How to evolve Milcery and get all Alcremie forms in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet DLC

Philip Trahan
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The Indigo Disk DLC for Pokemon Scarlet & Violet has reintroduced the Gen 8 Fairy-type Pokemon Milcery and its evolved form, Alcremie. This guide will help you discover where to find Milcery and how to evolve it into its many variants in Alcremie.

The second expansion of the Gen 9 games, the Indigo Disk DLC, is now accessible, adding a range of new elements to the gameplay.

Alongside a whole new story, trainers can find plenty of new and returning Pokemon throughout Blueberry Academy’s Terarium. However, like Inkay and Malamar, some of those returning monsters have unique evolution methods.

One of those Pokemon is the Fairy-type Milcery, as many fans may be wondering how to evolve this Gen 8 monster into Alcremie. Let’s break down exactly where to find Milcery, how to evolve it, and how many Alcremie forms there are.

How to evolve Milcery into Alcremie in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: The Indigo Disk

Just like in Pokemon Sword & Shield, trainers have to perform a unique evolution method for Milcery. To evolve Milcery into Alcremie in Scarlet & Violet, you must spin your Trainer around with a specific Held Item currently equipped.

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In Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, Milcery evolves when holding different Sweet items and spinning around. Milcery can hold the following items to evolve:

  • Love Sweet
  • Strawberry Sweet
  • Berry Sweet
  • Clover Sweet
  • Star Sweet
  • Ribbon Sweet
  • Flower Sweet

When rotating the left stick quickly, your Pokemon trainer will transition into a spinning animation. Hold this animation for more or less than five seconds to trigger the Milcery’s evolution.

All Alcremie forms in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: The Indigo Disk

Getting all of Alcremie’s different forms can be quite the task in Gen 9, as each form has specific parameters that need to be triggered in order for it to show up during evolution.

The specific Sweet Held Item only changes the appearance of the decorations on Alcremie’s head. However, the duration of the spin, the direction, and at what time of day the evolution occurs impacts Alcremie’s coloration.

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Alcremie can come in the following forms:

Spin during the day

  • Vanilla Cream: Spin clockwise for less than five seconds
  • Ruby Cream: Spin counter-clockwise for less than five seconds
  • Caramel Swirl: Spin clockwise for more than five seconds
  • Ruby Swirl: Spin counter-clockwise for more than five seconds

Spin at night

  • Matcha Cream: Spin clockwise for less than five seconds
  • Salted Cream: Spin counter-clockwise for less than five seconds
  • Lemon Cream: Spin clockwise for more than five seconds
  • Mint Cream: Spin counter-clockwise for more than five seconds

Spin in the afternoon

  • Rainbow Swirl: Spin for more than 10 seconds (at 7 PM/Dusk/Sunset)

Where to find Milcery in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: The Indigo Disk

Milcery is primarily found in the Polar Biome in the Blueberry Academy Terarium. Trainers can find the Fairy-type Pokemon right away and don’t need to expand the Polar Biome’s habitat to find it.

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Where to find Alcremie in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: The Indigo Disk

Unfortunately, for trainers looking to skip Milcery’s complicated evolution method, Alcremie cannot be found in the wild.

Trainers can randomly find Sweets among the Item Balls scattered around the Terarium, but you won’t be able to evolve Alcremie until you find one.

And there you have it! That’s everything you need to know about finding and evolving Milcery into Alcremie in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet’s Indigo Disk DLC. For more helpful Scarlet & Violet guides, check out the links below:

Paldea Pokedex | All returning Pokemon in Scarlet & Violet’s DLC: Hidden Treasure of Area Zero | How to start Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: The Indigo Disk DLC | How to get Archaludon in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet DLC | How to get Kubfu and Urshifu in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet | Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: The Indigo Disk – Every legendary Pokemon & how to catch them | Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: How to unlock flying with Koraidon and Miraidon | How to use Synchro Machine in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: The Indigo Disk | Unlocking 5 & 6-star Tera Raids in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet | Sandwich recipes in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

About The Author

Philip is a Staff Writer at Dexerto based in Louisiana, with expertise in Pokemon, Apex Legends, and general gaming industry news. His first job in the games industry was as a reviewer with NintendoEverything.com while attending college. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication focusing on Multimedia Journalism, he worked with GameRant.com for nearly two years before joining Dexerto. When he's not writing he's usually tearing through some 80+ hour JRPG. You can contact him at philip.trahan@dexerto.com.