If you want to evolve your Pikachu into a Raichu or your Eevee into a Jolteon in Pokémon Sword and Shield, you’re going to have to track down some Thunder Stones. These have been a part of Pokémon games since Gen I, but where can they be found in Gen VIII?
The Wild Area is your best bet to find some Thunder Stones with there being three different opportunities to pick one up with one of the methods regularly giving you new ones, though you will need to have made some story progress.
The first Pokémon Sword and Shield Thunder Stone you can find will be available almost immediately after entering your first Wild Area.
Here’s the location for the most immediately accessible Thunder Stone in Pokémon Sword and Shield.
Head northeast until you see a small hill, then walk along its ridge until you see the Thunder Stone as an item just sitting there.
The other method needs you to have had made significant story progress before you can even access it. Right in the northwest point of the Wild Area, there’s a small island featuring loads of rocks in a formation, the game’s likely nod to Stonehenge.
Behind each of these rocks, you can find a different evolution stone, one of them being a Thunder Stone.
The good thing about these evolution stones is that they will sporadically regenerate, so you have plenty of opportunities to farm up some evolved Electric-type Pokémon.
The only nuisance is that you will have had to have upgraded your Rotom Bike to travel on water before you can access the island.
The third possible location for the Pokémon Sword and Shield Thunder Stone isn’t confirmed as we haven’t earned any from them just yet, but it does offer a lot of other stones so there seems to be a chance.
Near the nursery in the Wild Area, you can find the Digging Duo. These two explorers will dig into the ground for 500 watts and bring up rare items, such as evolution stones.
This is all random chance, but you can find watts pretty regularly in the wells dotted around the Wild Area.
Here all the different evolutions from using the Thunder Stone in Sword and Shield:
Pikachu -> Raichu
Eevee -> Jolteon
Charjabug -> Vikavolt
Pokémon Sword and Shield are out now on Nintendo Switch.
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