The subject of this article has no official name. The name currently in use is a fan designator; see below for more information.
Ash's Gligar reaching for the Razor Fang Ash tossed
An evolution-inducing held item is an item which makes the Pokémon holding it evolve when a certain event happens, such as if the Pokémon is traded or leveled up. The item disappears once the Pokémon has evolved. For evolution-inducing items that are not meant to be held, see the page on evolutionary stones .
List of evolution-inducing held items
In the main series
Items that induce evolution upon trading
Deep Sea Scale しんかいのウロコ Deep-Sea Scale
Price: $ 20000
Sell for: $ 100*
Locations
R S E
Give Scanner to Captain Stern in the Slateport Harbor
D P Pt
Held by wild Chinchou , wild Lanturn , and wild Relicanth
HG SS
Route 20 , held by wild Chinchou , wild Lanturn , and wild Relicanth
PBR
14400 Poké Coupons
B W
Route 13 , held by wild Chinchou , wild Lanturn , wild Gorebyss , wild Relicanth , and wild Basculin (Blue-Striped )
B2 W2
Join Avenue (Antique Shop ), White Forest , held by wild Chinchou , wild Lanturn , wild Gorebyss , wild Relicanth , and wild Basculin (Blue-Striped )
X Y
Azure Bay , PokéMileage Club (Balloon Popping, Lv. 1), held by wild Chinchou , wild Lanturn , wild Gorebyss , wild Relicanth , and wild Basculin (Blue-Striped )
OR AS
Held by wild Chinchou , wild Lanturn , and wild Relicanth
S M
Battle Tree
Description
R S E
A hold item that raises the Sp. Def of Clamperl .
FR LG
An item to be held by a Pok émon . A scale that shines a faint pink. It raises the Sp. Def stat.
Colo XD
A hold item that raises the Sp. Def of Clamperl .
D P Pt HG SS
An item to be held by Clamperl . A scale that shines a faint pink, it raises the Sp. Def stat.
B W B2 W2
An item to be held by Clamperl. A scale that shines a faint pink, it raises the Sp. Def stat.
X Y OR AS
An item to be held by Clamperl. This scale shines with a faint pink and raises the holder's Sp. Def stat.
Note: Formatted as Deepseascale in the Mystery Dungeon series and as DeepSeaScale in the core series prior to Generation VI.
Deep Sea Tooth しんかいのキバ Deep-Sea Fang
Price: $ 10000
Sell for: $ 100*
Locations
R S E
Give Scanner to Captain Stern in the Slateport Harbor
D P Pt
Held by wild Carvanha and wild Sharpedo
HG SS
Route 20
PBR
14400 Poké Coupons
B W
Route 13 , Route 17 , held by wild Carvanha , wild Sharpedo , and wild Basculin (Red-Striped )
B2 W2
Join Avenue (Antique Shop ), White Forest , held by wild Carvanha , wild Sharpedo , and wild Basculin (Red-Striped )
X Y
Azure Bay , PokéMileage Club (Balloon Popping, Lv. 1), held by wild Carvanha , wild Sharpedo , wild Huntail , and wild Basculin (Red-Striped )
OR AS
Held by wild Carvanha and wild Sharpedo
S M
Battle Tree
Description
R S E
A hold item that raises the Sp. Atk of Clamperl .
FR LG
An item to be held by a Pok émon . A fang that gleams a sharp silver. It raises the Sp. Atk stat.
Colo XD
A hold item that raises the Sp. Atk of Clamperl .
D P Pt HG SS
An item to be held by Clamperl . A fang that gleams a sharp silver, it raises the Sp. Atk stat.
B W B2 W2
An item to be held by Clamperl. A fang that gleams a sharp silver, it raises the Sp. Atk stat.
X Y OR AS
An item to be held by Clamperl. This fang gleams a sharp silver and raises the holder's Sp. Atk stat.
Note: Formatted as Deepseatooth in the Mystery Dungeon series and as DeepSeaTooth in the core series prior to Generation VI.
