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.
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.
These are two verified original-game routes. Celadon’s Rocket Hideout basement and the Cinnabar Pokémon Mansion are not the routes covered by the Gold/Silver/Crystal map scripts here.
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 |
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.
For training, our Exp. Share guide explains another useful held item. For legendary catches, continue with Entei and Raikou in Crystal.
Sources and limits
Checked on 16 October 2026 against pret’s community-reconstructed English original-game scripts at the linked revisions. This is source-code verification, not our own current gameplay test. The guide gives selected verified routes rather than every random or special gift.
- Bill’s grandfather in Crystal · Gold/Silver
- Crystal phone gifts: Route 38 · Route 36 · Route 34 · Route 42
- Tohjo Falls · Mt. Moon Square · Gold/Silver Mt. Moon
- Contest prize dispatch · King’s Rock gift · Evolution table
