How To Get An Espeon In Pokemon Go

How to Evolve Eevee

Similar to the main Pokemon game series, the cute little Eevee has multiple evolution types in Pokemon Go. As part of this page, not only will we breakdown Eevee's evolution types and names in Pokemon Go, we will also delve into the much asked question of how to evolve Eevee into Espeon.

This branching evolution setup can turn it into more powerful elemental versions of itself: specifically Water, Fire, and Electric (called Vaporeon, Flareon, and Jolteon respectively). With February's Gen 2 update, Eevee can now also evolve into the Psychic-type Espeon and the Dark-type Umbreon!

Once an Eevee has evolved, it cannot be evolved into a different type. Each Eevee evolution costs 25 candy.

Eevee's evolutions in Pokemon Go are usually triggered randomly, unless you use the trick below! This is confirmed to also work withEspeon and Umbreon.

Tips and Tricks for Eevee's Evolutions in Pokemon Go

How to Evolve Eevee into Espeon

There is a secret that lets you determine your Eevee's fate. You can choose which evolution form to evolve your Eevee into by naming it Sakura (Espeon), Tamao (Umbreon),Pyro (Flareon), Rainer (Vaporeon) or Sparky (Jolteon). This is an Easter egg reference to trainers and the Eevee Brothers from the original anime series. Note that you have to make sure you use a capital first letter and lower case names (so, "Pyro", not "pyro").

Also take note that, although in Pokemon Gold and Silver Espeon could only be obtained during the day, and Umbreon at night, this is not the case in Pokemon Go. Each evolution can be obtained regardless of the time of day.

Note: your naming choice has to be registered on the Pokemon Go server -- if you've got a bad connection, we recommend that you close the app and restart it after naming your Eevee to ensure the data makes it across prior to evolving it. Also, this trick only works once for each evolution, so you may want to wait until higher level to get that gym-crushing Vaporeon.

This will only work once for each of the five names. After that, no matter what you name your Eevee, the evolution will be random.

You can still get Espeon and Umbreon reliably after using the name trick by walking with the Eevee as your buddy and feeding it at least two candies before evolving. Evolving at night will get an Umbreon and at day will result in Espeon. The Eevee needs to still be your buddy at the time of evolving or this trick won't work.


#133Eevee	#134 Vaporeon	#135 Jolteon	#136 Flareon
25 Candy to Evolve	Name it Rainer	Name it Sparky	Name it Pyro

#196 Espeon	#197 Umbreon
Name it Sakura	Name it Tamao

#470 Leafeon	#471 Glaceon