Discover the secrets to unlocking Eevee’s full potential in Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Whether you want a fiery Flareon or a mystical Espeon, this guide reveals every evolution path and the unique conditions to transform your Eevee into the perfect companion. Ready to evolve? Let’s dive in!
How to evolve Eevee into Jolteon
To evolve Eevee into Jolteon in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, you need to use a Thunder Stone on Eevee. Once you have the Thunder Stone, select it from your inventory and use it on Eevee during your adventure. This evolution method is simple and immediately transforms Eevee into the Electric-type Jolteon, known for its high speed and special attack abilities. Make sure to choose this evolution if you want a fast and electric powerhouse on your team.
Evolving Eevee into Jolteon requires a Thunder Stone. Like the other basic elemental stones, you can buy it for $3,000 at the Stone Emporium or find them around the city.
How to evolve Eevee into Flareon
To evolve Eevee into Flareon in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, you need to use a Fire Stone. First, make sure you have a Fire Stone in your inventory, which you can find or purchase in the game. Then, select Eevee from your party and use the Fire Stone on it. This will trigger the evolution, transforming Eevee into Flareon, a powerful Fire-type Pokémon perfect for battles requiring strong fire attacks.
Eevee evolves into Flareon using a Fire Stone. It costs $3,000 at the emporium, but can be found around the city like the other stones.
How to evolve Eevee into Espeon
To evolve Eevee into Espeon in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, make sure Eevee is your lead Pokémon during the day and has high friendship with you. Walk with Eevee, battle with it, and avoid fainting to increase its friendship level. Once the friendship is strong enough, level up Eevee during daytime to trigger the evolution into Espeon.
Eevee evolves into Espeon during the day when its friendship level is high enough. You’ll know Eevee likes you enough to evolve anyway when you see an arrow next to it in the party menu, the same as when a Pokémon that evolves by leveling up reaches the right level. Make sure your Eevee does not know Disarming Voice (or any other fairy-type move) when you evolve it, or else it’ll turn into a Sylveon instead.
You can raise Eevee’s friendship (or any Pokémon’s friendship) by leveling them up and bringing them around with you on your journeys. Giving them a Soothe Bell to hold will also speed up their gains. If your Eevee joins your visit to cafés and sits with you while you have a drink, it’ll gain a ton of friendship even faster.
There’s a friendship checker NPC on Autumnal Avenue at the Pokémon-Amie cafe (shown below), but she only shows up after clearing Side Mission 25, “Trubblesome Patrons.”
How to evolve Eevee into Umbreon
To evolve Eevee into Umbreon in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, you need to focus on building a strong bond with Eevee during nighttime. Spend time walking with Eevee in your party and increasing its friendship level by avoiding fainting, feeding it, and using it in battles. Once your friendship is high enough, level up Eevee at night to trigger the evolution into Umbreon. Make sure to evolve it only during the night hours to ensure success.
Eevee evolves into Umbreon at night when its friendship level is high enough. You can use the same methods listed above for Espeon, but just make sure to get rid of any fairy-type moves on it and evolve it at night.
How to evolve Eevee into Leafeon
To evolve Eevee into Leafeon in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, bring your Eevee to an area with strong natural energy, such as a lush forest or a location rich in greenery. Once there, use a Leaf Stone on your Eevee to trigger its evolution into Leafeon. Unlike older games that required mossy rocks, the evolution process in this version focuses on environmental energy and item use, making it easier to evolve your Eevee wherever you find suitable resources.
Use the Leaf Stone to turn Eevee into Leafeon. These also show up on rooftops in a few locations, though similarly to the other evolution stones mentioned, you can just buy one from the Stone Emporium for $3,000.
How to evolve Eevee into Glaceon
To evolve Eevee into Glaceon in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, head to a snowy area where the environment is icy and cold. Make sure you have Eevee in your party, then level it up near an Ice Rock – a special glowing rock found in cold regions. Once Eevee levels up beside this Ice Rock, it will evolve into Glaceon, gaining strong Ice-type abilities perfect for battles in freezing conditions.
Getting Glaceon requires you to use an Ice Stone on Eevee, which sounds straightforward like the other methods – but there’s a catch. You won’t be able to buy it from the Stone Emporium (for $3,000) until the post-game. That being said, you can find them in the locations below, with the star symbol indicating where the Poké Ball is:
How to evolve Eevee into Sylveon
To evolve Eevee into Sylveon in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, you need to build a strong affectionate bond with Eevee through battles or using items like Poké Puffs. Additionally, make sure Eevee knows a Fairy-type move before evolving. Once the friendship level is high enough and the conditions are met, Eevee will evolve into Sylveon when it levels up.
Eevee evolves into Sylveon when its friendship level is high enough and it knows a fairy-type move. Eevee should learn Disarming Voice, a fairy-type move, at level 15, which seems to be about the level Eevee spawns at when it appears. You may need to reteach it the move if it doesn’t already know it.
Best method to get all Evolution Stones early in Legends Z-A
The best method to get all Evolution Stones early in Pokémon Legends: Z-A is to go to the Stone Emporium on Vernal Avenue in Lumiose City. At this store, you can buy key Evolution Stones like Fire, Water, Thunder, and Leaf Stones early in the game as long as you have enough money (around 3,000 currency each). Using fast travel to sector one to get there quickly is recommended. The Stone Emporium also sells some fossils and Mega Stones.
Additionally, many Evolution Stones can be found as hidden items scattered around Lumiose City by interacting with red Poké Ball item icons, which do not respawn when collected.
Post-main story, the Stone Emporium unlocks more types of Evolution Stones (Moon, Sun, Dusk, Dawn, Shiny, and Ice Stones), but you can still access the early ones from the start. Trading with friends who hold spare Evolution Stones is another option.
In summary, to get Evolution Stones early:
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Visit the Stone Emporium on Vernal Avenue to purchase key stones.
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Search the city for hidden Evolution Stone items.
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Use fast travel and money farming to acquire stones quickly.
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Consider trading with friends to quickly obtain extras.
This approach offers the fastest and most efficient route to collecting all Evolution Stones early in the game.youtube+1
Best early-game vendors and their stock rotation locations
The best early-game vendors in Pokémon Legends: Z-A are mostly found in key locations around Lumiose City and the Vernal Avenue area. Notably:
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The Stone Emporium on Vernal Avenue is the main early-game vendor for Evolution Stones, including Fire, Water, Thunder, and Leaf Stones. Its stock refreshes regularly but largely includes essential stones right at the start.
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Food trucks and cafés around the city offer items like Roserade Tea to boost friendship, a small stock of useful consumables, and sometimes specialty items. Their stock rotation occurs as you progress and revisit different vendors.
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Various scattered “hidden” merchants or vendors appear at set times or places around Lumiose City sectors, particularly near transportation hubs and shopping districts. These can include general goods, crafting materials, and evolution-related items.
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Some vendors rotate their stock depending on game progress, especially after major story events. Returning to these vendors often can reveal new items, including rarer evolution stones and berries.
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Fast travel in Lumiose City makes it easier to check vendors regularly for stock refreshes.
In summary, for early-game vendors and their rotating stock locations, focus on:
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Stone Emporium (Vernal Avenue) for key evolution stones.
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Food trucks and cafés for consumables and friendship-boosting items.
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Check different sectors of Lumiose City for wandering or hidden vendors with changing inventories.
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Use fast travel to revisit vendors as their stock updates over time.
This approach provides efficient access to and rotation of vendor goods throughout early and mid-game progression.youtube
