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The Moon Stone (Japanese: つきのいし Moon Stone) is a type of Evolution stone introduced in Generation I.

Contents

• 1 In the core series games
  • 1.1 Price
  • 1.2 Effect
  • 1.3 Description
  • 1.4 Acquisition
    • 1.4.1 Distribution
      • 1.4.1.1 As a held item
• 2 Gallery
  • 2.1 Artwork
  • 2.2 Sprites
• 3 In the spin-off games
  • 3.1 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
    • 3.1.1 Price
    • 3.1.2 Effect
    • 3.1.3 Description
    • 3.1.4 Acquisition
    • 3.1.5 Appearance
  • 3.2 Pokémon Conquest
    • 3.2.1 Description
  • 3.3 Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!
  • 3.4 Pokémon Pinball series
    • 3.4.1 Gallery
  • 3.5 Pokémon Sleep
    • 3.5.1 Price
    • 3.5.2 Effect
    • 3.5.3 Description
    • 3.5.4 Acquisition
• 4 In animation
  • 4.1 Pokémon the Series
    • 4.1.1 Pokémon the Series: The Beginning
    • 4.1.2 Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
    • 4.1.3 Pokémon the Series: Black & White
    • 4.1.4 Pokémon the Series: XY
    • 4.1.5 Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
    • 4.1.6 Pokémon Journeys: The Series
    • 4.1.7 Gallery
• 5 In the manga
  • 5.1 The Electric Tale of Pikachu
  • 5.2 Pokémon Adventures
    • 5.2.1 Red, Green & Blue arc
    • 5.2.2 Ruby & Sapphire arc
    • 5.2.3 FireRed & LeafGreen arc
    • 5.2.4 Black & White arc
    • 5.2.5 Gallery
  • 5.3 Pokémon Pocket Monsters
• 6 In the TCG
• 7 Merchandise
• 8 Trivia
• 9 In other languages
• 10 Related articles

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price RGBY/RBYGSC N/A $0 RSEFRLG N/A N/A DPPtHGSSWB2W2XYORASBDSP N/A $1,050 B $10000 $1050 SMUSUMPESwSh N/A $1,500 LASV N/A $750 ZA $3,000 $750

In the Generation V games, the Moon Stone can be sold to an item maniac inside the Icirrus City Pokémon Center for $3000.

Effect

Can be used to evolve one of several Pokémon. This consumes the Moon Stone. Starting in Generation IV, Pokémon that evolve using this stone have an increased catch rate when attempting to catch them with the Moon Ball. This also applies to their evolutionary relatives in Generation IV.

• Causes Nidorina to evolve into Nidoqueen
• Causes Nidorino to evolve into Nidoking
• Causes Clefairy to evolve into Clefable
• Causes Jigglypuff to evolve into Wigglytuff
• Causes Skitty to evolve into Delcatty
• Causes Munna to evolve into Musharna

