Pokémon Legends Arceus: Where to Find Water Stone (& What It’s For)
In the recently released Pokémon Legends: Arceus, players find themselves sent back to the ancient Hisui region by none other than Arceus themselves. Tasked by Arceus to catch every single Pokémon, they soon find themselves aided by the Galaxy Expedition Team in exchange for helping them learn more about pokémon, which most humans fear. Even as players find themselves in a reimagined historical Sinnoh, there are still the familiar hallmarks of the Pokémon franchise to be found as well, such as evolution stones.
Along with new ways to evolve pokémon, such as taking recoil damage for Basculegion, the classic trio of elemental evolution stones make their return as well. Of these, the Water Stone continues to be a core staple of the game as the only way to evolve Eevee into Vaporeon. However, finding Water Stones can challenging, especially in comparison to other recent Pokémon games in the franchise such as Pokémon: Brilliant Diamond and Shinning Pearl.
Thankfully Arceus players will only need to find one Water Stone as Eevee is the only pokémon who can use it in the game. Additionally, players have multiple ways to find Water Stones, as well as most of the other evolution stones. What players can expect for all of the methods is that they will require some grinding and some luck.
The easiest and least time-consuming method for players to find multiple Water Stones in Pokémon Legends: Arceus is by farming them in the five different wilderness regions that players unlock throughout the game. Within each of these areas, there are three different types of ores that stick up out of the ground that players can send out their pokémon at to break to retrieve the ore. Some of these ores will also be sparkling, indicating that they contain rarer materials, such as stardust for crafting star pieces. By seeking out these sparkling ores, players have a chance to attain Water Stones, as well as other valuable materials.
Players may also purchase Water Stones along with other evolution items from Simona at the Trading Post in Jubilife Village using Merit Points. However, this is not the most efficient method, as Merit Points are only awarded through returning Lost Satchels, which on average payout about 50 MP per satchel, with Water Stones costing 1000 MP. Instead, it would be better to save Merit Points to purchase the rarer evolution items, such as Arceus' Sun Stone, before Water Stones as these drop more frequently. Similarly, they can be purchased at the Ginko Guild's Cart for 5,000 Pokédollars from Ginter, however, when they are available is both random and rare.
The final way is through completing Request Missions, which sometimes offer evolution stones as a reward. One such mission is Request #52, “Eevee's Evolutions,” which is unlocked after completing Request #48, “The Taste of Home.” As a reward for finding the newly evolved Eevee, the quest giver Floaro will give players the option to pick one out of three different evolution stones, one of which is a Water Stone.
Pokémon Legends: Arceus is available now on Nintendo Switch.