The Sun Stone is an evolutionary item that returns in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Initially joining the Pokémon series during the second generation with Pokémon Gold and Silver. It’s an item that only works on a handful of Grass-type Pokémon to help them reach their final forms. For example, when a Gloom is given a Sun Stone, it will evolve into Bellosson instead of a Vileplume. In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, trainers will need to collect this item to evolve Petilil into Hisuian Lilligant.
Petilil and Lilligant make their Pokémon debut back in Pokémon Black and White, and it quickly grew to be a fan-favorite of that generation. While its Unova form is just a Grass-type Pokémon, its new Hisuian form will transform into a Grass- and Fighting-type Pokémon. In addition, it will appear as one of the Noble Pokémon that trainers are assigned to quell throughout the story. Although, doing this will only continue the story and not add it to the player’s Pokédex. To do that, the player will need to evolve their own.
Fortunately, there are many different ways to get Sun Stones in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It can be purchased, found in the wild, or within one of the game’s Space-Time Distortions that appear around the map. While only five Pokémon in existence use the Sun Stone to evolve, only one of them is present in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Although, a research task for Petili requires players to evolve it 10 times which can be time-consuming. These are all the different ways to grind for Sun Stones.
How To Get Sun Stones in Pokémon Legends: Arceus
- Ginter’s Special: This is a shop located in Jubilife Village where the vendor will sell Sun Stones for 5,000 Poké Dollars. Players will need to make significant progress in the story to unlock it there.
- The Trading Post: Players can purchase a Sun Stone from the Trading Post for 1,000 merit points. These are rewarded to trainers who find other players’ lost satchels while exploring the wilds.
- Request Reward: Complete the ‘A Home Under The Eaves‘ request to be rewarded with a Sun Stone.
- Digging: Ursaluna can find a Sun Stone while digging, although it’s incredibly rare.
- Space-Time Distortions: Sun Stones have the chance to appear here, but they are a fairly rare spawn.
With Hisuian Lilligant being a Grass- and Fighting-type Pokémon, it has an x4 weakness to Flying-type attacks. Not only that, but it’s weak to Poison-, Bug-, Fire-, and Ice-type moves while resisting Ground-, Rock-, Water-, Grass-, Electric-, and Dark-type moves. Trainers looking to complete the Pokédex and unlock the Shiny Charm will need their own Hisuian Lilligant. While this game’s evolution method is similar to Pokémon Black and White, Petilil will always evolve into Hisuian Lilligant. There is currently no way to obtain Unovan Lilligant in the game.
Pokémon Legends: Arceus is available now on Nintendo Switch.
