For Fire, Water, Leaf and Thunder Stones in the original Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal, visit Bill’s grandfather on Route 25. Crystal also has phone gifts from four Johto trainers. Moon Stones and Sun Stones use different routes, so check the item you need before travelling.
This guide covers the original Generation II games, not HeartGold, SoulSilver or ROM hacks. King’s Rock is a held trade item, while Everstone prevents certain evolutions; neither belongs in the six-stone use-on-a-Pokémon table.
Can you buy the stones in Goldenrod or Celadon?
No: the regular department-store inventories in Goldenrod and Celadon do not sell the six evolution stones in the original Gold, Silver or Crystal. The Gold/Silver shop lists and Crystal shop lists contain none of them. Use the stone-specific routes below; a shopping guide for a different edition will send you to the wrong counter.
Bill’s grandfather: bring these Pokémon in order
He lives in Bill’s house on Route 25 in Kanto. Bring the requested Pokémon in your party. You show it to him; you are not trading that Pokémon away.
| Order | Show him | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lickitung | Everstone |
| 2 | Oddish | Leaf Stone |
| 3 | Staryu | Water Stone |
| 4 | Growlithe in Gold/Crystal; Vulpix in Silver | Fire Stone |
| 5 | Pichu | Thunderstone |
You cannot jump straight to Pichu for a Thunderstone. Each reward is available once here. After receiving one, leave the house and return for the next request. Keep room in the Items pocket so he can hand over the reward.
Crystal only: stones from phone contacts
Defeat the trainer, speak again and register the phone number. A gift call tells you when a stone is ready to collect; winning the first battle does not guarantee an immediate stone.
| Stone | Trainer | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Fire Stone | Schoolboy Alan | 36 |
| Water Stone | Fisher Tully | 42 |
| Leaf Stone | Picnicker Gina | 34 |
| Thunderstone | Lass Dana | 38 |
Return to the trainer after the gift call. Keep a free item slot. These stone-gift phone events belong to Crystal; do not apply this method to Gold or Silver.
For the Fire Stone route specifically, see our Fire Stone guide.
Moon Stones: Tohjo Falls and Mt. Moon Square
- Tohjo Falls: a visible Moon Stone item ball is in the western part of the cave on Route 27. This pickup has no Monday-night requirement.
- Mt. Moon Square: visit on Monday night according to the game clock. Watch the Clefairy dance, use Rock Smash on the rock left behind and search its former spot for the hidden Moon Stone. Collect it before leaving that map; the hidden pickup is reset when you re-enter.
Sun Stone: win the Bug-Catching Contest
First place in the National Park’s Bug-Catching Contest awards a Sun Stone. Contest days are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Merely entering is not enough: the first-place prize is the condition to meet.
Which Pokémon evolve with each stone?
| Stone | Original Generation II evolutions |
|---|---|
| Fire | Vulpix → Ninetales; Growlithe → Arcanine; Eevee → Flareon |
| Water | Poliwhirl → Poliwrath; Shellder → Cloyster; Staryu → Starmie; Eevee → Vaporeon |
| Leaf | Gloom → Vileplume; Weepinbell → Victreebel; Exeggcute → Exeggutor |
| Thunder | Pikachu → Raichu; Eevee → Jolteon |
| Moon | Nidorina → Nidoqueen; Nidorino → Nidoking; Clefairy → Clefable; Jigglypuff → Wigglytuff |
| Sun | Gloom → Bellossom; Sunkern → Sunflora |
For Espeon or Umbreon in the original Pokémon Crystal, Eevee needs friendship and a level-up instead of an Evolution stone. Our Eevee evolution guide explains the time windows and how to check friendship.
King’s Rock and Everstone work differently
King’s Rock: give it to Slowpoke or Poliwhirl as a held item, then trade that Pokémon. The evolutions are Slowking and Politoed respectively. A man in Slowpoke Well B2F gives you a King’s Rock; leave room in your bag.
Everstone: it is not a stone you select to trigger an evolution. Holding one blocks level-up evolution. Bill’s grandfather gives one for showing Lickitung. In the original Pokémon Crystal, it also blocks trade evolution, including Kadabra’s. Remove it before trading for an evolution. If a Pokémon needs a held item to evolve, such as Onix with Metal Coat, use a regular trade with Crystal, Gold or Silver. Crystal’s trade-evolution routine skips held-item evolutions in the Time Capsule.
For training, our Exp. Share guide explains another useful held item. For legendary catches, continue with Entei and Raikou in Crystal.