Dragon Scale りゅうのウロコ Dragon Scale
Price: $ 40000
Sell for: $ 1050*
Locations
G S C
Mt. Mortar , held by wild Horsea , wild Seadra , wild Dratini , and wild Dragonair
R S E
Held by wild Horsea , wild Bagon
FR LG
Water Path , Trainer Tower prize
D P Pt
Held by wild Horsea , wild Seadra , wild Dratini , wild Dragonair
HG SS
Mt. Mortar , Pokéathlon Dome We Fr , Winner's Path (held by wild Horsea ), held by wild Horsea , wild Seadra , wild Dratini , and wild Dragonair
B W
Route 13 , Route 18 , held by wild Horsea , wild Seadra , wild Dratini , wild Dragonair , wild Dragonite , and wild Kingdra
B2 W2
Victory Road , Join Avenue (Antique Shop ), White Forest , held by wild Horsea , wild Seadra , wild Dratini , wild Dragonair , wild Dragonite , and wild Kingdra
X Y
Terminus Cave , PokéMileage Club (Balloon Popping, Lv. 2), held by wild Horsea , wild Seadra , wild Dratini , and wild Dragonair
OR AS
Sky Pillar , held by wild Horsea and wild Seadra
S M
Battle Tree , held by wild Dragonair
Secondary effect:
Boosts the power of Dragon-type moves by 10% when held.G S C
Description
G S C
A rare dragon-type item.
R S E
A strange scale held by Dragon -type Pok émon .
FR LG
A thick and tough scale. A Dragon -type Pok émon may be holding it.
Colo XD
A strange scale held by Dragon -type Pok émon .
D P Pt HG SS
A thick and tough scale. Dragon-type Pokémon may be holding this item when caught.
B W B2 W2
A thick and tough scale. Dragon-type Pokémon may be holding this item when caught.
X Y OR AS
A very tough and inflexible scale. Dragon-type Pokémon may be holding this item when caught.
Dubious Disc あやしいパッチ Dubious Patch
Price: $ 60000
Sell for: $ 1050*
Description
D P Pt HG SS
A transparent device overflowing with dubious data. Its producer is unknown.
B W B2 W2
A transparent device overflowing with dubious data. Its producer is unknown.
X Y OR AS
A transparent device overflowing with dubious data. Its producer is unknown.
Electirizer エレキブースター Elecbooster
Cannot be bought
Sell for: $ 1050*
Description
D P Pt HG SS
A box packed with a tremendous amount of electric energy. It is loved by a certain Pokémon.
B W B2 W2
A box packed with a tremendous amount of electric energy. It is loved by a certain Pokémon.
X Y OR AS
A box packed with a tremendous amount of electric energy. It's loved by a certain Pokémon.
King's Rock おうじゃのしるし King's Symbol
Price: $ 60000
Sell for: $ 50*
Effect:
Has a 10% chance of causing the target Pokémon to flinch when using a move that deals damage and does not already have a chance to flinch.B W B2 W2 X Y OR AS
Has a 10% chance of causing the target Pokémon to flinch when using one of several moves.[ 1] D P Pt HG SS
Has a 10% chance of causing the target Pokémon to flinch when using a move without an added effect.G S C R S E FR LG
Locations
G S C
Slowpoke Well , held by wild Slowpoke and wild Poliwhirl
R S E
Mossdeep City , Pickup , held by wild Hariyama
FR LG
Sevault Canyon , Trainer Tower prize
Colo
Mt. Battle (10,000 Poké Coupons )
XD
Mt. Battle (8,000 Poké Coupons )
D P Pt
Celestic Town Pt , Pickup , held by wild Poliwhirl
HG SS
Slowpoke Well , Pickup , Pokéathlon Dome Su Mo Th , held by wild Slowbro and wild Poliwhirl
PBR
7200 Poké Coupons
B W
Icirrus City , Route 13 , Pickup , held by wild Slowbro , wild Poliwhirl , wild Poliwrath , wild Politoed , and wild Slowking
B2 W2
Join Avenue (Antique Shop ), Nuvema Town , White Forest , Pickup , Transfer from Dream Radar , held by wild Poliwhirl , wild Poliwrath , wild Politoed , and wild Hariyama
X Y
Lumiose City (Lysandre Cafe), held by wild Poliwhirl , wild Poliwrath , wild Politoed , wild Hariyama , and wild Hawlucha
OR AS
Mossdeep City , held by wild Hariyama
S M
Battle Tree , Trainers' School
Description
G S C
May make the foe flinch. (HOLD)
R S E
A hold item that may cause flinching when a foe is hit.
FR LG
An item to be held by a Pok émon . It may cause the foe to flinch upon taking damage.
Colo XD
A hold item that may cause flinching when the foe is hit.
