How to Evolve Roselia into Roserade: You’ll Need a Shiny Stone

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Evolve Budew to Roselia to Roserade using this guide

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This wikiHow guide will show you how to evolve Roselia into Roserade. Roserade is an excellent Poison and Grass Pokémon, and the final evolution of Budew. You’ll need a Shiny Stone to evolve Roselia into Roserade. If you know where to look, the stone will be easy to find. Note that Roserade is only available in Generations IV and later. For example, you can obtain Roserade in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum (or Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl).

Things You Should Know

  • Get a Roselia either by evolving Budew or capturing a wild Roselia.
  • Evolve Roselia into Roserade by giving Roselia a Shiny Stone.
  • Shiny Stone locations vary depending on the version of Pokémon you’re playing.
Section 1 of 3:

Getting a Roselia

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  1. Budew evolves into Roselia. Budew is a small Bud Pokémon that looks like a plant sapling. You can either find and evolve a Budew, or capture a Roselia directly. To evolve Budew, you’ll need to have high friendship with Budew during the day time. [1]
    • Here are a few common locations for finding Budew:
      • Diamond and Pearl: Route 204, Route 212, Eterna Forest, Great Marsh
      • Platinum: Route 204, Route 205, Route 208, Eterna Forest
      • HeartGold and SoulSilver: Safari Zone, Ilex Forest, Viridian Forest
      • X and Y: Route 4
      • Sword and Shield: Route 4, Rolling Fields, Dappled Grove, West Lake Axewell, East Lake Axewell, Giant's Mirror
  2. This is a more direct method for getting Roselia on your team. Roselia is a Thorn Pokémon with one red rose and one blue rose for hands. After you capture Roselia, don't forget to save your game . Otherwise, if your game suddenly crashes, you might lose your progress! [2]
    • Here are a few common locations for finding Roselia:
      • Diamond and Pearl: Route 212, Route 221, Route 224, Route 225, Trophy Garden, Great Marsh
      • HeartGold and SoulSilver: Safari Zone
      • Black 2 and White 2: Route 12, Lostlorn Forest, Victory Road
      • X and Y: Route 7
      • Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire: Route 117
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Section 2 of 3:

Finding a Shiny Stone

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  1. This is a necessary component of evolving Roselia into Roserade. The locations for finding a Shiny Stone varies depending on what game you’re playing. Here are a few common locations: [3]
    • Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum: Route 210 or 228, Iron Island
    • HeartGold and SoulSilver: National Park, Route 14
    • Black 2 and White 2: Route 6, Abundant Shrine, Dragonspiral Tower, Undella Town
    • X and Y: Route 12 or 18
    • Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire: Route 121
    • Sun and Moon: Malie City, Ancient Poni Path
    • Sword and Shield: Route 8, Lake of Outrage, Bridge Field
    • Scarlet and Violet: Socarrat Trail, South Province
Section 3 of 3:

Evolving Roselia

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  1. This is where your Shiny Stone is stored. [4]
  2. It’s a green and yellow stone.
  3. This will prompt you to select a Pokémon on your team.
    • Note that once you evolve Roselia, Roserade won't be able to learn new moves by leveling up. If Roselia still has a few moves you want them to learn naturally, wait to use the Shiny Stone.
  4. This will evolve Roselia into Roserade. You’ve successfully evolved Roselia! Roserade is a Grass and Poison Pokémon. Next, learn about type weaknesses in our expert guide .
    • Now that you've evolved Roselia, you might be considering evolving other Pokémon. Most first-form Pokémon (like Pichu in Pokémon Sun and Moon ) just require a high friendship level to evolve. Evolving from the second form to the third form either requires an evolution stone, special item, or reaching a certain level.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Budew_(Pok%C3%A9mon)
      2. ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Roselia_(Pok%C3%A9mon)
      3. ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shiny_Stone
      4. ↑ https://www.polygon.com/pokemon-sword-shield-guide/2019/11/18/20971214/pokemon-sword-shield-stone-evolution-list-guide-chart

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