How to Get All of the Eevee Evolutions in Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver

Last Updated: November 25, 2022

This wikiHow teaches you how to get all Eevee Evolutions in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. Before you get started, make sure you have Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum, as well as a 2DS, DSi, or 3DS console. You should also have already made it to Celadon City in Kanto.

Things You Should Know

Get Eevees by talking to Bill in Ecruteak City, visiting the Celadon City Game Corner, or earning coins to purchase Eevee.
Save the game before you use stones to evolve to a Flareon, Vaporeon, or Jolteon in case you don’t like the new character.
Get high friendship levels to evolve to an Espeon or Umbreon. Trade Eevee to evolve to a Leafeon or Glaceon.

Part 1

Part 1 of 8:

Getting 7 Eevees

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Talk to Bill to get an Eevee. When you talk to Bill in Ecruteak City, he will go home to Goldenrod City, where you'll have to find him again. He'll give you an Eevee he can't look after. You can only get one Eevee this way.
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Go to the Celadon City Game Corner. The man in the little rune next to the Game Corner says will tell you that an Eevee is one of the prizes.

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Buy six Eevee. If you don't already have enough coins for 6 Eevee, you'll need to earn them first. This could take a while.
- You could also put an Eevee in the Pokémon Day Care (on Route 34) with a Ditto and then hatch the eggs they produce together. A quick way to do this is to bike back and forth from the daycare into the city. This can be boring, so watch television or listen to music. The daycare man will call you whenever an egg appears, and then the eggs will hatch.

Part 2

Part 2 of 8:

Evolving Eevee into a Flareon

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Find a Fire Stone. You can earn one as a prize for the bug-catching contest, get one from Bill's grandfather, or trade with a friend.^{[1]
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Save the game before you use the Fire Stone. This is very important in case you don't like your Flareon.
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Use the Fire Stone on Eevee.

Part 3

Part 3 of 8:

Evolving Eevee into a Vaporeon

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Find a Water Stone. You can get one from Bill's grandfather or by trading with a friend. You can also buy a Water Stone at the Pokeathlon Dome on Wednesdays.
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Save the game before you use the Water Stone. This is very important in case you don't like your Vaporeon.
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Use the Water Stone on Eevee.

Part 4

Part 4 of 8:

Evolving Eevee into a Jolteon

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Find a Thunder Stone. You can earn one as a prize for the bug-catching contest, get one from Bill's grandfather, win it from a trainer on Rt. 38, or trade with a friend. You can also buy a Thunder Stone at the Pokeathlon Dome on a Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday.^{[2]
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Save the game before you use the Thunder Stone. This is very important in case you don't like your Jolteon.
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Use the Thunder Stone on your Eevee.

Part 5

Part 5 of 8:

Evolving Eevee into an Espeon

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Get a high friendship with your Eevee. After having a full friendship meter and leveling during the day, Eevee will evolve into Espeon.
- You can achieve this by battling with your Eevee on the team (without it fainting), keeping your Eevee on the team, giving it berries and protein, as well as giving it haircuts and taking it to the National Park.
- You can get a general idea of your Eevee's happiness by talking to the woman in Goldenrod City. You can find her north of the Bike Shop and on the east side of town.^{[3]
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  Research source} If she says, "It looks really happy! It must love you a lot," your Eevee is ready to level and evolve.
- Only interact with your Eevee between 4:00 AM and 8:00 PM, as any time outside of that means your Eevee will evolve into an Umbreon.
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Level your Eevee between 4:00 AM and 8:00 PM. After your Eevee has a high friendship level, you will want to battle with your Eevee for it to level at least once.
- After leveling in the daytime (4:00 AM - 8:00 PM), Eevee will evolve into Espeon.

Part 6

Part 6 of 8:

Evolving Eevee into an Umbreon

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Get a high friendship with your Eevee. After having a full friendship meter and leveling during the night, Eevee will evolve into Umbreon.
- You can achieve this by battling with your Eevee on the team (without it fainting), keeping your Eevee on the team, giving it berries and protein, as well as giving it haircuts and taking it to the National Park.
- You can get a general idea of your Eevee's happiness by talking to the woman in Goldenrod City. You can find her north of the Bike Shop and on the east side of town.^{[4]
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  Research source} If she says, "It looks really happy! It must love you a lot," your Eevee is ready to level and evolve.
- Only interact with your Eevee between 8:00 PM and 4:00 AM, as any time outside of that means your Eevee will evolve into an Espeon.
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Level your Eevee between 8:00 PM and 4:00 AM. After your Eevee has a high friendship level, you will want to battle with your Eevee for it to level at least once.
- After leveling in the night time(8:00 PM - 4:00 AM), Eevee will evolve into Umbreon.

Part 7

Part 7 of 8:

Evolving Eevee into a Leafeon

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Trade an Eevee with your other game into Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum.
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Go to Eterna Forest in your Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum game. Somewhere in the forest, you'll find a mossy rock. Make sure your Eevee is out before you continue.
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Level up once in the grass around the mossy rock. With your Eevee out to battle, walk around the rock in the grass until you encounter a Pokémon to battle.
- Once your Eevee levels, it will evolve into a Leafeon.
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Trade your Leafeon back to your HeartGold/SoulSilver game.

Part 8

Part 8 of 8:

Evolving Eevee into a Glaceon

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Trade your last Eevee to Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum.
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Go to the snowstorm in Route 217 in the Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum game. This is next to Snowpoint City.
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Look for a rock covered in ice.
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Level it up once in the grass around the rock. With your Eevee out to battle, walk around the rock in the grass until you encounter a Pokémon to battle. Once your Eevee levels, it will evolve into a Glaceon.
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Trade your Glaceon back to your HeartGold/SoulSilver game.

Community Q&A

Question

Is there a way to raise happiness quickly?

Community Answer

Adding the soothe bell and doing any of the happiness-raising actions above (with the addition of walking with it) will raise the happiness more quickly.
Question

Do I have to keep buying more Eevees?

Community Answer

No. You can trade or breed an Eevee with a Ditto (or another Eevee) for the eggs you need.
Question

Is there an easier way to get Umbreon?

Community Answer

No. High friendship and leveling up at night are the only ways to get Umbreon.