Pokémon GO Eevee Evolutions: How to Get All Eight

Eevee can evolve into eight different Pokémon in Pokémon GO, and none of them is left entirely to luck if you know the methods. Every evolution costs 25 Eevee Candy. A set of one-time nickname tricks guarantees each form once per account, and after those are spent there is still a reliable route to every Eeveelution: buddy walking for Espeon and Umbreon, special Lures for Leafeon and Glaceon, and buddy friendship for Sylveon. Only Vaporeon, Jolteon and Flareon stay random once their nicknames are used.

How does the Eevee name trick work, and what are the names?

Rename an Eevee to a specific nickname, check that the evolve button shows the silhouette of the form you want rather than a question mark, then evolve. Each nickname works once per Eeveelution per account — once only, ever — so the standard advice is to save them for a shiny or near-perfect Eevee rather than spending them on the first one you catch. The names are: Rainer for Vaporeon, Sparky for Jolteon, Pyro for Flareon, Sakura for Espeon, Tamao for Umbreon, Linnea for Leafeon, Rea for Glaceon and Kira for Sylveon. If the silhouette does not appear, do not evolve: restart the app, confirm the spelling is exact, and make sure you have not already used that name.

How do you get Vaporeon, Jolteon and Flareon after the name trick?

Honestly, you roll the dice. With the nicknames spent, evolving an ordinary Eevee gives one of the three original evolutions at random, with no way to steer it. The practical approach is volume: Eevee is a common spawn, so evolving in batches of three usually completes the set before long, and the spare results are perfectly usable — all three see play in budget raid and Gym teams. One caution: if an Eevee has walked 10 km as your buddy and is still set as your buddy, it will evolve into Espeon or Umbreon instead, which ruins a planned random evolution. Swap your buddy first if you want the dice roll.

How do you evolve Espeon and Umbreon reliably?

Set the Eevee as your buddy and walk at least 10 km with it, earning at least two Candy along the way. Then, keeping that same Eevee as your buddy, evolve it during the day for Espeon or during the night for Umbreon — day and night are whatever the in-game map shows, not your clock. The evolve button should display the correct silhouette before you commit. The classic mistake is removing Eevee as your buddy before evolving, which quietly cancels the method and throws you back to the random trio. GPS must be working when you evolve, as the game needs to know your local time of day.

How do Leafeon, Glaceon and Sylveon work?

Leafeon and Glaceon are tied to Lure Modules placed on a PokéStop. Stand within range of a stop with an active Mossy Lure Module and Eevee's evolve button will offer Leafeon; a Glacial Lure Module offers Glaceon instead. The Lure does not have to be yours — anyone's active Lure works for every Trainer in range — and the modules are sold in the shop and appear as research rewards, so community play areas often have one running already.

Sylveon is the friendship route. Earn 70 buddy hearts with an Eevee as your buddy, which takes it to Great Buddy level, and the evolve option for Sylveon appears. Feeding, playing, battling together and visiting new stops together each day gets you there in roughly a week of steady attention, faster with a Poffin. If Sylveon and the walking pair are both unlocked on the same Eevee, the evolve button lets you choose between the available silhouettes, so there is no conflict to worry about. As with the others, check for Sylveon's silhouette on the evolve button before spending your 25 Candy. Together with the eight nicknames, these methods mean a patient Trainer can field the complete set several times over — and Umbreon and Sylveon in particular repay the effort, as two of the most useful evolutions Eevee has. One last tip: Eevee appears constantly in events and as a research reward, so Candy is rarely the bottleneck. Patience with the methods, not Candy, is what completes the set.