#pokemon evolution

[arborix]

Finished the sketch cause it was too cute not to 🐀

[pokemonshelterstories]

What's your opinion on those subdermal everstone implants some people get for their pets? On one hand, I understand not wanting your yamper to unexpectedly evolve on you, but on the other it seems kind of cruel to stick a piece of rock under their skin, no matter how polished and sanitized it might be.

i've seen some posts about these, and i think they're interesting- but ultimately they're not a good idea. it's not because of them being implanted, though. there are plenty of subdermal devices we use in pokemon care! microchips are inserted under the skin, as are certain types of contraceptive devices.

the problem with everstone implants is twofold. the first is that everstones can and do break, and i'd be concerned about pieces breaking off and migrating in the pokemon's body. the second is that they just aren't big enough! you need a certain amount of everstone to prevent a pokemon from evolving, and for anything bigger than like...a rattata, these little implant rods aren't going to do you any good. in fact, rattata are the whole reason they exist in the first place! everstone implants are used in lab rattata to prevent unwanted evolution. for the vast majority of pokemon people are keeping as pets, they need a much bigger piece of everstone than can be placed subdermally.

[bpnguyenart]

Timeskipped Sidon, the hydro himbo 🌊

I did some research for Timeskip 2 as I was unsure if he'd be gigantic like King Dorephan (kind of like how some animals get huge when they become alpha/queen). In the end, there's no definite answer so my interpretation is that Sidon gets larger as a shark, but not exponentially so as a whale like Dorephan. If I'm wrong, oh well I tried. 😅

[muttoday]

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[orsan1070]

Canon-Accurate Full Pokémon Cladogram

Yep! It took months of work (and months of waiting for Champions to give me the new menu sprites for the Mega Evolutions. And then it didn’t even do that.) I know others have done this before, but every single take I found had something I felt was disproved by canon or flat-out didn’t make sense, so I’ve been working on my own take!

This site made me scale this down a BUNCH to even upload this. It’s 9000 pixels wide, when my scaled-down-for-Discord version was 24000 (which didn't embed, but did upload). The full quality image can be seen on my GitHub at github.com/Orsan1070/cladogrammaker/blob/main/finalimage.jpg. (An even higher quality version– with all HOME menu sprites at full resolution– is present too, as output.png.)

Justifications, my general philosophy, and credits can be found at https://bit.ly/4ctVS5v. If you see something weird here you don’t understand, please check there first. However, if it isn’t there, feel free to ask me! I’m always willing to make edits or explain my reasoning! I fully expect multiple branches of the tree to change drastically with Winds & Waves’s release beyond just slotting in new Pokémon.

Midway through (after finishing the mammals), I realized hand-drawing it was obnoxious and was taking most of the time. Also, I’m not an artist. So, instead, I wrote some Python code making use of GraphViz to generate my own images automatically based on an input file! That code, located in github.com/Orsan1070/cladogrammaker, is free to use (with credit)!

[fakemonfieldnotes]

Cyndaquil was my first starter Pokémon, many moons ago on Pokémon Crystal and will forever hold a special place in my heart. So of course I brought it to Orcaibh with me :)

So say hello to Orcaibh Cyndaquil aka Stormyquil

[avephelis]

lured by the gartic phone siren song once again. apple.

[quillpokebiology]

How does Evolution method work in wild Pokemon that Evolve by only trading?

Do you want me to explain it in one sentence or go down a list? Bcuz for it to make sense, I have to go down a list. Imma try though.

For trade evolution to work, you have to use the trading machine, which exposes a pokemon to a type of energy that allows them to evolve. It can be difficult to find this type of energy in the wild, but it can happen. But yeah, I'm bored and Joker the Orbeetle has been showing me bug documentations for 4 hours straight. Might as well go down the list.

Poliwhirl to Polietoed = Poliwhirl finding and holding onto a King's Rock while being the leader of a group of pokemon. Researchers believe it has something to due with hormonal changes for alpha (as in, pokemon that lead a group, NOT alpha pokemon from Hisui) pokemon go through. It could also be aura related, as, with the help of Lucario, we have found that the aura of these lead Poliwhirl change.

Kadabra to Alakazam = Repeated use of physic infinity energy. It can takes YEARA for them to evolve this way.

Machoke to Machamp = Repeated use of fighting type infinity energy. It can take YEARS for them to evolve this way

Graveler to Golem = Usually living in a very rocky area where having the added strength would be good. You know how an Eevee might be able to evolve into a Leafeon without the use of a leaf stone? It's like that, but the Graveler would have to be in a very rocky area or very deep underground to evolve into Golem.

Slowpoke to Slowking = Same way a Poliwhirl evolves into Polietoed

Haunter to Gengar = Going to a place with a whole lot of ghostly infinity energy and using their moves there (often times evolve in battle because of this)

Onix to Steelix = Similar way to how Graveler evolves into Golem, but it's somewhere with a lot of natural iron that they eat a lot of

Rhyhorn to Rhyperior = Being around a bunch of infinity energy while holding a protector or something similar to it

Seadra to Kingdra = Holding onto a dragon scale while being around a bunch of infinity energy

Scyther to Scizor = Finding metal and using it on their exoskeleton. Sometimes it evolves dismantling man-made structures, and sometimes, it involves skinning a steelix

Electabuzz to Electivire = Getting struck by lightning. Pikachu will do the same thing to evolve into Raichu, but, it often safer for Elecatabuzz because they're electricity is stronger (still wouldn't recommend it though)

Magmar to Magmorter = If they live in a volcanic area for long enough (like, years at a time), they'll eventually evolve into Magmorter

Porygon to Porygon2 = Being around a bunch of artificial, man-made infinity energy for long periods of time. Sometimes, you can hack them into evolving

Porygon2 to Porygon-Z = Same way Porygon evolves into Porygon2

Feebas to Milotic = Holding a prism scale while being around a bunch of infinity energy

Dusclops to Dusknoir = Being around a bunch of ghostly infinity energy for a while

Clampearl to Huntail = Holding a deep-sea tooth (or any sharp tooth honestly) while being around a bunch of infinity energy while in the water

Clampearl to Gorebyss = Same way as Huntail, but now it's with a Deep Sea Scale

Boldore to Gigalith = Same way Graveler evolves into Golem

Gurdurr to Conkeldurr = Usually evolves from age and being strong. Can take years for them to evolve naturally.

Karrablast to Escalvalier = Karrablast takes the shell of Shellmet. Pretty simple. Trade machines just let them meet in close proximity and allow Karrablast to steal the shell. The added shell allows them to evolve

Shelmet to Accelegor = Read the prior text. Shelmet become incredibly weak without their shell and, to combat this, they end up evolving to combat this.

Spritzee to Aromatisse = Something about the overwhelming scents causing Spritzee to evolve, though, it's very rare for it to do on its own, as there has to be a large amount of infinity energy where it is. The best way you can hope it evolves is if it's carrying one when it's battling or in a sacred place with a lot of infinity energy (like Area 0 or Ballonlea if you don't want to get arrested)

Swirlix to Slurpuff = Being around a bunch of infinity energy while eating sweet foods. It's difficult to find infinity energy in more urban areas, which is why people often choose the trade method

Pumpkaboo to Gourgeist = Same way Phantump evolves into Trevenant

Phantump to Trevenant = Same way leafeon can evolve without a leaf stone. Phantump who live and grow up deep in the forest for a long time evolve into Trevenant