Description

Games Description Stad A Stone used for making certain kinds of Pokémon evolve. GSC Evolves certain kinds of Pokémon. RSEColoXD Makes certain species of Pokémon evolve. FRLG A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is as black as the night sky. DPPt A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is as black as the night sky.*An odd stone needed for evolution. It is as black as the night sky.* HGSSBWB2W2 A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is as black as the night sky. XYORASSMUSUMPESwShBDSP A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is as black as the night sky. LASVZA A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is dark like the night sky.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods RGBYRBY Route 2, Mt. Moon (×2), Rocket Hideout, Pokémon Mansion GSC Tohjo Falls, Ruins of AlphCPurchased by the player's Mom Mt. Moon SquareMoNightHeld by wild Clefairy (2% chance) RSE Meteor Falls Held by wild Lunatone (5% chance)S FRLG Mt. Moon (×2), Rocket Hideout, Pokémon Mansion, Joyful Game Corner Held by wild Clefairy (5% chance) DPPt Eterna CityPt, Mt. CoronetPt UndergroundHeld by wild Lunatone, wild Clefairy, and wild Cleffa (5% chance each) HGSS Tohjo Falls, Ruins of AlphPurchased by the player's Mom Mt. Moon SquareMoNight, Bug-Catching Contest first prize (post-National Pokédex), Pokéathlon Dome (3000 Pts.)MoWePickup (Lv. 41-100)Held by wild Clefairy and wild Lunatone (5% chance each) PW Volcano Path, Night Sky's Edge, Amity Meadow BW Pinwheel Forest, Twist Mountain Dust cloudsPickup (Lv. 41-100)Black CityB/White ForestW (Rosa)Held by wild Clefairy, wild Clefable, and wild Lunatone (5% chance each) B2W2 Route 6, Giant Chasm Pickup (Lv. 41-100)Join Avenue (Antique Shop)Held by wild Clefairy, wild Clefable, and wild Lunatone (5% chance each)Dust clouds (Chargestone Cave, Mistralton Cave, Clay Tunnel, Twist Mountain, Underground Ruins, Victory Road, Wellspring Cave, Seaside Cave, Giant Chasm)Hidden Grottoes (Routes 6 and 13; Abundant Shrine)Transfer from Dream Radar DW* Rugged Mountain PDR Dream Clouds (after catching Tornadus) XY Reflection Cave, Terminus Cave Pickup (Lv. 41-100)Secret Super Training (Drag Down Hydreigon!), Route 18 (from Psychic Inver)Held by wild Lunatone (5% chance) ORAS Meteor Falls Pickup (Lv. 41-100)Mauville City (Inverse Battle Stop), Secret Super Training (Drag Down Hydreigon!), Jagged Pass (rematch with Expert Shelby), Secret Base ("Pick up stones" with Secret Pal)Held by wild Clefairy and wild LunatoneAS (5% chance each) PMC* Balloon Popping (Lv. 3) SMUSUM Route 13, Haina DesertMUM Poké Pelago (Isle Aphun - Brilliant-Stone Hunting, Interesting-Item Hunting)Pickup (Lv. 11-100)Held by wild Cleffa, wild Clefairy, and wild Jigglypuff (5% chance each) PE Hidden recurring item (Mt. Moon, Saffron City) SwSh Dusty Bowl Pickup (Lv. 11-100)Bridge Field (Digging Duo)Poké Job reward (Tiers V, VI, and IX)Held by wild Cleffa, wild Clefairy, wild Clefable, and wild LunatoneSh (5% chance each) SwShIA Hidden recurring item (Brawlers' Cave) SwShCT Tunnel to the Top Hidden recurring item (Tunnel to the Top) BDSP Grand UndergroundHeld by wild LunatoneSP, wild Clefairy, and wild Cleffa (5% chance each) LA Trading post (1,000 MP)Ginkgo Guild cart (randomly sold by Ginter, as "Moonlike Rock")Space-time distortionsSometimes found by Ursaluna SV South Province (Area Three), West Province (Area Two)Reward for registering 210 Pokémon in the Paldea Pokédex Porto Marinada auctionSparkling overworld item (Asado Desert)Pickup (Lv. 11-100) SVTM Mossfell Confluence Sparkling overworld item (Crystal Pool, Oni Mountain, Oni's Maw) SVID Item Printer ZA Bleu Plaza (appears after completing Side Mission 100: "Starmie on High") Stone Emporium

Distribution

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period SV November 2024 Nintendo newsletter items All November 18, 2024 to December 31, 2025

As a held item

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period SwSh Otsukimi Clefairy Japan September 3 to 30, 2022 BDSP Otsukimi Clefairy Japan September 3 to 30, 2022

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork fromGeneration I	Artwork fromScarlet and Violet	Artwork fromLegends: Z-A

Sprites

Underground sprites fromDiamond, Pearl, and Platinum	Grand Underground sprites fromBrilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl	Bag sprite fromLegends: Arceus

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

The Moon Stone appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team; Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky; and Gates to Infinity.

Price

Games Cost Sell price MDRB 3000 1 MDTDS 1000 1 MDGtI ? 100

Effect

Can be used to evolve one of several Pokémon by offering it at the Luminous CaveRB or Luminous SpringTDS or by using it in a dungeonGtI. This consumes the Moon Stone.

• Causes Nidorina to evolve into Nidoqueen
• Causes Nidorino to evolve into Nidoking
• Causes Clefairy to evolve into Clefable
• Causes Jigglypuff to evolve into Wigglytuff
• Causes Skitty to evolve into Delcatty
• Causes Munna to evolve into Musharna

If thrown, it will deal 1RBTDS/2GtI damage (2 if sticky). In Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky, using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.

