This Pokemon Sword and Shield Evolution Items Guide will focus are two things, in particular, first is what pokemon require items to evolve and where to find and how to get these items you will need. We list every item used in pokemon SW & SH to trigger an evolution, we also provided all the information you will need to get to that point with the pokemon as well.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield Evolution Items List
List of Every Evolution Item in Pokemon Sword and Shield, we have included the methods for obtaining these items. Some can be found in certain area in the game, while many can be purchased in shops. The most popular Evolutions Items which are Evolution Stones which are used in Eevee Evolutions can be obtained from the Digging Duo.
Fire Stone – Lake of Outrage, Motostoke Riverbank or Digging Duo
Water Stone – Route 2, Bridge Field, Lake of Outrage or Digging Duo
Thunder Stone – Lake of Outrage, North Lake Miloch or Digging Duo
Leaf Stone – Lake of Outrage, Turffield or Diggin Duo
Ice Stone – Route 9, Lake of Outrage or Diggin Duo
Dawn Stone – Giant’s Cap, Lake of Outrage or Digging Duo
Dusk Stone – Lake of Outrage, Stow-on-Side or Digging Duo
Moon Stone – Dusty Bowl or Digging Duo (Held by Clefairy, Lunatone caught in the wild)
Shiny Stone – Route 8, Lake of Outrage or Digging Duo
Sun Stone – Dusty Bowl (Held by Solrock caught in the wild) or Digging Duo
King’s Rock – Route 8 (Held by Hawlucha caught in the wild)
Metal Coat – (Shop at Stow-on-Side) or Digging Duo
Prism Scale – Route 2, South Lake Miloch
Protector – Route 9 (Shop at Hammerlocke, Stow-on-Side)
Razor Claw – Dusty Bowl (Shop at Hammerlocke, Stow-on-Side) (Held by Jangmo-o, Hakamo-o caught in the wild)
Reaper Cloth – (Shop at Hammerlocke, Stow-on-Side)
Sachet – Motostoke, Wyndon (Shop at Hammerlocke)
Berry Sweet |
Clover Sweet |
Flower Sweet |
Love Sweet |
Ribbon Sweet |
Star Sweet |
Strawberry Sweet – Hammerlocke, Motostoke, Wyndon
Chipped Pot |
Cracked Pot – (Shop at Stow-on-Side)
Sweet Apple |
Tart Apple – Axew’s Eye, Hammerlocke
Whipped Dream – Hammerlocke, Motostoke (Shop at Hammerlocke)
In some cases, with items such as Berry Sweet, Clover Sweet and many other sweets. These are all used to evolve 1 type of pokemon and can be bought at a Shop found in the locations listed above.
Pokemon that require an item to evolve in Pokemon SW & SH
In every pokemon game, there will be certain pokemon that will require an item to trigger its evolutions. In pokemon SW & SH this is no different below we have a huge list of all the pokemon and the different evolution chains along with information on how to achieve their evolutions. You can Click/Tap any pokemon you see to view more information about them.
Water Stone


Thunder Stone


Fire Stone


Level Up with Happiness Value at 220 During the Day


Level Up with Happiness Value at 220 During the Night


Leaf Stone


Ice Stone


Level Up with Bond of 2 Hearts in Pokémon Refresh


use Water Stone



Level 20



level up in a Magnetic Field area



use Sun Stone



use Sun Stone



use Shiny Stone


hold Razor Claw, Nighttime



trade holding Prism Scale, or level up with max Beauty


use Moon Stone


trade holding Metal Coat



Ice Stone


use Ice Stone



use Fire Stone


use Fire Stone


Level 42


On Female Pokémon, use Dawn Stone



use Cracked Pot


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