In Pokémon Pinball, an evolved Pokémon can never be caught directly: all 72 evolved forms from the first generation are obtained in Evolution Mode, starting from a Pokémon you have already caught during the current game. This page lists every evolution, sorted by the item the table has to give you, and explains how to plan your games to get them all.
How an evolution works on the table
Evolution Mode starts when the three EVO arrows are lit and the ball goes through the table’s dedicated entrance: Slowpoke‘s mouth on the Blue Field, the cave guarded by Ditto on the Red Field. The game then asks you to choose one of the Pokémon caught since the start of the current game. Items then appear on several targets around the table: you need to collect three of them, then send the ball back into the central hole before time runs out.
The item shown depends on the chosen species. For the vast majority of Pokémon, it is “Experience”; for species that evolve with a stone or by trade in Red and Blue, it is the matching stone or the Link Cable. The principle is the same in every case: three items, then the central hole.
Eevee, the only random evolution
Eevee is the only Pokémon in the game with several evolutions. When you select it, the game randomly picks one of the three: Vaporeon (Water Stone), Jolteon (Thunder Stone) or Flareon (Fire Stone). You cannot choose. To complete the Pokédex, you therefore need to catch Eevee several times and restart the evolution until you have all three forms. Eevee is a rare Pokémon on both tables: see our page on rare Pokémon to find out where to look for it.
The complete list of 72 evolutions
The following tables group all the evolutions by required item. The left column shows the Pokémon to select at the start of the mode, the middle one the Pokémon you get. For a two-step evolution (Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur for example), you must first obtain the intermediate form, then start a new Evolution Mode with it: both steps can be done in the same game if the intermediate form was obtained during that game.
Experience (52 evolutions)
#0002IvysaurGrassPoison
#0003VenusaurGrassPoison
#0005CharmeleonFire
#0006CharizardFireFlying
#0008WartortleWater
#0009BlastoiseWater
#0011MetapodBug
#0012ButterfreeBugFlying
#0014KakunaBugPoison
#0015BeedrillBugPoison
#0017PidgeottoNormalFlying
#0018PidgeotNormalFlying
#0020RaticateNormal
#0022FearowNormalFlying
#0024ArbokPoison
#0028SandslashGround
#0030NidorinaPoison
#0033NidorinoPoison
#0042GolbatPoisonFlying
#0044GloomGrassPoison
#0047ParasectBugGrass
#0049VenomothBugPoison
#0051DugtrioGround
#0053PersianNormal
#0055GolduckWater
#0057PrimeapeFighting
#0061PoliwhirlWater
#0064KadabraPsychic
#0067MachokeFighting
#0070WeepinbellGrassPoison
#0073TentacruelWaterPoison
#0075GravelerRockGround
#0078RapidashFire
#0080SlowbroWaterPsychic
#0082MagnetonSteelElectric
#0085DodrioNormalFlying
#0087DewgongWaterIce
#0089MukPoison
#0093HaunterPoisonGhost
#0097HypnoPsychic
#0099KinglerWater
#0101ElectrodeElectric
#0105MarowakGround
#0110WeezingPoison
#0112RhydonRockGround
#0117SeadraWater
#0119SeakingWater
#0130GyaradosWaterFlying
#0139OmastarWaterRock
#0141KabutopsWaterRock
#0148DragonairDragon
#0149DragoniteDragonFlying
Fire Stone (3 evolutions)
| Pokémon to evolve | Becomes | National No. |
|---|---|---|
| Vulpix | Ninetales | 038 |
| Growlithe | Arcanine | 059 |
| Eevee | Flareon | 136 |
Water Stone (4 evolutions)
| Pokémon to evolve | Becomes | National No. |
|---|---|---|
| Poliwhirl | Poliwrath | 062 |
| Shellder | Cloyster | 091 |
| Staryu | Starmie | 121 |
| Eevee | Vaporeon | 134 |
Thunder Stone (2 evolutions)
| Pokémon to evolve | Becomes | National No. |
|---|---|---|
| Pikachu | Raichu | 026 |
| Eevee | Jolteon | 135 |
Leaf Stone (3 evolutions)
| Pokémon to evolve | Becomes | National No. |
|---|---|---|
| Gloom | Vileplume | 045 |
| Weepinbell | Victreebel | 071 |
| Exeggcute | Exeggutor | 103 |
Moon Stone (4 evolutions)
| Pokémon to evolve | Becomes | National No. |
|---|---|---|
| Nidorina | Nidoqueen | 031 |
| Nidorino | Nidoking | 034 |
| Clefairy | Clefable | 036 |
| Jigglypuff | Wigglytuff | 040 |
Link Cable (4 evolutions)
| Pokémon to evolve | Becomes | National No. |
|---|---|---|
| Kadabra | Alakazam | 065 |
| Machoke | Machamp | 068 |
| Graveler | Golem | 076 |
| Haunter | Gengar | 094 |
Planning your games to evolve everything
The most important constraint is the current game: a Pokémon caught yesterday is not available for Evolution Mode today. Every evolution therefore requires a catch first, in the same game. A few tips to move quickly:
- Start with the three-stage lines (starters, Pidgey, Caterpie, Weedle, Nidoran, Abra, Machop, Geodude, Gastly, Poliwag, Oddish, Bellsprout, Dratini): a single catch gives access to two successive evolutions if you keep the ball in play long enough.
- Aim for locations where several Pokémon to evolve live. The map page lists the available species location by location: a location rich in first-stage Pokémon makes every catch worthwhile.
- Save Evolution Mode for rare species. The EVO arrows light up gradually; when they are ready right after you catch a rare Pokémon (Eevee, Dratini, Porygon…), evolve it first.
- Use the ball savers. An evolution takes time: trigger it when the Ball Saver is active or when Pikachu’s gauge is full.
Evolutions and differences between the tables
Both tables offer the same evolutions: only the species chosen at the start matters. However, the first-stage Pokémon do not all live on both tables. A Pokémon exclusive to the Red Field can only be caught, and therefore evolved, on that table. The Red Field Pokémon and Blue Field Pokémon pages list these exclusives; the list of all 151 Pokémon shows the table and the way to obtain each one.
For the complete method of filling the Pokédex, table by table, see Completing the Pokémon Pinball Pokédex.
