Leaf Stones are a Pokemon item that have existed in the first generation. Despite how long it has existed, it is only usable by six out of 898 Pokemon. As its name describes, most of the Pokemon it evolves are Grass-type.
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Depending on what game is played, Leaf Stones can be found or brought. Luckily for Sword and Shield players, Leaf Stones can be found in abundance. As for the Pokemon it evolves though, that can be more of a challenge. With its open-world inspired gameplay, certain Pokemon can be a little harder to find. This is especially true considering only six out of 898 Pokemon can use a Leaf Stone!
Updated on July 22, 2021, by Allison Stalberg: Completing the Pokedex requires evolving a lot of Pokemon. Most are completed by simply leveling up. If one keeps leveling and does not yet evolve though, that means it may require something more like an evolution stone. Grass types actually have the most Pokemon evolved through evolution stones, and it’s a total of 11. However, that is not just through the Leaf Stone. They can also evolve with the Sun Stone, Water Stone, and Shiny Stone. With that in mind, it can be quite hard to determine which Grass-types actually use a Leaf Stone.
6 Eevee To Leafeon
From generation four through seven, Eevee could evolve into a Leafeon when near a Mossy Rock. In Sword and Shield though, that has changed. Players no longer need to find a Mossy Rock and instead can just use a Leaf Stone. This makes Eevee the single Pokemon that uses a Leaf Stone that is not a Grass-type. However, it does evolve into one!
Leafeon Pokedex Information
Type: Grass
Generation Introduced: Diamond and Pearl
Base Stats: Strongest in Attack and Defense. Weakest in Special Attack and Special Defense.
Interesting Fact: Is tied with Umbreon for having the lowest Special Attack stat of all Eevee evolutions.
How To Catch Eevee
Eevees are always highly desired. After all, they have many evolutions. To get an Eevee in Sword and Shield, players must hang out in Route 4. Luckily, it is not time or weather-dependent. However, its spawn rate is a little low so players will need to be patient. While players are at it, they may as well catch multiple Eevees to evolve differently (especially if they are working on their Pokedex entries).
5 Gloom To Vileplume
Gloom is the one of the Pokemon to ever use the Leaf Stone to evolve, since it was introduced in the first generation. Be sure to not use a Sun Stone on it, as that will evolve Gloom into a Bellossom instead of a Vileplume.
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Vileplum Pokedex Information
Type: Grass/Poison
Generation Introduced: Red, Green, and Blue.
Base Stats: Strongest in Special Attack. Weakest in Speed.
Interesting Fact: Like Bellsprout and Bellossom, it has the category name of the Flower Pokemon.
How To Catch Oddish And Gloom
Oddish can be found in many places. For the highest spawn rate though, the best idea is to hunt in the Dappled Grove during normal weather. Oddish will appear overworld there, so do not waste time in the tall grass. It will evolve to a Gloom at level 21.
Gloom can also be caught at a number of different locations. For the highest spawn rate, players should hunt for Gloom at Axew's Eye while the weather is overcast. Players who do this will have to search the grass, as these Gloom to not spawn overworld. It is the location with the highest chance to see one at 40 percent. However, this will only be accessible late-game. For the earliest chance to get a Gloom, players can search North Lake Miloch. At that location, Gloom are most present during thunderstorms and can be seen overworld with a spawn rate of 30 percent.
4 Nuzleaf To Shiftry
Next is Nuzleaf, the part Grass and park Dark-type Pokemon. It evolves from a Seedot at the low level of 14, but can also be caught in numerous locations in Sword. It is very important to know that this is a Pokemon that is only available in Sword, and not Shield. That includes Seedot and its evolution. So Shield players will have to get this Pokemon through a trade.
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Shiftry Pokedex Information
Type: Grass/Dark
Generation Introduced: Sapphire and Ruby
Base Stats: Strongest in Attack and Special Attack. Weakest in Defense and Special Defense.
Interesting Fact: It was made as a counterpart to Ludicolo, and they were version exclusive in their generation.
How To Catch Seedot And Nuzleaf
Remember that this whole evolution line is Sword exclusive. Seedot can be caught at West Lake Axewell during overcast weather. That is the place with the highest spawn rate at 60 percent. The Seedots will be between levels eight and 14.
The location with the highest spawn rate for Nuzleaf is the Giant's Seat when the weather is rainy. In rainy weather, it has a 60 percent spawn rate there. They also can appear there when it is sunny but their spawn rate lowers to just 25 percent. To get one as early in the game as possible, Nuzleaf can be found in the Rolling Fields between levels seven and nine. Their spawn rate there is 40 percent but they are not seen overworld and can be found randomly in the tall grass. This is also only during rainy weather.
3 Exeggcute To Alolan Exeggcutor
First of all, players should know that there is no way to evolve an Exeggcute to an Alolan Exeggcutor. The only way to get one is not through evolution but to find 75 Digletts in the Isle of Armor and talking to the trainer by the bridge in the Fields of Honor.
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Alolan Exegguctor Pokedex Information
Type: Grass/Dragon
Generation Introduced: Sun and Moon
Base Stats: Strongest in Special Attack. Weakest in Speed.
Interesting Fact: It being part Dragon-type may be a reference to the Dracaena genus of trees.
How To Catch Exeggcute
Like Gloom, Exeggcute is also one of the first Pokemon to use a Leaf Stone from the first generation. Unless it's in a Sun or Moon game, it will evolve into a regular Exeggcutor with a Leaf Stone. Unfortunately for Sword and Shield players, all the spawn rates for Exeggcute in the game are rather small and is always at 16 percent. They can appear overworld at the Workout Sea and the Stepping-Stone Sea.
2 Weepinbell To Victreebel
Long with Gloom and Exeggcute, Weepinbell is the third first-generation Pokemon to use a Leaf Stone to evolve. The bad news for Sword and Shield players is that this Pokemon, along with its entire evolutionary line, are not available in the Galar region. On top of that, they cannot be brought over using Pokemon Home. They are just one of those Pokemon that were cut from the game and never were reintroduced with the two expansions.
Victreebel Pokedex Information
Type: Grass/Poison
Generation Introduced: Red, Green, and Blue
Base Stats: Strongest in Attack and Special Attack. Weakest in Defense and Special Defense.
Interesting Fact: Its name is a combination of victory and bell, but the bell has only one L because the number of characters allowed for a Pokemon name in the first generation was only 10.
How To Catch Bellsprout And Weepinbell
It is impossible to catch, as these Pokemon do not exist in Galar or its Pokedex.
1 Pansage To Simisage
Pansage can evolve with a Leaf Stone into Simisage. The other monkeys that are Fire-type and Water-type, Pansear and Panpour, also use a Fire Stone and Water Stone to evolve. Back in the Black and White games, the player would get a free elemental monkey based on what starter they picked in order to balance their team better.
Simisage Pokedex Information
Type: Grass
Generation Introduced: Black and White
Base Stats: Strongest in Attack, Special Attack, and Speed. Weakest in Defense and Special Defense.
Interesting Fact: Apparently, the leaf on its head tastes bitter.
How To Catch Pansage
The fate of Pansage and all the other elemental monkeys from the Black and White generation are the same was Weepinbell's evolutionary line. They are not in the Sword and Shield games and they cannot be brought over using Pokemon Home.
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