Pokemon Sun & Moon: How To Stop Evolutions | No Everstone Required

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You heard right. Everstones are not required — if you don’t want a Pokemon to evolve in Pokemon Sun and Moon, all you need to do is hold the B button on your Nintendo 3DS.

Previously, the only way to stop mandatory evolutions that occur at certain levels was to find a rare Everstone, keeping your perfectly pristine Pokemon in their earlier incarnations. Completionists looking to fill up the Pokedex needed to watch their Pokemon carefully and prepare for incoming evolutions. That’s a thing of the past.

How to Stop Pokemon Evolutions

Most Pokemon evolve when they hit a certain minimum level requirement. All your starters and hundreds of other useful Poke-pals escape the confines of a cute first form to become big, brawny warriors. Well, we don’t all want Pikachu to become Raichu. As of Pokemon Sun / Moon, it is super easy to hold off evolution. Here’s how to do it.

How to Stop Evolutions:
- During the Evolution animation, press and hold [B] to stop the evolution.
- The Pokemon will evolve at the next possible level-up, if all requirements / conditions are met.

It’s just that easy. Everstones were the only way to stop an evolution in previous Pokemon core titles. These rare stones were the anti-Evolutionary Stones. They’re still available in Pokemon Sun / Moon — gain one by defeating Ilima in his house in Hau’oli City. Ilima, the Trial Captain, goes home after you defeat the Melemele Island Kahuna.