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Pokémon Go Unova Stone - how to get the Unova Stone for Chandelure and many more

Everything we currently know about the Unova Stone in Pokémon Go.

Pokémon Go's Unova Stone is an special evolution item that allows you to evolve Pokémon from Gen 5 just like the Sinnoh Stone.

Unlike the Sinnoh Stone, however, the Unova Stone won't be used to evolve Pokémon from previous generations. Instead, it will be used to complete many of those introduced in Gen 5.

The Unova Stone is one of many special evolution items in Pokémon Go, including the King's Rock for Slowking and Politoed, the Metal Coat for Steelix and Scizor, the Up-Grade for Porygon 2 and the Dragon Scale for Kingdra.

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Cover image for YouTube videoPokémon GO Trailer - The World expands with Pokémon From the Unova region!
Pokémon GO Trailer - The World expands with Pokémon From the Unova region!

How to get a Unova Stone in Pokémon Go

Thank you to Chrales for this image of the Unova Stone.

Thanks to Chrales from Twitter, we first learned of the Unova Stone through a leak and, from its description, we know that it can "make certain species of Pokémon evolve."

Similar to the Sinnoh Stone, it is possible (but not guaranteed) to receive a Unova Stone by:

It is possible more Unova Stone sources will be rolled out over time - Sinnoh Stone can also be found by defeating fellow trainers in PVP Trainer Battles, for example.

Until then, completing those seven day Field Research rewards is the way to source those Unova Stones.


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Which Pokémon can use Unova Stone in Pokémon Go?

Gen 5 has a range of Pokémon that have special conditions to their evolutions, including the use of Stones that aren't available in Pokémon Go, of which are replaced with the Unova Stone in Pokémon Go.

Here are the current available uses of a Unova Stone in Pokémon Go:

Pre-EvolutionEvolution Method
Pansage
...evolves into Simisage a Unova Stone and 100 Candy
Pansear
...evolves into Simisear a Unova Stone and 100 Candy
Panpour
...evolves into Simipour using a Unova Stone and 100 Candy
Minccino
...evolves into Cinccino using a Unova Stone and 50 Candy
Lampent
...evolves into Chandelure using a Unova Stone and 100 Candy
Munna
...evolves into Musharna using a Unova Stone and 50 Candy
Eelektrik
...evolves into Eelektross using a Unova Stone and 100 Candy

Other Stone-based evolutions - such as Gen 5's Cottonee and Petilil - have been confirmed to use a Sun Stone.