Pokemon Go: How to evolve Eevee into Sylveon, + name trick

Sylveon in the Pokemon Anime

Sylveon is expected to be added to Pokemon Go with the second half of the Luminous Legends Y update, but how do you evolve Eevee into Sylveon in Pokemon Go, and does it have a name trick like the others?

Luckily, like the other Evolutions of Eevee, there is a “name trick” to this that can make things simpler. It only works one time, but it’ll get you a Sylveon for sure on that very first try.

About “Eeveelutions”

If you’ve looked at the Pokemon Screen for Eevee specifically in Pokemon Go, you’ve probably noticed that the evolution button simply shows a ? alongside a cost of 25 candy.

While the price of evolution is thankfully low on candy costs, if you’ve been trying to obtain an Eeveelution that isn’t Jolteon, Vaporeon, or Flareon at complete random, you’ve probably not had much luck.

And that’s because all of the other Eeveelutions present in the game have other requirements and can’t be obtained by random evolution like the first three can.

The Pokemon Eevee (How to evolve Eevee into Espeon Pokemon Go)
The Pokemon Eevee – the source of many evolution-related headaches with Pokemon Go.
Credit: Bulbapedia

How to Evolve Eevee into Sylveon in Pokemon Go

As usual, there are two ways with any Pokemon Go Eeveelution, and that includes Sylveon – you can either do it the fast way with a one-off name trick, or do it the normal way.

The fast way to get Sylveon – name trick

With those details established, let’s return to our main focus on the article, the name trick for Sylveon in Pokemon Go.

Simply rename your Eevee to “Kira” – doing so should update the predicted evolution shown in the evolve button to show Sylveon.

Be wary though trainers, this Eeveelution naming trick only works once – so either use it on an Eevee with strong stats for a good Sylveon or use it to fill out your Pokedex as a one-off way to do it quickly.

Pokemon Anime Sylveon
Credit: The Pokemon Company

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The main way to get Sylveon

The main way to evolve Eevee into Sylveon without using the name trick present in all versions of evolved Eevee is by getting hearts with Eevee as your buddy.

It’s expected that you’ll need to earn about 70 hearts with a buddy Eevee to be able to evolve it into a Sylveon – you can earn about 12 hearts a day at maximum, though somewhere between 6 to 8 is much more the average value.

That means setting Eevee as your buddy for around two weeks or so should safely get it to the requirements for evolving into Sylveon.

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What other methods are there, aside from the Sylveon name trick?

As of the time of writing, there are no other known methods of getting Sylveon, though it’s possible that Sylveon might get another method that isn’t like the name trick or the heart method due to popularity.

An appearance in raids isn’t entirely out of the question, for example. In any case, the heart method and the name trick are the only ways currently known for a fact to get you a Sylveon in Pokemon Go.

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