D P Pt HG SS
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It may cause the foe to flinch when the holder inflicts damage.
B W B2 W2
An item to be held by a Pokémon. When the holder inflicts damage, the target may flinch.
X Y OR AS
An item to be held by a Pokémon. When the holder successfully inflicts damage, the target may also flinch.
Magmarizer マグマブースター Magmabooster
Cannot be bought
Sell for: $ 1050*
Description
D P Pt HG SS
A box packed with a tremendous amount of magma energy. It is loved by a certain Pokémon.
B W B2 W2
A box packed with a tremendous amount of magma energy. It is loved by a certain Pokémon.
X Y OR AS
A box packed with a tremendous amount of magma energy. It's loved by a certain Pokémon.
Metal Coat メタルコート Metal Coat
Price: $ 20000* $ 5000*
Sell for: $ 50* $ 2500-3250*
Effect:
Boosts the power of Steel-type moves by 20% when held.
Locations
G S C
S.S. Aqua , held by wild Magnemite , held by Maggie (Kanto Power Plant )C
R S E
Held by wild Magnemite and wild Magneton
FR LG
Memorial Pillar , Trainer Tower prize
D P Pt
Iron Island (from Byron ), held by wild Magnemite , wild Steelix , wild Beldum , wild Bronzor , and wild Bronzong
HG SS
S.S. Aqua , held by wild Magnemite , wild Magneton , wild Beldum , wild Metang , and wild Bronzor , held by Maggie (Kanto Power Plant ), Pokéathlon Dome Tu Fr Sa
B W
Route 13 , Twist Mountain , held by wild Magnemite , wild Metang , wild Metagross , and wild Bronzong
B2 W2
Join Avenue (Antique Shop ), Chargestone Cave , Black City , held by wild Magnemite , wild Magneton , wild Metang , wild Metagross , wild Bronzor , wild Bronzong , and wild Magnezone
X Y
Poké Ball Factory , PokéMileage Club (Balloon Popping, Lv. 1), held by wild Magneton
OR AS
New Mauville , held by wild Skarmory and wild Magnemite
S M
Held by wild Magnemite
Conquest:
Traveling merchant
Description
G S C
Powers up steel-type moves. (HOLD)
R S E
A hold item that raises the power of Steel -type moves.
FR LG
An item to be held by a Pok émon . A special metallic film that boosts the power of Steel -type moves.
Colo XD
A hold item that raises the power of Steel -type moves.
D P Pt HG SS
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a special metallic film that ups the power of Steel-type moves.
B W B2 W2
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a special metallic film that ups the power of Steel-type moves.
X Y OR AS
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a special metallic film that can boost the power of Steel-type moves.
Conquest
Enables certain Pokémon to evolve. Improves Steel-type attacks.
Prism Scale きれいなウロコ Beautiful Scale
Cannot be bought
Sell for: $ 1000
Locations
B W
Route 13 , Undella Town , Pickup
B2 W2
Join Avenue (Antique Shop ), Pickup , Route 1 , Undella Town
X Y
Couriway Town (reappears over time), Pokémon Village (Shaking trash cans), Lumiose City (North Boulevard), Pickup , PokéMileage Club (Balloon Popping, Lv. 1)
S M
Fishing spots, Exeggutor Island
Description
B W B2 W2
A mysterious scale that evolves certain Pokémon. It shines in rainbow colors.
X Y OR AS
A mysterious scale that causes a certain Pokémon to evolve. It shines in rainbow colors.
Protector プロテクター Protector
Price: $ 10000* $ 5000*
Sell for: $ 1050* $ 2500-3250*
Description
D P Pt HG SS
A protective item of some sort. It is extremely stiff and heavy. It is loved by a certain Pokémon.
B W B2 W2
A protective item of some sort. It is extremely stiff and heavy. It is loved by a certain Pokémon.
X Y OR AS
A protective item of some sort. It is extremely stiff and heavy. It's loved by a certain Pokémon.
Conquest
Enables certain Pokémon to evolve.
Price: $ 5000*
Sell for: $ 1050* $ 2500-3250*
Description
D P Pt HG SS
A cloth imbued with horrifyingly strong spiritual energy. It is loved by a certain Pokémon.
B W B2 W2
A cloth imbued with horrifyingly strong spiritual energy. It is loved by a certain Pokémon.
