gloom into Bellossom. Sunkern into Sunflora and many other grass types.
Grass / Poison 1069 |
25 → |
Grass / Poison 1512 |
100 → |
Grass
2108 |
Sun Stone|
Grass 316 |
50 → |
Grass
2048 |
Kings Rock
This item is used on two very important Generation 2 Pokemon. First for Poliwhirl into Politoad and then Slowbro into Slowking.
Water 695 |
25 → |
Water 1313 |
100 → |
Water
2371 |
King’s Rock|
Water / Psychic 1204 |
50 → |
Water / Psychic
2482 |
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List of other Items we might see in the future of Pokemon GO.
Gen 3 Evolution Items
Leaf Stone
Grass 587 |
25 → |
Grass / Dark 1319 |
100 → |
Grass / Dark
2406 |
Leaf Stone
Water Stone
Water / Grass 587 |
25 → |
Water / Grass 1223 |
100 → |
Water / Grass
2226 |
Water Stone
Moon Stone
Normal 762 |
50 → |
Normal
1443 |
Moon Stone
Prism Scale
Water 263 |
50 → |
Water
2542 |
Prism Scale
Deep Sea Scale
Water 1198 |
50 → |
Water
2261 |
Deep Sea Scale
Deep Sea Tooth
|
Water 1198 |
50 → |
Water
2281 |
Deep Sea ToothYou Can View More Gen 3 Evolutions Here:
Gen 3 Release
Gen 4 Evolution Items
In Generation 4 the Pokemon company really ramped on Cross Generation Evolutions. Some of these will require evolution items like the Shiny Stone and Protector.
Shiny Stone
Grass / Poison 740 |
25 → |
Grass / Poison 1539 |
100 → |
Grass / Poison 2262
|
|
Normal 540 |
25 → |
Normal / Flying 1543 |
100 → |
Fairy / Flying 3171
|
Dusk Stone
|
1781 |
100 → |
2465
|
|
1392 |
100 → |
2566
|
/ 
Reaper Cloth
523 |
25 → |
1335 |
100 → |
2046
|
Protector
1679 |
25 → |
3300 |
100 → |
3869
|
/ 
Magmarizer
|
1178 |
25 → |
2254 |
100 → |
2980
|
Electirizer
|
1073 |
25 → |
2196 |
100 → |
2904
|
Dubious Disc
1567 |
25 → |
2546
|
100 → |
3072
|
Upgrade
Dawn Stone
436 |
25 → |
806 |
100 → |
2341
|
/ 
Dawn Stone
Razor Claw
|
1868 |
100 → |
2815
|
Razor Fang
|
1758 |
100 → |
2602
|
You Can View More Gen 4 Evolutions Here:
Gen 4 Release
Oval Stone
Thunder Stone
Fire Stone
Ice Stone
We have a list of all the items that can be obtained from pokestops in Pokemon GO here: Pokestop Item List