Evolution item

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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

Items that induce evolution upon leveling up

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

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.

File:Dream DeepSeaScale Sprite.png File:Dream DeepSeaTooth Sprite.png
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


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

File:DeepSeaScale anime.png File:DeepSeaTooth anime.png
King's Rock Deep Sea Scale Deep Sea Tooth
Oval Stone Razor Fang


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

Language Title
Japanese しんかいのウロコ Deep-Sea Scale
Finnish Syvänmerensuomu
French Écaille Océan
Écailleocéan*
German Abyssplatte
Italian Squamabissi
Korean 심해의비늘 Simhae-ui Bineul
Spanish Escama Marina

Deep Sea Tooth

Language Title
Japanese しんかいのキバ Deep-Sea Fang
Finnish Syvänmerenhammas
French Dent Océan
German Abysszahn
Italian Dente Abissi
Denteabissi*
Korean 심해의이빨 Simhae-ui Ippal
Spanish Diente Marino

Dragon Scale

Language Title
Japanese りゅうのウロコ Dragon Scale
French Écaille Draco
Ecailledraco*
German Drachenhaut
Italian Squama Drago
Korean 용의비늘 Yong-ui Bineul
Spanish Escamadragón

Dubious Disc

Language Title
Japanese あやしいパッチ Dubious Patch
French CD Douteux
German Dubiosdisc
Italian Dubbiodisco
Korean 괴상한패치 Goesanghan Patch
Spanish Discoxtraño

Electirizer

Language Title
Japanese エレキブースター Elecbooster
French Électriseur
German Stromisierer
Italian Elettritore
Korean 에레키부스터 Elecbooster
Spanish Electrizador

King's Rock

Language Title
Japanese おうじゃのしるし King's Symbol
French Roche Royale
German King-Stein
Italian Roccia di Re
Korean 왕의징표석 Wang-ui Jingpyoseok
Spanish Roca del Rey
Vietnamese Con dấu Hoàng Gia

Magmarizer

Language Title
Japanese マグマブースター Magmabooster
French Magmariseur
German Magmaisierer
Italian Magmatore
Korean 마그마부스터 Magmabooster
Spanish Magmatizador

Metal Coat

Language Title
Japanese メタルコート Metal Coat
French Peau Métal
German Metallmantel
Italian Metalcoperta
Korean 금속코트 Geumsok Coat
Spanish Revest. Metálico
Rev. Metálico*
Vietnamese Lớp phủ kim loại

Oval Stone

Language Title
Japanese まんまるいし Oval Stone
French Pierre Ovale
German Ovaler Stein
Italian Pietraovale
Korean 동글동글돌 Donggeuldonggeul Dol
Spanish Piedra Oval
Vietnamese Đá tròn

Prism Scale

Language Title
Japanese きれいなウロコ Beautiful Scale
French Bel'Écaille
German Schönschuppe
Italian Squama Bella
Korean 고운비늘 Goun Bineul
Spanish Escama Bella

Protector

Language Title
Japanese プロテクター Protector
French Protecteur
German Schützer
Italian Copertura
Korean 프로텍터 Protector
Spanish Protector

Razor Claw

Language Title
Japanese するどいツメ Razor Claw
French Griffe Rasoir
German Scharfklaue
Italian Affilartigli
Korean 예리한손톱 Yerihan Sontop
Spanish Garra Afilada
Garrafilada*

Razor Fang

Language Title
Japanese するどいキバ Razor Fang
Finnish Terähammas
French Croc Rasoir
German Scharfzahn
Italian Affilodente
Korean 예리한이빨 Yerihan Ippal
Spanish Colmillo Agudo
Colmillagudo*

Reaper Cloth

Language Title
Japanese れいかいのぬの Spirit World Cloth
French Tissu Fauche
German Düsterumhang
Italian Terrorpanno
Korean 영계의천 Yeonggye-ui Cheon
Spanish Tela Terrible
Telaterrible*

Sachet

Language Title
Japanese においぶくろ Sachet
French Sachet Senteur
German Duftbeutel
Italian Bustina Aromi
Korean 향기주머니 Hyang-gi Jumeoni
Spanish Saquito Fragante

Up-Grade

Language Title
Japanese アップグレード Upgrade
French Améliorator
German Up-Grade
Italian Upgrade
Korean 업그레이드 Upgrade
Spanish Mejora

Whipped Dream

Language Title
Japanese ホイップポップ Whipped Pop
French Chantibonbon
German Sahnehäubchen
Italian Dolcespuma
Korean 휘핑팝 Whipping Pop
Spanish Dulce de Nata

See also

References

Held items
In-battle effect items
BerriesColored orbsDrivesPower items
Experience-affecting itemsGemsIncenseMega StonesMemoriesPlates
Stat-enhancing itemsType-enhancing itemsZ-Crystals
Out-of-battle effect items
Power itemsIncenseMailScarves


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