Ever since releasing in the summer of 2016, Pokemon GO has managed to rake in tons of money. It's one of the highest-grossing mobile games of all time and continues to receive updates and events to keep fans playing for years and years. Niantic is constantly updating Pokemon GO with new content, and fans will be happy to know that Sylveon is able to be obtained now.
And just like the mainline Pokemon titles out there, such as Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield, trainers can acquire an Eevee and potentially evolve it into one of eight evolutions: Umbreon, Espeon, Vaporeon, Flareon, Jolteon, Sylveon, Glaceon, and Leafeon.
Updated October 7, 2021, by Greysun Morales: This post has been updated to include more information on how to get Sylveon in Pokemon GO and how to evolve it using the name trick method. Sylveon was added to Pokemon GO on May 25, 2021.
How to Get a Sylveon in Pokemon GO
Now that the Fairy-type Pokemon, Sylveon, has been added into Pokemon GO, fans can complete their collection of all of the evolutions of Eevee. In order to acquire a Sylveon, players will need to grab an Eevee and evolve it into the Gen 6 creature.
How to Evolve Eevee into Sylveon
One method for evolving Eevee into Sylveon is setting it as the Buddy Pokemon and taking it for walks to earn hearts. Once players earn 70 hearts, they can evolve Eevee by simply feeding it 25 Eevee candy.
Another more straightforward method for evolving Eevee into Sylveon involves changing the name of the Eevee and then giving it the Eevee Candy to evolve. All of the other "Eeveelutions," like Espeon, for example, can be obtained by changing Eevee's name to Sakura. For Eevee to evolve into Sylveon, players can change the Pokemon's name to "Kira" and then go to the Pokemon's info page and hit the Evolve button. There are no other prerequisites besides the name change.
It's also worth noting that the Eevee naming trick can only be used one time per Eevee-lution. If players end up with another Eevee that they want to change into a Sylveon, they will need to increase its friendship levels by earning hearts.
Pokemon GO is currently available on Android and iOS devices via the Google Play Store and App Store.