Thunder Stone

A Thunder Stone is an evolution stone that can be obtained through crafting, fishing, and as a tier 2 special drop. It is a possible drop from uncommon and spooky boss Pokémon.

Obtaining

Crafting

A Thunder Stone is crafted with nine Thunder Stone shards. Thunder Stone shards can be found when stone is struck by lightning; this is most easily accomplished with the Lightning Bolt external move.

Item	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Thunder Stone	Thunder Stone Shard

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Thunder Stone	Mineshaft	Chest	1	7.8%
	Legendary PokéStop		1	1.2%

Pokémon drops

Main article: Drops

Pokémon	Chance	Quantity
Electabuzz	10%	1
Jolteon	10%	1
Zapdos	10%	1
Electivire	30%	1-2

Fishing

Main article: Fishing

Fluid	Rod	Biome	ModID	Time	Rarity
Lava	Super Rod	Mountainous	—	Dawn	20

Raid Drops

The Thunder Stone has a chance to be dropped from the below type battles from a Max Raid Battles

Pokémon Type
Electric

Usage

Evolution item

Main article: Evolution Stones

Thunder Stone can be used for the following evolutions:

• Pikachu → Raichu or Alolan Raichu
• Magneton → Magnezone
• Eevee → Jolteon
• Eelektrik → Eelektross
• Charjabug → Vikavolt

Note that Pikachu will only evolve into Alolan Raichu if you have another Alolan form Pokemon in your party when the evolution is initiated.

Trivia

Thunder Stone used to be part of the following crafting recipe, which is no longer working:

Item	Crafting recipe
Electric Gem