Description

Games Description MDRB It enables certain kinds of Pokémon to evolve. Give it to the Pokémon when it's ready to evolve. MDTDS An odd stone that gleams like the moon in the evening sky. It allows certain kinds of Pokémon to evolve. MDGtI An odd stone that gleams like the moon in the evening sky. It helps certain kinds of Pokémon to evolve.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods MDRB Solar Cave (1-20F), Wish Cave (Kecleon Shop: 13, 26, 33, 41, 49, 59, 65, 71, 78, 83, 88, 93F) Unknown Dungeon (Mystery Dungeon) MDTDS Treasure Boxes, Job requests (★3-★9)Mystifying Forest (Kecleon Shop: 5F, 7F, 9F, 11F, 13F), Lake Afar (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F, B21F, B23F), Midnight Forest (Kecleon Shop: B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F, B21F, B23F) MDGtI Treasure BoxesPokémon Paradise (Sunken Treasure, Beartic Slide, Prize Palace)Skill Treasury, Treasure Trove

Appearance

Sprite fromRed Rescue Team andBlue Rescue Team	Sprite fromExplorers of Time,Darkness, and Sky	Sprite fromGates to Infinity	Model fromGates to Infinity*

Pokémon Conquest

In Pokémon Conquest, Jigglypuff and Munna evolve into Wigglytuff and Musharna, respectively, if their link is improved while their Warrior is equipped with a Moon Stone.

A Moon Stone can be purchased from the traveling merchant for 5000 gold, and sold for 2500-3250 gold.

Description

Games Description Conq. Enables certain Pokémon to evolve.

Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!

The Moon Stone card is available in Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!.

Moon Stone (GB2)

Pokémon Pinball series

In Pokémon Pinball and Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, the player gets three Moon Stone symbols in order to evolve any of the Pokémon below.

Evolves from	Evolves into	Pokémon Pinball	Pokémon Pinball:Ruby & Sapphire
Nidorina	Nidoqueen	✔	✘
Nidorino	Nidoking	✔	✘
Clefairy	Clefable	✔	✘
Jigglypuff	Wigglytuff	✔	✔
Skitty	Delcatty	✘	✔

Gallery

Sprite fromPinball	Counter fromPinball	Sprite fromPinball: Ruby & Sapphire

Pokémon Sleep

The Moon Stone is available in Pokémon Sleep.

Price

Games Cost Sell price Sleep 1,400 sleep points N/A

Effect

The Moon Stone is required to evolve certain Pokémon in Pokémon Sleep. It is consumed upon use.

• Clefairy requires 80 Clefairy Candy and a Moon Stone to evolve into Clefable.
• Jigglypuff requires 80 Jigglypuff Candy and a Moon Stone to evolve into Wigglytuff.
• Munna requires 80 Munna Candy and a Moon Stone to evolve into Musharna.

Description

Games Description Sleep A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is dark like the night sky.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods Sleep Achievement reward Sleep Point Exchange (Regular)

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: The Beginning

In Clefairy and the Moon Stone, a giant Moon Stone appeared deep within Mt. Moon, being worshipped by a group of Clefairy who lived there. It was soon stolen by Team Rocket, and ultimately ended up being blown up; the shards from the shattered giant Moon Stone rained down on the Clefairy and caused some of them to evolve into Clefable. In this episode, the characters speculated that the Moon Stone was how various Pokémon—Clefairy in particular—arrived in the Pokémon world.

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

A flashback in Delcatty Got Your Tongue revealed that Dr. Abby decided to study to become a Pokémon Doctor shortly after winning the title of Top Coordinator. Dr. Moss took her under his wing and taught her how to treat Pokémon, and in recognition of her efforts gave her a Moon Stone, which Abby used to evolve her Skitty, nicknamed Johnny, into Delcatty.

Another giant Moon Stone was seen at Mt. Moon in A Real Cleffa-Hanger.

Pokémon the Series: Black & White

In Mystery on a Deserted Island!, the Moon Stone was featured along with all of the other Evolution stones available as of Generation V.

Pokémon the Series: XY

A full set of Evolution stones was seen on display in a stone shop in Geosenge Town in The Cave of Trials!.

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

A Moon Stone appeared in a fantasy in A Dream Encounter!, where it was revealed that Lusamine had used one to evolve her Clefairy into Clefable.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Multiple Moon Stones appeared in Infinite Possibilities!, where a group of Clefairy used them in an Evolution ritual.

Gallery

• A giant Moon Stone
• Seymour inspecting a Moon Stone in Clefairy and the Moon Stone
• A Moon Stone in Mystery on a Deserted Island!

In the manga

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

In Clefairy Tale, Ash, Professor Oak, and Bill witnessed a Clefairy Evolution ceremony involving a large Moon Stone.

The focus of the chapter To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That Is the Question! was Evolution stones, including the Moon Stone.

