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Pokémon Ruby Version, Sapphire Version, and Emerald Version - Evolution

→ Pokémon Ruby Version, Sapphire Version, and Emerald Version - Evolution

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Some Pokémon can evolve:

  1. At the end of any battle (except battles the player lost) in which the Pokémon levels up or after a Rare Candy is used on it and takes effect;
  2. When a certain item is used on it; or
  3. When the Pokémon is traded to another game.

Those are the three basic ways that Pokémon can evolve. Here is a more detailed list.

  • Case 1 (The Pokémon levels up). The evolution can be canceled by pressing B while the Pokémon evolves.
    • The Pokémon is at or above a certain level (most Pokémon)
      • And Attack is greater than Defense (Hitmonlee), or Attack is less than Defense (Hitmonchan), or Attack is equal to Defense (Hitmontop).
    • The Pokémon’s friendship is 220 or more (example: Chansey)
      • And it’s day (Espeon), or night (Umbreon). Day is from 12:00 p.m. through 11:59 p.m.], and night is from 12:00 a.m. through 11:59 a.m. (No effect in Pokémon FireRed or LeafGreen.)
    • The Pokémon’s Beauty is at or higher than a certain amount (Feebas)
  • Case 2 (The Pokémon is traded). The evolution can’t be canceled.
    • The Pokémon is traded to another game (example: Machoke).
    • The Pokémon is traded to another game while holding a certain item (example: Scizor). If the Pokémon evolves this way, that item is removed from it.
  • Case 3 (A certain item is used on the Pokémon). An example is Pikachu. The evolution can’t be canceled.

Special notes:

  • Shedinja: Shedinja will appear in the player’s party when Nincada evolves into Ninjask, if the player has a free space in the party. The Shedinja will essentially be a clone of the evolved Ninjask, except that it’s a Shedinja named "SHEDINJA" rather than a Ninjask; has no ribbons, items, or markings; and isn’t poisoned, burned, paralyzed, frozen, or asleep. Therefore, among other things, Shedinja has the same Individual Values, Base Stats (EVs), Exp. Points, personality ID, moves, 32-bit Trainer ID, OT name, and so on of the evolved Ninjask, and appears in the same Ball as the Ninjask, but its stats are calculated according to Shedinja’s race values. (Shedinja is created after Ninjask tries to learn any moves it would have upon evolution. A Poké Ball is not necessary for Shedinja to appear.)
  • Silcoon/Cascoon: For a given Wurmple, if the remainder of the personality ID’s high 16 bits divided by 10 is less than 5, it will evolve into Silcoon; otherwise, it will evolve into Cascoon.
  • Day-Care: A Pokémon placed in the Day-Care won’t evolve, even if it gains enough Exp. Points for its level to go up.
  • Everstone: A Pokémon holding Everstone won’t evolve, even if it evolves using an item and the player uses that item on it.
  • Double Evolution: A Pokémon gets only one opportunity to evolve when it levels up, even if it meets one or more conditions to evolve. For example, if a Zubat with a very high friendship reaches level 22, it evolves into Golbat, but not into Crobat afterward. It must wait until the next time it levels up to evolve into Crobat.
  • Name Change: When a Pokémon evolves, if its nickname is the same as its old species’s name in the language of the game where the Pokémon evolves, then the Pokémon’s nickname changes to the name of the new species in that language. (Full-width characters are distinct from half-width characters. Pokémon names are in upper-case letters in games before Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version, so upper-case letters are distinct from lower-case letters.) No other case can make a Pokémon’s name change upon evolution.
  • Golbat/Chansey: In Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version, if the player doesn’t have the National Pokédex and Golbat and Chansey would try to evolve, instead it stops evolving.