Everyone lovesPokemon, the adventure and roleplaying series devoted to capturing, training, and battling adorable little monsters across a vast world. With nine generations of Pokemon games, there have been tons of Pokemon released, with the current running total of 1,025 Pokemon.
Pokemon can evolve in a number of ways in the Pokemon games, sometimes they need to be holding a certain item, have to be traded under specific conditions, have specific stats when they level up, and most commonly, simply reachinga certain level.
Just How Many Pokemon Evolutionary Lines Are There?
If you’re looking to get right to it, there are531 different evolutionary linesacross all Pokemon games. This is a huge number of Pokemon and their evolutions to consider and to make it easier to digest, we broke up all the different lines by region. We’re also going to work with the National Dex, making it the most complete and easiest to work with.Some regional evolutions might seem out of orderthis way, but since they’re not different evolutionary lines, just regional changes, they are in order.
Keep in mind that even though many Pokemon don’t evolve, like Legendary Pokemon and unique Pokemon like Falinks, they are still considered to be an evolutionary line.
Kanto Pokemon Evolutionary Lines
The original 150 Pokemonis broken down into just 78 evolutionary lines, though it does get a bit complicated when you have to adjust for the various regional evolutions.
Farfetch’d (Kantonian)
Farfetch’d (Galarian)
Mew
Johto Pokemon Evolutionary Lines
A smaller Pokedex means fewer evolutionary lines. Pokemon Gold and Silver saw50 different evolutionary linesacross all the Pokemon in the game.
Celebi
Hoenn Pokemon Evolutionary Lines
Taking a jump to an entirely new region, with no returns, is Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire. These games introduced72 evolutionary lines to the series, a significant increase over the previous generation.
Deoxys
Sinnoh Pokemon Evolutionary Lines
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl saw another decreasein evolutionary lines,with only 44 among all the Pokemonin the game.
Arceus
Unova Pokemon Evolutionary Lines
Off to the region of Pokemon Black and White brings another round of new evolutionary lines,with a total of 81 new onescoming to the game.
Genesect
Kalos Pokemon Evolutionary Lines
Pokemon X and Y is another smaller generation,bringing with it just 36 evolutionary linesfrom among all the Pokemon released in it.
Volcanion
Alola Pokemon Evolutionary Lines
There are54 evolutionary linesin the Pokemon Sun and Moon games, which takes players to the Alola region. This region also introduces the Ultra Beasts, most of which do not evolve and continues a large number of the evolutionary lines from the game.
Melmetal
Galar Pokemon Evolutionary Lines
The regal Galar region of Pokemon Sword and Shield introduces anew 47 evolutionary lines to the National Dex, including some complicated lines in the Applin line.
Calyrex
Hisui Pokemon Evolutionary Lines
There is justone line in the Hisui Pokedex, and that’s because it shares the same Pokedex as Pokemon Diamond and Pearl.
Enamorus
Paldea & Kitakami Pokemon Evolutionary Lines
The most recent Pokemon games to be released, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, take playersacross time with 69 evolutionary linesbetween the regular Pokemon and the Paradox Pokemon.