Pokémon Adventures

Red, Green & Blue arc

A Moon Stone was first mentioned by Professor Oak in Gyarados Splashes In! as a rock with a crescent moon-shaped indentation that boosts a Pokémon's power immensely. In the next chapter, Team Rocket searched for one in Mt. Moon. However, it was Red who eventually found it. In The Winged Legends, Red used his Moon Stone to evolve Green's Clefairy into a Clefable in order to fight Thu-Fi-Zer during the Silph Co. showdown with Team Rocket.

Ruby & Sapphire arc

In Guile from Mawile, Ruby's Skitty, Kiki, evolved into a Delcatty due to being exposed to one of Steven's Moon Stones. Another one of Steven's Moon Stones was seen in Ring Ring Goes Beldum.

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

In Give It Your Best, Blastoise, during the battle against the Deoxys Duplicates, Green evolved her Jigglypuff, Jiggly, and her Nidorina, Nido, into Wigglytuff and Nidoqueen, respectively, using two Moon Stones.

Black & White arc

In Homecoming, it was revealed that Black's Munna, Musha, had evolved into a Musharna using a Moon Stone received from Caitlin.

Gallery

• A Moon Stone in the Ruby & Sapphire arc
• Two Moon Stones in the FireRed & LeafGreen arc

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

A Moon Stone appeared in Receive The Moon Stone!!, worn by Misty on a necklace. Red challenged her to a battle over it, but while his Clefairy succeeded in defeating her Blastoise, the Moon Stone was stolen by someone else in the meantime.

In the TCG

Main article: Moon Stone (Vending S1)

The Moon Stone was released as a Trainer card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the Japanese Original Era with Expansion Sheet 1. The card was only ever released in Japanese and has never been reprinted. It allows the player to add 1 Colorless Evolution card from their deck to their hand.

The following gallery is of cards holding, mentioning or featuring the Moon Stone.

• Clefairy (Secret Wonders 83/132)
• Clefable (HeartGold & SoulSilver 3/123)
• Wigglytuff (HeartGold & SoulSilver 56/123)
• Nidoking (Triumphant 6/102)
• Nidoqueen (Triumphant 28/102)

Merchandise

The Moon Stone has been featured along with the other Evolution stones in the merchandise collection of the same name.

• Evolution Stone replicas
• Evolution Stone Clefairy plush keychain
• Evolution Stone message cards
• Evolution Stone embroidery
• Evolution Stone Sleeves

Trivia

• Through a glitch in the Generation I games, Pokémon that would normally require an Evolution stone to evolve can be evolved without it, provided that the Pokémon levels up in the battle and the player has sent out a specific Pokémon in the same battle. In the case of the Moon Stone, this Pokémon is Exeggutor.
• The Moon Stone stands out from the other stones in some ways until Generation IV. It is the only stone that's:
  • been unsellable.
  • had the selling price of $0.
  • been unable to be obtained an unlimited amount of times per game.
• The Moon Stone shares its name with an actual gemstone.
• In the Chuang Yi translation of Pokémon Pocket Monsters, the Moon Stone is called "Moon Rock".
• The description of the Moon Stone in the games describes it as black, but most depictions of the stone (including those in the games themselves) portray it as gray.

  

• The Poké Lid #033 in Sanuki shows a Clefairy holding a Moon Stone.
• A Moon Stone is one of the icons on the Veilstone Game Corner slot machines.

In other languages

Language		Title
Arabic		حجر القمر hajar alqamar
Bulgarian		Лунният камък Lunniyat kamuk
Valencian		Pedra lunar
Chinese	Cantonese	月之石 Yuht jī Sehk
	Mandarin	月之石 Yuè zhī Shí *[specify]月亮石 Yuèliàng Shí *[specify]
Czech		Měsíční kámen
Danish		Moon Stone*Månesten
Dutch		Maansteen*Moon Stone
Finnish		Kuukivi
French	Canada	Pierre de lune
	Europe	Pierre Lune
German		Mondstein
Hebrew		אבן הירח Even Ha'Yarehakh
Hungarian		Holdkő
Italian		Pietralunare
Korean		달의돌 Dar-ui Dol
Norwegian		Moon Stone*Månestein
Polish		Kamień Księżycowy*Księżycowa Skała*
Portuguese	Brazil	Pedra da Lua
	Portugal	Pedra da Lua *Pedra Lua
Romanian		Piatra Lunii
Russian		Лунный камень Lunnyy kamen'
Serbian		Месечев камен Mesečev kamen
Spanish	Latin America	Piedra Lunar*Roca Lunar*
	Spain	Piedra Lunar
Swedish		MånstenMoon Stone*
Turkish		Ay Taşı
Ukrainian		Місячний Камінь Misyachniy Kamin'
Vietnamese		Đá mặt trăng

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