Sylveon, Eevee's new evolution, is released in Pokémon GO

The last Eeveelution that was missing in Pokémon GO has arrived: trainers can now evolve an Eevee into a Sylveon starting this Tuesday, the 25th. The debut takes place with the second part of the Luminous Legends Y event, which included Yveltal in the game. Until May 31, players will find more Eevee and other Fairy-type Pokémon in the wild.

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Sylveon arrives in Pokémon GO (Image: Handout/The Pokémon Company)

Evolving Eevee into Sylveon in Pokémon GO

According to the Luminous Legends Y event description, Eevee evolves into Sylveon by gaining hearts with the Pokémon as long as he is the active companion.

The companion Pokémon is the one that appears next to the player's avatar and grants some bonuses such as candy of the species or daily gifts (depending on the level of friendship between trainer and little monster).

Eevee's evolution to Sylveon requires the player to have at least 70 hearts. There is a “to-do list” on the companion page that shows which activities earn hearts. Incidentally, the item “Poffin” sold in the Shop grants six hearts at once, but costs 100 coins. Once you get the required amount of hearts, the evolution option (on the Pokemon page) should display Sylveon's silhouette.

Eevee evolves into Sylveon by gaining hearts as a companion (Image: Playback/Pokémon GO)

There's another, shorter and faster method to evolve an Eevee into Sylveon, but it can only be used once: dub the Pokémon "Kira". This is the easter egg also present in previous evolutions. Despite being single-use, it is interesting for those Pokémon that already have the perfect IVs for evolution.

Dubbing Eevee Kira guarantees an evolution to Sylveon (Image: Playback/Pokémon GO)

Other highlights of the event Lendas Luminosas Y

In this second part of the Luminous Legends Y event, which runs until 20 pm on May 31, players will still be able to enjoy the following highlights:

• More frequent appearances of Ralts, Spritzee, Swirlix, in addition to Eevee itself and other Dark-type Pokémon (such as Houndour and Carvanha);
• 7 kilometer eggs will hatch Eevee, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Togepi, Azurill, Spritzee and Swirlix;
• Eevee evolutions will appear in three-star raids;
• Event Field Research Tasks will offer encounters with Eevees and their evolutions (with shiny chances);
• Exclusive AR Mapping Tasks will reward Poffins.