X Y OR AS
A cloth imbued with horrifyingly strong spiritual energy. It's loved by a certain Pokémon.
Conquest
Enables certain Pokémon to evolve.
This item was featured in the TCG .
Cannot be bought
Sell for: $ 1050*
Description
X Y OR AS
A sachet filled with fragrant perfumes that are just slightly too overwhelming. Yet it's loved by a certain Pokémon.
S M
A sachet filled with fragrant perfumes that are just slightly too overwhelming. Yet it's loved by a certain Pokémon.
Price: $ 40000
Sell for: $ 1050*
Locations
G S C
Silph Co.
FR LG
Rocket Warehouse , Trainer Tower prize
D P Pt
Eterna City , Route 224 Pt , Team Galactic Eterna Building Pt
HG SS
Silph Co.
PBR
9600 Poké Coupons
B W
Route 13 , Route 15
B2 W2
Pinwheel Forest , Black City , Join Avenue (Antique Shop ), Striaton City
X Y
Battle Maison , PokéMileage Club (Balloon Popping, Lv. 1)
OR AS
Battle Resort
S M
Aether House , Battle Tree
Description
G S C
A mysterious box made by Silph Co .
R S E
A peculiar box made by Silph Co .
FR LG
A transparent device filled with all sorts of data. It is made by Silph Co .
Colo XD
A peculiar box made by Silph Co .
D P Pt HG SS
A transparent device filled with all sorts of data. It was produced by Silph Co.
B W B2 W2
A transparent device filled with all sorts of data. It was produced by Silph Co.
X Y OR AS
A transparent device somehow filled with all sorts of data. It was produced by Silph Co.
Note: Formatted as Upgrade in the Mystery Dungeon series.
Whipped Dream ホイップポップ Whipped Pop
Cannot be bought
Sell for: $ 1050*
Description
X Y OR AS
A soft and sweet treat made of fluffy, puffy, whipped and whirled cream. It's loved by a certain Pokémon.
S M
A soft and sweet treat made of fluffy, puffy, whipped and whirled cream. It's loved by a certain Pokémon.
Items that induce evolution upon leveling up
Oval Stone まんまるいし Oval Stone
Price: $ 10000
Sell for: $ 1050
Effect:
If held, causes Happiny to evolve into Chansey when leveled up during the day.
Locations
D P Pt
Lost Tower , The Underground , held by wild Happiny and wild Chansey
HG SS
Rock Tunnel , Bug-Catching Contest first prize, Amity Meadow , held by wild Chansey
B W
Challenger's Cave , Black City B , dust cloud , held by wild Happiny
B2 W2
Relic Passage (dust clouds ), Reversal Mountain (dust clouds ), Clay Tunnel (dust clouds ), White Forest
X Y
Unknown Dungeon (regenerates over time), PokéMileage Club (Balloon Popping, Lv. 2)
OR AS
Held by wild Happiny
S M
Held by wild Happiny
Description
D P Pt HG SS
A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is shaped like an egg.
B W B2 W2
A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is shaped like an egg.
X Y OR AS
A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It's as round as a Pokémon Egg.
Razor Claw するどいツメ Razor Claw
Price: $ 5000*
Sell for: $ 1050* $ 2500-3250*
Locations
D P Pt
Route 224 , Victory Road , Battle Tower /Frontier , Team Galactic HQ Pt
HG SS
Battle Frontier
B W
Route 13 , Battle Subway
B2 W2
Giant Chasm , Battle Subway , PWT
X Y
Battle Maison , PokéMileage Club (Balloon Popping, Lv. 3)
OR AS
Battle Maison , various Mirage Forests , PokéMileage Club (Balloon Popping, Lv. 3)
Conquest:
Traveling merchant
Secondary effect:
If held, causes Sneasel to evolve into Weavile when leveled up during the night.
Description
D P Pt HG SS
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a sharply hooked claw that ups the holder's critical-hit ratio.
B W B2 W2
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a sharply hooked claw that ups the holder's critical-hit ratio.
X Y OR AS
An item to be held by a Pokémon. This sharply hooked claw increases the holder's critical-hit ratio.
Conquest
Enables certain Pokémon to evolve. Increases the probability of attacks hitting enemies' weak spots.
