Sun Stone

The Sun Stone (Japanese: たいようのいし Sun Stone) is a type of Evolution stone introduced in Generation II.

Sun Stone
たいようのいし
Sun Stone
Bag Sun Stone Sprite.png
Sun Stone
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation II
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Fling
Power 30

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
GSC
RSEFRLG
DPPtHGSS
WB2W2
XYORAS
BDSP
N/A $1,050
B $10000 $1050
SMUSUM
SwSh
N/A $1,500
LA
SV
N/A $750

In the Generation V games, the Sun Stone can be sold to an item maniac inside the Icirrus City Pokémon Center for $3000.

Effect

Manual activation

Can be used to evolve one of several Pokémon. This consumes the Sun Stone.

Description

Games Description
GSC Evolves certain kinds of Pokémon.
RSEColo.XD Makes certain species of Pokémon evolve.
FRLG A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is as red as the sun.
DPPt A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is as red as the sun.*
An odd stone needed for evolution. It is as red as the sun.*
HGSS
BWB2W2
A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is as red as the sun.
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwShBDSPLA
SV
A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It burns as red as the evening sun.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
GSC Bug-Catching Contest first prize
RSE Mossdeep Space Center Held by wild Solrock (5% chance)RE
FRLG Ruin Valley
DPPt Valor LakefrontPt, Mt. CoronetPt Underground
Held by wild Solrock (5% chance)
HGSS Route 13 (gift from Camper Tanner), Bug-Catching Contest first prize, Pokéathlon Dome (post-National Pokédex) (3000 Pts.)SuMoFr
Pickup (Lv. 31-100)
Held by wild Solrock (5% chance)
PW Volcano Path, Amity Meadow
BW Nimbasa City, Relic Castle Dust clouds
Pickup (Lv. 31-100)
Black CityB/White ForestW (Lena)
Held by wild Solrock (5% chance)
B2W2 Nimbasa City, Relic Castle, Giant Chasm, Pinwheel Forest Pickup (Lv. 31-100)
Join Avenue (Antique Shop)
Held by wild Solrock (5% chance)
Dust clouds (Chargestone Cave, Mistralton Cave, Clay Tunnel, Twist Mountain, Underground Ruins, Victory Road, Wellspring Cave, Seaside Cave, Giant Chasm)
Hidden Grottoes (Routes 6 and 13; Abundant Shrine)
Transfer from Dream Radar
DW* Rugged Mountain
PDR Dream Clouds (after catching Tornadus)
XY Route 13, Anistar City, Shalour City Pickup (Lv. 31-100)
Secret Super Training (Drag Down Hydreigon!), Route 18 (from Psychic Inver)
Held by wild Solrock (5% chance)
ORAS Mossdeep Space Center Pickup (Lv. 31-100)
Mauville City (Inverse Battle Stop), Secret Super Training (Drag Down Hydreigon!), Route 115 (rematch with Expert Timothy), Secret Base ("Pick up stones" with Secret Pal)
Held by wild Solrock (5% chance)OR
PMC* Balloon Popping (Lv. 2)
SMUSUM Blush Mountain, Haina DesertSUS Poké Pelago (Isle Aphun - Brilliant-Stone Hunting, Interesting-Item Hunting)
Pickup (Lv. 11-100)
SwSh Dusty Bowl Pickup (Lv. 11-100)
Bridge Field (Digging Duo)
Poké Job reward (Tiers V, VI, and IX)
Held by wild Solrock (5% chance)Sw
SwShIA Fields of Honor Hidden recurring item (Potbottom Desert)
SwShCT Hidden recurring item (Ballimere Lake)
BDSP Grand Underground
Held by wild SolrockBD (5% chance)
LA Jubilife Village (reward for completing Request 85: "At Home under the Eaves") Trading post (1,000 MP)
Ginkgo Guild cart (randomly sold by Ginter, as "Sunlike Rock")
Space-time distortions
SV Area Zero, East Province (Area Three), West Province (Area One)
Artazon (Sunflora Hide & Seek reward)
Porto Marinada auction
Sparkling overworld item (Asado Desert)
Pickup (Lv. 11-100)
SVTM Paradise Barrens
SVID Item Printer

Distribution

As a held item
Games Event Language/Region Distribution period
RS Evolution Stone Promotion Gloom United States August 30 to September 4, 2003

Gallery

Artwork

 
Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet

Sprites

     
Underground sprite from
Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Grand Underground sprite from
Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Bag sprite from
Legends: Arceus

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

The Sun Stone appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, and Gates to Infinity.

Price

Games Cost Sell price
MDRB 3000  1 
MDTDS 1000  1 
MDGtI ? 100 

Effect

Can be used to evolve one of several Pokémon by offering it at the Luminous CaveRB or Luminous SpringTDS or by using it in a dungeonGtI. This consumes the Sun Stone.

