The Unova Stone is now an essential part of Pokémon GO. You must use this evolution item from Gen. 5 to evolve certain Pokémon like Pansear or Eelektrik. We show you all the information.
What is the Unova Stone? Weeks ago, dataminers had already found this evolution item in the code of Pokémon GO. With the arrival of Generation 5 on September 16, the stone is now officially in the game, and you can obtain it.
The Unova Stone is a black-and-white stone that will play an important role in the game.
Some evolutions in Pokémon GO require this stone as a prerequisite. This was also known from early evolution items like Up-Grade, Sun Stone, King’s Rock, Metal Coat, or Dragon Scale. The Sinnoh Stone is also used for evolving certain Pokémon.
These Pokémon from Generation 5 can now be found in Pokémon GO
Where can you find the Unova Stone?
What do you need to do? You can receive the new Unova Stone through research breakthroughs. The older stones can be found by spinning PokéStops, and you can get the Sinnoh Stone for completing Trainer battles.
You unlock a research breakthrough by completing field research for seven days and claiming the reward. Along with encounters with Pokémon, Stardust, candies, or other rewards, you may now randomly receive the Unova Stone here.
What are the chances of getting the Unova Stone? Trainers report on Reddit that there is no guarantee of receiving the stone from a research breakthrough. So you will also need some luck.
In September and October, you will receive these Pokémon as a research breakthrough:
Which Pokémon can evolve with the Unova Stone?
These Pokémon are eligible: In the official announcement, Niantic mentions only one Pokémon that can evolve with the new Unova Stone, Lampent. However, players have already discovered that the following Pokémon from Gen 5 also require the Unova Stone for evolution:
- Vegimak (English Pansage)
- Pansear (English Pansear)
- Sodamak (English Panpour)
- Lampent (English Lampent)
- Somniam (English Munna) Not yet in the game
- Picochilla (English Minccino) Not yet in the game
- Eelektrik (English Eelektrik) Not yet in the game
Some of the listed Pokémon are not yet in the game. Data mining of the game data revealed that these species will require the stone for evolution when they are released in the game.
To summarize, Trainer Ironheart786 created the following graphic:
Which of the new Gen 5 Pokémon will you evolve first with the stone?
