Sun Stone
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The Sun Stone (Japanese: たいようのいし Sun Stone) is a type of Evolution stone introduced in Generation II.
In the core series games
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In the Generation V games, the Sun Stone can be sold to an item maniac inside the Icirrus City Pokémon Center for $3000.
Effect
Manual activation
Can be used to evolve one of several Pokémon. This consumes the Sun Stone.
- Causes Gloom to evolve into Bellossom
- Causes Sunkern to evolve into Sunflora
- Causes Cottonee to evolve into Whimsicott
- Causes Petilil to evolve into Lilligant (outside of Hisui) or Hisuian Lilligant (in Hisui)
- Causes Helioptile to evolve into Heliolisk
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As a held item
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Artwork
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| Artwork from Scarlet and Violet |
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| Underground sprite from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum |
Grand Underground sprite from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
Bag sprite from Legends: Arceus |
In the spin-off games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
The Sun Stone appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, and Gates to Infinity.
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Effect
Can be used to evolve one of several Pokémon by offering it at the Luminous CaveRB or Luminous SpringTDS or by using it in a dungeonGtI. This consumes the Sun Stone.
- Causes Gloom to evolve into Bellossom
- Causes Sunkern to evolve into Sunflora
- Causes Cottonee to evolve into Whimsicott
- Causes Petilil to evolve into Lilligant
If thrown, it will deal 1RBTDS/2GtI damage (2 if sticky). In Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky, using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.
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Appearance
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| Sprite from Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team |
Sprite from Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky |
Sprite from Gates to Infinity |
Model from Gates to Infinity* |
Pokémon Conquest
In Pokémon Conquest, Petilil and Cottonee evolve into Lilligant and Whimsicott, respectively, if their link is improved while their Warrior is equipped with a Sun Stone.
A Sun Stone can be purchased from the traveling merchant for 5000 gold, and sold for 2500-3250 gold.
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Pokémon GO
The Sun Stone is required to evolve certain Pokémon in Pokémon GO:
- Gloom requires 100 Oddish Candy and a Sun Stone to evolve into Bellossom.
- Sunkern requires 50 Sunkern Candy and a Sun Stone to evolve into Sunflora.
- Cottonee requires 50 Cottonee Candy and a Sun Stone to evolve into Whimsicott.
- Petilil requires 50 Petilil Candy and a Sun Stone to evolve into Lilligant.
- Helioptile requires 50 Helioptile Candy and a Sun Stone to evolve into Heliolisk
The Sun Stone was added to Pokémon GO on February 16, 2017.
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Acquisition
Starting at level 10, Sun Stones can be rarely obtained from:
While normally rare, from March 21, 2017 onward, the player is guaranteed to find an Evolution item when obtaining the bonus for spinning a Photo Disc for the seventh day in a row.
Additionally, the player receives a Sun Stone when completing part 2 of the Special Research "A Ripple in Time".
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
In Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, the player gets three Sun Stone symbols in order to evolve a Gloom into Bellossom.
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| Sprite from Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire |
In the anime
Ash obtained a Sun Stone as a prize for winning the Bug-Catching Contest in The Bug Stops Here. He later used it to evolve a wild Sunkern in Moving Pictures.
A Sun Stone, along with a Leaf Stone, appeared in Whichever Way the Wind Blows during an explanation of the branch in Gloom's evolutionary line.
Mystery on a Deserted Island! featured the Sun Stone along with all of the other Evolution stones available as of Generation V.
A full set of Evolution stones was seen on display in a stone shop in Geosenge Town in The Cave of Trials!. In addition, a Trainer used a Sun Stone purchased from the shop to evolve his Helioptile into Heliolisk. Clemont then revealed he had also once used a Sun Stone to evolve his own Helioptile into Heliolisk.
Pokédex entries
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The Sun Stone that Ash won in The Bug Stops Here
A Trainer with a Sun Stone in The Cave of Trials!
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Gold, Silver & Crystal arc
In The Last Battle VI, Gold's Sunkern, Sunbo, evolved into a Sunflora due to the harsh sunlight made by her usage of Sunny Day reflecting off the rocks near Ilex Forest and replicating the Sun Stone's effects.
Ruby & Sapphire arc
In Ring Ring Goes Beldum, Steven found a Sun Stone while he and Ruby escaped from a group of wild Mawile in Granite Cave.
Trivia
In other languages
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