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笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends Arceus guide: Special evolution requirements

How to evolve Kleavor, Basculegion, and more

A 笔辞办é尘辞苍 trainer stands with a Basculegion and Kleavor. A Glalie also wanted to be included for some reason. Image: Game Freak/Nintendo via Polygon
Julia Lee (she/her) is a guides producer, writing guides for games like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Genshin Impact. She helped launch the Rift Herald in 2016.

Tons of 笔辞办é尘辞苍 in 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus require something special to evolve, rather than just leveling up. The game uses a combination of previous techniques and new evolution methods and items. Our 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus special evolutions guide explains how to evolve Kleavor, Basculegion, Wyrdeer, Ursaluna, Sneasler, Overquil, and other special 笔辞办é尘辞苍.

Several of the new 笔辞办é尘辞苍 with special Hisuian forms and evolutions require something specific to evolve. Once you complete these requirements, you can open up your bag, select the 笔辞办é尘辞苍, and evolve them.


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Battle-based evolutions

A few 笔辞办é尘辞苍 only evolve if they use a specific move a certain number of times or take a certain amount of damage. Both of these can happen over multiple fights, so you can go out and attack weak 笔辞办é尘辞苍 to get this done quickly.

  • Hisuian Quilfish → Overquil: Use Barb Barrage in Strong Style 20 times
  • Stantler → Wyrdeer: Use Psyshield Bash in Agile Style 20 times
  • White Stripe Basculin → Basculegion: Take over 260-300 damage in recoil

Move-based evolutions

These 笔辞办é尘辞苍 evolve when they learn a specific move.

  • Aipom → Ambipom: Double Hit
  • Bonsly → Sudowoodo: Mimic
  • Lickitung → Lickilicky: Rollout
  • Mime Jr. → Mr. Mime: Mimic
  • Piloswine →Mamoswine: Ancient Power
  • Tangela → Tangrowth: Ancient Power
  • Yanma →Yanmega: Ancient Power

Gender-specific evolutions

These 笔辞办é尘辞苍 only evolve when they’re a specific gender.

  • Burmy (male) → Mothim
  • Burmy (female) → Wormadam
  • Combee (female) → Vespiquen
  • Ralts (male) → Gallade (with Dawn Stone)
  • Snorunt (female) → Froslass (with Dawn Stone)

Stone and item evolutions

Some 笔辞办é尘辞苍 just require you to use a specific item on them. If you have the required item in your inventory and hover over it, the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 will say “compatible” if you can use it to evolve.

In 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus, you can use the Linking Cord to get 笔辞办é尘辞苍 that you would normally trade to evolve. You can also evolve any 笔辞办é尘辞苍 that would normally require a hold item while trading simply by using that item on the 笔辞办é尘辞苍.

We’ve listed out the item-based evolutions below.

  • Alolan Vulpix → Alolan Ninetails: Ice Stone
  • Clefairy → Clefable: Moon Stone
  • Dusclops → Dusknoir: Reaper Cloth
  • Eevee → Flareon: Fire Stone
  • Eevee → Glaceon: Ice Stone
  • Eevee → Jolteon: Thunder Stone
  • Eevee → Leafeon: Leaf Stone
  • Eevee → Vaporeon: Water Stone
  • Electabuzz → Electivire: Electirizer
  • Gligar → Gliscor: Razor Fang during nighttime
  • Graveler → Golem: Linking Cord
  • Happiny → Chansey: Oval Stone during daytime
  • Haunter → Gengar: Linking Cord
  • Hisuian Growlithe → Hisuian Arcanine: Fire Stone
  • Hisuian Sneasel → Sneasler: Razor Claw during daytime
  • Hisuian Voltorb → Hisuian Electrode: Leaf Stone
  • Johto Sneasel → Weavile: Razor Claw during nighttime
  • Kadabra → Alakazam: Linking Cord
  • Kirlia (male) → Gallade: Dawn Stone
  • Machoke → Machamp: Linking Cord
  • Magmar → Magmortar: Magmarizer
  • Magneton → Magnezone: Thunder Stone
  • Misdreavus → Mismagius: Dusk Stone
  • Murkrow → Honchkrow: Dusk Stone
  • Onix → Steelix: Metal Coat
  • Petilil → Hisuian Lilligant: Sun Stone
  • Pikachu → Raichu: Thunder Stone
  • Porygon → Porygon2: Upgrade
  • Porygon2 → Porygon-Z: Dubious Disc
  • Rhydon → Rhyperior: Protector
  • Roselia → Roserade: Shiny Stone
  • Scyther → Kleavor: Black Augurite
  • Scyther → Scizor: Metal Coat
  • Snorunt (female) → Froslass: Dawn Stone
  • Togetic → Togekiss: Shiny Stone
  • Ursaring → Ursaluna: Peat Block during a full moon
  • Vulpix → Ninetails: Fire Stone

Location-based Evolutions

These 笔辞办é尘辞苍 can evolve based on where they are. Eevee just needs to be around the respective rock for Leafeon and Glaceon, though we were prompted to evolve Magneton and Nosepass after just being in the Coronet Highlands.

Keep in mind that some of these 笔辞办é尘辞苍 can also evolve using stones, as listed above, so it might be a better idea to use those, depending on how soon you want your evolved 笔辞办é尘辞苍.

  • Eevee → Leafeon: Near the Mossy Rock in the southwest area of The Heartwood (Obsidian Fieldlands)
  • Eevee → Glaceon: Near the Ice Rock in a cavern in Bonechill Wastes (Alabaster Icelands)
  • Magneton → Magnezone: Coronet Highlands
  • Nosepass → Probopass: Coronet Highlands
  • Sliggoo → Goodra: Raining area

Friendship-based Evolutions

These 笔辞办é尘辞苍 only evolve if you reach high friendship levels with them. You can do this by leveling them up. An NPC named Belamy in front of the Village Pastures in Jubilife City will evaluate your friendship levels with your 笔辞办é尘辞苍.

  • Budew → Roselia
  • Buneary → Lopunny
  • Chingling → Chimecho
  • Cleffa → Clefairy
  • Eevee → Espeon (daytime)
  • Eevee → Sylveon (while knowing a fairy-type move)
  • Eevee → Umbreon (nighttime)
  • Golbat → Crobat
  • Munchlax → Snorlax
  • Pichu → Pikachu
  • Riolu → Lucario
  • Togepi → Togetic

Other evolution methods

Mantine is so weird that it gets its own category. To evolve your Mantyke, you need to have a Remoraid in your party with the Mantyke. That’s it.

Correction (Nov. 29): A previous version of this guide referred to Snorunt, the first-stage evolution of Froslass, as Snover. We’ve updated the guide to fix this.

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