If thrown, it will deal 1RBTDS/2GtI damage (2 if sticky). In Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky, using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.

Description

Games Description
MDRB It enables certain kinds of Pokémon to evolve. Give it to the Pokémon when it's ready to evolve.
MDTDS An odd stone that glows with sunny warmth. It allows certain kinds of Pokémon to evolve.
MDGtI An odd stone that glows with sunny warmth. It helps certain kinds of Pokémon to evolve.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
MDRB Solar Cave (1-20F)
MDTDS Golden Chamber (Deluxe Box)
Treasure Boxes, Job requests (★3-★9)
Mystifying Forest (Kecleon Shop: 5F, 7F, 9F, 11F, 13F), Lake Afar (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F, B21F, B23F), Midnight Forest (Kecleon Shop: B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F, B21F, B23F)
MDGtI Treasure Boxes
Pokémon Paradise (Sunken Treasure, Beartic Slide, Prize Palace)
Skill Treasury, Treasure Trove

Appearance

       
Sprite from
Red Rescue Team and
Blue Rescue Team
Sprite from
Explorers of Time,
Darkness
, and Sky
Sprite from
Gates to Infinity
Model from
Gates to Infinity*

Pokémon Conquest

In Pokémon Conquest, Petilil and Cottonee evolve into Lilligant and Whimsicott, respectively, if their link is improved while their Warrior is equipped with a Sun Stone.

A Sun Stone can be purchased from the traveling merchant for 5000 gold, and sold for 2500-3250 gold.

Description

Games Description
Conq. Enables certain Pokémon to evolve.

Pokémon GO

 
Sun Stone in Pokémon GO

The Sun Stone is required to evolve certain Pokémon in Pokémon GO:

The Sun Stone was added to Pokémon GO on February 16, 2017.

Description

Games Description
GO A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It burns as red as the evening sun.

Acquisition

Starting at level 10, Sun Stones can be rarely obtained from

While normally rare, from March 21, 2017 onward, the player is guaranteed to find an Evolution item when obtaining the bonus for spinning a Photo Disc for the seventh day in a row.

Additionally, the player receives a Sun Stone when completing part 2 of the Special Research "A Ripple in Time".

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire

In Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, the player gets three Sun Stone symbols in order to evolve a Gloom into Bellossom.

Gallery

 
Sprite from
Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire

In the anime

 
A Sun Stone in the anime

Ash obtained a Sun Stone as a prize for winning the Bug-Catching Contest in The Bug Stops Here. He later used it to evolve a wild Sunkern in Moving Pictures.

A Sun Stone, along with a Leaf Stone, appeared in Whichever Way the Wind Blows during an explanation of the branch in Gloom's evolutionary line.

Mystery on a Deserted Island! featured the Sun Stone along with all of the other Evolution stones available as of Generation V.

A full set of Evolution stones was seen on display in a stone shop in Geosenge Town in The Cave of Trials!. In addition, a Trainer used a Sun Stone purchased from the shop to evolve his Helioptile into Heliolisk. Clemont then revealed he had also once used a Sun Stone to evolve his own Helioptile into Heliolisk.

Pokédex entries

Episode Subject Source Entry
EP187 Sun Stone Ash's Pokédex The Sun Stone enables evolution in several Pokémon, changing Gloom into Vileplume and changing Sunkern into Sunflora.

Gallery

In the manga

 
A Sun Stone in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In The Last Battle VI, Gold's Sunkern, Sunbo, evolved into a Sunflora due to the harsh sunlight made by her usage of Sunny Day reflecting off the rocks near Ilex Forest and replicating the Sun Stone's effects.

Ruby & Sapphire arc

In Ring Ring Goes Beldum, Steven found a Sun Stone while he and Ruby escaped from a group of wild Mawile in Granite Cave.

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 日之石 Yaht-jī Sehk *
Mandarin 日之石 Rì-zhī Shí *
太陽之石 Tàiyáng-zhī Shí *
  Danish Solsten
  Finnish Aurinkokivi
  French Pierresoleil*
Pierre Soleil*
  German Sonnenstein
  Indonesian Batu Mentari
  Italian Pietrasolare
  Korean 태양의돌 Taeyang-ui Dol
  Norwegian Solstein
  Polish Kamień Słońca*
Słoneczny Kamień*
Portuguese   Brazil Pedra Solar*
Pedra do Sol*
Rocha Solar*
  Portugal Pedra Sol
  Spanish Piedra Solar
  Swedish Solsten
  Thai หินพระอาทิตย์ Hin Phraathit
  Turkish Güneş Taşı
  Vietnamese Đá mặt trời



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