Razor Fang するどいキバ Razor Fang
Cannot be bought
Sell for: $ 1050
Effect:
Has a 10% chance of causing the target Pokémon to flinch when using a move that deals damage and does not already have a chance to flinch.B W
Has a 10% chance of causing the target Pokémon to flinch when using one of several moves.[ 1] D P Pt HG SS
Locations
D P Pt
Battle Tower /Frontier , Route 225 Pt , Battle Park D P , Route 214 (hidden)Pt
HG SS
Battle Frontier
B W
Route 13 , Abundant Shrine , Battle Subway
B2 W2
Route 11 , Battle Subway , PWT
X Y
Battle Maison , PokéMileage Club (Balloon Popping, Lv. 3)
OR AS
Battle Resort , various Mirage Islands , PokéMileage Club (Balloon Popping, Lv. 3)
Secondary effect:
If held, causes Gligar to evolve into Gliscor when leveled up during the night.
Description
D P Pt HG SS
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It may cause the foe to flinch when the holder inflicts damage.
B W B2 W2
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It may make foes and allies flinch when the holder inflicts damage.
X Y OR AS
An item to be held by a Pokémon. When the holder successfully inflicts damage, the target may also flinch.
Main article: Mystery Dungeon evolutionary items
The Mystery Dungeon series introduced some new evolutionary items as the series does not include elements such as day and night, and trading.
Artwork
Underground
This is artwork of the items as seen in the Sinnoh Underground
Oval Stone
Global Link
These are artwork of the items as seen in the Pokémon Global Link .
In the anime
Many evolution items have appeared in the anime. The first one to appear was the King's Rock in Ring Masters , which Ash won in the Sumo Conference and Misty 's Poliwhirl later used to evolve itself into a Politoed in Outrageous Fortunes . Another King's Rock appeared in A Crowning Achievement , which was found on a rock after the water level in the local river dropped dramatically; Alice 's Slowpoke used it to evolve into a Slowking .
A Deep Sea Scale and Deep Sea Tooth appeared in The Evolutionary War where the people in the A-B-C Islands were having an argument over which Pokémon was best, Gorebyss or Huntail .
A King's Rock, two Deep Sea Teeth, and two Deep Sea Scales appeared in Showdown At Linoone as some of the items Tokin picked up .
In One Big Happiny Family! , Brock carved and made an Oval Stone for his newly born Happiny , which later helped her evolve into a Chansey in The Brockster is In .
In Fighting Fear with Fear! , Ash got a Razor Fang from Gary Oak that he used to evolve his Gligar into a Gliscor .
Gallery
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Quilava Quandary , Gold was given a King's Rock by the Day-Care Couple after training with them, which he gave to his Poliwag to hold. In Ampharos Amore , Gold's newly evolved Poliwhirl and Silver 's Seadra evolved into a Politoed and a Kingdra , respectively, while holding their respective evolutionary items, King's Rock and Dragon Scale.
In Yikes, Yanmega! II , Dia 's Lickilicky , Kit, used a Protector to protect itself from Mars 's Yanmega swarm's soundwaves. Roseanne later revealed that the Protector was one of the items she used in her research of Pokémon Evolution, the other seen items being a Reaper Cloth, Dragon Scale, Magmarizer, and King's Rock.
In Dealing With A Koffing Fit , Silver's Sneasel evolved into a Weavile due to having gained experience while holding a Razor Claw, which had been given to Silver by Green .
In Raising the Stakes with Rhyperior , it was revealed that Silver had given Blue a Protector to be held by his Rhydon , allowing it to evolve into a Rhyperior when it was traded between the two Trainers. Afterwards, Blue had let Silver keep Rhyperior as a replacement for his lost Ursaring .
Trivia
In Pokémon Black and White , the Prism Scale was incorrectly categorized in the Bag as a general item and not as an evolution-inducing held item. This was later fixed in Black 2 and White 2 , but starting from Pokémon X and Y it is now again incorrectly categorised, this time as a valuable item.
Along with being listed amongst the evolutionary stones , the Oval Stone has the "Use" option when selected in the Bag, but if the player tries to use it, it won't say "Able" under any Pokémon.
This makes it the only evolutionary item with "Stone" in its English name which is not an evolutionary stone.
In other languages
Deep Sea Scale
Deep Sea Tooth
Dragon Scale
Dubious Disc
Electirizer
King's Rock
Magmarizer
Metal Coat
Oval Stone
Prism Scale
Protector
Razor Claw
Razor Fang
Reaper Cloth
Sachet
Up-Grade
Whipped Dream
See also
References