Upgrade

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The Up-Grade (Japanese: アップグレード Up-Grade), formatted Upgrade in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, is a type of held item introduced in Generation II. It allows Porygon to evolve into Porygon2.

Up-Grade
アップグレード
Upgrade
Bag Up-Grade Sprite.png
Up-Grade
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
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Generation III Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation IV Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation V Bag Items pocket icon.png Items (Held items)
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Fling
Power 30

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
GSC
RSEFRLG
DPPtHGSS
BW
N/A $1050
B2W2 $40000 $1050
XYORAS N/A $1050
SM N/A $1,000

Effect

Held item

Causes Porygon to evolve into Porygon2 when traded while holding it. This consumes the Up-Grade.

Description

Games Description
GSC A mysterious box made by Silph Co.
RSE A peculiar box made by Silph Co.
FRLG A transparent device filled with all sorts of data. It is made by Silph Co.
ColoXD A peculiar box made by Silph Co.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
A transparent device filled with all sorts of data. It was produced by Silph Co.
XYORAS
SM
A transparent device somehow filled with all sorts of data. It was produced by Silph Co.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
GSC Silph Co.
FRLG Rocket Warehouse Trainer Tower (prize for defeating Single Mode)
DPPt Eterna City, Route 224Pt, Team Galactic Eterna BuildingPt
HGSS Silph Co.
PBR 9600 Poké Coupons
BW Route 15 Route 13 (treasure hunter)
B2W2 Pinwheel Forest, Striaton City Black City (Store 3), Join Avenue (Antique Shop)
XY Battle Maison (32 BP)
ORAS Battle Maison (32 BP)
PMC Balloon Popping (Lv. 1)
SM Aether House Battle Tree (32 BP)

In spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

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Reason: Cost in Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team

The Upgrade appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky.

Price

Games Cost Sell price
MDRB ???  1 
MDTDS 1000  1 

Effect

If the player offers both a Link Cable and Upgrade at Luminous Cave or Luminous Spring, Porygon can be evolved into Porygon2. This consumes the Link Cable and Upgrade.

If thrown, it will deal 1 damage (2 if sticky). Using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.

Description

Games Description
MDRB It enables a certain kind of Pokémon to evolve. Give it to the Pokémon when it's ready to evolve.
MDTDS A mysterious device filled with all sorts of data. It allows a certain kind of Pokémon to evolve.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
MDRB Wish Cave (Kecleon Shop: 88F, 93F)
MDTDS Treasure boxes, Job requests (★3-★9)
Happy Outlook (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F), Mt. Mistral (Kecleon Shop: 3F, 5F, 7F, 9F, 11F, 13F, 15F, 17F, 19F), Shimmer Hill (Kecleon Shop: 2F, 4F, 6F, 8F, 10F, 12F, 14F, 16F), Lost Wilderness (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F)

Appearance

   
Sprite from
Red Rescue Team and
Blue Rescue Team
Sprite from
Explorers of Time,
Darkness
, and Sky

Pokémon GO

File:GO Up-Grade.png
Up-Grade in Pokémon GO

The Up-Grade was added to Pokémon GO on February 16, 2017.

The Up-Grade is required to evolve certain Pokémon:

Level 10 and higher players can obtain the Up-Grade by searching PokéStops. While normally rare, from March 21, 2017 onward the player is always guaranteed to find an Evolution item when obtaining the bonus for searching a PokéStop for the seventh day in a row.

In the TCG

 
Triumphant Porygon2

An Up-Grade is featured in the artwork of the Triumphant Porygon2 card.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 升級資料 Sīngkāp Jīliuh
Mandarin 升級資料 Shēngjí Zī​liào *
升级数据 Shēngjí Shùjù *
  French Améliorator
  German Up-Grade
  Italian Upgrade
  Korean 업그레이드 Upgrade
  Spanish Mejora

External links


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