One important item in Pokemon Go that can help trainers evolve certain Pokemon into their final forms is the Sun Stone. Here’s how you can get a Sun Stone in the game and which Pokemon can evolve by using them.
Finding evolution items in Pokemon games has always been tricky, but they’re even more difficult to come across in Pokemon Go as trainers can’t simply visit a specific location like they could in the mainline games.
If you’re trying to find a Sun Stone to allow you to evolve the likes of Cottonee, Gloom, Lilligant, or Helioptile into their final forms in the game, you’ve come to the right place, as we’ve got the details you need below.
Contents
- How to get a Sun Stone
- All Pokemon that evolve with Sun Stones
- How to evolve Pokemon with Sun Stones
How to get a Sun Stone
Sun Stones can only be acquired by spinning PokeStops and Gyms (and occasionally as Field Research rewards). With a measly 1% drop rate, getting your hands on one of the stones is a pretty difficult task.
Matters are made worse by the fact that they drop alongside the game’s other Evolution Items, meaning your chances of getting one are even slimmer as you could end up with a different item instead.
Here are our tips for getting a Sun Stone fast:
- Spin as many PokeStops and Gyms as you can.
- Visit a popular area where there are a lot of PokeStops, allowing you to maximize the amount you can spin in a short period of time.
- On the 7-day streak of your PokeStop Daily Bonus, you’ll receive a special evolution item. If you’re lucky, it might very well be the Sun Stone!
- There are sometimes event-exclusive Field Research tasks that reward evolution items like the Sun Stone, so keep an eye out for them.
While getting your hands on the Sun Stone isn’t the easiest process in the world, with some time and patience, you might be rewarded.
All Pokemon that evolve with a Sun Stone in Pokemon Go
These are the Pokemon that need a Sun Stone to evolve in the game:
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| Pokemon | Requirements | Evolution | ||
| Cottonee | 50 Cottonee Candy & Sun Stone | Whimsicott | ||
| Gloom | 100 Oddish Candy & Sun Stone | Bellossom | ||
| Helioptile | 50 Helioptile Candy & Sun Stone | Heliolisk | ||
| Petilil | 50 Petilil Candy & Sun Stone | Lilligant | ||
| Sunkern | 50 Sunkern Candy & Sun Stone | Sunflora | ||
Thankfully there aren’t a lot of Pokemon that need the Sun Stone in order to evolve, so you won’t need to find too many of the rare evolution items to get them all.
Remember that each Pokemon will also require a certain amount of Candy to evolve, with Gloom requiring slightly more to evolve into Bellossom than the rest.
How to evolve Pokemon with Sun Stones
To evolve your chosen Pokemon with a Sun Stone once you’ve met the above requirements, all you need to do is follow these steps:
- On the Pokemon Go app, click the Poke Ball icon displayed at the bottom-middle of the screen.
- A menu will open. Select ‘Pokemon‘ to open your Pokedex.
- Find the creature you’d like to evolve and select it.
- On the next window, you’ll see ‘Evolve‘ displayed underneath ‘Power Up‘ if you meet the requirements. Select that.
That’s it! Your Pokemon will now use the Sun Stone to evolve, and your new evolution will be ready to use in battle.
So, there you have it – that’s everything you need to know about how to get a Sun Stone in Pokemon Go.
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