How To Get Shiny Stone Brilliant Diamond

Budew is a Grass- and Poison-blazon Babe Pokemon in Bright Diamond and Shining Pearl found on early on routes like Route 204. The Budew evolution line requires abnormal methods, from Budew to Roselia, and from Roselia to Roserade. Read on to learn how to Evolve Budew into Roselia and how to evolve Roselia into Roserade.

Budew Evolution Line in Vivid Diamond and Shining Pearl

Budew		Roselia		Roserade
	High Friendship + Daytime		Shiny Rock

How to Evolve Budew

Budew doesn't evolve just past leveling it upwards. Instead, you must:

Increase Budew's Friendship (two hearts in the Poketch Friendship Checker App)
Level it upwards during the daytime.

As a Baby Pokemon, Budew needs Friendship to evolve - a normally hidden stat increased in a variety of ways, such as:

Winning battles with Budew
Not letting Budew faiint
Keeping Budew in your party

There are other methods to increment Budew'south friendship, but these methods tin can't be utilized until mid-game. See Friendship for full details!

In one case Budew shows ii small hearts on the Friendship Checker app (unlocked in Eterna City), level it upwards in the daytime and it will evolve!

Note: Budew is Bad, Though

Unfortunately, Budew and Roselia take inherited their level-up moves from Pokemon Sword and Shield. This leaves Budew with Absorb equally its only damaging assault, rendering it pretty useless.

To make matters worse, Roselia learns Mega Drain early at Level five, Magical Leaf at Level 15, and not another Grass-blazon motion, Giga Drain, until Level thirty. Considering means to increment Friendship is then express at the offset of the game, we recommend not even bothering with Budew. Catch a Roselia in the Thousand Undercover or on Route 212 instead for a better movement pool that won't require you to apply the Move Relearner.

How to Evolve Roselia into Roserade

Roselia evolves into Roserade using the Evolutionary Stone called a Shiny Rock. Simply requite use information technology on Roselia, and information technology will evolve.

However, like another evolutions that require a stone, Roserade volition not naturally learn any more moves! Make sure Roselia has learned all the moves you'd similar before evolving information technology.

How to Become a Shiny Stone

You can get a Shiny Stone at Iron Island, an optional expanse attainable by ship from Canalave City

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