Special evolution items (known by some as upgrade items) are found by spinning Pokéstops, preferably as frequently as possible. Some players report you have a higher chance of getting special items just by spinning the same Pokéstop several days in a row.
The special items in Pokémon Go should be familiar to anyone who played gen 2. The special items are as follows:
King’s Rock Dragon Scale Sun Stone Metal Coat Up-Grade
All you need to do is collect the required amount of candies as usual and get lucky with finding one of these new evolution items at a Pokestop…then you can evolve!
This little guide will tell you which special items you need to get for the new evolutions in PGO.
Special Item: King’s Rock
Slowpoke to Slowking
(Slowpoke usually evolves in Slowbro)
Poliwhirl to Politoad
(Poliwhirl usually evolves into Poliwrath)
Special Item: Dragon Scale
Seadra to Kingdra
(This is a direct evolve. Seadra is evolved from Horsea)
Special Item: Sun Stone
Gloom to Bellossom
(Gloom usually evolves into Vileplume)
Sunkern to Sunflora
(This is a direct evolution)
Special Item: Metal Coat
Scyther to Scizor
(In Gen 1, Scyther did not evolve into anything so this is a direct evolution)
Onix to Steelix
(As with Scyther, Onix did not evolve into anything in Gen 1. This is a direct evolution)
Special Item: Upgrade
Porygon to Porygon2
(Porygon is a man-made Pokémon made from programming code. The Up-Grade to Porygon2 is just further code)
Have you been lucky to find one of these rare items? We’d love to hear from you. Drop us a comment below!
[Individual Pokémon images from Bulbapedia]
