Shiny Eevee Evolutions – How to get shiny Eeveelutions

The Pokemon Eevee has been a fan favorite since its inception in Generation 1. Its unique ability to evolve into 1 of 3 different evolutions depending on what stone was used to evolve it set it apart from any other Pokemon in the game.

Since then, every few generations, new Eevee evolutions (eeveelutions) have been added to the game. The Pokemon, which received its own spinoff title alongside Pikachu, now has access to 8 official eeveelutions. As with all others, shiny Pokemon that evolve maintain their shiny status. As a result, there are plenty of shiny Eevee evolutions to pick from if your Eevee is shiny.

How To Get Shiny Eevee Evolutions

Step 1 is obviously to obtain a shiny Eevee. In older games, this is easier said than done, with various methods on how to achieve a shiny pokemon. As of the newest Pokemon games – Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, the odds of obtaining a Shiny pokemon are 1/4096. The use of the Shiny Charm item can bring this number down to 1/2048. Eevee can be encountered in the wild in South Province: Area Two and Area Five. West Province: Area Three, and 3 and 5 star Tera Raid Battles.

When encountering an Eevee in these areas, each one has the 1/4096 or 1/2048 chance of being Shiny.

Alternatively, after catching an Eevee of any kind, players can breed new ones during Picnics. A new, more streamlined replacement for the Pokémon day-care. When not using Ditto for breeding, the mother’s evolution line will always be preserved. This means Eevee breeders will want to obtain a female Eevee. Something easier said than done with a gender split ratio of 87.5:12.5 Male to Female.

Using the Masuda method, an old yet still relevant way of breeding, players can bring their odds of hatching a shiny Pokemon from an egg to 1/683, or 1/512 using the Shiny charm in conjunction. This can be boosted even further using Scarlet and Violet’s Sandwich system to boost the chance of a shiny egg hatching.

Eeveelution and How To Do It

With your Shiny Eevee obtained, its now time to evolve them. As a reminder, once evolved, your eeveelution will still produce an eevee from the egg, and it is not guaranteed to be shiny like its parent. The volution methods for all shiny eevee evolutions are as follows.

What does Shiny Eevee evolve into?

In all generations:

Using a Thunder Stone will evolve Eevee into a Jolteon.
Using a Water Stone will evolve Eevee into a Vaporeon.
Using a Fire Stone will evolve Eevee into a Flareon.

From Generation 2 onwards:

Levelling up at high Friendship level during the day evolves Eevee into Espeon.
Levelling up at high Friendship level during the night evolves Eevee into Umbreon.

In Generation 4 onwards:

Eevee levelling up near a Moss Rock will evolve it into Leafeon.
Eevee levelling up near an Ice Rock will evolve it into Glaceon.

In Generation 6 Only:

Levelling up after reaching 2 levels of affection in Pokemon Amie and knowing a Fairy type move will evolve Eeevee into Sylveon. This overwrites the Umbreon and Espeon conditions.

From Generation 8 Onwards:

After the removal of Moss and Ice Rocks in Generation 8, and the removal of Pokemon Amie, the most recent 3 Eeveelution requirements were simplified.

Using a Leaf stone will evolve Eevee into Leafeon.
Using an Ice Stone will evolve Eevee into Glaceon.
Levelling up at high Friendship level knowing a Fairy type move evolves Eevee into Sylveon. This overwrites the Umbreon and Espeon conditions.

What do Shiny Eevee Evolutions Look Like?

Starting with Eevee, Shiny versions are a light cream for their main fur, with snow white detailing. Female Eevees from Generation 7 onwards also have slight heart shaped detailing in their tail pattern.
After evolving, sexual dimorphism isn’t present in any of the Eeveelutions.
Jolteon goes green, Vaporeon takes on a lovely pinkish shade but Flareon mostly loses saturation and is very similar in appearance to the non shiny version.

Generation 2’s duo sees Espeon take on a completely different colour, joining Jolteon as a green pokemon. Umbreon’s design is more muted in comparison, trading gold rings for blue ones, and changing eye colour while maintaining the original black fur.

Generation 4’s duo is the most disappointing. Both are largely the same as their non shiny variants, the most easy way to tell them apart being the shiny animation that plays when the pokemon comes out of its pokeball. There’s slight differences in the pigments of their fur and detailing, but not noticeable at a cursory glance.

Gen 6’s sole rep Sylveon switches its pink and blue colours around and maintains its mainly white fir. The alternative palette swap highlights the missed potential for Gen 4’s uninspired shinies, without feeling too dissimilar to the original. Following the design choice of Umbreon.