Can you evolve Hisuian Voltorb in Pokemon Go?

Pokemon Go added Hisuian Voltorb to the game to celebrate the release of Pokemon Legends Arceus, but some trainers may wonder how to evolve this ancient monster in the mobile game.

Niantic’s popular mobile game, Pokemon Go, has slowly released various regional forms of Pokemon throughout the last couple of years.

We first saw these special forms with Alolan and Galarian monsters, and now with the release of Pokemon Legends Arceus, trainers can catch new Hisuian forms.

While Hisuian Voltorb did not release with the ability to evolve into Electrode, the launch of the ‘Pokemon Go Tour Poke Ball Prep’ event has provided the debut of its long-awaited evolution.

Can you evolve Hisuian Voltorb in Pokemon Go?

Yes, trainers can evolve Hisuian Voltorb in Pokemon Go. All you have to do is save up 50 Voltorb candies and tap the evolve button that is officially on the in-game character screen.

When the Niantic surprised trainers by bringing the ancient form Voltorb into Pokemon Go with its first Legends Arceus event, they did not include the option to evolve the newly released regional form.

However, on February 18, 2022, Niantic launched the ‘Poke Ball Prep‘ event to prepare trainers for the upcoming Pokemon Go Johto Tour. Alongside the event, the developers have released the new Voltorb form’s long-awaited evolution: Hisuian Electrode.

In Pokemon Legends Arceus, evolving Hisuian Voltorb is also possible. The ancient form of Voltorb and Electrode are now grass and electric typing instead of only electric type like its Kanto variant.

However, with the added type, GameFreak also made the monster require a Grass Stone to evolve.

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