How to Get An Unova Stone in Pokemon GO

Wanting to amp up some of the Gen 5 members of your squad? You're going to need to know how to get an Unova Stone in Pokemon GO.

So you might be wanting to power up your Pokemon GO team in advance of taking down some particularly scary or onerous critters. Whether it’s raids you’re preparing for, or just wanting more of a fighting chance during special events, it makes sense to want to evolve some of the game’s Generation 5 Pokemon. For that, you’re going to need to know how to get an Unova Stone in Pokemon GO.

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How to Get An Unova Stone in Pokemon GO

So, you want an Unova Stone. Or maybe you’re one of the few who aren’t sure what one of these actually does? Well, we can help in either regard. You’re going to want an Unova Stone if you want to undertake the following evolutions.

All Unova Stone Evolutions in Pokemon Go

  • Pansage into Simisage
  • Panpour into Simipour
  • Pansear into Simisear
  • Lampent into Chandelure
  • Minccinno into Cinccino
  • Munna into Musharna
  • Eelektrik into Eelektross

Each of the above options will also require that you have 100 Poke Candy to get the evolution process going as well, so make sure that you have the necessary goodies when you go looking for an Unova Stone. 

Alright, now for the task of actually getting one of those stones. You have to get seven days worth of field research under your belt to get an Unova Stone. If you managed to net yourself a Sinnoh Stone, the process is basically the same. Go visiting your PokeStops and pick up research tasks to do, and keep doing them for a full week. Once you’ve gotten all those tasks ticked off, you’ll be able to earn a reward and there’s a chance for this reward to be an Unova Stone. Yup, that’s basically it – you have to hope that the reward you get for cracking through research tasks ends up being an Unova Stone.

Now that you have some information on how to get an Unova Stone in Pokemon GO, it’s really all about patience and luck! Hopefully, you’ve got the latter in spades. Now, if you need a hand with anything else in Pokemon GO, why not check out some other tips that we’ve got lying around here that could help you with some of the ongoing events?


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