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Pokemon Sword & Shield: How to Get All Evolution Stones (Farming)

How to Get All Evolution Stones (Farming)

Evolution stones have always been an incredibly sought after item in the Pokemon series. These magical stones grant the ability to evolve your Pokemon into their more powerful forms, making them even more formidable in battle. When it comes to evolution stones, things remain the same in Pokemon Sword and Shield. Evolution stones are still incredibly important for evolving certain Pokemon, but they’re not something you can just buy with your battle winnings.

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Fortunately, there is a way to get all evolution stones easily, and that allows you to continuously farm them, as well.

Simply put, it involves heading to the Lake of Outrage and picking up glimmering items off the floor. We’ve broken down the steps in extensive detail (screenshots included!) down below.

Time needed: 1 hour

Farming All Evolution Stones in Pokemon Sword & Shield

  1. Use Fly Taxi to go to Hammerlocke Hills

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  2. Hop on your Rotom Bike and go right until you reach a small lake

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  3. Cross the Lake with Your Water Rotom Bike

    Check our guide on how to get the water upgrade for your bike.

  4. Head Up the Hill Until You See These Rocks

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  5. Behind each rock you’ll see a glimmer. Press A to pick them up.

    There are eight rocks, and a glimmer behind each one. You’ll get eight random evolution stones out of the 10 in the game.

  6. Return roughly 24 hours later to get another eight random evolution stones.

All Evolution Stones in Pokemon Sword & Shield

As noted above, there are 10 evolution stones in Pokemon Sword and Shield. These are as follows:

  • Dawn Stone
  • Dusk Stone
  • Thunder Stone
  • Water Stone
  • Ice Stone
  • Shiny Stone
  • Fire Stone
  • Leaf Stone
  • Moon Stone
  • Sun Stone

All Stone-Based Evolutions in Pokemon Sword & Shield

Down below, we’ve listed all Pokemon in Sword and Shield that require you to use one of the above stones right below the one they require. It’s worth noting that once you use an evolution stone on a Pokemon, they’ll stop learning moves from leveling up. They can still learn moves from TMs and TRs, but that’ll be it.

Thunder Stone

Moon Stone

  • Clefairy

Sun Stone

Fire Stone

  • Eevee
  • Growlithe
  • Vulpix

Ice Stone

  • Eevee
  • Galarian Darumaka

Leaf Stone

  • Eevee
  • Gloom
  • Nuzleaf

Water Stone

  • Eevee
  • Lombre

Dawn Stone

  • Kirlia
  • Snorunt

Dusk Stone

  • Lampent

Shiny Stone

There you have everything you need to know on how to get all evolution stones in Pokemon Sword and Shield. If you’re looking for more handy guides, head over to our wiki.

About the author

Chris Jecks

Chris is the Managing Editor of Twinfinite. Chris has been with the site and covering the games media industry for eight years. He typically covers new releases, FIFA, Fortnite and any good shooters for the site, and loves nothing more than a good Pro Clubs session with the lads. Chris has a History degree from the University of Central Lancashire. He spends his days eagerly awaiting the release of BioShock 4.

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