Pokémon GO Eevee Evolution Guide

Looking to evolve Eevee in Pokémon GO? This ultimate guide explains how to evolve Eevee into all eight forms: Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, Glaceon, and Sylveon.

We cover every method, including nicknames, lure modules, Buddy tasks, and time of day requirements. Whether you’re hunting for your first Sylveon or trying to complete your Shiny Eeveelution set, this guide has everything you need.

TLDR: How to Evolve Eevee in Pokémon GO

• Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon – Evolve with 25 Candy (random result)
• Espeon/Umbreon – Walk 10 km as Buddy, evolve day/night
• Leafeon/Glaceon – Use Mossy or Glacial Lure
• Sylveon – Earn 70 Hearts as Buddy
• Name Trick – Works once per evolution (see nickname table)

Eevee Community Day Classic (July 2025) Note

During Eevee Community Day Classic these methods will be adjusted from Saturday, July 5 at 2:00 p.m local time until Saturday, July 12, 2025, at 10:00 p.m. local time:

• Evolve Eevee into Espeon after exploring 1 km with Eevee as your buddy.
• Evolve Eevee into Umbreon after exploring 1 km with Eevee as your buddy.
• Evolve Eevee into Sylveon after earning seven hearts with Eevee as your buddy.

How to Evolve Every Eevee Form in Pokémon GO

Here’s a quick overview on how to evolve all Eevee Forms in Pokémon GO. In order to get all Eevee forms, you will have to target each evolution separately and do some preplanning. Each form has also a corresponding naming trick you can use, and those are available as a separate table below.

How to evolve all Eevee Forms in Pokémon GO

Evolution	Requirements
Vaporeon	Random evolution
Jolteon	Random evolution
Flareon	Random evolution
Espeon	Walk 10 km as Buddy Evolve during the day (keep as Buddy)
Umbreon	Walk 10 km as Buddy Evolve during the night (keep as Buddy)
Leafeon	Evolve under a Mossy Lure
Glaceon	Evolve under a Glacial Lure
Sylveon	Earning 70 Hearts with Eevee as your Buddy

Eevee Nickname Trick for Guaranteed Evolutions

Similar to the anime and main series games, there is a special method in Pokémon GO to evolve Eevee into any desired evolution form, also called Eevolution as a blending of Pokémon’s name and the word evolution.

The trick is accomplished by giving Eevee a specific nickname before evolving it. This guide contains a list of all Eevee evolution names, and also a detailed overview on how to regularly evolve Eevee into a desired form.

• You can name your Eevee’s using the nicknames from the table below, spend 25 candy to evolve, and you have a guaranteed Eeveelution.
• This trick works only once per evolution, so be sure you are using it for a particularly good Eevee and their evolution counterpart.
• Once you’ve used the Eevee naming trick for a particular Eeveelution, you will have to evolve using regular in-game mechanisms, which are listed throughout this article.

Pokémon GO Eevee Evolution Names

Evolution	Nickname
Vaporeon	Rainer
Jolteon	Sparky
Flareon	Pyro
Espeon	Sakura
Umbreon	Tamao
Leafeon	Linnea
Glaceon	Rea
Sylveon	Kira

Note that the name trick can be used only once per each evolution, so it is highly recommended that you thoroughly plan before doing so. This applies to all available Eevolutions currently in the game.

How to evolve Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon in Pokémon GO

• Vaporeon
• Jolteon
• Flareon

Getting Vaporeon, Jolteon and Flareon is easy – these forms do not require any special conditions to obtain. However, they are random evolutions which can make them frustrating, especially if trying to evolve shiny forms. Each time when you evolve an Eevee from your Pokémon Storage, the game will check whether or not any other form can be evolved into, and if not, that Eevee will evolve into Vaporeon, Jolteon, or Flareon.

Evolving an Eevee will always produce either Vaporeon, Jolteon or Flareon at random if none of the evolution conditions for other Eevee forms have been met. It costs 25 Candy and it does not matter whether the naming trick has already been used or not.

You can also use the Eevee naming trick to get one of these Pokémon once per nickname.

How to evolve Espeon and Umbreon in Pokémon GO

• Espeon
• Umbreon

You can evolve Espeon and Umbreon by using the Eevee name trick (Sakura for Espeon, Tamao for Umbreon) or by walking 10 KMs with Eevee as your Buddy, and evolving it during a specific time of day. Espeon likes daylight, and Umbreon and likes night-time.

Use Day and Night to evolve Espeon and Umbreon

In order to get Espeon and Umbreon do the following steps with your Eevee:

1. Set the Eevee you wish to evolve as your Buddy
2. Walk at least 10 km with Eevee and earn 2 Eevee Candies with your Buddy
3. Evolve the Eevee while it’s your Buddy
4. Evolving an Eevee during day time will give you Espeon
5. Evolving an Eevee during night time will give you Umbreon

Eevee must be set as a Buddy before the evolution. After making sure all criteria are met, evolving during the day will get the trainer a Psychic type Espeon, while Dark type Umbreon will make its appearance at night time in the Pokémon GO app.

Since the day and night are determined by local time, GPS signal is also required otherwise the evolution will be random. None of the Pokémon that require a special item or task to evolve spawn in the wild, including both Espeon and Umbreon.

This evolution method can be used repeatedly, and it is the only way to obtain one of these Pokémon.

How to evolve Leafeon and Glaceon in Pokémon GO

• Leafeon
• Glaceon

You can get Leafeon and Glaceon by using the Eevee names method (Linnea for Leafeon, Rea for Glaceon), or by evolving your Eevee under a specific Lure:

Eevee	1× Mossy Lure	Leafeon
Eevee	1× Glacial Lure	Glaceon

• Evolve under a Mossy Lure to get Leafeon
• Evolve under a Glacial Lure to get Glaceon

How to evolve Sylveon in Pokémon GO

• Sylveon

You can get Sylveon by using 25 Candies and earning 70 Hearts when Eevee is your Buddy Pokémon. If you have enough Candy and Hearts acquired, a silhouette of Sylveon will show up and you will be able to evolve into Sylveon.

Eevee Evolution Summary & Best Practices

We hope you enjoyed our comprehensive guide to evolving Eevee in Pokémon GO, outlining methods for each specific evolution. Here’s a quick summary:

1. Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon are random evolutions, with no special conditions required. An Eevee will evolve into one of these forms if none of the conditions for other evolutions have been met. Each evolution costs 25 Candy.
2. Espeon and Umbreon can be obtained by walking 10km with Eevee as your Buddy and evolving it during the day (for Espeon) or night (for Umbreon). This is determined by local time, and GPS signal is required.
3. Leafeon and Glaceon are obtained by evolving your Eevee under a Mossy Lure (for Leafeon) and a Glacial Lure (for Glaceon).
4. Sylveon can be obtained by earning 70 Hearts with Eevee as your Buddy Pokémon and spending 25 Candy.
5. The naming trick, which involves giving Eevee a specific nickname before evolving it, can also be used. The specific 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. However, this trick can only be used once for each evolution.
6. If your evolution requirements have been met, you will see the button for the Eeveelution appear as an option on the Eevee, showing their silhouette.